Theme: Stuffed Animal Clinic

Theme: Stuffed Animal Clinic

PR: Have a teddy bear with a tummy ache or a dinosaur with scraped knees? Never fear! This pretend and play story time includes everything kids need to know about doctor and hospital visits. Feel free to bring your favorite stuffy.

Stories Shared:
Veterinarians on the Job by Anne Forest
Digger and Daisy Go to the Doctor by Judy Young
Fish are Not Afraid of Doctors by J. E. Morris
At the Hospital (a Shine-A-Light book) by Carron Brown

Songs:
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
5 In the Bed (and the little one said...)

Activity:
We had 10 pictures of a dog and had the children add one spot, the next page was two spots, etc. They used craft balls of various sizes and larger tweezers.

We did pretend play with doctor kits, vet office sign-in sheets and the kids were the vets.

  

Theme: Cookies!

PR - Snoreytime: Cookies!  Put on your pjs, grab your blankie or favorite stuffie and get ready for "snorey time!" In this sweet treat family story time, we will share delicious stories, sweet songs and stir up some activities.

Book ideas
The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
May I Please Have a Cookie? by Jennifer Morris
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchens
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Cookies? by Jane Yolen
Who Ate All the Cookie Dough? by Karen Beaumont
The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems

Rhymes/Songs

“C” is for Cookie

“C” is for Cookie, that’s good enough for me.

“C” is for Cookie, that’s good enough for me.

“C” is for Cookie, that’s good enough for me.

Oh, cookie, cookie, cookie starts with “C”.

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Making Cookies

We are making cookie dough;
Round and round the beaters go.
Add some flour, just two cups.
Stir and mix the batter up.

Roll them, cut them, nice and neat.
Put them on a cookie sheet.
Bake them, cool them on a rack.
Share them with my friends for snack!

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Five Little Cookies

Five little cookies, with frosting galore!

First, I ate the purple one, and then there were four.

Four little cookies, two plus two you see.

I at the green one, and then there were three.

Three little cookies, and before I knew,

I ate the M&M one, and then there were two.

Two little cookies; oh, what fun!

I ate the brown one, and then there was one.

One little cookie, yum-yum-yum!

I ate the last one, and then there were none.

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Activity
- Sequencing - How to make cookies

- Focused on the letter C. Had several images of items beginning with the letter.

- What else could we use to make cookies? Showed other cookie ingredients and tools. I also included images of non-cookie-related items; tree, shovel, dump truck, a red flower, etc.

Craft
Cookie decorating, of course! Use plain sugar cookies or gingerbread men.

Theme: Hearts

Reason for theme: Seasonal

New words and phrases introduced:
"find your wings", "Milky Way"

Books used:
My Heart Fills with Happiness by Monique Gray Smith
I Love You, Blankie by Sheryl Haft
I Love Your Face! by Karma Wilson
How Big is Love? by Emma Dodd
I Love My Baby by Sebastien Braun

Rhymes and Songs:

Colors, Colors

Colors, colors,
what colors do you see?

So many colors!
Take a look with me.

Red hearts, orange hearts,
yellow hearts, too.

So many colors!

Let’s start with _________.
(Children guess the rhyme.)

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10 Little Hearts

 1 little, 2 little 3 little hearts.

 4 little, 5 little, 6 little hearts.

 7 little, 8 little, 9 little hearts.

 10 little hearts right here.

Crafts/Activities:
Heart Necklaces 
Materials needed - Pre-cut hearts, hole punch, crayons, string/ribbon, crayons/markers/glitter, etc.