Screamin' Halloween

Openers: 
The More We Get Together
Up to the Ceiling

Pumpkin Eye (Denise Flemming) 2-5
Colorful pages and rhyming text take a look at spooky Halloween night!

Wiggler: Pickin' Up Pumpkins
Wigger:  Now Tall, Now Small









Skeleton Hiccups (Margery Cuyler) 2-5
Skeleton tries EVERYTHING to get rid of his hiccups until friend, Ghost, helps him out.
Wiggler:  Hinges
Papercut Story:  The Little Orange House

Craft:  Coffee Filter Ghosts
Snack:  Cider and Donuts!

Take Home:  Pumpkin Coloring Page

What a Hoot!

Opener:
The More We Get Together
I Wiggle My Fingers

I'm Not Cute! (Jonathan Allen) 3-5
Tired little owl HATES being called cute...until his mother tells him he's not!


Finger Play: Owl in a Tree
Wiggler: Owl version of "Wheels on the Bus"






Little Hoot (Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Jen Corace) 3-5
Bedtime gets turned on its ear in the owl house!
Song: One Little Owl Stayed Up All Night
Song:  Oh Mr Sun

Wow! Said the Owl (Tim Hopgood)
Little owl explores the colors of daytime but decides he still likes night the best.  A vibrant book of colors...
Song: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star


Felt Board:
5 Little Owls


Closer: Wave Goodbye


More Books!
Toddler
Good Night, Owl by Pat Hutchins
Little Owl by Mark Ezra
Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton
Oliver's Wood by Sue Hendra
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
Owls Fly by Kees Moerbeek
Who's in the Forest?  by Phillis Gershator

Pre-K Book of Sleep by Il Sung Na
Eye Guess by Phillis Tildes
Frightened Little Owl by Mark Ezra
I'm Not Cute! by Jonathan Allen - MY FAVORITE
I'm Not Scared! by Jonathan Allen
I'm Not Sleepy! by Jonathan Allen
It is the Wind by Ferida Wolff
Lazy Ozzie by Michael Coleman
Little Hoot by Amy Rosenthal - ALSO MY FAVORITE
One Odd Owl by Paul Adshead
Owly by Mike Thaler
Quiet Night by Marilyn Singer
Whoo Goes There? by Jennifer Ericsson 
Whooo's There by Mary Serfozo
WOW! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood

Kindergarten
Billywise by Judith Nicholls
Cock-a-Doodle-Hooooooo! by Mick Manning
Hoot by Jane Hissey
Owliver by Robert Krauss
Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson
Whoo Goes There?  by Jennifer Ericsson
Whoo-oo Is It? by Megan McDonald

Other Night Creatures
Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle
Next Week: Screamin' Halloween Party

Denise Fleming

 With so many Denise Fleming books to choose from, it's hard to pick just three!

Opener: 
The More We Get Together
Up to the Ceiling

Time to Sleep (Denise Fleming) 2-5
Explore the habits of hibernating animals as forest friends help each other settle down for winter's sleep.
Song: This is the Way We Get Ready for Bed
Wiggler: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear




Lunch (Denise Fleming) 2-4
Messy mouse snacks his way through a colorful lunchtime in a guess-what's-next format...great fun for young ones!
FP: Great Big Bunch (of grapes)
Wiggler: Mouse Eats with One Hand










Barnyard Banter (Denise Fleming) 2-4
Keep an eye out for goose while exploring the sights and sounds of a noisy barnyard.
Song: If You're Happy and You Know It (Moo Like a Cow)
Magnet Board: Barnyard Guessing Game






















Take Home: Denise Fleming Coloring Pages http://www.denisefleming.com/pages/activitiesb/activitysubfinishpiccoloring.htm

Toddler Read-Alouds
Mama Cat
Sleepy Oh Sleepy

The Everything Book

Read Alouds

Count

Pumpkin Eye
Beetle Bop
The First Day of Winter
The Cow Who Clucked
The First Day of Winter
Shout
In the Small, Small Pond
In the Tall,Tall Grass
Buster
Where Once There Was  a Wood
Buster Goes to Cowboy Camp


Next Week:
What a Hoot!

 Autumn Arrives!


Openers:
The More We Get Together
PBJ Stretch

Winter Lullaby (Seuling) 3-5
Explore the turning of the seasons toward winter with this delightful book of compelling illustrations.
Finger Play:  Phases of the Moon
Wiggler:  Bumpin' Up and Down





Leaf Man (Ehlert) 2-5
Search for leaf man among the leaves. This creative look at fall leaves brings out the collage artist in all of us!


Finger Play:  Four Little Leaves
Wiggler: Autumn Leaves

 Stars, Stars, Stars (Barner) 2-4
Bold and bright illustrations take us through the night sky with rhyming text.  A first introduction to the constellations and planets.

Song:  Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Felt Board: Ten Crunchy Little Leaves

Closer: Wave Goodbye

Take Home: Apple cart coloring page

Toddler 
Bear Dreams by Elisha Cooper
Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker
Bunny's First Snowflake by Monica Wellington
Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri
Duck and Goose Find A Pumpkin by Tad Hills
Fall, Leaves, Fall by Zoe Hall
Last Song by James Guthrie, illustrated by Eric Rohmann
Mouse's First Fall by Lauren Thompson
Peek-A-Moo by Marie Cimarusti
Pepo and Lolo and the Red Apple by Ana Martin Larranaga
Sleepy Bear by Lydia Dabcovitch
That Pup!  by Lindsay Barrett George ~ story extension: hide "acorns" around room

Preschool 
Big, Bigger, Biggest Farm by Marie Aubinais
Friend for All Seasons by Mei Matsuoka
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush by Jane Cabrera
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert
Leaf Trouble by Jonathan Emmett
Leaves by David Ezra Stein
Mouse and the Apple by Stephen Butler
New House for Mouse by Petr Horacek - MY FAVORITE
Ten Red Apples by Virginia Miller
Ska-tat by Kimberley Knutson
Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming
Waiting for Winter by Sebastian Meschenmoser

Kindergarten 
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Pie by Alison Jackson
I Know It's Autumn by Eileen Spinelli
Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger
One More Acorn by Don Freeman
Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
When Autumn Falls by Kelli Nidley