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Let's go for a drive! Program Goals Saturday program in spring Celebrate Elephant and Piggie! Stations Craft: Elephant and Piggie Puppets Create puppets with lunch bags and puppet pieces Supplies Scissors, markers, glue sticks brown paper lunch bags Puppet bag template Craft: We are in a book Create your own books Supplies Handmade paper, notebook paper Scissors, staples Craft: We are growing! Create your own grass character puppets Supplies Green paper, markers, scissors, popsicle sticks, tape Craft: The Cookie Fiasco Create a cookie Supplies Cardboard circles (die cut) Markers, decorations, glue Craft: There is a bird on your head! Decoupage an egg Styrofoam eggs Tissue paper Glue Paintbrushes Craft: Today I will fly! paper airplanes Game: Can I Play Too? Mark off area Game is to keep a balloon (ball) in the air without using your hands Supplies Balloons Masking tape (to mark floor) Game: Let's go for a drive/Don't let the pigeon drive the bus! Masking tape road lines in ...

to add - Eat Pete! by Michael Rex Program Goals Encourage library visits Introduce early literacy to teachers and students Build relationships with students and teachers Toddlers (*Nonfiction) One day in the eucalyptus eucalyptus tree by Daniel Bernstrom Monsters don't eat broccoli by Barbara Jean Hicks Shake the tree by Silvia Borando Preschool and Kindergarten (*Nonfiction) Poor little guy by Elanna Allen Woodpecker wants a waffle by Steve Breen A Hungry Lion by Lucy Ruth Cummins Barnacle is bored by Jonathan Fenske Plankton is pushy by Jonathan Fenske *What do you do when something wants to eat you by Steve Jenkins Can't catch me by Timothy Knapman Long Stories (*Nonfiction) Senorita Gordita by Helen Ketteman *My awesome summer by P. Mantis by Paul Meisel Little Red and the very hungry lion by Alex T. Smith Flannelboard/Movement/Activity Opening song: The more we get together (with names) Closing song:  Sunny Day by Elizabeth Mitchell Ten Fat Sausages Five little kernels Fiv...

Program Goals Offer an active program during winter Offer a program on Wednesday morning that will be open to toddlers and preschoolers Encourage parents to play with their children Attendance: 20 Books Used 3-14-18 Shake the tree by Silvia Borando There are cats in this book; There are no cats in this book by Viviane Schwarz Foxy by Jessica Souhami Used 1-17-18 Can you make a scary face by Jan Thomas Don't push the button by Bill Cotter It's a tiger by David LaRochelle Tap the magic tree by Christie Matheson Shapes, reshape by Sylvia Borando Jump! by Scott Fischer Additional titles Press here by Herve Tullet Clap your hands by Lorinda Cauley Touch the brightest star by Christie Matheson Activity Create your own activity book All this needs is some paper and crayons. Story prompts linked here. Resources I used my own list of interactive picture books to pull materials. Evaluation 3-14-18 Attendance: 3 Notes: Pattie did the morning session, this was the afternoon session. First...

Program Goals Experiment with chemical reactions Learn how to measure and estimate Learn how to follow a recipe Attendance: 35 Experiment: Baking soda mini-volcanoes Recipe: (dough) 6 cups flour, 2 cups salt, 4 tblsp oil, 2 cups water fill bottle with warm water and food coloring, add a few drops of soap add 2 tblsp baking soda pour in vinegar Supplies flour, salt, oil baking soda, vinegar measuring cups and spoons plastic container (large water bottles) plastic tablecloths, swimming pools Experiment: Blobs in a Bottle Recipe from Science Bob oil, water, food coloring, alka-seltzer water bottles Experiment: Bubbles Supplies Different kinds of dish soap glycerine hose bubble wands bowls, eye droppers, spoons big flat tupperwares bubble solution Experiment: Candy Science I had one person handing out pre-measured amounts of candy and the kids could take it to different stations. All experiments were from Loralee Leavitt's Candy Experiments and Candy Experiments 2. I also made handouts...

Program Goals Motor development (pouring and stirring) Patterns Encourage creativity and experiment with different art techniques and supplies Provide a flexible program open to all ages and skill levels 20 children and adults in attendance Landscape Art Supplies sand glue paint scrap paper regular paper cleaning supplies From Pink and Green Mama Resources: Print outs and books of aerial photography Project: Sand Art (with shells) Supplies Sand, shells Thick paper - recycled cardstock and/or construction paper, paper plates, pencils Plastic tubs, spoons (dixie cups b/c someone took a bunch of my spoons) Glue sticks, glue Evaluation 3-6-18 Attendance: 20 Notes: Sigh. This program has really died off. Kids loved doing it, but it was just a handful of participants. Plus I had nothing to cover the tables so it was a little more messy than usual. 7-31-14 Attendance : 58 Connections/Feedback : Talked to parents about making art with kids - it's ok for them to make something too! Notes fo...

Program Goals Something that is not Dr. Seuss. I am sick of Dr. Seuss Pete the Cat is popular. We will do Pete the Cat. Projects Magic Sunglasses Die-cut thin cardboard Os Popsicle sticks Tape, decorations Groovy Buttons Die-cut and hole-punched construction paper circles Ribbon Tape, decorations Musical Instruments Straw pan pipes Straws Masking tape Scissors Note: It took me a while to figure out that you blow across  the straws, not into them. Popsicle stick harmonica large popsicle sticks rubber bands toothpicks (pieces of popsicle stick work as well) scrap paper Jingle bells jingle bells - bought in bulk from Amazon pipe cleaners Tissue cupcakes Cupcake papers Tissue paper Glue, decorations Watercolor paintings Paper Watercolor Brushes Sink, water cups, aprons Activity Stations Groovy dancing (tv, Chromecast, utube videos of Pete the Cat) Resources Straw pan pipes from Krokotak Popsicle stick harmonica from Housing a Forest How We Learn - homemade musical instruments Library B...