Chicken Story Time: May 6-7, 2019

Books:
Chicken Butt by Erica Perl *
Chicken in the Kitchen by Tony Johnson *
Chicken Story Time by Sandy Asher *
Chicken Wants a Nap by Tracy Marchini *
Chickens to the Rescue by John Himmelman
Minerva Louise and the Red Truck by Janet Morgan Stoeke

Craft: Chickens in a Nest
This week's craft is based on the above picture.  Kids colored three chicken cutouts.  They also colored a paper plate cut in half.  The chickens were glued to one half of the plate.  The other half of the plate was either glued or stapled to make it into a nest.

Extension Activities:
- Chicken Butt is a book of rhymes for body parts.  See if your child can come up with more rhymes for various body parts.
- Practice counting while reading the books.  Ask your child to count how many chickens are on each page of Chicken Story Time or Chickens to the Rescue.


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K - Kings & Kisses: March 9-10, 2015

Books:
Chicken in the Kitchen by Tony Johnston *
Dinosaur Kisses by Paul Ezra Stein *
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood *
Plant a Kiss by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
The Tiny King by Taro Miura

Craft: Paper Sun Kite
The template for this kite can be found online at http://www.ict.griffith.edu.au/anthony/kites/paper_sun.gif.  The children colored the cutout kite, folded and glued as instructed, and glued on crepe paper streamers.  I then hole punched for string that could be added at home.

Literacy Extensions:
- Use alphabet flash cards, asking your child to give the sound of each letter as it is shown.
- After reading the book Dinosaur Kisses, see if your child can break down the steps and tell how to give a kiss as if the person doesn't know what a kiss is.