Colors & Shapes Story Time: August 19-20, 2019

Books:
Butterfly, Butterly: A Book of Colors by Peter Horacek *
A Circle in the Sky by Zachary Wilson *
Mix It Up! by Herve Tullet *
Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Shape Shift by Joyce Hesselberth

Craft: Butterfly Matching Sheet
The kids match shape cutouts to the shapes on a butterfly coloring sheet.



Extension Activities:
- Play a game of I Spy mixing it up between looking for colored and shaped objects.
- Practice color mixing with dyed ice cubes.  Make colored ice cubes using food coloring.  Ask your child to guess what colors they will get by mixing the different melted cubes.


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Shapes Story Time: August 18-19, 2014

Books:
Circle Dogs by Kevin Henkes
A Circle in the Sky by Zachary Wilson *
Dinosaur Shapes by Paul & Henrietta Stickland *
Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh 
Shape by Shape by Suse MacDonald *
Shape Spotters by Megan E. Bryant *
Shapes That Roll by Karen Nagel


Craft: Shapes Match Sheet
Kids matched cut out shapes to a coloring sheet to make a rocket ship.

Literacy Extensions:
- See what shapes your child can spot all around him / her (i.e. Shape Spotters)
- Make a shapes collage.  Cut out various shapes and see what pictures your child can make with them.