Don't Forget!

Book List: Wolves as Main Characters

Here are some not-so-scary books with wolves as the main characters.

Title: The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! by Jon Scieszka

The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.

Title: The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugenios Trivizas

An altered retelling of the traditional tale about the conflict between pig and wolf--with a surprise ending.

Title: The Wolf's Story by Toby Forward

The wolf tells the story of Little Red Riding Hood from his point of view, protesting that he was merely trying to help Grandma, not eat her.

Title: The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman

Lucy is sure there are wolves living in the walls of her house, although others in her family disagree, and when the wolves come out, the adventure begins.

Pumpkins!

THE PLAN

Playtime
We played with the car and truck toys today.  

Two Little Hands
We stretched out our limbs and shook out our wiggles before doing our rhyme.  See this post for our Two Little Hands rhyme.

Beginning Song

See this post for our Beginning Song.

All About Today

Friday's weather was cold and sunny!  

Learning Time:

Today we read "Peter Pumpkin Eater"!

Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater

Had a wife, and couldn't keep her.

He put her in a pumpkin shell,

And there he kept her very well.

Read & Listen:

We read two books today!  First we read Ten Orange Pumpkins by Stephen Savage.

Then we read Minerva Louise on Halloween by Janet Morgan Stoeke.

Learning Time:

We searched for a pumpkin alphabet in the library!

Halloween Open House

Book List: Wordless Picture Books

Not all picture books have to have words... here are some that do not.

Title: Flotsam by David Wiesner

A bright boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam--anything floating that has washed ashore. While there, he discovers a barnacle-encrusted underwater camera with its own secrets to share.

Title: The Snowman by Raymond Briggs

When his snowman comes to life, a little boy invites him home and in return is taken on a flight high above the countryside.

Title: The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney

In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.

Title: Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann

An unobservant zookeeper is followed home by all the animals he thinks he has left behind in the zoo.

Spiders!

THE PLAN

Playtime
With the linky toys today.

  

Two Little Hands
We stretched out our limbs and shook out our wiggles before doing our rhyme.  See this post for our Two Little Hands rhyme.

Beginning Song

See this post for our Beginning Song.

All About Today

Friday's weather was cold and rainy!  

Learning Time:

Today we read "Little Miss Muffet"!

Little Miss Muffet

Sat on a tuffet,

Eating her curds and whey;

Along came a spider,

Who sat down beside her,

And frightened Miss Muffet away.

Read & Listen:

We read two books today!  First we read The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle.

Then we read Miss Spider's ABC by David Kirk.

Learning Time:

We created spiders!

Since next week is the week before Halloween, kids are encouraged to dress up!

Book List: Halloween Picture Books

Here are some popular picture books for Halloween!

Title: Ollie's Halloween by Olivier Dunrea

Dressed in their costumes, Ollie and his siblings go out on Halloween night and have a scary but fun adventure.

Title: Halloween Night by Marjorie Dennis Murray

Loosely based on "The Night Before Christmas," this rhyming story tells of a group of animals, monsters, and witches who prepare such a frightening Halloween party that their expected trick-or-treaters all run away.

Title: Minerva Louise on Halloween by Janet Morgan Stoeke

On her first Halloween, Minerva Louise the hen puzzles over costumes but enjoys her first taste of candy corn.

Title: Click, Clack, Boo! by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin

Farmer Brown does not like Halloween, but the animals hold a Halloween party in his barn.

Title: The House that Witchy Built by Dianne de Las Casas

A scary Halloween version of "The House that Jack Built," featuring a witch, black cat, skeleton, and other spooky images.

Monster Bash!

Today the kids were out of school!  So that meant a special Family Storytime!

We had a theme of Monster Bash.  First Cassie read Crankenstein by Samantha Berger.

Then we sang: If You're A Monster and You Know It

(to the tune of If you’re happy and You know it)

If you’re a monster and you know it, wave your arms,

If you’re a monster and you know it, wave your arms,

If you’re a monster and you know it, then your arms 

will surely show it,

If you’re a monster and you know it, wave your arms!

Additional verses: show your claws; gnash your 

teeth; stomp your feet.

Then Amanda read Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems.

Then the kids were asked to decorate their own eyeballs to "Pin the Eyeball on the Monster". 

Ferdinand, our monster, after the kids were done.

Then we ate cupcakes!

The kids were able to test the crime scene outline on for size.

Yes, the outline is of Cassie. 

Everyone had a great time!

Halloween Open House

Stop by the library during trick-or-treating!

Don't Forget!

Don't forget!

**Feel free to dress up!**

Book List: Books with Monsters

Looking for a great book about monsters for Halloween?  This list has you covered!

Title: Crankenstein by Samantha Berger

A boy who looks ordinary transforms into grumbling Crankenstein when faced with a rainy day, a melting popsicle, or bedtime but everything changes when he meets a fellow Crankenstein.

Title: The Monstore by Tara Lazar

Zack's house is overrun when he buys defective monsters from the Monstore.

Title: Poultrygeist by Mary Jane and Herm Auch

On Halloween night, two rowdy young roosters encounter a "poultrygeist" in the barn.

Title: Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems

Leonardo is a terrible monster -- he can't seem to frighten anyone. When he discovers the perfect nervous little boy, will he scare the lunch out of him? Or will he think of something better?

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Mice.... Eeeek!

THE PLAN

Playtime
We played with the fish toys today.  

Two Little Hands
We stretched out our limbs and shook out our wiggles before doing our rhyme.  See this post for our Two Little Hands rhyme.

Beginning Song

See this post for our Beginning Song.

All About Today

Friday's weather was cool and rainy!  

Learning Time:

Today we read "Hickory Dickory Dock"!

Hickory, Dickory, Dock,

The mouse ran up the clock.

The clock struck one,

The mouse ran down.

Hickory, Dickory, Dock.

Read & Listen:

We read two books today!  First we read If You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Laura Numeroff.

Then we read Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh.

Learning Time:

We played with gears for learning time, and we learned that clocks have gears to keep time.  Then we went into the library and found books to take home!

Posing with Edgar

Building with blocks.

Playing with puzzles.

Sharing!