July 18th, 2017

The Books WeRead:
Huff & Puff by Claudia Rueda
Little Home Bird by Jo Empson
The Doghouse by Jan Thomas

Songs & Activities:
We Clap and Say Hello
We clap and say "hello!"
We clap and say "hello!"
With our friends at storytime,
We clap and say "hello!"

We [fill in action--stomp, spin, jump, hop] and say "hello!"
...
Credit: Jbrary

We Go In and Out the Doors
We jump in and out the front door,
We jump in and out the front door,
We jump in and out the front door,
And make a doorbell sound.

We hop in and out the back door,
We hop in and out the back door,
We hop in and out the back door,
Bend down and touch the ground.

We slide in and out the side door,
We slide in and out the side door,
We slide in and out the side door,
And turn ourselves around.

We jump in and out the front door,
We hop in and out the back door,
We slide in and out the side door,
And sit ourselves right down.

Credit: Adapted from susanmdailey.com

Elevator Song
Oh, the city is big and the city is grand,
and there are lots of tall buildings on a little piece of land.
And we live way up on the 57th floor.
And this is what we do when we go out the door.

We take the elevator UP, take the elevator DOWN,
take the elevator UP, take the elevator DOWN,
take the elevator UP, take the elevator DOWN,
and turn around.

Credit: Jbrary

Craft—Paper Bag Houses
The kids decorated brown lunch bags with shapes and buttons. We stuffed the bags and stapled on the roofs, and voila!

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September 18, 2018

The Books WeRead:
Welcome Home, Bear by Il Sung Na
The Shape of Things by Dayle Ann Dodds
The Doghouse by Jan Thomas

Songs & Activities:
We Clap and Say Hello
We clap and say "hello!"
We clap and say "hello!"
With our friends at storytime,
We clap and say "hello!"

We [fill in action--stomp, spin, jump, hop] and say "hello!"
...
Credit: Jbrary

We Go In and Out the Doors
We jump in and out the front door,
We jump in and out the front door,
We jump in and out the front door,
And make a doorbell sound.

We hop in and out the back door,
We hop in and out the back door,
We hop in and out the back door,
Bend down and touch the ground.

We slide in and out the side door,
We slide in and out the side door,
We slide in and out the side door,
And turn ourselves around.

We jump in and out the front door,
We hop in and out the back door,
We slide in and out the side door,
And sit ourselves right down.

Credit: Adapted from susanmdailey.com

Elevator Song
Oh, the city is big and the city is grand,
and there are lots of tall buildings on a little piece of land.
And we live way up on the 57th floor.
And this is what we do when we go out the door.

We take the elevator UP, take the elevator DOWN,
take the elevator UP, take the elevator DOWN,
take the elevator UP, take the elevator DOWN,
and turn around.

Credit: Jbrary

Craft—Paper Bag Houses
The kids decorated brown lunch bags with shapes, tissue paper and buttons. We stuffed the bags, stapled on the roofs, and--voila!

We even had some enthusiastic builders create more houses (and a dragon) at home!

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June 27th, 2017

The Books WeRead:
Go!Go!Go!Stop! by Charise Mericle Harper
Tractor Mac Builds a Barn by Billy Steers
Not a Box by Antoinette Portis

Songs & Activities:

Elevator Song
Oh, the city is big and the city is grand,
and there are lots of tall buildings on a little piece of land.
And we live way up on the 57th floor.
And this is what we do when we go out the door.

We take the elevator UP, take the elevator DOWN,
take the elevator UP, take the elevator DOWN,
take the elevator UP, take the elevator DOWN,
and turn around.

Credit: Jbrary

This is the Way We Build
Sung to the tune of All Around the Mulberry Bush

This is the way we cut the wood, cut the wood, cut the wood.
This is the way we cut the wood, when we're building our barn.

This is the way we...
hammer the nails...
stack the bricks...
paint the walls...
put up the roof...

Credit: Adapted from preschoolexpress.com

Craft—Dump Trucks
As you can see, kids customized their trucks with colors and stickers.

One especially creative builder even modified his pieces to make a front-end loader!

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