Burnham Bunch: Chicks and Rabbits

It's Rabbit Season (No! It's Chick Season!)

Read: Five Little Chicks by Nancy Tafuri and 10 Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel

Flannel board: 10 Hungry Rabbits - I used clip art for pictures of the food: cabbage, onions, peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, blueberries, peas and pepper. I also found a picture of a basket. As I read the story, I asked the children to put their food "into" the basket.

Craft: Crayon-resist Easter Egg

Need: White craft paper, white crayon, watercolor paint and paint brushes

• Prior to storytime, I cut out an egg shape out of the white craft paper. I then made random designs on each paper with a white crayon.
• At storytime, we placed a tray with an egg at each craft seat as well as a handy paint palate-tray. 
• We explained that the easter bunny created a secret on each of their eggs .... and the paint will reveal the message.
• So pretty!

Burnham Bunch: Spring Flowers

Let's bring in a bit of Spring ...

Read: Skunk's Spring Surprise by Leslea Newman and Wake Up, It's Spring by Lisa Campbell Ernst

Flannelboard: Five Little Daffodils inspired by Fun With Friends at Storytime

Craft: Flower Pots found from La classe della maestra Valentina. Seriously check out this blog. Her classroom is AMAZING! Unless you speak Italian, you may have a bit of a problem reading her posts. But, I am so inspired by creativity!

Need: Brown, green and yellow construction paper. Cupcake liner.

• Prior to storytime, we cut out our craft pieces: brown = flower pot, green = stem and leaves, yellow = flower center. I also used blue copy paper and printed "Spring" on the top.
• Kids glued the pieces and DONE! 

I have no idea how to make rotate this! But, you get the picture ...

Burnham Bunch: St. Patrick's Day

The Luck of the Irish!

Read: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover by Lucille Colandro

Flannel board: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover

Craft: Shamrock
Need: Fingerpaint paper, yellow and blue paint, paper plates and paint brush.

• Prior to storytime, cut out a shamrock shape out of the paper. 
• At each craft seat, place one cut shamrock. Squeeze a dollop of yellow and blue paint onto a plate. 
• Explain to each child that when you mix the two colors a magically surprise awaits them.
• That's about it ....

Burnham Bunch: Dr. Seuss

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

Read: Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? and 10 Apples Up On Top! (writing at Theo. LeSieg)

Flannel board: Using 10 Apples Up On Top, I placed numbered apples (1-10) on the board ... prompting kiddos to count as we read along.

Craft: 10 Apples Up On Top!
Need: White and red craft paper, a "head," and glue sticks.

• Prior to storytime, I cut white craft paper in half ... to make two narrow sheets. I also cut-out apples (10 per kiddo) using our Silhouette cutting machine. AND, I printed out a head image for the apples to sit upon.
• At each craft seat, I placed white paper, 10 apples, 1 head and a glue stick.
• I instructed the kiddos to glue down their head and the 10 apples.
• For the older kiddos, I asked them to mark each apples from 1 to 10.
• Easy peasy, lemon breezy!

Burnham Bunch: A Bit of Silly = Underpants

Underpants!

Read: Alien's Love Underpants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort and Underpants Zoo by Brian Sendelbech.

Check out the author's site at http://www.aliensloveunderpants.com/

Flannelboard: What Color is Your Underwear? Found on Miss Sarah's Storytime

Craft: Color Your own Alien
Need: Alien template and crayons.

• Prior to storytime, I traced (and made a few changes) to an alien that I found here. I also created a pair of pants for the alien. We cut the pants out and taped them onto the Alien ... on top of his undewear.

•  At storytime, the kiddos colored their alien (and underpants!)

Burnham Bunch: Birds

Come fly with me!

Read: Birds by Kevin Henke and No Two Alike by Keith Baker

Flannel board: Two Little Birds reused again because it was so popular inspired by My Storytime Life

Craft: Cheerio bird feeders

Need: Pipe cleaners and cheerios. Yup, just two things!

• So, easy ... just have the kiddos thread Cheerios onto a pipe cleaner. I let the kids decide how many they wanted to make. When they were tired of it all, I closed up the ends to make a circle. If they made several of the circles, I threaded them together.
• THE END!