Skeleton Hiccups -- 10/18/22

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Skeleton Hiccups by Margery Cuyler

Books:

Black and Bittern Was the Night by Robert Heidbreder

Bonaparte Falls Apart by Margery Cuyler

The Bones of Fred McFee by Eve Bunting

Give Me Back My Bones by Kim Norman

Samira and the Skeletons by Camilla Kuhn

Skeleton for Dinner by Margery Cuyler

The Skeleton in the Closet by Alice Schertle

Craft: Skeleton

- Print skull onto regular white paper

- Print skeleton guide onto colored paper making sure to leave room for skull to fit at top

- Cut white paper into small strips for bones

- Glue bones onto colored paper using the guide

- Glue skull to colored paper on top of bones

Extension Activities:

- Learn about the human body and the skeletal system.  Check out one of the nonfiction skeleton books from the library.

- Continue the skeleton craft fun by printing out some simple animal coloring sheets.  Then have your child draw or glue on white bone strips in what they think would be its skeletal system.

Templates --

Skeleton Hiccups Story Time: October 20-21, 2014

Books:
Bedtime for Monsters by Ed Vere
The Skeleton in the Closet by Alice Schertle *
Skeleton Hiccups by Margery Cuyler *
Thelonius Monster's Sky-High Fly Pie: A Revolting Rhyme
              by Judy Sierra
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Craft: Skeleton Picture
Children glued cut out bones and a skull to paper with an simple line-drawing skeleton.

Literacy Extensions:
- Talk about why people have / need bones.  Check out a nonfiction, informational book about skeletons and look at the pictures of the different bones in the body.
- Pick a simple recipe and make it with your child - discussing the various steps as you do them (i.e. Thelonius Monster's Sky-High Fly Pie)

Notes:
This story time is not for children with fears of monsters.  While the children found Skeleton Hiccups funny, several of the children were scared by The Skeleton in the Closet and Bedtime for Monsters.  I suggest reading the books yourself before sharing with your children.