Rabbits Story Time: April 15-16, 2019

Books:
The Black Rabbit by Philippa Leathers
Carrot Soup by John Segal
Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds *
Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes *
Squish Rabbit by Katherine Battersby *
Zomo the Rabbit by Gerald McDermott

Craft: Rabbit
This week's craft is based on the picture at left.  The children colored a half sheet of cardstock with a bunny's face on it.  They then rolled and glued it into a cylinder to make the rabbit's body.  Two ears and a bowtie were also colored and glued to the cylinder to complete the rabbit.

Extension Activities:
- This week's focus letter is "R" for rabbit.  You could also do the letter "B" for bunny.  Ask your child to point out those letters on the page as you are reading.
- Zomo the Rabbit is a trickster folk tale form West Africa.  Share some other folk tales featuring rabbits including the Brer Rabbit tales.


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Rabbits Story Time: July 21-22, 2014

Books:
The Black Rabbit by Philippa Leathers *
A Boy and His Bunny by Sean Bryan *
It's Not Easy Being a Bunny by Marilyn Sadler
Peek-A-Boo Bunny by Holly Surplice *
What Does Bunny See? A Book of Colors by Linda Sue Park *

Craft: Bunny Mask
The center was cut out of a 9" paper plate.  Two bunny ears were glued to the top of the plate.  A jumbo craft stick was glued / taped to the bottom of the plate.  Cotton balls could be pulled apart and glued around the edge of the plate and the ears to make the bunny fuzzy.  The mask is held up so that you can see the child's face in the center of it.

Literacy Extensions:
- Practice rhyming using A Boy and His Bunny.  See if your child can come up with more activities they can do "with a bunny on their head" making sure to rhyme with "head".
- Explore shadows.  Discuss how shadows are created and then play with making shadows. (i.e. The Black Rabbit)