The Alphabet: WXYZ -- 4/26/22

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The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee
I Dare You Not to Yawn by Helene Boudreau
Two at the Zoo by Danna Smith

Books:
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett
Go Track a Yak by Tony Johnston
Goose Goes to the Zoo by Laura Wall
Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
What About Worms!? by Ryan T. Higgins
When Winter Comes by Nancy Van Laan
Where's Walrus? by Stephen Savage

Craft: X is for X-Ray Fish

- Print template on heavy paper or cardstock
- Cut out pieces (fish body, X bones)

- Color pieces

- Glue bones onto fish in center of body for skeleton

Extension Activities:

- Get outside and go on a walk.

- Make a treasure map with your child.  Have them hide a treasure in the house and then draw a simple map of the house with path and an X marking where the treasure is hidden.
- Go on a scavenger hunt to see how many things you can find that are the color yellow.

- Visit the zoo and make sure to see the zebras!

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The Alphabet: TUV -- 4/19/22

 Join us weekly on Tuesdays for an online Story Time featuring books read by Miss Amy.  The video will be available for a week before a new online Story Time is posted.

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It's a Tiger! by David LaRochelle
Polar Bear's Underwear by Tupera Tupera

Books:
Bug in a Vacuum by Melanie Watt
Do You Believe in Unicorns? by Bethany Murguia
Freight Train by Donald Crews
Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
I Love My New Toy! by Mo Willems
Red Truck by Kersten Hamilton
The Umbrella by Jan Brett
What Uncles Do Best by Laura Numeroff

Craft: V is for Vulture
- Print out template on heavy paper or cardstock
- Color pieces of vulture (V body, head, feet)

- Cut out pieces

- Using scissors, make small snips along outer sides of V for feathers

- Glue feet at bottom of V body

- Glue head as shown in picture





Extension Activities:

- Play a game of Twister.  It is a great way to teach colors, left/right, and following directions.
- Do some drawing with the letter.  See what all they can turn a "U" into (i.e. umbrella, cup, etc.)

- During a trip to a grocery store, ask your child to identify the different vegetables they see in the produce area.  


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The Alphabet: S -- 4/12/22

Join us weekly on Tuesdays for an online Story Time featuring books read by Miss Amy.  The video will be available for a week before a new online Story Time is posted.

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I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry
How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers

Books:
Chomp: A Shark Romp by Michael-Paul Terranova
The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani
Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell by Sue Hendra
Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis
On Top of Spaghetti by Paul Brett Johnson
Snakes in Space by Kathryn Dennis
Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry

Craft: S is for Seahorse
- Draw the pieces of your seahorse (S body, trapezoid fin, and triangle "spikes")

- Cut out pieces
- Color pieces

- Glue fin to lower back inside curve of S body

- Glue spikes along back of seahorse's head and inside tail
- Draw on an eye




Extension Activities:

- Practice putting on shoes and tying shoelaces.
- Have a letter S scavenger hunt with your child where you try to find things that start with the letter S (i.e. sun, stamp, smile, string, etc.)

The Alphabet: R -- 4/5/22

Join us weekly on Tuesdays for an online Story Time featuring books read by Miss Amy.  The video will be available for a week before a new online Story Time is posted.

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Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes
Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas
Here Comes the Big, Mean Dust Bunny! by Jan Thomas

Books:
Drip, Drop by Sarah Weeks

Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Hello, Rain! by Kyo Maclear
My Rhinoceros by Jon Agee

A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman

Robots Everywhere by Denny Hebsen
The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen

Craft: R is for Robot

- Print out template

- Cut out pieces

- Glue chestplate to top center square of R body

- Glue arms to sides of body

- Glue head to top of body

Extension Activities:

- Have fun with rhymes.  Ask your child to come up with words that rhyme with the ones you give.

- Make a Name Rocket.  Cut out squares for your child to write their name -- one letter to each square.  Glue on a piece of paper in the correct order to spell their name.  Cut out a triangle to glue to the top.  Draw on stars and other decorations.

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