Archive for the ‘story hour’ Category

Ducklings Play Follow the Leader

Ducklings Play Follow the Leader Ducklings in Alphabetical Order Ducklings Play Follow the Leader Buy at AllPosters.com Write the names of each of the ducklings on the rubber ducks and then ask the children to put them in ABC order. This makes a wonderful activity for the first few children who come into the classroom [...]

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Oh, Were They Ever Happy!

Oh, Were They Ever Happy! by Peter Spier My rating: 5 of 5 stars The children were just trying to help out and please their parents the day they painted the house. View all my reviews >> After reading this story to the children I like to get out some shoe boxes (one for every [...]

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Counting Pumpkins

One year by accident a pumpkin drops off a truck, the seeds plant themselves and a whole pumpkin patch grows in her yard. Being frugal she must use all the pumpkins so she makes breads, pies, soups and Jack O’Lanterns for all the neighbors.

Not only is this a fun story to read but a wonderful accompaniment to a class learning place value while counting pumpkin seeds.

We used page protectors to cover some of the pages in the book and then used dry erase markers to circle groups of 10 pumpkins to find out how many pumpkins were on each page.

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Go Away, Big Green Monster!

“Go Away, Big Green Monster! And don’t come back, …
until I say so.”

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