Froggy Gets Dressed -- 1/17/23

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  Online Story Times will be posted monthly in the morning of the first Tuesday of the month.  (The video is available to watch for one month before a new one is uploaded.)

Click HERE for this month's virtual Winter Story Time.

Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London

Books:
Cold Turkey by Corey Rosen Schwartz

The Hat by Jan Brett

A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke

One Mitten by Kristine O'Connell George

Under My Hood I Have a Hat by Karla Kuskin

Craft: Mitten Match

- Print template onto heavy paper or cardstock

- Color mittens

- Cut on lines to make matching cards

Extension Activities:

- Discuss different items of clothing and the season it is most appropriate to wear them.

- Explain how frogs hibernate during the winter by eating sugar to help them "freeze" and then "thaw" in the spring.  A simple science experiment to demonstrate the concept would be to freeze a cup of water and then another cup of water with a 1 tbsp of sugar added to it.  Check it after an hour to see which is more frozen and which is more "slushy".

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Winter Animals Story Time: January 14-15, 2019

Books:
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson *
Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathon London *
Sleepover with Beatrice & Bear by Monica Carnesi
Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit by Il Sung Na
When Winter Comes by Nancy Van Laan *

Craft: Mouse
Our craft this week was based on the picture at left with several changes.  The children colored a mouse cutout that had 2 small slits cut in the body.  They then twisted together 2 half pieces of pipe cleaner together and inserted it in the slits to make the mouse's tail.

Extension Activities:
- Take a winter walk to see if you can find some animals.  If it has snowed, look for animal prints in the snow.  See if you can figure out which animal it is from the prints.
- Make a coloring book of winter animals.  Find coloring sheets of various winter animals to staple together into a coloring book.  Ask your child which of the animals hibernate and which ones don't.


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Snow Story Time: January -7, 2014 - Cancelled due to Snowy Weather

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This week's story time was not held due to the snowy weather.  Hopefully, we will be able to share these books and craft at Miss Amy's Story Time @ Chick-Fil-A on Friday, January 10 @ 9:30 a.m.






Books:
Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London
A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke
It's Snowing by Olivier Dunrea
A Kitten's Tale by Eric Rohmann
Snow by Uri Shulevitz
Winter Woes by Marty Kelley

Craft: Snowflake
This week's craft could be made into either a magnet or an ornament to hang.  Each child was given a snowflake cutout to color and decorate with sparkles.

Literacy Extensions:
- Talk about the conditions needed for the different types of precipitation (i.e. rain, ice, snow, etc.)
- Talk about the clothing needed during winter to protect from the cold (i.e. Froggy Gets Dressed)