Snowy Blowy

Openers:
The More We Get Together
Snow Slide
Making Snowballs

The Mitten (Jan Brett) 2-5
In classic Jan Brett style, beautiful and detailed illustration windows reveal what came before and after as Nicki--and his mitten--each have adventures of their own.

Mask Game w/ The Mitten characters & white sheet.

Snow Bears (Martin Waddell) 3-5
Oh, there's nothing like the generous love of a mother bear to accommodate the make-believe of her cubs.  This book reveals itself like a warm hug with soft, inviting illustrations and a dear story.

Song: Love Grows

The Snowy Day (Ezra Jack Keats) 2-4
A trollop through snow from the beautifully simple perspective of a child.  This book will engage a sense of exploration and kinesthetic pleasure in the world of snow.

Wiggler:  Walking, Walking
Felt Board:Five Little Snowflakes
Closer:Wave Goodbye

HandOut:  The Mitten/Animals Coloring Pages






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Toddler Read Alouds
Cleo in the Snow by Caroline Mockford
First Snowfall by Anne Rockwell
Flip's Snowman by Petr Horacek
It's Snowing by Olivier Dunrea
Mouse's First Snow by Lauren Thompson
Oh! by Kevin Henkes
On a Wintry Morning by Dori Chaconas
Sleepy Bear by Lydia Dabcovich
Snow! by Christine Ford
Snow by Manya Stojic
Snowball by Nina Crews
Snow Play by Kate Spohn
Under My Hood I Have A Hat by Karla Kuskin
What Can You Do in the Snow? by Anna Grossnickle Hines

Preschool Read-Alouds
All You Need for A Snowman by Alice Schertle
Boot Weather by Judith Vigna
Cat and Mouse in the Snow by Tomek Bogacki
Here Comes Jack Frost by Kazuno Kohara
Hibernation Station by Michelle Meadows 
Mouse's First Snow by Lauren Thompson
No by Claudia Rueda - bear cub wants to play in the snow
Snow by Uri Shulevitz
Snowballs by Lois Ehlert
Snow Dance by Lezlie Evans
Ten On the Sled by Kim Norman 
When It Starts to Snow by Phillis Gershator
When Will the Snow Trees Grow? by Ben Shector

Kindergarten Read-Alouds
Axle Annie by Robin Pulver
F-freezing ABC by Posy Simmonds
Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London
Jeremy's Muffler by Laura Neilson
Perfect Soup by Lisa Moser
Snowbaby Could Not Sleep by Kara Lareau - MY FAVORITE
Snowmen At Night by Caralyn Buehner
Three Pebbles And A Song by Eileen Spinelli

What's in Your Pocket?

 Openers:
Stretch to the Ceiling
I'm a Snowflake

Mommy in My Pocket (Senderak) 2-4
A darling tale of growing up and learning to take Mommy's love with you.

Song:Open Them, Shut Them
Song: The Wheels on the Bus








What Did You Put In Your Pocket (Beatrice Schenk) 2-4
This truly slushy-glushy, nicy-icy, slurpy-glurpy, fluppy- gluppy, sticky-icky, funny-finny, spinky-spanky pocket is filled with bright and playfully crafted words and painted illustrations that you 'might' want to put your hand in.

Song:  This is the Way we Blow Our Balloon
Song:  Sticky, Sticky Bubblegum







Six Empty Pockets (Matt Curtis) 2-4 or young reader
Funny how pockets can tell the story of a day...follow this young lad through his adventures and explore left/right directions as he places treasures in his pockets.

Song: Pocket Zoo
FB:  What's Inside the Pocket?

Closer:  Wave Goodbye






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Toddler Read Alouds:
Boing! by Nick Bruel
Does A Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? by Eric Carle
Little Kangaroo, I Love You! by Jacquelyn Reinach
Ohmygosh, My Pocket by Janey Perry Marshall
Peek In My Pocket by David Carter
Six Empty Pockets by Matt Curtis
What’s in My Pocket? by David Carter
Where Wild Babies Sleep by Ann Purmell

Preschool Read Alouds
Little New Kangaroo by Bernard Wiseman
Little Pickpocket by Avner Katz
Max Cleans Up by Rosemary Wells
Mommy in My Pocket by Carol Senderak
Old MacDonald Had a Woodshop by Lisa Shulman
Peter's Pockets by Eve Rice
Pocketful of Pets by Jane Moncure
Polly Hopper's Pouch by Louise Bonnett-Rampersaud
Pouch! by David Ezra Stein
Too Big! by Michele Coxton
What Did You Put in Your Pocket? by Beatrice Schenk DeRegniers

Kindergarten Read Alouds
A Sock is a Pocket for Your Toes by Elizabeth Scanlon
Joey Runs Away by Jack Kent
Katy No-Pocket by Emmy Payne
Plenty of Pockets by Ann Braybrooks
Pocket Dogs by Margaret Wild
Pocket for Corduroy by DonFreeman
Pocketful of Cricket by Rebecca Caudill
There’s A Wocket in My Pocket by Dr. Seuss

Chinese New Year

Openers:
The More We Get Together
Snowflakes

Greetings around the World

Hello, hello everybody

Hello, hello everybody

Hello, hello everybody

So very glad to see you

Japanese version: Konichiwa

Chinese version: Ni Hao Ma

The Empty Pot (Demi) 3-5
A delicate story based in China about the value--and reward--of honesty.

Song: When a Flower Blooms






The Squiggle (Carole Schaefer) 2-5
Imagination takes over for a young girl as a discovered squiggle becomes an exciting adventure.

Song: My Thumbs are Starting to Wiggle
Squiggles: (hand out red string or crepe streamers)
First up
Then down
Then wiggle, squiggle all around
First here
Then there
Wiggle squiggle everywhere!

George and the Dragon (Wormell) 2-5
Even the biggest, scariest critters have a weakness...Find out what keeps this dragon in check!

FP: There Once Was a Little Mouse

FB:  Winter Shape Story










More Books!

Preschol Read Alouds

Bee-Bim Bop! by Linda Sue Park
Bringing In the New Year by Grace Lin

Dragon Dance by Joan Holub

Dragon Dancing by Carole Lexa Schaefer
Fortune Cookies by Albert Bitterman - illustrated by Chris Rascha 
My Chinese New Year by Monica Hughes
My First Chinese New Year by Karen Katz

Red Book by Barbara Lehmen

Yum Yum Dim Sum by Amy Wilson Sanger

Kindergarten Read Alouds

Bringing In the New Year by Grace Lin 
D is for Dragon Dance by Yin Chang Compestine

Dumpling Soup by Jama Kim Rattiga

One is a Drummer by Roseanne Thong
Pet Dragon by Christoph Niemann

Red is A Dragon by Roseanne Thong

Round is A Mooncake by Roseanne Thong

Ruby's Wish by Sharin Yim

Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
Yum, Yuck by Linda Sue Park

Nonfiction Display Books

J394.2695 W759a Asian Holidays
J394.26951 c518C Festivals of the World: China
J508.2 B915w Winter (*appropriate for Preschools, includes winter holidays)

Fiction Display Books

Dancing Dragon by Marcia Vaughn

Dim Sum for Everyone by Grace Lin

Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley
Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Bishop

Lanterns and Firecrackers by Jonny Zucker

Lon Po Po by Ed Young

On My Way to Buy Eggs by Chih-Yuan Chen

Sam and the Lucky Money by Karen Chinn

Seven Chinese Sisters by Kathy Tucker

This Next New Year by Janet Wong

Yoko by Rosemary Wells

Outback Adventure

Openers:
The More We Get Together
PBJ Stretch

McGillycuddy Could! (Pamela Duncan Edwards) 3-5
When a stranger arrives at the farm, it takes a little while before everyone discovers what McGilllycuddy can do!

Wiggler:  Walking, Walking
Magnet Board: A Hunting We Will Go

Sometimes I Like to Curl up in a Ball (Vicki Churchill) 2-4
A cheerful story about what a young wombat likes to do.  Double paged, vivid, and sizable illustrations make this story a delight.


Wiggler: Now I'm very Tall

Pouch! (David Stein) 2-4
Explore the tender fears of a young one and what brings him right out of his shell...er...pouch.

Finger Play:  Where is Pointer?
Wiggler:  This is the Way the Kangaroo Hops

Felt Board:  5 Little Kookaburras
Closer: Wave Goodbye



More Books!
Toddler Read AloudsCan You Cuddle Like A Koala? by John Butler
Does A Kangaroo Have A Mother, Too? by Eric Carle
Grumble-Rumble! by Siobham Dodds
Jump Along by Neil Morris
Pouch! by David Ezra Stein - MY FAVORITE!Where Wild Babies Sleep by Ann Purmell

Preschool Read Alouds
Bilby Moon by Margaret Spurling
Boing by Nick Bruel
I Love It When You Smile by Sam McBratney
Joey by Jack Kent
Kersplatypus by Susan K. Mitchell
Little New Kangaroo by Bernard Wiseman
McGillycuddy Could! by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Polly Hopper's Pouch by Louise Bonnett-Ramersaud
Snap! by Marcia Vaughan
Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in A Ball by Vicki Churchill
Wombat Walkabout by Carol Diggory Shields
Who Are You, Baby Kangaroo? by Sylvia Blackstone

School Age Read-AloudsDiary of A Wombat by Jackie French
Don't Laugh, Joe by Keiko Kasza
Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles
Epossumondas Plays Possum by Coleen Salley
Joey Runs Away by Jack Kent
Koala Lou by Mem Fox
Over in Australia by Marianne Burkes
Possum Magic by Mem Fox
What Do You Do With A Kangaroo? by Mercer Mayer
When Kangaroo Goes to School by Sonia Levitin