The Alphabet: "D" -- 1/25/22

Join us weekly on Tuesdays for an online Story Time featuring books read by Miss Amy.  The video will be available to view for a week before a new online is uploaded.

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Dogs by Emily Gravett
The Daddy Mountain by Jules Feiffer

Books:

Arnie the Doughnut by Laurie Keller

Circle Dogs by Kevin Henkes

Dancing Feet by Lindsey Craig

Dig Those Dinosaurs by Lori Haskins Houran

Digger Dog by William Bee

Dinosaur Countdown by Nicholas Oldland

Dragon Was Terrible by Kelly DiPucchio

Ducks Don't Wear Socks by John Nedwidek

Pokko and the Drum by Matthew Forsythe

Craft: D is for Dinosaur

- Print out template onto heavy paper or cardstock

- Color pieces (D body, head, tail, feet, and spikes)

- Cut out pieces

- Turn D onto side to make dinosaur's body

- Glue head to one side and tail to other side of body

- Glue feet to bottom of body

- Glue spikes to top of body

Extension Activities:

- Practice rhythm with drumming.  Drum a simple beat and ask your child to repeat it.  Also, Musication on YouTube has a lot of great videos where kids can drum along to the beat.

- Discuss dog safety and best practices for dealing with new dogs with your child.

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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.