More Learning Concepts: 8/30/22

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am and Tuesday evenings at 6:00 pm.  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)

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Same Same by Marthe Jocelyn
Oops, Sorry: A First Book of Manners by Richard Morgan

Books:

Bear in a Square by Stella Blackstone

Hap-pea All Year by Keith Baker

Is Mommy? by Victoria Chang

Shout! Shout It Out! by Denise Fleming

Triceratopposite by Bridget Heos

Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres

Which Is Round? Which Is Bigger? by Mineko Mamada

Yoo-Hoo, Ladybug! by Mem Fox

Craft: Animals Match

- Print out template at left onto heavy paper or cardstock

- Color the matching animals as similar as you can

- Cut the sheet apart on the straight lines to create twelve cards

- Play a game of Memory Match using the cards

Extension Activities:

- Throughout the day, ask your child to come up with how different items are the same.  (ex. peas and carrots, boots and shoes, etc.)

- Have some fun with measuring.  Give your child a tape measure and ask them to measure different items to see which are bigger and smaller.

Numbers: 8/23/22

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am and Tuesday evenings at 6:00 pm.  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)

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Warthogs in the Kitchen by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett

Books:

Bear Counts by Karma Wilson

Chicka Chicka 1,2,3 by Bill Martin Jr.

Construction Countdown by K.C. Olson

Fish Eyes by Lois Ehlert

Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh

One Big Pair of Underwear by Laura Gehl

The Right Number of Elephants by Jeff Sheppard

Soup for One by Ethan Long

Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill Martin Jr.

Ten Pigs: An Epic Bath Adventure by Derek Anderson

Craft: Flower Count

- Print out template (at left) on heavy paper or cardstock

- Color and cut out at least 15 circles

- Color stems on sheet

- Glue the number of circles onto the stems as indicated

Extension Activities:

- You can practice counting almost anywhere throughout the day.  Examples include counting how many times you chew your food during lunch, how many commercials are shown during a tv show you are watching, or how many steps it takes to walk down a hallway.

- Practice number recognition by asking your child to find certain numbers around you.  They could be on a clock, signs, etc.

Colors: August 16, 2022

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am and Tuesday evenings at 6:00 pm.  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)

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Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin

Books:
Bear Sees Colors by Karma Wilson

The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt

I Know a Wee Piggy by Kim Norman
Mix It Up! by Herve Tullet

Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin

My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss

Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert

Vincent Paints His House by Tedd Arnold

Warthogs Paint: A Messy Color Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards

Craft: Crayon

- Print out template on heavy paper or cardstock and cut out

- Color crayon your favorite color

- Cut out four black strips of paper

- Glue black strips onto crayon as shown at left (two at top and two at bottom)

- Glue on eyes

- Draw on face

Extension Activities:

- Practice color sorting by having your child sort a bag of M&Ms or Skittles by color.

- Go on a color scavenger hunt trying to find an object for each color of the rainbow - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, purple.

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The Alphabet -- 8/9/22

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am and Tuesday evenings at 6:00 pm.  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)

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Animal ABC by Marcus Pfister

Books:

A is for Salad by Mike Lester

ABC of Feelings by Bonnie Liu

Animalicious: A Quirky ABC Book by Anna Dewdney

The Bookstore Cat by Cylin Busby

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.

Click Clack Quackity-Quack by Doreen Cronin

Jeepers Creepers: A Monstrous ABC by Laura Leuck

Owls Are Good at Keeping Secrets by Sara O'Leary

Sign Language ABC by Lori Heller

Craft: Name Dog

- Print template on heavy paper or cardstock

- Color template (head, tail) and cut out

- Cut out a square for each letter of your child's name

- Have your child write their name on the letters (one letter per square)

- Glue pieces together to make a dog with child's name spelled out in the middle

Extension Activities:

- Play a version of I Spy using the starting letter of the item they are looking for.

- Ask your child to sound out and spell some simple sight words (i.e. cat, dog, up, etc.).

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School Time! -- 8/2/22

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am and Tuesday evenings at 6:00 pm.  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)

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Dinosaur vs. School by Bob Shea

My Creature Teacher by Laura Leuck

Books:

Bear's School Day by Stella Blackstone

Here Comes Teacher Cat by Deborah Underwood

I Love My Teacher by Giles Andreae

If An Elephant Went to School by Ellen Fischer

The Little School Bus by Margery Cuyler

The Pigeon Has to Go to School by Mo Willems

This Is a School by John Schu

We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins

Craft: School Bus

- Print out template onto heavy paper or cardstock

- Cut out bus and three kids

- Color school bus and kids

- Slide kids in slits cut at bottom of windows

- Glue kids down if want 

Extension Activities:

- If your child does not yet attend school, see if you can arrange to take a tour of the school they will be attending.

- If you child does attend school, see if they can tell you the schedule of their school day.

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