September 18, 2018
The Books We Read:
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!