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 ....

Burnham Bunch: Colorful Doggies

Dog-gone Colorful

A few weeks ago, we cancelled storytime on Thursday because of our freak November Nor'easter. So, our Thursday class will be making Pigs this week and our Wednesday classes will be making Dogs. Jeez, so much to keep track of!

Thank you to my co-worker, Susan, for taking over storytime for me today .... Started my day with a flat tire!!! Things can only go up from here, right? Right????

Read: Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd and Bark, George by Jules Feiffer

Flannel Board: Dog's Colorful Day

Burnham Bunch: Turkeys

Turkeys

Read: Gobble Gobble Crash! by Julie Stiegemeyer

Flannel Board: Five Fat Turkeys found via Pinterest from Ram Sam Storytime

Please excuse my pink turkeys, my printer was running out of ink!

Craft: Toddler Turkey via my old stand-by for great ideas NoTimeForFlashcards

Need: Sticky-back paper, construction paper: red, orange, yellow, sticker eyes, and glitter glue.

• Prior to storytime, I cut out:
• Turkey-shaped frame and turkey body-head = orange
• Beak = yellow
• Gobbler/Waddle = red
• I didn't have glitter glue ... so I made some using craft glue mixed with glitter (hoping it dries clear!)
• Place a piece of sticky-back paper at each craft seat with the turkey-shape adhered ... all sticky side up. 
• Kiddos glued the beak and gobbler and sticker eyes to the turkey body-head -- set aside.
• Then, they finger-painted the inside of the turkey-shape. Have handi-wipes standing by for quick clean-up.
• Adhere the turkey body to the sticky paper.
• Then, place a second piece of sticky-paper on top. Trim around the shape and there you go!

I'm in love ....

Love these new books that just arrived! Some favorite authors, new stuff, great illustrations, fun new ideas ...

So, here they are!

Oliver Jeffers ... this guy cracks me up!

And for the our older readers ....

Biogenetics at it's best. From the author of the Gone series, Michael Grant

Zombies ... 'nuf said

If you love Once Upon a  Time and Grimm ... this is the book for you. Philip Pullman 's 50 favorite Grimm tales.
At the end of each tale he offers a brief personal commentary,
with a window to the source of the tales and the various forms they've taken over the centuries...

Elite prep-school, espionage, adventure, mystery, supernatural ... oh,
and from the co-creator of my fave t.v. series Twin Peaks.

Burnham Bunch: Pigs

This Little Piggy ...

Read: Hogwash by Karma Wilson and Huff & Puff by Claudia Rueda

Flannel board: From Miss Mary Liberry Five Pigs So Squeaky Clean!

The rhyme is sung to the tune of Five Green and Speckled Frogs

FIVE pigs so squeaky clean
The cleanest pigs you've ever seen
Wanted to go outside and play
Oink Oink
ONE jumped into the mud
Landed with a great big THUD (clap)
Now there are FOUR pigs squeaky clean
Oink Oink
THREE pigs so squeaky clean ... and etc.

Craft: Pig (of course!) inspired by Rainbows Within Reach piggy bulletin board

• Need: Pink (in two different shades) and white construction paper, black marker and glue stickts
• Prior to storytime, cut out:
• Large circles in dark pink = body
• Medium circles in light pink = face
• Small circles in dark pink = nose
• Smaller circles in white and then cut in half = 2 eyes
• Triangles = ears
• Rectangles = legs
• Have the kiddos construct their piggy as you ask them to find the biggest circle, medium, small and etc.