Journey to Learning! Literacy Day

Join us on Friday, January 27th from 1-2 pm for a trip around the world that encourages literacy and numeracy.

Learning happens everywhere, and it's easy to make learning part of your daily live. Learning can take you anywhere!


We will also feature some special guests, stories, prizes and snacks.


Feel free to drop in!

GASP Starting Up Again!

G.A.S.P (Great After School Program) is starting up again on January 5th! 

From art and board games to food and science experiments, this program will amaze and entertain. 

Come and hang out with your friends. Snacks and Refreshments provided. 

Time: Thursdays 4-5

Ages: 7-12

No Registration required

Christmas

Christmas

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Music: Selected Christmas Music

 

1.            Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

2.            Read first story The 12 Bugs of Christmas, Tacky's Christmas, A Porcupine in a Pine Tree

3.            Song: Hat and whiskers, belt and boots

Hat and whiskers, belt and boots, belt and boots, belt and boots.

Hat and whiskers, belt and boots,

Twinkling eyes and a cherry red nose.

4.            Read second story The Christmas Giant, Oh, What a Christmas!

5.            Song: Rudolph

Rudolph, the red nosed reindeer...... (hands up like antlers)
Had a very shiny nose....(point to nose)
And if you ever saw it...(wooo, wooo!)
You would even say it glows....(hands out around face "glowing")
All of the other reindeer...(hands up like antlers)
Used to laugh and call him names...(make "raspberries" with mouth)
They never let poor Rudolph...(boo, hoo...use hands to wipe tears while saying it)
Join in any reindeer games...(slap legs, clap, hands out, clap)
Then one foggy Christmas eve,
Santa came to say: (we use deep voices now)
Rudolph with your nose so bright, Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
Then all the reindeer ...(hands up for antlers) loved him
As they shouted out with glee...(rah-rah, ziss-boom-bah!)
Rudolph the red nosed  reindeer (hands up for antlers)
You'll go down in history!

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6.            Read third story Stick Man, That's Good! That's Bad! On Santa's Journey

7.            Craft:      Foam Christmas Ball

Decorate using foam stickers, glitter foam that is cut into shapes, sequins, stickers etc. Thread ribbon through and tie to make hanging ornament.                  

Letter K

Letter K –Kittens, kangaroos, koalas, karate, kings and kites

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Music: Wiggly Safari! by the Wiggles

1.             1. Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

2.           2. Read first story Curious Kitten Peek A Boo!, Snap!, Three Little Kittens

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3.            3. Five little kittens

Five little kittens standing in a row (hold up 5 fingers)

They nod their heads to the children so (bend fingers)

They run to the left, they run to the right (run fingers to the left and then to the right)

They stand up and stretch in the bright sunlight (stretch fingers out tall)

Along comes a dog who's in for some fun (hold up one finger from opposite hand)

MEOW! See those little kittens run (let fingers run).

4.       4.  Read second story McGillycuddy Could!, Snog the Frog, Tiger

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5.        5.  Flannel board: Five Knights in Shining Armor

Five knights in shining armor,

Fearless and brave,

Went dragon hunting deep in a cave.

The dragon started breathing fire,

The knights’ knees were all aquiver,

So one little knight took off for the river!

(repeat counting down to zero)

 

6. Action Rhyme: Kangaroo!

Jump, jump, jump (Jump)

Goes the kangaroo (Jump)

I thought only one (Hold up one finger)

But now I see two! (Hold up two fingers)

Momma and her baby

With his head popping out (Make a fist, have other hand pop out)

He holds on tight (Hug yourself)

As they jump all about! (Jump)

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6.           7. Read third story Penelope at the Farm, Stuck, Karate Hour

 

7.          8. Song: What about the Kangaroo?

Crazy crabs walk sideways, (move sideways)

What a giddy way to go!

Snails slip slide forwards (move forward slowly)

And that is very slow!

Ducks waddle, waddle, (waddle)

And that is funny too,

And what about the hopping

Of the big red kangaroo? (hop like a kangaroo)

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9. Craft- Koala Bear

Materials:  Koala bear shape cut from construction paper, markers, popsicle stick, glue, green paper.

Draw on face of koala bear, colour stick brown and glue on leaves to make a eucalyptus tree, glue on koala bear.

Idea from http://www.freewebs.com/hadrianparkrainbows/australiacrafts.htm

Christmas Cheer

Letter J

Letter J –Jungle, Jellybeans, jam and jellyfish

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Music: Ralph's World: At the Bottom on  the Sea

1.                 Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

 

2.                 Read first story If I Were a Jungle Animal, Monkey Truck or  Wonderful Junk

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3.                   Nursery Rhyme: Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water

Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill went tumbling after

Then up Jack got and home did trot as fast as he could caper

He went to bed and patched his head

With vinegar and brown paper.

4.                   Read second story If You're Happy and You Know It, Some Dogs Do or Previously

 

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5.                  Song- Five Little Monkeys Swinging in a Tree

Five little monkeys swinging in a tree,

Teasing the alligators, you can catch me, you can catch me....

Along came a alligator quiet as can be.......

And snapped that monkey right out of that tree!

Four little monkeys swinging in a tree,

Teasing the alligators, you can catch me, you can catch me....

Along came a alligator quiet as can be.......

And snapped that monkey right out of that tree!

Three little monkeys swinging in a tree,

Teasing the alligators, you can catch me, you can catch me....

Along came a alligator quiet as can be.......

And snapped that monkey right out of that tree!

Two little monkeys swinging in a tree,

Teasing the alligators, you can catch me, you can catch me....

Along came a alligator quiet as can be.......

And snapped that monkey right out of that tree!

One little monkey swinging in a tree,

Teasing the alligators, you can catch me, you can catch me....

Along came a alligator quiet as can be.......

And snapped that monkey right out of that tree!

No little monkeys swinging in a tree...

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6.                 Read third story Jack and the Beanstalk, Twenty-Four Robbers or Wonderful Junk

7.                 Song: Peanut Butter and Jelly

Peanut, Peanut Butter

Peanut, peanut butter. Jelly. Peanut, peanut butter. Jelly.

First you take the peanuts and you dig em, you dig em, you dig em, dig em, dig em.

Then you crush em, you crush em, you crush em, crush em, crush em.

Peanut, peanut butter. Jelly. Peanut, peanut butter. Jelly.

Then you take the berries and you pick em ……

Then you squish em, you squish em…

Then you take the bread and you spread em, you spread em ……

Peanut, peanut butter. Jelly. Peanut, peanut butter. Jelly

Then you take the sandwich and you bite it, you bite it ….

Then you chew it, you chew it, you chew it chew it chew it…

Then you swallow, you swallow, you swallow, swallow, swallow (GULP)

Peanut, peanut butter. Jelly. Peanut, peanut butter. Jelly

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8.                 Craft- Jellyfish

Materials: Cloud shape cut from construction paper, 12 inch long crepe paper streamers, goggly eyes, markers

Decorate jellyfish shape with markers, glue on eyes and streamers.

 http://abrittwithoutboys.blogspot.com/2011/04/preschool-letter-j

Letter I

Letter I –Insects, Ice Cream, Iguanas and Islands

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Music: Family Time by Ziggy Marley

            1.  Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

             2.  Read first story Bedtime Bugs, Can't Catch Me, Should I Share My Ice Cream?, The Delicious Bug, 

         3.  Fingerplay- The Itsy Bitsy Spider

The itsy bitsy spider
Crawled up the water spout
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
And the itsy bitsy spider
Crawled up the spout again

Flannel Board Little Miss Muffet

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider and sat down beside her.
And frightened Miss Muffet away!

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4.                Song- Five Little Ice Cream Cones

Five little ice cream cones standing in a row,
each has a scoop and an ice cream cone,
out came the sun and it shown all day,
one little ice cream cone melted away

Four little ice cream cones...
Three little ice cream cones...
Two little ice cream cones...
One little ice cream cone...

 

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5.            4. Read second story Big Rig Bugs, I Wanna Iguana, Ten Busy Buzzy Bugs,  Crocs!

6.             5. Counting Rhyme- Oh Me, Oh My a Fly

ONE       One fly in the web,Oh me, oh my.
The web begins to tremble,
In comes another fly! How many flies? TWO
Two flies in the web, Oh me, oh my.
The web begins to tremble, In comes another fly!
How many flies? THREE
Three flies in the web, Oh me, oh my.
The web begins to tremble, In comes another fly!
How many flies? FOUR
Four flies in the web, Oh me, oh my.
The web begins to tremble, In comes another fly!
How many flies? FIVE
Five flies in the web, Oh me, oh my.
The spider eats them one by one. 5-4-3-2-1
How many flies? NONE
That’s ZERO flies!

6. Read third story  Hello, Bugs!, In Front of the Ant, Tiny Little Fly

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7.           7. Craft- I- Iguana

Materials: Shapes for I, head, tongue, tail and spikes, goggly eyes, glue

Glue shapes for I into letter I shape. Glue on head, tail, tongue and back spikes. Glue on googly eyes.

http://www.meetthedubiens.com/2010/06/alphabet-craft-i-is-for-iguana.html