Lions Story Time: April 29-30, 2019

Books:
How to Be a Lion by Ed Vere
How to Hide a Lion by Helen Stephens *
Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen
A Lion is a Lion by Polly Dunbar
Lion Lessons by Jon Agee *
Quiet! by Paul Bright
Roar! A Noisy Counting Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards *

Craft: Lion Headband
Children colored a lion head on a strip of cardstock.  A second strip of paper was glued to it to turn into a headband.

Extension Activities:
- This week's letter is "L".  Ask your child to point out the Ls on the page as you are reading.
- Visit a zoo to learn more about lions and other animals.

Imaginary Animals Story Time: April 22-23, 2019

Books:
Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas *
Clara and Asha by Erick Rohmann
Emma Kate by Patricia Polacco *
Still a Gorilla by Kim Norman *
There's a Wocket in My Pocket by Dr. Seuss

Craft: Gorilla Puppet
This week's craft is based on the picture at left.  The kids colored a gorilla head cutout and glued to a jumbo craft stick.  Then a pipe cleaner was twisted around the craft stick to make the gorilla's arms.

Extension Activities:
- Encourage your child to get up and move by acting out the various types of activities from Still a Gorilla.
- This week's letter is "I".  Have your child point the letter "I"s as you are reading books.


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Rabbits Story Time: April 15-16, 2019

Books:
The Black Rabbit by Philippa Leathers
Carrot Soup by John Segal
Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds *
Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes *
Squish Rabbit by Katherine Battersby *
Zomo the Rabbit by Gerald McDermott

Craft: Rabbit
This week's craft is based on the picture at left.  The children colored a half sheet of cardstock with a bunny's face on it.  They then rolled and glued it into a cylinder to make the rabbit's body.  Two ears and a bowtie were also colored and glued to the cylinder to complete the rabbit.

Extension Activities:
- This week's focus letter is "R" for rabbit.  You could also do the letter "B" for bunny.  Ask your child to point out those letters on the page as you are reading.
- Zomo the Rabbit is a trickster folk tale form West Africa.  Share some other folk tales featuring rabbits including the Brer Rabbit tales.


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Pigs Story Time: April 8-9, 2019

Books:
Happy Pig Day! by Mo Willems *
If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff
Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore by David McPhail *
Ten Hungry Pigs by Derek Anderson *
The Three Ninja Pigs by Corey Rosen Schwartz

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka

Craft: CD Pig

A cardstock circle with a pigs face on it was colored and glued to a used cd-rom for the pig's body.  The kids then colored and glued 2 ears and 2 feet to the back of the CD.  A pipe cleaner was curled and taped to the back of the CD for the tail.

Extension Activities:

- This week's focus letter is "P" for pig.  Ask you child to point out the letter Ps on the page as you read.

- Visit a local farm or petting zoo to see the pigs.

Alligator Story Time: April 1-2, 2019

Books:
Alan's Big Scary Teeth by Jarvis *
Alberto the Dancing Alligator by Richard Waring
Alligator Boy by Cynthia Rylant *
For Pete's Sake by Ellen Stoll Walsh
A Girl and Her Gator by Sean Bryan *

Craft: Paper Chain Alligator
This week's craft was inspired by the above picture with several changes.  Instead of gluing paper tubes together, the children make a three link paper chain out of green paper for the alligator's body.  A strip of cardstock was colored and then folded to make the alligator's mouth.  Two sequins were glued onto it for the eyes.  The head was then glued to one end of the chain for the head.  Four legs were colored and glued to the chain for the alligator's feet.

Extension Activities:
- This week we are focusing on the letter "A" for alligator.  Have your child point out all the "A"s in the book as you are reading.
- Learn more about alligators by checking out a book from the library.  There are several great nonfiction children's books about alligators.