The Alphabet: IJK -- 3/1/22

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

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The Little Ice Cream Truck by Margery Cuyler
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood

Books:
Groovy Joe: Ice Cream and Dinosaurs by Eric Litwin
If Only by Mies Van Hout
Jack and Jill by Daniel Kirk
A Kitten Tale by Eric Rohmann
The Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown
The Purple Kangaroo by Michael Ian Brown
The Tiny King by Taro Miura

Craft: J is for Jester
- Print template on heavy paper or cardstock

- Cut out pieces (J body, head, hat, hands)

- Color pieces

- Glue head to top of J

- Glue hat to top of head

- Glue hands to sides of J

Extension Activities:

- Take a field trip to an ice cream store.  Try a new flavor of ice cream.

- Practice counting and sorting with jelly beans.

- Make and decorate a kite.  Directions of several easy kites to make can be found online.

Template --

I & J - Ice Cream & Jellyfish: March 2-3, 2015

Books:
Bunnies on Ice by Johanna Wright
Emma Kate by Patricia Polacco
Ice Cream Soup by Ann Ingalls *
If I Were a Jungle Animal by Tom & Amanda Allery
Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems *
Tiny Little Fly by Michael Rosen *

Craft: Jellyfish
I found a coloring sheet of a jellyfish online and copied the head part onto cardstock and cut it out.  Children colored the head before gluing on crepe paper strips for the tentacles.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Emma Kate to your child, ask them which character was the imaginary friend.  Go back through the book looking at the visual clues to determine the answer.
- Have your child create the recipe for their favorite ice cream sundae (i.e. Ice Cream Soup)


Notes:
- It was difficult to come up with books that featured items starting with "I" or "J".  So we decided to combine them this week for our story time.