Facebook Story Time: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak - 6/2/20

This is part of a series of weekly story times offered on Facebook due to the current health crisis.  Each Tuesday, a recording of a story will be posted on Facebook.  It will be available to view for a week before a new story is posted.

Go to www.facebook.com/JeffCoLibMo and click on Videos to view the latest story.


Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Books:
Boy Soup by Loris Lesynski
Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance by Keith Graves
Monster Hug! by David Ezra Stein
          * Books available on Tumblebooks through www.jeffcolib.org.

Craft:  Paper Plate Wolf
- Draw child's face in center of paper plate
- Cut two tall triangles out of white paper and glue onto top of plate for wolf ears
- Cut or tear white tissue paper into small squares
- Glue tissue paper pieces to edges of plate to make wolf suit
- Glue black yarn or paper strips onto cheeks for wolf whiskers



Extension Activities:
- Ask your child what a "wild rumpus" is.  Then have a monster dance party.  Try dancing like different types of monsters (i.e. Frankenstein, werewolf, ghost, etc.)
- Have a discussion of behavior and consequences.  Ask what they think Max did to deserve being sent to his room.
- Watch the movie version of "Where the Wild Things Are".