Letter J –Jungle, Jellybeans, jar, jet, jump, jaguar, jacket, jam and jellyfish

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

Read first story "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly", said the Sloth, Through the Heart of the Jungle, The Animal Boogie,

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2. 

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.

Read second story The Big Woods Orchestra, What to do if an Elephant Stands on your Foot, Deep in the Jungle

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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...

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

Read third story If You're Happy and You Know It: Jungle Edition, Starry Safari

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

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

Craft- Jellyfish

Materials: Paper plates, ribbon, yarn, markers

Fold paper plates in half and then in thirds and cut slits to within a quarter inch of edge, continue on entirety of plate,  punch two hole in centre of plate.   Unfold. Colour plate with markers, tie yarn through the two holes in centre to hang jellyfish.  Tape ribbon along edge of plate.

Idea inspired by http://www.piikeastreet.com/2012/05/jellyfish/

1000 Books Week 26

Lots of excitement in the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program. A couple kids are getting to the halfway mark with their reading! Congratulations to Jacob, Sloan, and Hailey for bringing in their reading sheets and winning more great prizes!

Our last Star Reader of the Week was Carson!

This week's Star Reader is Axton! Congratulations!

Our last Book of the Week was a personal favourite it mine: "Love You Forever", by Robert Munsch.

Our 26th Book of the Week is "Pride and Prejudice: a Baby-Lit Counting Primer", by Jennifer Adams.



"With the perennial popularity of classic writers like Jane Austen and William Shakespeare, Baby Lit is a fashionable way to introduce your toddler to the world of classic literature. With clever, simple counting text by Jennifer Adams, paired with stylish design and illustrations by Sugar's Alison Oliver, Little Miss Austen and Little Master Shakespeare are a must for every savvy parent's nursery library." - Gibbs Smith



Stay tuned for our next Star Reader and Book of the Week! Keep up the good reading!

Letter I

Letter I –Insects, ice Cream, ice, igloo, ivy, inchworm, icicle, island, iguana and Italy

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

Read first story Bustle in the Bushes, I Love Bugs!, Tiny Little Fly or Big Bug Surprise

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

 

Read second story Can You Make a Scary Face? or  I Spy with My Little Eye

Flannel Board There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

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2. 

3. 

Read third story The Fly, Rhino's Great Big Itch! or Katy Did it!

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2. 

3. 

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...

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

Craft- I- Insect

Materials: green construction paper, cut out I shape, markers, glue, googly eyes.

Draw garden on construction paper, glue on letter I.  Draw on legs and antennae. Glue on googly eyes.

Inspired by http://the2balqis.blogspot.ca/2012/01/letter-crafts-i-insects-n-net.html

1000 Books Before Kindergarten: Week Twenty-Five

Twenty-Five Weeks! Can you believe it? It doesn't feel like it's been that long!

Here's a run-down of our Books of the Week:

Week 1: Hugless Douglas, by David Melling
Week 2: Detective Blue, by Steven Metzger
Week 3: Dinosaur vs. the Potty, by Bob Shea
Week 4: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter
Week 5: Our Canadian Flag, by Maxine Trottier and Brian Deines
Week 6: Dinotrux, by Chris Gall
Week 7: Zoom! by Robert Munsch
Week 8: Farmyard Beat, by Lindsay Craig
Week 9: Baby Loves Summer, by Karen Katz
Week 10: It's All About ME! by Nancy Cote
Week 11: Library Lion, by Michelle Knudsen
Week 12: Jazz Baby, by Lisa Wheeler
Week 13: The Castle, by Claude Millet
Week 14: Z is for Moose, by Kelly Bingham
Week 15: The Cow Loves Cookies, by Karma Wilson
Week 16: This Little Piggy's Book of Manners, by Kathryn Madeline Allen
Week 17: Baby Beluga, by Raffi
Week 18: The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians, by Carla Morris
Week 19: The Great Sheep Shenanigans, by Peter Bently and Mei Matsuoka
Week 20: Turtle Splash! Countdown at the Pond, by Cathryn Falwell
Week 21: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, by Simms Taback
Week 22: Zombie in Love, by Kelly DiPucchio
Week 23: Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion, by Jane Barclay
Week 24: A Poppy is to Remember, by Heather Patterson

Wow! So many books!

More and more kids are winning prizes by reading! Congratulations to Eleanor and Linaya for bringing back their reading sheets!

Our last Star Reader of the Week was also Eleanor!

Playing catch up from a previous Star Reader, here's Sloan receiving her prize!

 

 

This week's Star Reader is Carson! Congratulations!

 

 

Our twenty-fifth Book of the Week is a personal favourite of mine! "Love You Forever", by Robert Munsch.

 

 

"Love You Forever started as a song.

“I’ll love you forever,
I’ll like you for always,
as long as I’m living
my baby you’ll be.”

 

I made that up after my wife and I had two babies born dead. The song was my song to my dead babies. For a long time I had it in my head and I couldn’t even sing it because every time I tried to sing it I cried. It was very strange having a song in my head that I couldn’t sing.

For a long time it was just a song but one day, while telling stories at a big theatre at the University of Guelph, it occurred to me that I might be able to make a story around the song.

Out popped Love You Forever, pretty much the way it is in the book.

My regular publisher felt that it was not really a kid’s book and I ended up doing it with another publisher.

One day the publisher called up and said “This is very strange. It is selling very well in retirement communities in Arizona. It is selling in retirement communities where kids are illegal. This is supposed to be a children’s book. What is going on?”

“Grownups are buying it for grownups!”

In fact, it turned out that parents buy it for grandparents and grandparents buy it for parents and kids buy it for everybody and everybody buys it for kids.

As a matter of fact, everybody buys it for everybody. That’s why it sells a lot of copies. I think it’s my best book. So far it has sold about 15,000,000 copies.

Everybody makes up their own song for this book. I would like to put different versions of the song up on this site, now that the site has sound on it. If you send me your version, either as a tape or an audio file or a MR3 file, I will try to put it up in the LOVE YOU page. If lots of people send me their versions, I will not be able to put them all up, but I would like to hear them even if I can’t put them on the site.

The way I sing it in the story is just MY version. You are supposed to make up your own."
- Robert Munsch



Stay tuned for our next Star Reader and Book of the Week! Keep up the good reading!

Letter H

Letter H –Horses, Hippos, Hats, Happy, Hungry, Hedgehogs, hands, head, houses, Humpty Dumpty, Hair and Hens

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

Read first story Burger Boy, No! That's Wrong! or The Grizzly Bear with the Frizzly Hair

Nursery Rhyme: Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

All the kings horses and all the kings men

Couldn’t put Humpty together again.

Read second story The Haunted House, The Very Hungry Bear or Are You a Horse?

Poem: Hippos

Hippos swim. Hippos snort.

Hippo legs are rather short.

Hippo’s ears are pink and tiny.

Hippo hide is very shiny.

Hippo tails are stout and stubby.

Hippo hips are kind of chubby.

Hippos stay rather quiet.

Hippos never like to diet.

 

Read third story Me Hungry!, What's the Time, Mr. Wolf?

Song: Hokey Pokey

You put your right hand in. You put your right hand out. You put your right hand in. And you shake it all about

You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around. That`s what it`s all about!

 You put your left hand in. You put your left hand out. You put your left hand in. And you shake it all about

You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around. That`s what it`s all about!

You put your right foot in. You put your right foot out. You put your right foot in. And you shake it all about

You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around. That`s what it`s all about!

You put your left foot in. You put your left foot out. You put your left foot in. And you shake it all about

You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around. That`s what it`s all about!

  

You put your whole self in. You put your whole self out. You put your whole self in. And you shake it all about

You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around. That`s what it`s all about!

Crafts- Hippo

Materials: hippo head shape cut from construction paper, pink half circle, fruit loops, glue, markers

Glue pink tongue into middle of hippo head mouth, glue on fruit loop teeth, draw on eyes and nostrils.

Crafts inspired by http://www.bobbicamacho.com/2009/09/hungry-hippos.html

1000 Books Week 24

More and more children are winning prizes for reading books! Congratulations to Raiden and Lenaya for bringing back their reading sheets!

A big welcome to Isabella, who just joined the program this week!

Our last Star Reader was Kelsey!

This week's Star Reader is Eleanor! Congratulations!

In honor of Remembrance Day, our last Book of the Week was "Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion". Following that theme, our twenty-fourth Book of the Week is "A Poppy to Remember", by Heather Patterson.

"How did the bright red poppy that we all wear in November become Canada's symbol of honoring those who fought for our freedom on Remembrance Day?

Moving text coupled with stunning illustrations by Governor General's Award-winning artist Ron Lightburn explain the symbolism behind the poppy.
A bonus for teachers is the five-page spread all about the poem, "In Flanders Fields," Canada's wartime and peacekeeping endeavors, and the adoption of the poppy as our Remembrance Day emblem." - Scholastic Canada

Don't forget to share a moment of silence tomorrow, to remember all those soldiers who gave their lives for us ...

Stay tuned for our next Star Reader and Book of the Week!

Letter G

Letter G –Geese, Gorilla, Grasshopper, Goat and Giraffe

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

Read first story Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum, The Gruffalo or The Boy Who Ate the World: and the Girl who Saved It

Action Poem: Grandma's Glasses Fingerplay
These are Grandma's Glasses (make glasses with fingers over eyes)
Here is Grandma's cap (make triangle with hands and put on head)
This is the way she folds her hands (fold hands together)
And puts them in her lap (put hands in lap)
These are Grandma's glasses (make glases with fingers over eyes)
These are grandpa's hat (pretend to pull down a big hat over head)
And this is the way he folds his arms (fold arms over in front of body)
Just like that! (Shake head) 

Read second story Go-Go Gorillas, I Do Not Eat the Colour Green or Little Beauty

Song: Mary Had a William Goat Song

Oh, Mary had a William goat

William goat, William goat

Mary had a William goat

And he was lined with zinc.

He followed her to school one day

School one day, school one day

He followed her to school one day

And drank a pint of ink.

Oh, once he ate an oyster can

Oyster can, oyster can

Once he ate an oyster can

And Mary’s daddy’s shirts

The shirts can do no harm inside

Harm inside, harm inside

The shirts can do no harm inside

But oh! The oyster can!

Read third book Green, Let's Count Goats! or The Gingerbread Cowboy

Rhyme: Giraffe
The spotted giraffe is tall as can be, (raise one arm as high as you can),

His lunch is a bunch of leaves off a tree,(nibble with fingers of hand of outstetched arm)

He has a very long neck and his legs are long too,(point to raised arm and legs)

And he can run faster than his friends at the zoo!

Crafts:  Paper Plate Goat

Materials: large paper plate cut into pieces, googly eyes, markers, glue, stapler

Assemble goat with pieces, glue on eyes and draw on nose. Colour.

http://blog.memetales.com/2012/09/paper-plate-goat/

GASP - November

We've had lots of fun this year in Gasp! Coming into the third month, and we've done plenty of cool games and activities!

So far we've played Jenga, Dominoes, Spinning Tops, Whack-A-Mole, Headbandz, MarioKart, and Guitar Hero: Legends of Rock.

We've watched: Pirate Camp, Bolt, and Robots.

We've made: Finger-painting collages, paper-plate pumpkins, Halloween finger puppets, and volcanoes.

Today we had a nice combination of activities. First we played with some Jenga blocks, then we went outside to paint snow (food coloring and water in spray bottles). Then we came back inside for snack, and played Headbandz, and to wrap up the hour, we had a singing/dancing competition.

Lots of fun!

G.A.S.P. (Great After School Program) runs every Thursday from 4:00-5:00 pm during the school year.

1000 Books Week 23

It was a busy week for the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Program! Congratulations to Linaya, Koen, Evan, Lina, and Jackson, for bringing back their reading sheets and winning some prizes! Welcome to Nikita, our newest addition to the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program!

Our Last Star Reader was Andrea!

This week's Star Reader is Kelsey! Congratulations!

Our last Book of the Week was "Zombie in Love", a drop-dead romance about a Zombie who just wants to find love.

Our twenty-third Book of the Week is "Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion", by Jane Barclay.

"Much has been written about war and remembrance, but very little of it has been for young children. As questions come from a young grandchild, his grandpa talks about how, as a very young man, he was as proud as a peacock in uniform, busy as a beaver on his Atlantic crossing, and brave as a lion charging into battle. Soon, the old man’s room is filled with an imaginary menagerie as the child thinks about different aspects of wartime. But as he pins medals on his grandpa’s blazer and receives his own red poppy in return, the mood becomes more somber.

Outside, the crowd gathered for the veterans’ parade grows as quiet as a mouse, while men and women — old and young — march past in the rain. A trumpet plays and Grandpa lays a wreath in memory of his lost friend. Just then, the child imagines an elephant in the mist. “Elephants never forget,” he whispers to his grandpa. “Then let’s be elephants,” says the old man, as he wipes water from his eyes and takes his grandson’s hand.

Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion has relevance to a growing number of families, as new waves of soldiers leave home." - Tundra Books

Parents: if you have children between the ages of 0 and 3, we've started a Lap-Sit at the library. Saturday mornings between 10:15 and 10:45, come down to the library for puppet stories, nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and more! This program is drop-in, so come whenever you get a chance!

Stay tuned for our next Star Reader and Book of the Week! Keep up the good reading!

Letter F

Letter F –Fish, Frogs, Farms, Forests, Fingers, Fox, Feet and Flowers.

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

 

Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

Read first story Chickens to the Rescue, Guess Who Says Moo? or Toads on Toast

Action Poem: Five Frisky Frogs
Five little frisky frogs, hopping on the shore (hold up five fingers)
One hopped into the pond -SPLASH!! (jump out) So then there were just four.

Four little frisky frogs (hold up four fingers)

Climbing up a tree, one fell into the grass, BOOM! (pretend to fall) So then there were just three.

Three little frisky frogs (hold up three fingers)
Bathing in the dew, one caught a sneezy cold A-CHOO (sneeze) So then there were just two.

Two little frisky frogs (hold up two fingers)
Sleeping in the sun, One slept the day away, SNORE! (pretend to sleep) So then there was just one.

One little frisky frog (hold up one finger)
Sitting on a stone, let's call his four friends back, Yoo-hoo, Yoo-hoo
So he won't be alone.

Read second story Creepy Carrots!, Bad Frogs or The Busy Beaver

Song:  Slippery Fish

Slippery fish, slippery fish sliding through the water (put two hands together and glide them through the air)

Slippery fish, slippery fish, Gulp, gulp, gulp

OH NO! He's been eaten by an

Octopus, octopus squiggling in the water (Wave your arms up and down like the flailing arms of an octopus.)

Octopus, octopus, gulp, gulp, gulp

OH NO! He's been eaten by a

Tuna fish, tuna fish flashing in the water (two hands fingertips touching to give impression of bigger fish)

Tuna fish, tuna fish, gulp, gulp, gulp

OH NO! He's been eaten by a

Great White Shark, great white shark lurking in the water (Place one hand, with fingers straight upwards, on top of your head.)

Great white shark, great white shark gulp, gulp, gulp

OH NO! He's been eaten by an

Enormous Whale, enormous whale spouting in the water (Make big upward motions with your arms to resemble the spouting of water by a whale)

Enormous Whale, enormous whale, gulp, gulp, BURP!

Excuse ME! (Cover your mouth) 

Read third story The Foggy Foggy Forest, Beware of the Frog or Just a Walk

Song: Little Green Frog

Mm, Mm went the little green frog one day, [stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm"]
Mm, Mm went the little green frog,  [stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm"]
Mm, Mm went the little green frog one day,  [stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm"]
And they all went Mm, Mm, Aahh!  [stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm" and open mouth wide for Aahh!]
But! We all know frogs go, [CLAP]
Lahdeedahdeedah! [CLAP] Lahdeedahdeedah! [CLAP] Lahdeedahdeedah!
We all know frogs go, [CLAP] Lahdeedahdeedah!
They don't go [stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm" and open mouth wide for Aahh!]

Crafts:  Paper Plate Frog

Materials: small paper plate cut in half, 2” yellow construction paper circles, 1” long red construction paper strips curled, black diamond shaped construction paper, glue,markers

Glue yellow eyes on paper plate, add black diamonds as pupils, glue on red tongue and colour frog.

http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/category/frogs