It was horribly hot in the Community Room today. I did my best to get air moving in there, but it didn't do much good. Maybe we can teach our children about the greenhouse effect using the room as an object lesson.
Preschool Storytime
"Cats" was our theme this week. We did the "Three Little Kittens" rhyme, and chased bubbles. Our stories were:
That Cat Can't Stay, by Thad Kresnesky. Dad absolutely will not let the stray cat stay. But it's raining outside? Well....
The Cat Barked?, by Lydia Monks. The cat wishes to be a dog, but after the owner tells him how special he is, the dog wishes to be a cat.
Millions of Cats, by Wanda G'ag. This book has been around since 1928. That's what I call a classic!
On the magnetic board, I told the story The Fat Cat: a Danish Folktale, by Jack Kent. This hilarious book is out of print. $20.85 on Amazon. The children LOVE watching the cat get fatter and fatter as he eats all the townspeople.
Toddler Time
With the light summer crowds, I was able to pull out the bubble machine and let the kids chase them around for a while. No collisions or tears!
We read:
Daisy's Hide and Seek, by Jane Simmons. Oh the suspense! Where can Pip be?
Three Little Kittens, by Lorianne Siomades. There are so many versions of this rhyme, but I like the simple illustrations in this one. I usually adapt the words to how I learned it, and that's fine. You are always free to do that when you read to your child too - until he learns to read and starts correcting you!
Baby Time
Only two babies this week, but they had a good time doing Looby Loo and "Icky Bicky Soda Cracker!" I pulled out a big stack of all different board books from the bins, and we looked through them hunting for that treasure. Sign language books seem to be a big thing lately.
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