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 July 9, 2014, Story Time

Yesterday we read the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. It was our first session back from our summer break and I was so glad to be back at the library. With our time off, I was able to plan out the next year of activities. We started off by introducing the author and illustrator of the story--I wanted to add in more "meat" to each story time session. We have some children who are regular attenders that are home schooled; I want to bring in many subject areas into story time as possible.After we read the story, the children used these Sequence Cards to retell the events in the story. 

The children used marshmallows, gummy worms, tootsie rolls, and crackers to make a life cycle (some had more fun eating their pieces than making it).

I love using food to teach--its hands-on and fun! 

While the children were eating snack, I called one at a time to the other table to make their own little caterpillars. We used red and green paint and their little fingers to make our hungry little critters. I would ask them to show me their thumb, then have them point to the red paint. Then they would point show me their pointer fingers and the green paint(sneak in some directions and color identification). My older students practiced writing their names on their papers too.

To end our day, we came back to the carpet for some songs and finger plays. Since our story talks about the days of the week and counting, we did songs that helped drive that lesson home.

Days of the Week (Adams Family), Counting Song, Caterpillar to Butterfly Finger Plays