Thursday, May 28, 2015

Y Do We Love These Stories So?

Y is for yellow, year, yippee, yo yo, young, yard, yin and yang, yonder, you, yuck, and yarn!


We read:

Alligator Baby, by Robert Munsch


The Very Brave Bear, by Nick Bland


The Very Cranky Bear, by Nick Bland


The Very Hungry Bear, by Nick Bland


My Bus, by Byron Barton


Baby Bear's Books, by Jane Yolen


Puddles, by Jonathan London


We sang:

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star


The Itsy-Bitsy Spider


Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head


For our craft, we made yarn bugs!










For snack, we had some yummy blueberries!

Next week, we're going to the zoo! (within our program room, of course)

Monday, May 25, 2015

Excellent X-Rays!

X is for xylophone, excellent, fox, fix, box, excel, experiment, saxophone, fax, maximum, foxy, toxic, and x-ray!

We read:

Fox, by Kate Banks


11 Experiments That Failed, by Jenny Offill & Nancy Carpenter


Hattie and the Fox, by Mem Fox


Simms Taback's Big Book of Words


The Mixed-Up Chameleon, by Eric Carle


Excuse Me, by Lisa Kopelke 


We sang:

Head and Shoulders Knees and Toes. (Check out the Wiggles version below)


We did a get-to-know-our-bones dance. 

Move your finger bones. 
Move your arm bones
Move your shoulder bones
Move your back bone
Move your hip bones
Move your leg bones
Move your knee bone
Move your ankle bones
Move your toe bones

Move it all together! Fast! Then slow!

For our craft, we made some X-Rays of our hands and arms! 









Next up: yarn bugs!

Friday, May 22, 2015

Wonderful World of Watercolours!

W is for weird, wild, wolf, whisper, wash, wipe, willow, western, wilderness, whale, warthog, wonderful, and watercolour!

We read:

Fox Walked Alone, by Barbara Reid


What's That Awful Smell? by Heather Tekavec


Today I Will Fly! by Mo Willems


When Lions Roar, by Robie H. Harris


With a Little Help From Daddy, by Dan Andreasen


Whoever You Are, by Mem Fox


Willy's Pictures, by Anthony Browne


Meet Wild Boars, by Meg Rosoff and Sophie Blackall


Wild Boars Cook, by Meg Rosoff and Sophie Blackall



We sang:

Old MacDonald Had a Farm


Ging Gang Goolie Goolie (a song I learned from my mum)

Ging gang goolie goolie goolie goolie, 
Watch out! 
Ging gang goo, 
Ging gang goo.
Ging gang goolie goolie goolie goolie,
Watch out! 
Ging gang goo,
Ging gang goo.
Hey-la! 
Hey-la, Shayla! 
Hey-la Shayla, ayla, ayla, ooh! 
Shally wally wally wally. 
Oompa, oompa, oompa, oompa! 

Repeat and change for names: Tammy, ammy, ammy, ooh!

Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head

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

Willaby Wallaby Woo

Willaby, wallaby, woo, 
An elephant sat on you! 
Willaby, wallaby, wee, 
An elephant sat on me! 
Willaby wallaby worrie, 
An elephant sat on Corrie! 
Willaby wallaby wammy, 
An elephant sat on Tammy.


For our craft, we used special markers to decorate the windows in the program room! 


  






Next up, X-Rays!

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Very Voracious Vegetables!

V is for volume, vulture, vacuum, vase, violin, voracious, van, vest, valley, vine, variety, and vegetables!

We read:

Creepy Carrots, by Aaron Reynolds


Vampirina Ballerina, by Countess Anne Marie Pace


On My Very First School Day I Met ... by Norman Stiles


Two Old Potatoes and Me, by John Coy


Growing Vegetable Soup, by Lois Ehlert


We sang:

ABC's (check out Usher's Sesame Street Alphabet!)


Twinkle Twinkle Little Star


I've Been Working on the Railroad


For our craft, we painted with vegetables!











Next up: Window decorating!