Elephant & Piggie: Are You Ready to Play Outside? Story Time: June 3-4, 2019

Books:
Are You Ready to Play Outside? by Mo Willems *
Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis
The Nuts: Bedtime at the Nut House by Eric Litwin *
Peek-A-Boo Bunny by Holly Surplice *
Please Play Safe! Penguin's Guide to Playground Safety by Margery Cuyler

Craft: Elephant & Piggie Rainsock
Children colored a half sheet with Elephant on it and Piggie cutout.  They glued the half sheet into a cylinder and glued 3 crepe paper strips to the bottom to make a windsock.  Cutout raindrops and Piggie were glued to the crepe paper.

Extension Activities:
- Take a trip to a local playground.  Go over playground safety beforehand (maybe by reading Please Play Safe).
- Not a Stick imagines all the different things you can imagine a stick to be.  Stretch imaginations by asking your child to come up with different things an object (i.e. - box, rock, ball, etc.) can be.


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N - Nuts & Nests: March 30-31, 2015

Books:
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Mama Built a Little Nest by Jennifer Ward *
The Nose Book by Al Perkins *
The Nuts: Bedtime at the Nut House by Eric Litwin *
A Porcupine Named Fluffy by Helen Lester

Craft: Night Sky Picture
Our craft this week was based on the picture at left.  The kids colored a half piece of cardstock to make a night sky.  They then colored and glued on a letter "N", moon, and cloud before putting on star stickers.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading The Nose Book, have your child "write" books for other parts of the body.
- If your child colored their night sky picture with a colorful sky, point out that they added the "Northern Lights".  Then learn a little about the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis.

Notes:
I wasn't sure how the book Mama Built a Little Nest would go over.  It is a little longer than I would usually share in story time -- especially with all the captions throughout the book.  However, I just shared a small snippet of information from the captions.  The kids were fascinated by the different types of nests that birds built.