Semaine 2: Oiseaux 9+

Semaine 29+
Oiseaux

Livres:

Aujourd’hui on a lu Polo et Potiron par Salina Yoon. Cette livre est très mignon. 

Jeux:

Pour notre jeu ont à jouer oiseaux et verre de terre TAG. 

Bricolages:

Pour notre bricolage ont à fait des oiseaux avec le patte a modeler. 

Semaine 2: Oiseaux 4-8

Semaine 24-8
Oiseaux

Livres:

Aujourd’hui on a lit Imagine par John Lennon. 

Jeux:

Pour notre jeu ont à jouer oiseaux et verre de terre TAG. 

Bricolages:

Pour notre bricolage ont à fait des oiseaux avec les rouleaux de papier de toilet. Les matériaux qu'on a utilisés sont des plumes, colles, rouleaux, et feutres. 

Summer Reading Program Week 4: Bugs Ages 7-12

Summer Reading Program
Week 4: Bugs
Ages 7-12

Books read:

The Fly by Elise Gravel: I loved the illustrations in this book. I also loved all the neat facts about flies that this book contained. 

The Summer We Saved the Bees by Robin Stevenson: We read the first few pages of this book. It is a great read with a theme that the older ones may be able to relate to. 

Activities:

For our activity today we went outside and played a game much like "Kick the Can". However, instead of a can we used balls to be spider eggs. There would be two spiders who had twenty seconds to hide their eggs. Once the eggs were hidden. The other participants were able to try to steal the eggs. Whoever stole the egg first was the spider in the next round. 

Craft:

Today for our craft we made caterpillars. Fold a half piece of card-stock like you would a paper fan. Then cut your folded square into a round shape. Unfold your caterpillar and decorate it. After we completed our caterpillars we took straws and raced our caterpillars. 

Summer Reading Program Week 4: Bugs Ages 2-6

Summer Reading Program
Week 4: Bugs
Ages 2-6

Books read:

I'm Trying To Love Spiders by Bethany Barton: We learned some pretty cool facts about spiders by reading this book! The kids had fun squishing the spiders in the book, but don't worry they started to love them by the end. 

The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle: Of course we had to read this classic with our bug themed week! The illustrations in this book are really fun. 

Activities:

For our activity today we went outside and looked for ladybugs! We were able to find a few along with some other bugs. 

Craft:

Today for our craft we made caterpillars with pipe-cleaners and beads. Making our caterpillars required major fine motor skills. It was awesome to see the concentration that went into this craft! 

Summer Reading Program Week 3: Weather 7-12

Summer Reading Program
Week 3: Weather
Ages 7-12

Books read:

It's Raining by Gail Gibbons: This book taught us about different types of clouds, and how rain works! 

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo: This book wasn't about weather. However, it is a great read and the kids really got hooked into this one. It is a must read story. One lucky participant got to take it home at the end of the week to read. 

Activities:

For our activity today we Played "Sun and Snow TAG". "Snow" is it, when you are tagged by "Snow" you must freeze. To be free "Sun" must come and melt you.

Craft:

Today for our craft we made a rainbow cloud. We wrote all the wonderful traits about ourselves under our cloud. 

Summer Reading Program Week 3: Weather 2-6

Summer Reading Program
Week 3: Weather
Ages 2-6

Books read:

A Flock of Shoes by Sarah Tisang: Sandals aren't the most appropriate attire for all types of weather. This is a comical book about where our summer shoes go for the winter. The kids had fun identifying the different types of weather in this book.

I'm Grumpy by Jenifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm: This was a fun comic book where we had to make inferences of what was happening based on the pictures. We had fun showing off our very best grumpy faces, and then we played around making our happy faces. 

Activities:

For our activity today we pretended we were tornadoes, and sun, and rain! Afterwards we sang a bunch of weather themed songs.  

Craft:

Today for our craft we made cloud hand puppets. To make our puppets we decorated brown paper bags with cotton balls, raindrops, and rainbows! It was great to see the creativity that shone through during this craft. 

Summer Reading Program Week 2: Birds Age 7-12

Summer Reading Program
Week 2: Birds
Ages 7-12

Books read:

Birds Make Nests by Michael Garland: We were able to discover how different types of birds build their nests! It was a good read where we learned lots of facts.

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen: We read the first few pages of Hoot, the kids were all very intrigued and we had to play a game of "rock, paper, scissors!" to determine who got to take it home. 

Activities:

After reading our stories we went outside to play "Bird and Worm: TAG". To play this game of TAG I chose two people to be the birds first, everyone else were worms. Once a worm was tagged by a bird they had to do a "worm" like dance before they could be free. 

Craft:

For our craft we made clothespin birds. To make our clothespin birds we decorated our clothespins with paint the first day we did the craft, but then switched to permanent markers as this was a bit less messy. After decorating our birds we used liquid glue to but feathers on our birds. 

Summer Reading Program Week 1: Gardens 2-6

Summer Reading Program
Week 1: Gardens
Ages 2-6

Books read:

My Garden by Kevin Henkes: The kids enjoyed allowing their imaginations to run wild while reading this book. They were able to imagine all the things they might grow in their own garden if given the chance.

The Bad Seed by Jory John: The kids found this book quite funny. They really liked the character and his journey in the book. 

Activities:

We had fun looking at the garden at the library. We tried to guess what was growing in the garden. We also talked about what a garden needs in order to grow and thrive. We pretended we were little seeds and we eventually grew into tall dancing flowers! 

Craft: 

For our craft we made coffee filter flowers. To make coffee filter flowers we glued a coffee filter onto a coloured piece of construction paper. After gluing our coffee filter onto our page we coloured in the center of our flower, and then added a stem and leaves and whatever else we might find in our gardens. 

Summer Reading Program Week 1: Gardens Ages 7-12

Summer Reading Program
Week 1: Gardens
Ages 7-12

Books read:

Tokyo Digs A Garden by Jon-Erik Lappano: This was a book about how we often don't see garden life in the hustle and bustle of city life. However, Tokyo receives some magic seeds which allow for nature to prosper in the city.

The Bad Seed by Jory John: The kids found this book quite funny. They really liked the character and his journey in the book. 

Activities:

We played "Bees VS Flowers", which is the same idea as "British Bulldog". The bees started in the centre and when they called out to the flowers. If the flowers were tagged hey would join the bees in the center of the playing area. 

Craft: 

For our craft we made our own carrots. We cut out a carrot shape from orange construction paper. We then used white and black construction paper for the eyes and mouth. We used green paper for the hair of the carrots. 

Summer Reading Program Week 2: Birds Ages 2-6

Summer Reading Program
Week 2: Birds
Ages 2-6

Books read:

Telephone by Mac Barnett: A bunch of birds sit on a wire and try and get an important message to the bird at the end of the wire. The illustrations in this book are bright and fun.

My First Book of Canadian Birds by Andrea Miller: This is a great book to introduce children to the various birds we have here in Canada. I asked the kids if they could guess the types of birds before I revealed the names. I was rather impressed with how many birds they were able to identify.

Activities:

For our game this week we played "What Time Is It Mr. Owl?" This is always a fun game as the anticipation of waiting for "lunch time" can be very exciting! 

Craft:

For our craft we made Cheerio bird feeders.
To make our bird feeders we put Cheerios onto
pipe-cleaners, and then made our feeders into hearts our circles.