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".

Template --

Clothes Story Time: February 8-9, 2016

Books:
Animals Should Definitely NOT Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett *
Ducks Don't Wear Socks by John Nedwidek *
Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London *
Hello, Sun! by Dayle Ann Dodds
I Love My Hat by Douglas Florian

Craft: Valentine's Necklace
The kids colored a cardstock heart that had been hole-punched.  They then strung it onto curling ribbon along with some pony beads.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Animals Should Definitely NOT Wear Clothing, ask your child to come up with more animals and reasons for why they would not be able to wear clothes.
- Have your child practice picking out outfits.  Give them occasions (i.e. - holiday, party, season, etc.) and then have them pick out an outfit that would be appropriate.


Notes:
I use curling ribbon we're making necklaces as it is easier for the kids to string things onto.  The ribbon stays stiff so it is easier to string things on.  It is also thick enough that pony beads will not slide off once they are on the ribbon.

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

**** NOTE ****
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)