tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38983448251714749872024-03-19T04:46:57.285-04:00Mommy and Me Book Club“You may have tangible wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be—
I had a mother who read to me.”
(Strickland W. Gillilan, The Reading Mother.)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898344825171474987.post-34316921309497591122012-12-07T00:05:00.000-05:002012-12-07T00:05:29.287-05:00Mortimer's Christmas Manger <span style="font-size: large;">This week we are participating with over 25 other bloggers in a Nativity Blog Hop, sharing lots of fun activities and ideas to do with our children in our homes. Please link up any child friendly posts at the end of this post that relate to the nativity story in any way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I shared <u>Mortimer's Christmas Manger</u> by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman with our Mommy and Me class this week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It is a sweet story about a little mouse who finds a nativity set up in his house and wants the manger for his own bed. He climbs the Christmas tree to reach the manger and moves all of the statues out so he can sleep in the manger. He doesn't understand the importance of the Baby Jesus. But once he learns of Jesus and His role in saving mankind, Mortimer returns the manger to its rightful owner and prays to ask for a new home for himself. The story ends sweetly, with Mortimer discovering an empty gingerbread house. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Materials Needed: brown for the mouse's body,white for ears, and black foam for eyes and pink nose,yellow strips of construction paper for hay, brown construction paper cut in the shape of a manger, glue, half sheet of construction paper </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We gave each child the materials and allowed them to assemble the mouse in the manger with hay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We chose to share the wordless book <u>Pancakes for Breakfast</u> with our Mommy and Me Book Club friends. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We read the wordless book <u>Pancakes for Breakfast</u> by Tomie <span style="font-size: large;">d</span>ePaola</span>. The story shows through classic DePaola artwork the morning in the life of a woman who wants pancakes for breakfast. Unfortunately she discovers she is missing most of the ingredients. So she must gather eggs from her chickens, milk the cow and churn the cream into butter, go and get syrup from a neighbor. When she returns from her last trip for ingredients and is ready to make the pancakes, finally, she finds that her pet dog and cat have broken the eggs and spilled the ingredients on the floor. Discouraged, she is about to give up, until she smells something delicious coming from a neighbor's home....pancakes. She invites herself there for breakfast. <br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br />Fingerplay: We used 5 foam pancakes to help act out this fingerplay. <br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Five Crispy Pancakes </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Five crispy pancakes in a frying pan,</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Flip them and toss them and catch them if you can.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Along came </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">(child's name)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For a pancake one day</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sprinkled with sugar and took it away.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Source:</span><a href="http://ysostorytime.pbworks.com/w/page/6334291/Pancakes"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Youth Services Organization Program Page</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><b>Make Pumpkin Pancakes Together</b></u></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(fine motor skills, self help skills, cooking, cooperation)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 cups Flour (or whole wheat or spelt flour)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3 Tbs. Brown Sugar</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 tsp. Baking Powder</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 tsp. Baking Soda</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1/2 tsp. Ground Allspice</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 tsp. Cinnamon</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">½ tsp. Ground Ginger</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">¼ to ½ tsp. Ground Nutmeg</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">½ tsp. Salt</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 ½ cups Milk</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 cup <span class="il">Pumpkin</span> (not <span class="il">pumpkin</span> pie mix)</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 Egg</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 Tbs. Grapeseed Oil</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 Tbs. Apple Cider Vinegar</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stir<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> </b></span>together dry ingredients. </span></b><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Verdana; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b> </b></span>Add wet ingredients and mix just until moistened. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop about a 1/4 cup of batter (an ice cream scoop works great)
onto a warm griddle (350 degrees). When edges begin to set and bubbles
pop in middle, flip <span class="il">pancakes</span> and cook other side until done. Serve warm or at room temperature. Makes about 16 <span class="il">pancakes</span>.</span></b></span><br />
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Want to get a head start on December? Our featured author next month is Jan Brett! <br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;">We read <u>Run, Turkey Run</u> by Diane Mayr. It is a fun story of a turkey who hides from the farmer on Thanksgiving Day. After each new hiding place is discovered by the farmer, the children had a wonderful time shouting along with the book "RUN, TURKEY, RUN!" He finally finds reprieve in a forest of pine trees, until the farmer and his family go to find a Christmas tree. Of course, he gets away again. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Said, Mr. Turkey, I want to play. Gobble, Gobble, Gobble, Gobble,
Gobble.<br />But soon it will be Thanksgiving Day. Gobble, Gobble, Gobble,
Gobble.<br />Folks all say that means great fun, but I think I'll run, run,
run.<br />And hide until the day is done. Gobble, Gobble, Gobble, Gobble,
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had children stuff turkeys in two different ways. Some mixed all the colors together, and others kept each finger an individual color. Both ways turned out cute. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">The children loved making these adorable turkeys. I made these my very first year teaching, and can't remember exactly where I got the idea from then, so many years ago. But our children sure loved making and eating these! <br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Games:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hide the Turkey </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">Game</span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Book Love: Help Your Child Grow from Reluctant to Enthusiastic Reader</u> by Melissa Taylor </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am very excited to share with you this wonderful book and resource written by one of my very favorite bloggers, Melissa Taylor from <a href="http://imaginationsoup.com/" target="_blank">Imagination Soup.com</a>. As a former elementary school teacher, and creator of Mommy and Me Book Club, I often get asked questions about how to help children learn to love to read. I get asked how to help children who are frustrated, bored, or downright combative about having to read. I now know how to answer these questions, I will tell them to read <u>Book Love</u>. It is a wonderful book filled with great tips that teachers use in their classrooms. Now you can learn them so that you can use them at home. There are flashcards, games, book lists divided by interest topics, and online resources. Ideas are included for improving comprehension, fluency, phonics and learning site words. There are even short assessments that you can do yourself at home with your child, to try and determine the cause of your child's frustration, and then gives you ideas to help alleviate those concerns! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The book is a short read, but filled with useful ideas and information on every page. I think parents of children ages 4-10 would find this information very helpful. I don't have anyone who dislikes reading yet at my house, but I found lots of new ideas and games I want to play with my 3 children. And some fun games that you might see us play one day soon in Mommy and Me Book Club! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Melissa is offering some neat gifts when you purchase her book this week in celebration of her book launch, so head over to <a href="http://imaginationsoup.net/2012/11/book-love-launch-and-bonuses/" target="_blank">Imagination Soup</a> for all the details! There are free printables available to everyone who purchases the book and you can even enter to win several other gifts including books and gift cards! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Book-Love-Reluctant-Enthusiastic-ebook/dp/B00A2CCY1E/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352929182&sr=1-1&keywords=book+love+melissa+taylor" target="_blank">kindle edition is available today at Amazon.com</a> ! </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898344825171474987.post-22460539597045754652012-11-12T12:13:00.002-05:002012-11-12T12:13:47.457-05:00The Children's Bookshelf- Nov 12<span style="font-size: large;">I had originally planned to share with you my very favorite Thanksgiving books this week on the Children's Bookshelf. But last week, Stacey from <a href="http://www.boyohboyohboycrafts.com/2012/11/books-for-boys-thanksgiving-edition.html" target="_blank">Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy! </a>shared a fantastic list in the linkup that included ALL of my favorites. So instead, I am going to send you to her fabulous blog! Her blog is a new find for me, and I am in love! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><u>Cindy Moo</u> by Lori Mortensen is a beautifully written and illustrated rhyming book. It tells the story of a cow who is determined to follow in her ancestor's footsteps, and jump over the moon herself. She tries and tries again. Others tell her to give up, but she refuses. In the end, she finds her own unique solution to her problem and achieves her dream. I love the life lessons it teaches. I love the flow of the language. And I am absolutely IN LOVE with Cindy Moo with her pink bow and her positive attitude. This is one of those books that the Mommies enjoyed as much as the children. We checked ours out of the public library, but it is one I would not hesitate to purchase and add to our home library. </span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898344825171474987.post-40851685353640652542012-11-05T06:53:00.000-05:002012-11-06T07:05:52.621-05:00The Children's Bookshelf<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you to everyone who linked up last week! So many book related fabulous Halloween ideas to love that I will pin for next year! We had a few non-Halloween ideas, too. One of my favorites was </span><a href="http://www.athomewithali.net/2012/11/little-explorers-sensory-play.html#" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">this one by At Home with Ali.</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> She created wonderful sensory play to go with the story <u>We're Going on a Bear Hunt</u>. Make sure you head over to her blog and check out all of her messy fun! My little girl saw it and said "Let's do that today!"</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">2 cups flour</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">1 cup salt</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">2 cups water</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">2 tbsp. vegetable oil</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">1 tbsp. cream of tartar</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">2 tbsp pumpkin pie spice </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> yellow and red food coloring</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">*I always add the food coloring to my water before combining all the ingredients. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">*Combine all the ingredients in a saucepan and stir over
medium-low heat. Continue to stir until the mixtures reaches a good
consistency. Remove it from the heat and knead it
when it's cool enough to handle. Store in an air
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We <span style="font-size: large;">r</span>ead <u>Miss <span style="font-size: large;">Fiona's Stupendous Pumpkin Pie</span></u> by Mark Kimball Moulton. Th<span style="font-size: large;">e pictures in this book are very sweet and remind me a little of Mary Englebreit's artwork, which I love. There are no frig<span style="font-size: large;">htening pictures. The story is written in a pleasing rhyme that is enjoyable to read aloud. It is the tale of a kind witch who loves to plant pumpkins and make pumpkin pie to share with everyone in town on Halloween night. The children all love to come to her home. <span style="font-size: large;">When asked her secret ingredient, she says she puts spiders and bat wings inside, which ma<span style="font-size: large;">de our little ones giggle. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"5 little bats flew out one day, over the trees and far away. When the Mommy Bat said "Eek ack come back." Only 4 little bats came back." Repeat until no bats.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">"No little bats went out to play, over the trees and far away. When the DADDY bat<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>said "EEK ACK COME BACK!" 5 little bats came flying back. </span> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;">And a favorite every year, "I'm A Little Scarecrow." (sung to the tune of "I'm a Little Tea<span style="font-size: large;">pot<span style="font-size: large;">") The children stand with their arms straight out like a scarecrow. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My son's kindergarten's class is reading <u>Charlotte's Web</u> by E.B White as part of an integrated farm unit this month. I couldn't resist making this fun sensory bin for one of the centers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used deer corn as the <span style="font-size: large;">base. It was inexpensive. <span style="font-size: large;">I only needed 1/2 of a bag. I gave the other half to another kindergarten class. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was able to find a little doll from the Dollar Tree to represent Fern and this great Wilbur pig there, as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At Michaels, I found these great wooden boxes with lids to use as scoops. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the book, <u>Charlotte's Web</u>, Charlotte writes special words in her web. I wrote all of the sight words that the class had covered this quarter on to laminated webs and added those to the box</span>. <br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This summer, I participated in a Summer Book Exchange Program with Kim from <a href="http://theeducatorsspinonit.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Educators' Spin On It</a>. I sent her family the book <u>Spoon</u> and created the activities for them to enjoy. You can see the fun they had with it <a href="http://theeducatorsspinonit.blogspot.com/2012/07/love-books-spoon-by-amy-krouse.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I was very excited to introduce this book and the activities I planned to my own little Mommy and Me Group last week! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We read the story <u>Spoon</u> by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. It is a delightful picture book with a moral. The story is of a spoon who is feeling a tad jealous when he compares his life with the seemingly more exciting lives of his friends, the fork, chopsticks, and knife. His mother kindly listens to him and validates his feelings about the talents of his friends, but at the same time encourages him to see himself the way they might see him. Equally as endearing as the sweet life lesson and happy illustrations, are the cute puns. My favorite is when Spoon and his family "spoon" together all snuggled up at bedtime. </span></span><br />
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practice transferring them from left to right. <i><span style="font-size: small;">(Tracking left to right is an important early reading skill. And this activity provided fine motor and self-help skills practice). </span></i></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="color: #38761d;"><b><u><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2-Puppet Show</span></u></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The children had a wonderful time outside creating their own puppet show in this fantastic theater a mom brought to share! Puppet shows are so much fun for little ones! They didn't want to stop! And to be honest, I wasn't quite ready to stop listening to their fun imaginative play when it was time to go home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last year, my little girl decided she wanted to be "Blue Cinderella" for Halloween. I searched online and discovered the Little Dress-Up Shop. I loved the look of their Cinderella Dress and was impressed by the online reviews and price, so I purchased the dress and the fulness skirt. Customer service was fabulous and the dress was delivered very quickly! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When the dress arrived, it was love at first sight. My daughter put on her dress and did not take it off. She slept in it, ate meals and snacks in it, wore it to story time, and to the park. It was washed several times before Halloween ever arrived. And much to my surprise, it held up beautifully.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Today, a year later, Molly still wears the dress at least once a week. It has probably been washed no less than 30 times this year. There are no holes in the dress, no fading, no unraveling. Needless to say, I am thrilled. For Christmas that year, I purchased a Belle dress and a Rapunzel dress from the Little Dress Up Shop. Both of them were the same high quality as the Cinderella dress. Molly received several other dress up items at the same time from various family members. Only the Little Dress Up Shop dresses are still in good shape. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Little Dress Up Shop costumes are made of soft fabrics. There are no buttons, Velcro, or zippers. They are machine washable! And they are so very cute! They are a fraction of the cost of the expensive costumes offered by a "certain licensed company," and far more durable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Little Dress Up Shop has a line of Princess Dress-ups, Fairy Dress-Ups, Capes, and Knight Costumes. They have a line of Pretend Career Exploration Dress-Ups that I wish I had known about when I taught school. I would have loved to have their costumes in our imaginative play center. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <i>Little Dress Up Shop is offering a $4 discount to readers of Mommy and Me Book Club! It is good towards the purchase of any regular priced <a href="http://www.littledressupshop.com/halloween-costumes.html" target="_blank">Princess or Fairy Dress-up</a>, if used by October 20th. Just use the code <span style="font-size: x-large;">HALLOWEEN12</span> at checkout! </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I loved all the fantastic blog posts that were linked up last week! Did you get a chance to see this fabulous <a href="http://frugalfun4boys.com/2012/09/26/preschool-unit-the-year-at-maple-hill-farm/" target="_blank">Preschool Unit based on the book The Year at Maple Hill Farm</a> by Alice and Martin Provensen by Frugal Fun 4 Boys? I love farm units in the fall, don't you? Make sure to head over and see all of the fun activities she did with her boys. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last Fall, we had a lot of fun with a unit based on <a href="http://www.preschoolbookclub.blogspot.com/2011/10/big-red-barn.html" target="_blank">The Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown</a>. I loved how these spray painted Big Red Barns turned out! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As you know, our family is a bit book-obsessed. So it should come as no surprise to anyone that our family likes to dress up like characters from our favorite books and fairy tales! Last year, Molly was Cinderella and her Daddy was her, "Pwince Chawming." Don't you love her 'dwess'? (Monday, I will post a giveaway for one of the fabulous costumes from <a href="http://www.littledressupshop.com/" target="_blank">Little Dress Up Shop</a>). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One year, after we read Peter Pan to the children, they decided we should all be the characters from Peter Pan. Daddy even turned our stroller into a pirate ship! We had Peter Pan, Captain Hook, The Tic-toc Croc, Wendy, and Tinkerbelle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">While I was looking for this year's ideas for our family's costumes, I came across 21 wonderful book-inspired costumes I wanted to share with you! I hope you find something that catches your imagination. Some of these are homemade costumes with directions, some are just pictures, and a few are for items to purchase. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> This week's activities were inspired by the book <span id="internal-source-marker_0.9647144932309013" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Pouch</span> by David Ezra Stein. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Instead of writing the letter K on each pouch, we helped the children write their names. Lacing the pouch together provided excellent fine motor skill practice! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was definitely a parent and child activity. That is one of the reasons I really enjoy Mommy and Me Book Club. We have a one-to-one ration. (Though this craft could be done in a center with a small group of preschoolers). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We were inspired by an adorable <a href="http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/KangarooCrafts.html#paperplate" target="_blank">Kangaroo Plate Craft we saw at Danielle's Place. </a>Although, I do love her site, unfortunately I do not have a subscription for the printables. One of my little friends has a big brother who kindly drew the heads, tails, and feet for us, and we created our own version.</span></span><br />
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made at the gathering activity. This was a very fun game. </span></span><br />
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music started again, they went back to dance and hop. Isn't it funny how the simplest ideas are usually the best? The children loved pretending to be Joey! They loved yelling "POUCH!" as loud as they could, and of course they loved snuggling with their mommies! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The story is set in Fall, so we let the children explore some fun fall items before introducing them to the story. Exploration Boxes don't need to be expensive. Simply pulling together liked themed items into one place can create a new experience and help children to make connections! </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Apple Trouble is the story of an adorable hedgehog who has prepared a lovely nest of leaves under an apple tree. A large apple lands on her back and becomes stuck there. Many attempts are made by several animal friends to remove the apple. However they are all unsuccessful, and while trying to remove the apple, they each manage to add another object to the hedgehog's back! By the end of the story, the hedgehog has an apple, a leave, paper, nuts, berries, and more stuck in her quills. Luckily, a goat friend helps her out in the end! (This book is alternatively title <u>OUCH!</u> outside of the USA). </span></span><br />
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noodles. We used red play dough to create an apple to stick on his back like
in the story. This activity was fabulous for fine motor skills. The children broke their own noodles and placed them in the play dough. This held their attention for a long time! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This month our featured author for the August Virtual
Book Club for Kids is Lois Ehlert. She has written and illustrated so
many fabulous books that it was hard to choose just one. That is, until
I read <u>Rrralph</u> to my children this summer. They thought it was Laugh Out Loud Funny. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Materials Needed:</span> Long strips of white construction paper large enough to wrap around a child's head. Two Black Doggie Ears. We cut ours to have jagged edges like those in the story. Stapler </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2-Staple the headband to fit the child's head. Then Staple the ears to either side of the headband. (This is an adult step, but the children love to help use the stapler)! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I read <u>Rrralph</u> by Lois Ehlert </span>to the children. It is a clever book with clever artwork. On each page, the dog's owner asks a question and the dog responds in ways that seem like he is speaking. He tells his owner his name is "Rrralph" and he is standing on the "Roof, Roof" and the ground feels "Rough, Rough" on his paws. The three year olds thought it was a very funny book...and so did their Mommies, as we groaned together at the old puns. Ehlert uses recycled materials in this book to create her illustrations. The result is bold and amazing. <br /><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><u>Ralph </u>(to the tune of Bingo)</span><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br />There was a farmer had a dog and Ralph was his name-o.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: large;">R-A-L-P-H, R-A-L-P-H, R-A-L-P-H and Ralph was his name. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: large;">(We sang the song, replacing one letter each time, with a bark).</span></i><br />
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the image from the cover of the book, draw an outline of the dog on a ¼
sheet of posterboard (needs to be heavy paper) with a black sharpie. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2-Open the Nutter Butter. Place one piece on each side of the large cookie to create ears.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In order to play our two games, we needed our own doghouse! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one was created by cutting arched doors in the two opposite sides of a large box. Then it was wrapped with newspaper and covered with paw prints. One of the talented moms who comes to our Mommy and Me Book Club made this. Don't you love it?!?!?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />We attached a great poem I discovered at <a href="http://mrsosterman.blogspot.com/2011/05/grandparents-day-hand-print-poem.html" target="_blank">Kindergarten Rocks!</a> Make sure you go there to see all of the words! <br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></span><br />
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is a delightful book about a grandma who comes to babysit for the
evening. She brings a bag full of fun and for each activity,
Grandma Tillie changes clothes and becomes a very fun and very silly
character. For playtime, she wears a pink wig and pretends to be
Tillie Vanilly who can stand on one foot and say the alphabet backwards,
tell jokes, juggle and dance the Conga. For dinner she is Chef Silly Tillie
who wears a lampshade hat and makes yummy food. At bath time she
transforms into Madame Frilly Tillie who gives them glamorous makeovers
during a bubble bath. But at bedtime, their REAL grandmother comes to
tuck them in and read them stories. </span></span><br />
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children love
this book. It was actually in the top 5 of their favorites from this
summer. I love the portrayal of a Grandmother who is fun and playful. I
love the sweet relationship the girls share with their Grandmother. I
love the illustrations, too! They are delightful. And I LOVED sharing it with our little Mommy and Me friends today. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">*We sang a fun song about families. <i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“We are a happy family.” </span></i><br />*Then each of the children took turns sharing the special names they call their grandparents. <br />*We did the Conga to the kitchen for our next activity!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the story, Grandma Tillie wears several large and colorful hats. Of course we had to make our own. While searching for a poem to go with the handprints, I also found this great idea for hats at <a href="http://mrsosterman.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-06-05T09%3A20%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=7" target="_blank">Kindergarten Rocks!</a> What a fun site! Please go there for a <b><u>complete tutorial.</u></b> <br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was such a perfect activity for our group! They love squeezing glue. They got to glue layer upon layer of large sheets of paper together! How fun! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We used brown packaging paper instead of newspaper print. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We trimmed the edges of our boy hats to make them look more like Grandpa Fishing Hats. I think they turned out so cute! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Don't worry, I will still be sharing our weekly adventures with you from
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3898344825171474987.post-26482664061366086702012-08-21T12:48:00.000-04:002012-08-24T11:40:18.293-04:00Lilly's PPP Book Giveaway <span style="font-size: large;">As part of our August Virtual Book Club, Harper Collins is sponsoring a special BOOK GIVEAWAY WEEK! Several of the participants in this month's Virtual Book Club will be hosting giveaway events on their blogs, featuring books by<a href="http://www.kevinhenkes.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Kevin Henkes! </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday, we featured <a href="http://www.preschoolbookclub.blogspot.com/2012/08/lillys-purple-plastic-purse.html" target="_blank"><u>Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse</u></a> by Kevin Henkes. And guess what? That is the book that Harper Collins has provided for Mommy and Me Book Club to giveaway to one of my fabulous readers! Isn't that so nice of them?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sheila Rae the Brave- <a href="http://www.jugglingwithkids.com/">Juggling with Kids</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A Good Day- <a href="http://adventuresinreadingwithkids.blogspot.com/">Adventures in Reading</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wemberly Worried - <a href="http://www.theeducatorsspinonit.blogspot.com/">The Eductors' Spin On It</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Penny and Her Song - <a href="http://www.momto2poshlildivas.com/">Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Jessica - <a href="http://www.crayonfreckles.com/">Crayon Freckles</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Owen - <a href="http://royalbaloo.com/">Royal Baloo</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse</u> by Kevin Henkes is the story of a little girl mouse who loves her new purple plastic purse. It plays music when she opens it. Inside she has placed her movie star glasses and three quarters. She is very excited to share it at school with her beloved teacher and classmates. So excited that she can't wait and ends up having her purse taken away until the end of the day. She becomes so upset at her teacher for taking her purse, she draws an unkind picture of him and writes a mean story about him. At the end of the day, he returns her purse with a sweet note and treats. She is heartbroken about her unkind treatment of her favorite teacher. Her parents help her figure out a way to say she is sorry. She goes back to school with a note, treats, and her purse. She shares her purse at an appropriate time and the class enjoys a dance party and her treats she brought to share. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I used my Cricut to cut out several purple purses and silver coins. I added a shape to each purse and created 3 coins with matching shapes for each of the purses. I gave the little girls the coins to sort and place inside the purses. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My 5 year old son and his friends are starting Kindergarten this month!!! He is a little nervous, so I decided to throw him a Kindergarten is FIN-tastic party based on his current favorite book, <u>Don't Eat the Teacher </u>by Nick Ward. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the writers at <a href="http://www.toddlerapproved.com/" target="_blank">Toddler Approved</a> is my REAL LIFE friend, not just a virtual one. Our children are going to be in the very same class this year and we are going to be the class reps together. We put our brains together to plan a super-fun party for 7 cute soon-to-be kindergarteners! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As the children arrived, they located their names that I had written on these adorable name plates I found <a href="http://www.classroomjr.com/printable-bulletin-board-decorations/" target="_blank">here</a>. The children found a bag with letter beads and sea animal beads that they used to make bracelets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As they finished their bracelets, they joined in a game of TEACHER SAYS, played just like Simon Says. We played a noncompetitive version, where no one got out. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Circle Time:<u> Don't Eat the Teacher</u> by Nick Ward </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love the book <u>Don't Eat the Teacher</u> by Nick Ward. It is the story of a little shark who is nervous about his first day of school. He has the unfortunate habit of BITING things when he is excited and nervous. At school, he keeps "accidentally" eating things. He eats a paintbrush, a story book, and even a friend (who is safe). At the end, he tries to eat the teacher! All of his friends yell at him "Don't Eat the Teacher!" Intermixed in the story are introductions to different parts of the school day. This is a simple and fun book! It is VERY SILLY! Every year that I read this to my Kindergarteners they begged for it to be read over and over and over again. So much so, that the cover of my book is torn off. I borrowed a friend's copy for the party. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After the story, we sang the traditional silly camp song, "Baby Jaws." </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">Baby Jaws, doot doot doot do (thumb and index finger open and shut like a mouth)<br />
Mama Jaws, doot doot doot do (Hand opens and shuts)<br />Papa jaws, doot doot doot do (two hands together open and shut)</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;">Grandpa Jaws, doot doot doot do (fists together to look like toothless mouth)<br />Giant jaws, doot doot doot do (arms together to make mouth)<br />Lady swimming, doot doot doot do (swimming motion)<br />Shark is coming, doot doot doot do (hand on forehead like fin)<br />Lady Screaming "A-HA" doot do (arms in air)</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;">Shark is leaving, doot doot doot do (hand on forehead) </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;">And That's the story doot doot doot do...ABOUT JAWS! </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Materials Needed:</span> Blue paper plate, 3 triangles cut from blue poster board, 2 large googly eyes, 7 white small triangles with one digit of the child's phone number written on each tooth, stapler, glue stick</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1-Staple one blue triangle on top as the shark dorsal fin. Staple the other two triangles on the side to make pectoral fins. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3-Allow the child to arrange the digits to create his phone number. Glue to the plate in the correct order. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I created a large poster board sized game inspired by the game "Don't Eat Pete." Using my Cricut, I cut out 9 sea horses: 3 sizes and 3 colors. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1-The children sat in a circle around the game board. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">2-A goldfish cracker was placed in each square of the grid. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">3-The children took turns leaving the room one at a time. When out of the room, a seahorse was selected as the "teacher" for that turn. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">4-When the child returned to the room, he ate one goldfish cracker at a time. If it was not the seahorse selected, the rest of the children all said together, "THAT'S NOT THE TEACHER." </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">5-The child continued to the crackers, attempting to find the teacher. Once they ate the cracker chosen as the teacher, the other children all yelled, "DON'T EAT THE TEACHER!" </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is such a simple game, but the kindergarteners thought it was hilarious! </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Outside Learning Games by <a href="http://www.toddlerapproved.com/2012/08/shark-and-water-themed-fun.html" target="_blank">Toddler Approved</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The children changed into swim suits and headed outside for shark themed learning games that included WATER!!!! For all of the details of the fun games go to <a href="http://www.toddlerapproved.com/2012/08/shark-and-water-themed-fun.html" target="_blank">Toddler Approved's post on the party. </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The children enjoyed shark tooth shaped pizza slices, a watermelon shark, and shark cupcakes. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">PARTY FAVORS: CANDY KABOBS</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We created these adorable party favors using Swedish fish and shark gummies, inspired by <a href="http://celebrationsathomeblog.com/2011/09/shark-party-with-diy-tips.html" target="_blank">Celebrations At Home Blog. </a></span><br />
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Mommy and Me Book Club wrote a guest post for <a href="http://www.makeandtakes.com/storybook-summer-bagels-from-benny-with-mommy-and-me-bookclub" target="_blank">Make and Takes Storybook Summer Series</a>! We chose to feature <u>Bagels from Benny</u> by Audrey Davis. It was a new to me book, but one that has become an instant family favorite. We had so much fun making bagels together and delivering them to a local day shelter for homeless men and women in our community. If you have not read this book, I highly recommend that you head to your library and check it out today!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I first heard about <a href="http://www.babbaco.com/" target="_blank">BabbaBox</a>, I was intrigued. A company that will mail you <i><span style="font-size: x-large;">a storybook</span> </i>and <i><span style="font-size: x-large;">a lesson plan for activities</span></i> and <span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>all the materials</i></span> you need for $29.99 and free shipping? Sounded a lot like a Mommy and Me Book Club in a box to me. I was very excited when they offered to send me a box to review! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our box contained <i>FEELINGS </i>themed activities and a story book about caring for others. Here are all of the fun things in our box! My kids and I were so excited to get started! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Luckily, the BabbaBox came with a clearly written and easy to follow<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"> lesson plan, </span></i><span style="font-size: large;">so we were able to get started right away and they didn't have to wait for Mommy to try and figure things out. </span><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After reading the story, we dove right into the fun activities! We opened up these included <i><span style="font-size: x-large;">safety scissors</span></i> and read the sweet accompanying poem.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Babbabox included all the materials needed to create Feelings Magnets for the refrigerator. The children could use these to change the magnets to share how they felt throughout the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We talked about different feelings, and then I gave each of the children 2 of the feeling faces to color.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We colored the faces with the <span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>colored pencils</i></span> from our BabbaBox.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We added the included <i><span style="font-size: x-large;">magnets </span></i>to the back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we placed them up on the refrigerator. The children have spent the entire week changing the face in the box to match their own feeling (or a feeling a sibling is expressing). </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u>Sock Puppets </u></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our BabbaBox included all of the materials and directions needed to make two Sock Puppets that the children could use to express their feelings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These were very easy and very fun to make!</span><br />
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<u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Feeling Finders</span></b></u><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The box included </span><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">spy glasses</span></i> that the children could put on and search for different feelings in our home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My daughter thought that this was a very funny activity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">However my oldest son thought this was all very SERIOUS business. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A <i><span style="font-size: x-large;">journal</span></i> and <i><span style="font-size: x-large;">feelings stickers</span></i> were also included with the spy glasses. They kids used the stickers to record their feelings discoveries over a few days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I appreciate <a href="http://www.babbaco.com/" target="_blank">BabbaCo </a>for sending our family this great BabbaBox to try out and share with my readers. I think the BabbaBox is great for families who are looking for easy, ready to go, book inspired activities! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.babbaco.com/" target="_blank">BabbaCo</a> is willing to send one of my U.S. readers a BabbaBox of your own to enjoy with your children! To enter, they just ask that you like them on the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/BabbaCo" target="_blank">BabbaCo Facebook page</a>. For an additional entry, you can like <a href="http://www.facebook.com/MommyandMeBookClub" target="_blank">Mommy and Me Book Club on Facebook</a> . It isn't mandatory that you like Mommy and Me Book Club, but I would LOVE to share our book inspired fun and updates with you there each week! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They are also offering my readers 20% off their first box with the code MME20OFF. And they are currently running a back to school special and offering 33% off the first 3 months (which makes each box $20). That code is MM33BTS. </span><br />
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