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.)

Virtual Story Time: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Jane Cabrera -- 5/4/21

Join us weekly for an online story time featuring a book read by Miss Amy on Tuesdays at 10:00 am.  The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.


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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Jane Cabrera
How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers

Books:  (Stars)
Curious George Discovers the Stars by Bethany V. Freitas

I Want to Sleep Under the Stars! by Mo Willems

Stars by Mary Lyn Ray

This Little Star by Deborah Nash

Touch the Brightest Star by Christie Matheson
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star by Iza Trapani

Craft: Star Mobile

- Print out template on heavy paper or cardstock.

- Color spiral and cut out.

- Cut out stars and decorate with crayons, sparkles, etc.

- Tape stars to short 3-4" pieces of yarn or ribbon.  Then tape the yarn to the spiral in intervals.

- Hang spiral so center piece as at top and stars hang down.

Extension Activities:

- Explore the night sky.  Count the stars.  Try to find constellations.  View the sky through a telescope.

- Have fun by making star shaped food using a star cookie cutter.  You could make and decorate cookies.  You could also cut sandwiches into the shapes of stars.

Template --

Oliver Jeffers Story Time - July 15-16, 2013

Books:
How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers *
The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers
Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers *
The Moose Belongs to Me by Oliver Jeffers
Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
Up and Down by Oliver Jeffers

Craft: Star Ornament
Children were given a cardstock star cutout.  They could color and glue on tissue paper and sparkles to decorate it.  A piece of yarn was threaded through a hole at the top to tie and make into an ornament.

Literacy Extensions:
- Discuss different ideas your child might have for catching a star.
- Talk about what to do if your child ever finds themselves lost (i.e. Lost and Found).