Christmas Story Time: December 18-19, 2017

Books:
Christmas Parade by Sandra Boynton
Dinosaur vs. Santa by Bob Shea *
The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore
The Three Bears' Christmas by Kathy Duval *
What Could Be Keeping Santa? by Marilyn Janovitz *

Craft: Triangle Santa
This week's craft is based on the picture at left.  The children were given a large triangle to color as Santa's hat / body.  They were also given half a small paper plate to color as Santa's face.  They could cut slits into the edge of the plate for Santa's beard if they liked.  The paper plate was glued to the triangle for Santa's head and cotton ball glued to the tip of the triangle of his hat.

Literacy Extensions:
- Do a Christmas countdown with your child.  Each day, count the days on a calendar until Christmas.
- The Three Bears' Christmas is a holiday version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears only with Santa as the visitor.  Have your child try to "retell" other folk/fairy tales with a Christmas twist.

Christmas Story Time: December 23, 2013

Books:
Babushka by Sandra Ann Horn
Dinosaur vs. Santa by Bob Shea *
Have You Been Naughty or Nice? by Ethan Long *
How Do Dinosaurs Say Merry Christmas? by Jane Yolen
Minerva Louise on Christmas Eve by Janet Morgan Stoeke
Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner
The Three Bears' Christmas by Kathy Duval *

Craft: Triangle Santa
The craft we did was based on the picture above.  It was fairly simple to make.  Our version was flat and did not stand up although that would have been very cute.  The other main difference is that we used cotton balls for the beard and hat trim.

Literacy Extensions:
- Write a letter to Santa with your child explaining any bad misdeeds (i.e. Have You Been Naughty or Nice?)
-  Try to come up with Christmas versions of popular fairy and folk tales (i.e. The Three Bears' Christmas)