Thanksgiving Storytime

Thanksgiving is this Thursday, so naturally, this week's storytime revolved around that theme.  Today we read, Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson and `Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey.

We made paper plate turkeys for today's craft.  I gave each child a paper plate cut in half and construction paper beak, waddle, and legs.  To give the turkeys their feathers, I had trays of cut up tissue paper pieces in assorted colors which I instructed the kids to glue onto the paper plate.

 I think it works best for the kids to glue the "feathers" on first and then assemble the rest of the turkey's body.

The finished result!

Bear/Hibernation Storytime

After a two week hiatus from Storytime, we're back!  Today we talked about bears and hibernation.  We read Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson and Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep by Maureen Wright.

For today's craft we made yarn bears.  I told the kids that our bears would need thick fur to keep them warm while they hibernated in the winter.

I printed off blank bear templates for each child and gave them bowls full of cut up brown and black yarn which they glued on to the bear.