Clouds Story Time: March 4-5, 2018

Books:
Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld
Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal *
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw *
Little Cloud by Eric Carle *
The Police Cloud by Christoph Niemann

Craft: Thunder Cloud Man
The children were given a cloud cutout and four lightning bolts to color.  They then glued the lightning bolts to the cloud for arms and legs.

Literacy Extensions:
- Learn about the rain cycle. There are several great books for children teaching the the basics of the rain cycle.
- Spend some time with your child cloud gazing.  Look for different types of clouds and determine what shapes they are making.


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Cloud Story Time: January 22, 2013 - CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER

Books:
Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw
It's Your Cloud by Joe Troian
Little Cloud by Eric Carle
The Police Cloud by Christoph Niemann

Craft: Cloud Person
This craft was based on the picture above.  Each child was given a cloud shape to draw a face on before gluing on two lightning "legs" and two raindrop "hands".

Literacy Extension:
- Talk with your child about the water cycle and how clouds are formed and then dispersed.
- Discuss different jobs and whether a cloud might be able to assist with that job (i.e.e The Police Cloud)

The Five Sense Story Time: Sight - April 22-23, 2013

Books:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
Class Two at the Zoo by Julia Jarman *
Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal *
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw *
Tulip Sees America by Cynthia Rylant
You See a Circus, I See . . . by Mike Downs *

Craft: Paper Plate Clown
Children glued pieces of colored paper to a small paper plate and then colored to make into a clown's face.

Literacy Extenders:
- Watch the sky and see what shapes the clouds make as in It Looked Like Spilt Milk.
- Play "I Spy" with your child asking them to find objects in view starting with a certain letter or a certain color.