Tuesday, May 10, 2016

May 23, 2016 - P is for Pets

Stories:
My Life With The Wave by Catherine Cowan 
Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown
This Book Just Ate My Dog! by Richard Byrne

App activity:
Magnetic Alphabet - Learn your letters. Listen for today's letter and word.
iBook app - This Book Just Ate My Dog! by Richard Byrne 

Music: 
"Hand Clapping Rap" by Liz Buchanan ($1.99)
"Dancing Bear" by Bari Koral
Closing song: "I Am a Mountain" (artist unknown)

Additional Activities for home:
Identify words around the house that start with the letter "P".  (Petunias, patio, panda (stuff animal), purple, potato...).
Describe attributes of an object, (starting with the letter P). Have your child guess the object. Switch roles. "This object is: something green, it tastes sour, we put them in our hamburgers (or not put them on our hamburgers),--it's a pickle!

Additional Reads:
Sparky! by Jennie Offill 
What Pet Should I Get? by Dr. Seuss
Even Monsters Get Sick (story app for tablet/iPad $1.99) by Busy Bee Studios, written by by Michael Bruza.


Announcements:  We are having a Parent Workshop on June 2 @ 7 p.m. If you missed our last workshop in January, here's your chance to learn about how to use apps to encourage early literacy and learning. The workshop will be in the Talbert Room.

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