Lions Story Time: April 29-30, 2019

Books:
How to Be a Lion by Ed Vere
How to Hide a Lion by Helen Stephens *
Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen
A Lion is a Lion by Polly Dunbar
Lion Lessons by Jon Agee *
Quiet! by Paul Bright
Roar! A Noisy Counting Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards *

Craft: Lion Headband
Children colored a lion head on a strip of cardstock.  A second strip of paper was glued to it to turn into a headband.

Extension Activities:
- This week's letter is "L".  Ask your child to point out the Ls on the page as you are reading.
- Visit a zoo to learn more about lions and other animals.

Savannah Animals Story Time: January 23-24, 2017

Books:
Elecopter by Michael Slack
Lion Lessons by Jon Agee
Starry Safari by Linda Ashman *
Old Mikamba Had a Farm by Rachel Isadora *
Roar! A Noisy Counting Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards *

Craft: Lion Puppet
Children colored a lion head cutout which they then glued to a jumbo craft stick.  They could use scissors to cut slits in the mane to make it look more like hair.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Old Mikamba Had a Farm, have your child extend the song by coming up with more verses.  See if they can identify animals from various areas of the world to make up more verses.
- Do some more cutting skills practice by giving them paper with lines drawn on it.  Have them try to cut on the lines.

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Lions Story Time - February 11-12, 2013

Books:
Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen *
Roar: A Noisy Counting Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards *
Silly Suzy Goose by Petr Horacek
Quiet! by Paul Bright
Mouse & Lion by Rand Burkert
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty

Craft: Standing Paper Lion
- For lion's body I cut triangles into the short sides of a 5" x 3" piece of card stock.  The card was then folded in half and colored.  A piece of 1/2" x 4" brown paper was glued to the back and curled for the lion's tale.
- For the lion's head I found a coloring picture online of a lion and sized the head to fit the body.  It was cut out of card stock and colored.  About 15-20 pieces of 1/2" x 2" brown paper were glued around the head to make the mane.
- The lion's head was glued to the front side of the body towards the top of the fold.
- The lion should stand when the fold is opened slightly.

Literacy Expanders:
- Talk about the different sounds animals make.
- Visit the library and go over some basic rules for behavior in the library and how to treat books. - The Library Lion