Daddy Story Time: May 22-23, 2017

Books:
The Daddy Mountain by Jules Feiffer *
The Fathers Are Coming Home by Margaret Wise Brown
My Dad Is Big and Strong, But . . . by Caroline Saudo *
My Father the Dog by Elizabeth Bluemle *
Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too by Anna Dewdney
Tell Me a Tattoo Story by Alison McGhee

Craft: Tie
The kids colored a cardstock cutout of a tie before gluing on sequins for decoration.  They then strung it onto a piece of curling ribbon so it could be worn by dad.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading My Father the Dog, have your child compare their dad with different types of animals.
- Child and father can work together to build a house out of a cardboard box like in Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too.


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Dad Story Time: May 12-13, 2014

Books:
The Daddy Mountain by Jules Feiffer *
How to Cheer Up Dad by Fred Koehler *
Mitchell's License by Hallie Durand
My Dad Is Big and Strong, But . . . A Bedtime Story by Coralie Saudo *
My Father the Dog by Elizabeth Bluemle
Oh, Daddy! by Bob Shea *

Craft - Superhero Dad
Each child colored a large gingerbread man cutout with a dad superhero logo printed on it. A paper cape was glued to the back.

Literacy Extensions:
- Practice letter recognition.  Have your child point out the "d" and "a"s in the story's text.
- Talk about ways in which your child father's is the same and different from the dads in the books you read.