Transportation

This week I went with the theme "Things That Go." We had a great time thinking of all the different kinds of ways people travel and move things around. We read the following books:

Little Bear’s Little Boat by Nancy Carpenter

Farmer Dale’s Red Pickup Truck by Lisa Wheeler

Sally’s Great Balloon Adventure by Stephen Huneck

Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton

I did three flannel boards “This Little Train”, “Green Means Go” and “Transportation Match.” The memory match takes longer but the older kids helped the younger ones, which made it go faster. We made a name rocket as our craft (original craft idea here).

Dog Tails

I have two very crazy dogs of my own, so I love sharing dog stories. For this storytime I read:

Some Dog! by Mary Casanova

Move Over, Rover! by Karen Beaumont

If You Give a Dog a Donut by Laura Numeroff

Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion

We sang BINGO using flannel board pieces and  "If You're Happy and You Know it Give a Bark." It goes like this:

If you're happy and you know it give a bark,

If you're happy and you know it give a bark, 

If you're happy and you know it,

a dog just has to show it.

If you're happy and you know it give a bark.

Repeat with: turn around; wag your tail; do all three.  

We finished with a tiny dog book craft found here. I pre-cut and folded the books for the young kids, but left some whole for the older ones.

And in case you were wondering, here are what my crazy animals look like. Sasha is a 4 year old Boxer and Mr. Darcy is a 9 month old English Springer Spaniel.