Thursday, June 20, 2013

Wiggling w/ Bookworms

DIG INTO READING! SUMMER READING 2013
STORY TIME

Openers:
Oh Hey, Oh Hi!

And Then It's Spring (Fogliano) 3-5
A delightfully familiar story of waiting for spring to...spring!  The author does a wonderful job of revisiting the long weeks of late winter.  Our summer reading wiggly worms make an appearance in this book.






Garden Wigglers (Nancy Loewen) 4-6
Super-packed with great information about worms, this vividly colored book entices us to become wormologists!

Felt Board:  Five Little Chickens

Activity:  Build a Library Worm Farm!
Snack Activity:  Dirt Pudding
Worm Handouts: Fun in the Mud
Hands-On:  Worm Sort

Other Books:
Wiggling Worms At Work (Pfeffer)
Wonderful Worms (Glaser)
Yucky Worms (French)
Compost Stew (McKenna Siddals)
An Earthworm's Life (Himmelman)

Websites:
A great resource for building a worm farm with pre-k's
And another YouTube version
a wiggle worm skill game