Burnham Bunch: Christmas Tree

Oh, Christmas Tree

Read: Christmas Eve Good Night by Doug Cushman and Ten Little Christmas Presents by Jean Marzollo

Flannel Board: Ten Little Christmas Presents

Craft: Christmas Tree

Need: Green, yellow, brown and blue craft paper, Q-tips, paint, paper plates and glue sticks.

• Prior to storytime cut green paper into shapes -- see directions here at FrogPond. Also, cut brown paper into rectangle for trunk, cut yellow into a star.
• Using the blue paper as the background, have the kiddos glue the tree together and then paint on the ornaments using Q-tips-stamps.
• Annnnnnddddddd, there you go!

I'm in love ....

Here are some new books that I have just fallen in love with ...

He does .. and it is so cute

Any parent will tell you this is true. Love the steaming "to-go" cup!

I will ALWAYS be a dancer at heart. 

Just look at the cover .... 'nuff said.

Cozy. Christmas.

Oh, Scaredy Squirrel! He is just bananas.

Zzzzzzzzzzzz

Burnham Bunch: Reindeer

Run, Run Rudolph!

Read: Dream Snow by Eric Carle and Shhh! by Julie Sykes

Flannel Board: Rudolph, Rudolph via SoTomorrow

Craft: Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer inspired by Kerry's Craft Blog

Need: Brown, red and black craft paper, sticker-eyes and glue sticks

• Prior to storytime, we cut the brown paper in half and formed a tube shape for the reindeer body. We also cut out the red into circles for noses and the black for antlers.
• Have kiddos glue it together  ...... THE END!

Burnham Bunch: Snowmen

Snowmen time of year again ...

Read: First Day of Winter by Denise Fleming and Happy Snow by Patricia Hubbell

Flannel board: Using The First Day of Winter 

Craft: Mosiac snowman inspired by The Elementary Art Room

Need: White, orange and black craft paper, glue sticks and chalk/white crayon.

• Prior to storytime, have your super-awesome assistant rip white paper into pieces, cut orange pieces into a carrot shape and black paper into squares. We also, used white crayon to draw a half-circle shape as a guide for the kiddos to place their white paper.
• I instructed the kiddos to glue their white paper into the half-circle outline. 
• Then they glued on their nose and eyes and mouth.
• I also handed out white crayons so they could draw snowflakes ....