Land of Giants

School-Age Program

Books:
Chicken Big by Keith Graves
Big Scary Monster by Thomas Docherty
Wicked Big Toddlah by Kevin Hawkes
How to Make Friends with a Giant by Gennifer Choldenko
Watch Out! A Giant! by Eric Carle

Craft:

Giant Memoirs: How it Feels to be a Giant

Hatched

Toddler/Preschool Storytime

Toddler Books:
Except If by Jim Averbeck
Hurry! Hurry! by Eve Bunting
The Happy Egg by Ruth Krauss
The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett
Roly Poly Egg by Kali Stileman

Preschool Books:
Except If by Jim Averbeck
Hurry! Hurry! by Eve Bunting
The Happy Egg by Ruth Krauss
The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett
Roly Poly Egg by Kali Stileman
Little Lumpty by Miko Imai
It's Quacking Time! by Martin Waddell

Rhyme:
5 little eggs in the chicken pen,
Sitting on top is the mother hen,
Crackle, crackle, crackle! What do I see?
One little chick, as yellow as can be!

4,3,2,1 little eggs......

Craft:

                                       Hatching Chick

I Really Love Clouds.

Preschool Program

Opening Song:
Popcorn by Laurie Berkner

Activity:
Small/Tall

Rhyme:
With our ears we will listen,
With our eyes we will look,
It's time to read a book!
(with appropriate signs)

Books:
Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld
Dragon is Coming! by Valeri Gorbachev
The Police Cloud by Christoph Niemann
Thirsty Thursday by Phyllis Root

Activity:
Introduce George, my spare cloud (fiberfill) in a box.
Kids can take a piece of George home.

Craft:

                                     A Hanging Raincloud

What's For Lunch?

Toddler Program

          Whats For Lunch? Fish, Grass and Worms! Yummmm!

Opening Song:
Clap in Time by Makin' Music

Activity:
Small and Tall

Song:
There were green alligators and long necked geese,
Humpty-backed camel and the chimpanzees,
Cats and rats and elephants as sure as your born,
But the loveliest of all was the unicorn!

Fingerplay:
With our ears we will listen,
With our eyes we will look,
It's time to read a book! Shhh!
(with appropriate signs)

Book:
Worms For Lunch? by Leonid Gore

Flannelboard Rhyme:
5 Little Acorns, high up in the tree,
Along comes a squirrel, as hungry as can be.
So he shook that tree as hard as he could,
Down came an acorn, mmm, mmm, good!

Fingerplay:
I wiggle, wiggle, wiggle my fingers...

Book:
Lunch by Denise Flemming

Shaker Song:
Popcorn by Laurie Berkner

Book:
Seven Hungry Babies by Candace Fleming

Closing Song:
Skinnamarink

Craft:
Make Lunch for the Animals
(Paper plates with fish, grass, beans, worms and playdough)

Hugless

Preschool Storytime

Opening Song:
Popcorn by Laurie Berkner

Activity:
Small/Tall

Quiet Rhyme:
With our ears we will listen, (listening sign)
With our eyes we will look, (look sign)
It's time to read a book! (book sign)

Books:
Big Bear Hug by Nicholas Oldland
Hugless Douglas by David Melling
Hug Time by Patrick McDonnell
Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni

Craft:

                                  Velcro Hugging Bear

Trees

School-Age Program

Books:
Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Big Bear Hug by Nicholas Oldland

Craft:

                                            Tree Man

Talking Books!

School-Age Program

Books:
A Book by Mordecai Gerstein
Have I Got a Book for You by Melanie Watt
The Purple Kangaroo by Michael Ian Black and Peter Brown

Craft:

                                  Pop-Up Talking Books

Books That Time Forgot

    The Battle of Luke and Longnose by Barbara McClintock

                   "Longnose-that was a great adventure!"

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See you soon!