Monday, March 31, 2014

Reminder- No Story Time This Week!


Don't worry... Get Creative will be back in a week!

Don't forget!  We're on break from our Get Creative story time this week, while Miss Pat and I start prepping for Summer Reading Program (yep, it'll be that time before you know it!).  We'll be back on the road for story time beginning next Monday, and we'll look forward to seeing you then!

In the meantime... keep reading!

Shaen

Friday, March 28, 2014

Get Creative- Week #5 Photos

Reading It Looked Like Spilt Milk: an oldie but a goodie from Charles G. Shaw.

Reading All You Need for a Snowman by Alice Schertle and Barbara Lavallee.

We raced cotton puff clouds for our activity.

Working on our craft.

Working on our craft.

A few finished 3-D paper strip rainbows.


Keep reading!

Shaen

Monday, March 24, 2014

Get Creative- Week #5

Spring Story Time (Week #5)
Weekly Theme: Get Creative... with Nature!

Books: Snowball Fight by Jimmy Fallon, All You Need for a Snowman by Alice Schertle, It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw, Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert, Cloud Boy by Rhode Montijo

Activity: cottonball cloud race

Craft: 3-D rainbow art

Pictures of the fifth week of story time are up in the next post, so... 

Keep reading!

Shaen

Friday, March 21, 2014

Get Creative- Week #4 Photos

 

Our Get Creative with Drama Activity Table included story cubes, sticker stories, and puppet play!

A few of our Week #4 reading choices.

 
"Acting out" in Simon Says!
 
A packed house at Cuba.

Another great crowd at Fredericktown.
Working on paper plate pigeon puppets.
 
A wide-eyed pigeon from our Mo Willems' book.
 
 
Keep reading!

Shaen

Monday, March 17, 2014

Get Creative- Week #4

Spring Story Time (Week #4)
Weekly Theme: Get Creative... with Drama!

Books: Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems; Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr., Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth

Activity: Simon Says

Craft: paper plate masks

Pictures of the fourth week of story time are up in the next post, so... 

Keep reading!

Shaen

Friday, March 14, 2014

Get Creative- Week #3 Photos

Our "Get Creative with Play" Activity Table included a puzzle, balloon ping pong, and more!

Two of our book selections for the week: Emma Kate by Patricia Polacco and Ducks Don't Wear Socks by John Nedwidek.

We held a duck water table race for our game!

More water table racing!
Paint mixed with dish soap creates fun, bubbly art!
Colorful bubble art paintings.
The best friendships start in story time!


Keep reading!

Shaen

Monday, March 10, 2014

Get Creative- Week #3

Spring Story Time (Week #3)
Weekly Theme: Get Creative... with Play!

Books: Emma Kate by Patricia Polacco, Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett, If I Had a Robot by Dan Yaccarino, Ducks Don't Wear Socks by Jon Nedwidek

Activity:duck water table race

Craft: bubble marker art

Pictures of the third week of story time are up in the next post, so... 

Keep reading!

Shaen

Friday, March 7, 2014

Get Creative- Week #2 Photos

Our "Get Creative with Art" activity table featured squiggle drawing, color matching, and a great picture book about the color wheel, Hello, Red Fox by Eric Carle!
 
A few of our book choices for the week: Lots of Dots and The Squiggle.
 
Our activity was color bowling!
 
Then we drew pictures with crayons...

Painted watercolor over the waxy drawings...

To reveal beautiful watercolor resist paintings!  What artists!
 

Keep reading!

Shaen

Monday, March 3, 2014

Get Creative- Week #2

Spring Story Time (Week #2)
Weekly Theme: Get Creative... with Art!

Books: My Best Friend is as Sharp as a Pencil by Hanoch Piven, Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth, Chalk by Bill Thomson, The Squiggle by Carole Lexa Schaefer, Lots of Dots by Craig Frazier, I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont

Activity: color bowling

Craft: wax-&-watercolor resist drawing

Pictures of the second week of story time are up in the next post, so... 

Keep reading!

Shaen