Thursday, January 24, 2013

Warm Things

Openers:
 Oh Hey, Oh Hi!
Snowflake stretch/Snowball rhyme

The Mitten (Jan Brett) 2-5
In beautiful Jan-Brett Scandinavian style, enjoy this surprising tale about what happens when forest animals find a lost mitten in the snow...
Play Acting: Masks/Sheet/Rhyme









Frozen Noses (Jan Carr) 2-5
This delightful romp through winter playtime sets us up for a warm and cosy finish...
Song:  Where is Thumbkin?
Song: This is the Way We Put on Our Clothes
















The Jacket I Wear in the Snow (Shirley Neitzel) ) 3-5 
(with magnet board)
In engaging, repetitive style, explore what outdoor gear we might wear in the snow...
Song: Sticky, Sticky Bubblegum
Felt Board: Winter Shapes Story

Closer: Wave Goodbye

More Books! (from Story Time Source Page)
Toddler Read-Alouds
Baby Duck and the Cozy Blanket by Amy Hest
The Blanket by John Burningham
Blankie by Leslie Patricelli
Flora's Blanket by Debi Gliori
Frozen Noses by Jan Carr
A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke
Knitty Kitty by David Elliot
My Red Mittens by Candy Crocker
Oh, Brother by Kathy Mallat
Pickle and the Blanket by Lynn Breeze
Small Bunny's Blue Blanket by Tatyana Feeney 
Under My Hood, I Have A Hat by Karla Kuskin

Preschool Read-Alouds
Chicken Soup by Jean Van Leeuwen  
Everyone Needs A Friend by Dubravka Kolanovic
Feeding the Sheep by Leda Schubert
Fly Blanky Fly by Anne Margaret Lewis 
Hello Snow! by Hope Vestergaard
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush by Jane Cabrera
Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Shirley Neitzel
Kiki's Blankie by Janie Bynum
Little Lamb, Have You Any Wool?  By Isabel Minhos Martins(sheep version of Giving Tree)
Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
Mo’s Stinky Sweater by David Bedford
My Blankie by Patricia Lampl
One Mitten by Kristine George O'Connell
Pajamas Anytime by Marsha Hayles
Quilt by Ann Jonas
Red Is Best by Kathy Stinson
Soup for One by Ethan Long  (you wouldn't want bugs in your soup!)
Snowfall Fight by Jimmy Fallon
Soup Day by Melissa Iwai 

Kindergarten Read-Alouds:

Alvie Eats Soup by Ross Collins
Annie Hoot and the Knitting Extravaganza by Holly Clifton-Brown 
Do You Have a Hat? by Eileen Spinelli
Duck Soup by  Jackie Urbanovic
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett 
Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London
Geraldine's Blanket by Holly Keller
Joseph Had An Overcoat by Simms Taback
Mean Soup by Betsy Everitt 
The Mitten by Jan Brett
Owen by Kevin Henkes
Perfect Soup by Lisa Moser NEW
Winter Is the Warmest Season by Lauren Stringer
Wolf’s Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza