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Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Royal Stories: The Princess and the Pit Stop -- 4/15/25

Each month, Miss Amy records a virtual Story Time that goes along with the monthly theme.  It will be posted monthly in the morning of the first Tuesday of the month.  (The video is available to watch for one month before a new one is uploaded.) 

Click HERE for this month's Story Time video.

The Princess and the Pit Stop by Tom Angleberger
Dragon Was Terrible by Kelly DiPucchio
Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox











Books:
The Big Princess by Taro Miura
Good Knight, Mustache Baby by Bridget Heos
Lovabye Dragon by Barbara Joosse
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
Reading Beauty by Deborah Underwood
Sleeping Bobby by Will Osborne


Craft: Crown
- Print template (at left) onto cardstock or heavy paper
- Cut out crown pieces
- Color pieces
- Optional -- Glue on sequins for jewels
- Glue pieces together into headband to fit head



Extension Activities:
- At the end of the The Princess and the Pit Stop they had a dance contest.  Have a fun royal dance party.  Try out different dances.
- Play a game of Telephone.  Have several children line up in a row.  Whisper a sentence into the first child's ear.  Have them then whisper that sentence into the next child's ear and so on through the line.  See how the sentence changed by the end of the line.

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Virtual Story Time: A Royal Story -- April 2025

Each month, Miss Amy records a virtual Story Time that goes along with the monthly theme.  It will be posted monthly in the morning of the first Tuesday of the month.  (The video is available to watch for one month before a new one is uploaded.) 

Click HERE for this month's Story Time video.

The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess by Tom Gauld


Books:
The King's Golden Beard by Klaas Verplancke
The Legend of King Arthur-A-Tops by Mo O'Hara
Prince of a Frog by Jackie Urbanovic
The Prince Won't Go to Bed by Dayle Ann Dodds
A Real Prince Is Hard to Find: A Modern Fairy Tale by Joanna Rivard
The Very Smart Pea and the Princess-To-Be by Mini Grey



Extension Activities:
- Build a castle out of Lego or other building blocks.
- Have a royal fashion show.  Ask your child to dress up in their best, fanciest clothes.
- Make edible fairy wands.  Cut rice krispee treats into stars and then stick the star onto a pretzel rod.