Hat Story Time: March 14-15, 2016

Books:
Hooray for Hat! by Brian Won
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
The Magic Hat by Mem Fox
This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen
Which Hat Is That? by Anna Grossnickle Hines

Craft: Leprechaun's Hat
Our craft was based on the picture at left.  Using the template below, the center was cut out of a paper plate.  A paper belt / buckle was colored and glued to the colored plate.  The center of the hat was then folded up to make into the leprechaun's hat.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Which Hat is That?, extend the book by coming up with more riddles for different types of hats asking your child to figure out what the hat's are used for.
- Practice rhyming by asking your child for words that rhyme with hat and cap.

Template:

Colors Story Time -- Green: March 17-18, 2014

Books:
The Croaky Poky by Ethan Long *
A Girl and Her Gator by Sean Bryan
Good Luck Bear by Greg Foley *
Grandpa Green by Lane Smith
Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal *
Snip Snap! What's That? by Mara Bergman
Ten Lucky Leprechauns by Kathryn Heling *

Craft: Paper Plate Leprechaun
Children colored a face onto a small paper plate and a leprechaun hat before gluing the hat and red strips of paper to the plate as whiskers. 

Literacy Extensions:
- See how many green foods your child can list.  Discuss why they do or do not like them. (i,e.. Little Pea)
- Practice rhyming with your child.  Have them try to come up with several words that rhyme with "green".