Sheep Story Time: May 13-14, 2019

Books:
Another Brother by Matthew Cordell
Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep by Teri Sloat *
Mary Had a Little Lamb by Mary Ann Hoberman *
No Sleep for Sheep by Karen Beaumont
Sheep 101 by Richard T. Morris
Six Sandy Sheep by Judith Ross Enderle *


Craft: Rocking Sheep
This week's craft is based on the picture above.  A paper plate was folded in half.  Cotton balls were stretched and glued to the inner ring of the paper plate for the sheep's body.  Black paper strips were glued as legs and two paper circles were glued on (back-to-back) for the head.  The outer ring could then be colored as grass or other background.

Extension Activities:
- Practice phonics using the "baa" sound.  See how many words your child can think of that start with the "baa" sound.
- See if you can visit a working sheep farm to see what sheep's wool is really like.

Mary Had a Little Lamb (Sheep) Sing-Along Story Time: June 11-12, 2018

Books:
Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep by Teri Sloat *
Mary Had a Little Lamb by Maryann Hoberman *
Six Sandy Sheep by Judith Ross Enderle
Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox *

Craft: Standing Sheep
Children colored a sheep body that was folded in half to stand and then glued on the sheep's head.  They could then glue on multi-colored pieces of yarn to give the sheep wool.

Literacy Extensions:
- See if there is a working sheep farm nearby to visit that will allow your child to interact with the sheep.
- Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep gives the basic steps of turning sheep's wool into sweaters by knitting.  Maybe try some simple finger knitting or paper weaving with your child.


Templates --

               

Tops & Bottoms Story Time: February 22-23, 2016

Books:
Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep by Teri Sloat *
If Elephants Wore Pants by Henriette Barkow
In My New Yellow Shirt by Eileen Spinelli
The Nuts: Sing and Dance in Your Polka Dot Pants by Eric Litwin *
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin *

Craft: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
The kids colored a card stock head, two arms and two legs cut from a template I drew.  They then folded a quarter sheet of yellow paper so that the edges met in the middle to make a shirt.  The upper corners could be turned down to make a collar.  They then picked for small stickers to use as groovy buttons to close the shirt.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons practice counting.  Have your child count various things on their clothes (i.e. stripes on their shirt, pockets on their pants, etc.)
- After reading My New Yellow Shirt have your child stretch their imagination by coming up with different things they could be in the outfit they are wearing.


Notes:
I originally thought to have the kids pick out the stickers they wanted to use.  However, this did not work very well.  We got a traffic jam at the sticker bowls.  We also had a lot of younger children who were not yet counting.

Template for Pete the Cat --

Sheep Story Time: June 23-24, 2014

Books:
Baa-Choo! by Sarah Weeks *
Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep by Teri Sloat *
Hide and Sheep by Andrea Beaty
Six Sandy Sheep by Judith Enderle
Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox *

Craft: Yarn Sheep
Children were given a sheep cutout.  They could color their sheep before gluing on multi-colored yarn pieces.

Literacy Extensions:
- Have your child list all the farm animals they can think of and their sounds.
- Discuss how clothes are made from sheep's wool (i.e. Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep)