The Alphabet: "H" -- 2/22/22

Join us weekly on Tuesdays for an online Story Time featuring books read by Miss Amy.  The video will be available to view for a week before a new online is uploaded.

Click HERE for this week's Story Time video.

Hug Machine by Scott Campbell
There Is a Bird on Your Head! by Mo Willems

Books:
Are You a Horse? by Andy Rash

Hamsters Make Terrible Roommates by Cheryl B. Klein

Hats Are Not for Cats by Jacqueline K. Rayner

Hedge Hog by Ashlyn Anstee

Hippos Are Huge by Jonathan London

A House by Kevin Henkes

The Magic Hat by Mem Fox

Craft: H is for Hippo

- Print out template on heavy paper or cardstock

- Cut out pieces (H body, head)

- Color pieces

- Glue head to side of H as shown in picture at left

- Optional: Fold down legs of H to make hippo stand

Extension Activities:

- Practice tracing by having your child trace around his hand.  Search online to see how to turn those hand trancings into a horse, hippo, or hedgehop picture.

- Sing the Hokey Poky.  Make sure to include verses of body parts starting with H (head, hand, hips, etc.)

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Our Bodies: Head Story Time: November 4-5, 2019

Books:
A Boy and His Bunny by Sean Bryan
Cowlick! by Christin Ditchfield *
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
Ocean Animals from Head to Tail by Stacey Roderick *
There Is a Bird on Your Head! by Mo Willems *

Craft: Bird
This week's craft was based on the picture at left.  The children colored a beak, two eyes, and two wings cut out from cardstock before gluing them to a plastic cup.  (We did not add the feather at top or the "belly".)

Extension Activities:
- This is the first week of our "body" story times.  Ask your child to point to their body part as you list them off.  Get creative and list unusual body parts (i.e. pinkie finger, eyelash, ankle, etc.).
- After making the craft (cup bird), see if your child can balance it on their head.  It requires stillness to do it.

Birds Story Time: April 25-26, 2016

Books:
Birds by Kevin Henkes *
Early Bird by Toni Yuly *
I Hatched! by Jill Esbaum
Mama Built a Little Nest by Jennifer Ward
There Is a Bird on Your Head! by Mo Willems *

Craft: Bird in Nest
The craft we made is based on the picture at left.  The children were given a paper bird cutout to color and then glue to a paper plate.  They then glued on strips of brown paper to make its nest.

Literacy Extensions:
- Learn more about birds.  Pick a bird you want to know more about and find a book about it at the library.
- The St. Louis Zoo has a wonderful bird exhibit.  Visit the birds at the zoo and learn more about them.


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