Mix and Match Monsters! Story Time Letter M

M is for maze, mall, mark, mixture, map, mud, meter, monocle, myriad, maple, and monsters!

For stories we read:

Mouse's First Fall, by Lauren Thompson

Mouse Views: What the Class Pet Saw, by Bruce McMillan

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Creepy Monsters, Sleepy Monsters: a Lullaby, by Jane Yolen

Puff the Magic Dragon, by Peter Yarrow & Lenny Lipton

Mouseterpiece: a Mouse-Sized Guide to Modern Art, by Jane Breskin Zalben

Romping Monsters, Stomping Monsters, by Jane Yolen

We sang:

5 Little Monsters Jumping on the Bed

ABCs

For our craft, we made some monster puppets!

For snack, we had yummy grapes!

Next up, noodle necklaces!

Leaping Lemurs! Story Time Letter L

L is for lasso, lush, leopard, line, look, large, languish, love, locomotive, lance, and lemur!

For stories, we read:

Love You Forever, by Robert Munsch

The Lion & the Mouse, by Jerry Pinkney

Small and Tall Tales of Extinct Animals, by Hélène Rajcak and Damien Laverdunt

Red Light, Green Light, by Margaret Wise Brown

Lucky Song, by Vera B. Williams

A Library Book for Bear, by Bonny Becker

We sang:

I'm a Little Teapot

B-I-N-G-O

For our craft, we made lemurs!

For snack, we had some tasty carrots!

Next up: monsters!

Kites - Story Time Letter K

K is for kicking, kaleidoscope, kazoo, kowabunga, knife, kitchen, and kite!

We read:

Yum! Yuck! A Foldout Book of People Sounds, by Linda Sue Park and Julia Durango

Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho! by Doreen Cronin

I Took a Walk, by Henry Cole

Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type, by Doreen Cronin

Chickens to the Rescue, by John Himmelman

Spike in the City, by Paulette Bogan

Click, Clack, Peep! by Doreen Cronin

Dawdle Duckling, by Toni Buzzeo

Smick! by Doreen Cronin

We sang:

I'm a Little Teapot

ABCs

London Bridge is Falling Down

For our craft, we made kites!

Next up: Lovely Little Lemurs!

Snowflakes Keep Falling on My Head - Snowflake Story Time

What better way to celebrate winter than to make snowflakes!

We read:

There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow, by Lucille Colandro

Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit: a Book of Changing Seasons, by Il Sung Na

Tiger in the Snow! by Nick Butterworth

Old Bear, by Kevin Henkes

Curious George in the Snow, by Margaret & H.A. Rey

Tracks in the Snow,  by Wong Herbert Yee

Clifford's First Snow Day, by Norman Bridwell

The Snow Bear, by Miriam Moss

The Busy Little Squirrel, by Nancy Tafuri

We sang:

ABC's

 
Snowflakes Keep Falling On My Head (Tune: Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head)

Snowflakes keep falling on my head,
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red,
Crying's not for me! No!
I'm never gonna stop the snow by complaining!
Because I'm free!
Nothing's worrying me!

We blew some bubbles

For our craft, we made snowflakes. 

We can't wait to see what 2016 will bring!