Happy, Hungry, Hippos! Story Time Letter H

H is for hairy, high, hug, hurt, helicopter, hand, horoscope, hip, hen, happy, and hippopotamus!

For stories we read:

Home, by Jeannie Baker

A New House for Mouse, by Petr Horacek

Harold and the Purple Crayon, by Crockett Johnson

Hippo Has a Hat, by Julia Donaldson

Our felt-board story was:

The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle

For our craft, we made hippo puppets!

For snack we had some sweet blueberries!

Next up for letter I, ice cream! 

Goofy, Galloping Giraffes! Story Time Letter G

G is for gallop, grape, gum, gush, great, ginormous, ghost, going, glorious, glide, guest, and giraffe!

We read:

Giraffe Meets Bird, by Rebecca Bender

Giraffes Can't Dance, by Giles Andreae

Don't Laugh at Giraffe, by Rebecca Bender

Betty Goes Bananas, by Steve Antony

Little Beauty, by Anthony Browne

Our flannel story was:

Three Billy Goats Gruff

For craft, we made hand-print giraffes.

For snack, we had tasty apples!

Next up, letter H! We're making some hungry, hungry hippos!

Fun, Fabulous Flowers: Story Time Letter F

F is for fix, fine, fantastic, fox, frail, flutter, funky, fungus, filibuster, fit, and flower!

For stories, we read:

There is a Flower at the Tip of My Nose Smelling Me, by Alice Walker

A Flower in the Snow, by Tracey Corderoy & Sophie Allsopp

Bamboo & Friends: the Flower's Busy Day, by Felicia Law

The Flower Man, by Mark Ludy

My Flower, Your Flower, by Melanie Walsh

Flower Garden, by Eve Bunting

We guessed the names of some flowers:

We sang some songs:

Old MacDonald Had a Farm

5 Little Fishes 

5 little fishes swimming in the sea, 
Teasing Mr. Shark, "You can't catch me!" 
Along comes Mr. Shark, quiet as can be, 
And ... chomp! 

4 little fishes ... 3, 2, 1, until no little fishes are left. 

For our craft, we made a flower:

Materials:
- Jumbo craft stick
- Cupcake liners
- Buttons
- Markers

How-To:
- Turn one cupcake liner inside out. Place a drop of glue on the inside of one cupcake liner, then place the inside-out one inside it. This way you have colour front and back.
- Decorate your craft stick to be the stem of your flower.
- Place a drop of glue at the top of the stick, then attach your cupcake liners to it. Place a drop of glue inside the "flower", and attach a button to be the pollen.
- Voila, you have a flower!

For snack, we had some scrumptious apples!

Next week, we're getting messy and making some giraffes!

Enormous Earth: Story Time Letter E

E is for easy, end, elephant, eat, ear, ember, eastern, exit, elk, evergreen, and earth!

For our Letter E story time, we read:

I Will Surprise My Friend, by Mo Willems

Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems

I Spy With My Little Eye, by Edward Gibbs

The Earth and I, by Frank Asch

We sang our ABCs, in English and in French.

Then we sang Mary Had a Little Lamb

For a felt-board story, we read "The Three Little Pigs".

For craft, we made the Earth!

 

For snack, we had some juicy apples!

Next week, we're exploring feisty letter F and making flowers!