August 22 - F is for Farm

Story app:

Farmer's Lunch by Paul Shipton; illustrated by John Gordon. Collins Big Cat by Harper Collins Publishers Ltd.

App activity:

Magnetic Alphabet - Find today's letter and spell the word of the day. 
ABC Learning Letters by A3BGameLab Di Redaelli Angela & Co. SAS (GooglePlay, iTunes)- practice writing today's letter on 'paper'. 

Songs: 

"Old MacDonald Had a Farm..." by BusSongs.com (YouTube)

Closing song: "I Am a Mountain" (artist unknown)

Additional Reads:

Clip Clop by Nicola Smee 
Goose on the Farm by Laura Wall

Download today's storyapp for free! The added feature is that your child can retell the story with the embedded Story Creator feature. (iTunes only)

The Farmer's Lunch

The Stuffed Animal Sleepover 2016 video is now available! Click here to watch. See what the stuffed animals did in this year's camp-themed event.

August 8 - Z is for Zoo

Stories:

A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead; illustrated by Erin E. Stead 
Down by the Station by Will Hillenbrand

App activity:

Magnetic Alphabet - Find today's letter and spell the word of the day. 
ABC Learning Letters by A3BGameLab Di Redaelli Angela & Co. SAS (GooglePlay, iTunes)- practice writing today's letter on 'paper'. (Recommendation: use only AFTER teaching the proper way to write the letter). Add more fun by changing the color per each stroke of the letter!

Songs: 

"Let's Go to the Zoo" by Super Simple Songs (YouTube)

Closing song: "I Am a Mountain" (artist unknown)

Extend today's story time: Go to the Santa Ana Zoo, ride the "puffer belly" (train) and pretend to pick up the calf, joey, pup, chicks, and cubs! Pet and learn even more proper names of "baby animals" at the OC Fair! Learn more about animals here: www.animalfactguide.com

Additional Reads:

Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire
If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss

Today's App: Best if used in conjunction with a writing app that teaches how to write the letter. Children with older siblings may be more inclined to play with A3BGameLab's virtual "paper" version in order to imitate their older siblings writing. Recommended to first use Little Writer by Innovative Mobile Apps to teach the proper way to write the letters before they do it on their own. Add even more fun by changing the color per each new stroke of the letter build!

ABC Learning Letters Toddlers by A3BGameLab

Little Writer by
Innovative Mobile Apps