Rainbow Story Time: March 12-13, 2018

Books:
Moonbear's Skyfire by Frank Asch *
The Rainbow by Felicia Law
A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman
Ruby's Rainbow by Rosemary Wells *
The Story of the Leprechaun by Katherine Tegen

Craft: Rainbow Coloring Sheet & Collage
The children colored a page with a sun, rainbow, and pot of gold.  They then glued small squares of colored paper onto the rainbow.


Literacy Extensions:
- Practice color recognition.  Ask your child to find objects nearby of particular colors.
- Use a prism to make rainbows.  You can either purchase a prism or make a homemade one with a glass of water in the sunlight.


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Easter Story Time: June 27-28, 2016

Books:
The Easter Bunny's Assistant by Jan Thomas *
Easter Mice by Bethany Roberts
Max Counts His Chickens by Rosemary Wells *
Minerva Louise and the Colorful Eggs by Janet Morgan Stoeke
Piggy Bunny by Rachel Vail *

Craft: Easter Bunny Headband
Our craft was based on the picture at left.  Kids colored ears, headband strips, and nose/teeth before gluing the pieces together to make into a bunny headband.  The kids could also glue on tissue paper onto the ears if they liked.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Piggy Bunny, name other animals and have your child give you reasons why or why not they could become the Easter Bunny.
- Following the directions in The Easter Bunny's Assistant, make Easter eggs with your child.


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