Tigers Story Time: February 26-27, 2018

Books:
Beware of Tigers by Dave Horowitz
Cats Are Cats by Valeri Gorbachev *
It's a Tiger! by David LaRochelle *
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown

Craft: Tiger Paper Bag Puppet
This week's craft is based on the picture at left.  The main different we made was that instead of all the individual facial features, the children were given one face (including eyes, nose, stripes, ears, etc) to color and glue onto the bag.  They also got to paws to color and glue onto the bag.

Literacy Extensions:
- Learn more about tigers.  Check out a nonfiction book about tigers from the library to learn more about them.
- Go on a field trip to the zoo to view the tigers.


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School Story Time: August 1-2, 2016

Books:
Bear's School Day by Stella Blackstone
Dad's First Day by Mike Wohnoutka
Dinosaur vs. School by Bob Shea *
Kindergarten Countdown by Anna Jane Hays *
Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are You Going to School? by Bill Martin Jr.
Minerva Louise at School by Janet Morgan Stoeke
Ollie's School Day: A Yes-and-No Book by Stephanie Calmenson *

Craft: Paper Bag Backpack
This week's craft is based on the picture at left.  A paper lunch bag was cut so it stood 8" tall.  Then the template was used to cut out paper pouches and clasps.  1" x 8-1/2" strips were cut from paper.  All the pieces were colored before gluing together.  The bag was opened before gluing the clasp onto both sides of the bag at the top.

Literacy Extensions:
- Talk with your child about what they will be doing at school.  Try to list all the different activities they might do during the day (i.e. nap time, music, story time, recess, etc.)
- Review the various learning concepts before the start of school (i.e. alphabet, counting, shapes, etc.)

Notes:
I am also doing a Chick-Fil-A story time this week that will use the school books I did not read at the library's story time.

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