Tigers Story Time: February 26-27, 2018

Books:
Beware of Tigers by Dave Horowitz
Cats Are Cats by Valeri Gorbachev *
It's a Tiger! by David LaRochelle *
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown

Craft: Tiger Paper Bag Puppet
This week's craft is based on the picture at left.  The main different we made was that instead of all the individual facial features, the children were given one face (including eyes, nose, stripes, ears, etc) to color and glue onto the bag.  They also got to paws to color and glue onto the bag.

Literacy Extensions:
- Learn more about tigers.  Check out a nonfiction book about tigers from the library to learn more about them.
- Go on a field trip to the zoo to view the tigers.


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Rhyming Story Time: February 20, 2018

Books:
Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox
Here Comes the Big, Mean Dust Bunny! by Jan Thomas *
Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
I Dream of an Elephant by Ami Rubinger *
Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas *

Craft: Rhyme Flash Cards
The kids colored a cardstock sheet of rhyming flash cards.  They could then cut the sheet into the flashcards if their adult agreed.


Literacy Extensions:
- Practice rhyming by asking your child to come up with rhymes for common words.
- Make more rhyming flashcards.  Use simple coloring sheet images and large text to print the word on each card.


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Valentine's Day Story Time: February 12-13. 2018

Books:
Here Comes Valentine Cat by Deborah Underwood *
If You'll Be My Valentine by Cynthia Rylant *
Love Monster by Rachel Bright
Mr. Goat's Valentine by Eve Bunting
The Night Before Valentine's Day by Natasha Wing

Craft: Love Bug
The children colored a large heart as bug wings and glued to a used CD-rom.  An oval was decorated as the head and glued at the point of the heart.  Sequins could be glued on to decorate their love bug.

Literacy Extensions:
- Practice writing skills by having your child write out valentines.  Have them write their names and possibly "I Love You" or "XOXO".
- When reading If You'll Be My Valentine, turn it into a guessing game.  Have your child guess to whom the boy is giving the various valentines.


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Skunk Story Time: February 5-6, 2018

Books:
The Easter Bunny's Assistant by Jan Thomas *
A Pet for Petunia by Paul Schmid *
The Skunk by Mac Barnett *
Who Needs a Bath? by Jeff Mack

Craft: Skunk
This week's craft is pictured at left.  The kids colored a cardstock cutout of a skunk before gluing on cotton balls for the stripes and white parts of the skunk.

Literacy Extensions:
- At the end of A Pet for Petunia, the girl decides she would like a pet porcupine.  Ask your child for reasons why a porcupine would or would not make a good pet.
- Practice letter recognition.  Ask your child to point out the various letters making up "SKUNK" as you read through the book.


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