mla 2016 presented by: jeannine birkenfeld charity jordan...
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Thinking Outside the Block: Using Building Blocks in Your Library Community
MLA 2016
Presented by:
Jeannine Birkenfeld Youth Services Manager
Springfield-Greene County Library District [email protected]
Charity Jordan
Youth Services Associate Springfield-Greene County Library District
Emily Alexander Youth Services/Library Assistant
Springfield-Greene County Library District [email protected]
Our goal is to provide cost effective and engaging Passive, STEAM, and Sensory Activities to go along with the 2016 Missouri Building Block Award Nominees. We have included book pairings, playlists, and other activities for each book. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions!
Dad’s First Day
By Mike Wohnoutka
Book Pairings
●Monkey Not Ready For Kindergarten by Marc Brown ●School’s First Day of School by Adam Rex ●Mom, It’s My First Day of Kindergarten! by Hyewon Yum
Songs & Rhymes Mother Goose Rhymes A to Z http://www.mothergoose.com/Rhymes/Azrhymes.htm Back to School http://www.prekfun.com/A-F/BackToSchool/Back2School__Songs.htm Activities Have kids bring backpacks and practice packing it with a small stack of books I Spy a Letter
STEAM Connections Adding It Up http://www.motheringwithcreativity.com/2013/04/adding-fun.html Counting Pumpkins http://fun-a-day.com/pumpkin-math-and-engineering-challenge/ Sensory Play Sensory Writing http://mominspiredlife.com/writing-letters-in-a-sugar-cookie-sensory-tray/ Scissor Practice
A kiddie pool filled with paper scraps and scissors
Passive Programming Bottle Cap Games http://www.education.com/activity/article/bottle-cap-project/
Simon’s New Bed By Christian Trimmer
Book Pairings
●Dog vs Cat by Chris Gall ●The Boy Who Wouldn’t Share by Mike Reiss ●Cats vs Dogs by Elizabeth Camey ●Katie Love the Kittens by John Himmelman ●Lion Lessons by Jon Agee
Songs & Rhymes “Sesame Street: Share it Maybe” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qTIGg3I5y8 “It’s Time to Share” http://mrlkids.blogspot.com/2013/12/preschool-songs-about-sharing-and.html Activities Cat and Dog Sorting http://jen-peacefulparenting.blogspot.com/2011/10/montessori-monday.html *I used a Google image search to find the images for sorting. STEAM Connections I Feel Activity http://stayathomeeducator.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/It-Feels...Sense-of-Touch-Preschool-Activity-Stay-At-Home-Educator.pdf Sensory Play Fluffy Stuff Sensory Bin http://postris.com/popular-pin/66752/1/repins/7/12/
Passive Programming Accordion Dog Craft http://www.craftnhome.com/stretchy-accordion-dog.html -with template and Newspaper Cat Craft http://artprojectsforkids.org/newspaper-cat-collage/ - with template More Newspaper Cat or Dog Ideas: http://diy-is-fun.com/arts-crafts-for-kids/simple-crafts/simple-and-fun-kids-paper-craft-ideas-dogs-and-cats-appliques-from-newspapers/
I Don’t Want to be a Frog
By Dev Petty
Book Pairings
●Wolf’s Coming by Joe Kulka ●Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin ●Goodnight Owl by Greg Pizzoli
Songs & Rhymes “Down by the Bay” (on Raffi cd Fun Food Songs) https://kidsongs.com/lyrics/down-by-the-bay.html “Itsy Bitsy Spider” (nursery rhyme with actions) “Five Green & Speckled Frogs” - with log and Frog props http://puppetplay.blogspot.com/2013/08/five-green-and-speckled-frogs-flannel.html “Little Bunny Foo Foo” from Jbrary Youtube Little Bunny Foo Foo Activities Bug Identification Activity http://www.education.com/download/worksheet/104014/bug-identification.pdf STEAM Connections Fluffy Frog Slime http://www.sowsproutplay.com/activities/sensory-play-fluffy-slime/
Sensory Play Froggy & Buggy Bin http://parentingchaos.com/insect-sensory-bin-with-spaghetti/ Passive Programming Bug Sandwich Template https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xIkJMRCvB4vItDRQJXlGvFlPVF4iZUUMlP2Huh-Pee0/pub
The Whale in My Swimming Pool By Joyce Wan
Book Pairings
●Swimming, Swimming by Gary Clement ●Pool by JiHyeon Lee ●Billy Twitters and his Blue Whale Problem by Mac Barnett
Songs & Rhymes “An Orca Whale: A Storytime Song” from Jbrary Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef86Q-Wp9As “Swimming, Swimming in the Swimming Pool” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxk4ZQPv1YE “Waves in the Sea” https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/9c/e0/d9/9ce0d9590aced195ae03590957815360.jpg Activities Easy Whale Origami http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-whale.html Or http://www.origami-instructions.com/easy-origami-whale.html Or http://www.redtedart.com/easy-origami-whale-paper-crafts-kids/
STEAM Connections Whale Blubber Experiment http://www.hometrainingtools.com/a/whale-blubber-project Sensory Play Water Displacement http://happyhooligans.ca/water-displacement-activity/ Passive Programming Whale Image Matching Game http://www.education.com/worksheet/article/twin-whales-preschool/ or http://fijimarinas.com/whale-dolphin-encounters-fiji/
Ragweed’s Farm Dog Handbook
By Anne Vittur Kennedy
Book Pairings
●Prissy & Pop: Big Day Out by Melissa Nicholson
●The House that Zack Built by Alison Murray
●My Dog’s Chicken by Susan McElroy Montanari
●Don’t Call Me choochie Pooh! by Sean Taylor
Songs & Rhymes “Old MacDonald” “Rags” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqn6BcdHxEc “B-I-N-G-O” “Great Big Dob” by Laurie Berkner “I Had a Chicken” with shaker eggs by Laurie Berkner Activities Animal Sound - Free App https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/free-animal-sounds/id580044747?mt=8 STEAM Connections Feed the Dog http://dirtandboogers.com/feed-dog/
Sensory Play Feather Sorting http://www.powerfulmothering.com/quick-easy-color-feather-sort/ Passive Programming
Farm Diorama - Pretend Play
http://shocksandshoes.blogspot.in/2013/03/diy-farm-diorama.html
Vincent Paints His House By Tedd Arnold
Book Pairings
●Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd ●Bear Sees Blue by Ashley Wolff ●The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
Songs & Rhymes “Green Means Go!” - Nursery Rhyme Scarf Song from Jbrary Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBteBjux9lM “Mary Wore Her Red Dress” http://www.psd1.org/cms/lib4/WA01001055/Centricity/Domain/30/Word%20Study%20K inder/Kinder%20WM/WM%201%20Mary%20Wore%20Her%20Red%20Dress%20Poem.pdf “Bouncin’ Up and Down in my Little Red Wagon” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jCS5pwenJk Activities
Create a cardboard house to paint during your reading of the book. Add a color to the
house every time you come to a new color in the book. Put the unfinished house out for
kids to finish painting during your station time following storytime.
STEAM Connections Rainbow Jar http://www.playdoughtoplato.com/rainbow-jar-st-patricks-day/ Sensory Play Rainbow Foam http://www.funathomewithkids.com/2013/08/rainbow-soap-foam-bubbles-sensory-play.html Passive Programming Paint Chip Color Matching Activity http://sewsweetcottage.blogspot.com/2012/05/paint-chip-color-matching-activity.html
Bunnies!!!
By Kevan Atteberry
Book Pairings
●Here is Big Bunny by Steve Henry ●Tickle Monster by Édouard Manceau ●Monster Park by Annie Bach
Songs & Rhymes “Little Bunny Foo Foo” from Jbrary Youtube “If You’re a Monster and You Know It” and others preschooleducation.com/smonster.shtml
"The Little Bunny"
A fat little bunny with ears so tall, (put hands on head like ears)
And two little eyes—just this small (point to eyes)
Went hopping along to get some lunch. (pretend to hop w/hand)
He found an orange carrot—crunch, crunch, crunch.
While he was eating and having such fun,
CRASH went a noise! He started to run! (clap when say “crash”) All you could see as he ran by
Was his powderpuff tail waving bye-bye. (wave good-bye)
Activities Letter ‘B’ bunny craft thesimpleparent.com/letter-of-the-week-crafts-b-is-for-bunny/ STEAM Connections Peep Science - using bunny peeps lemonlimeadventures.com/peep-science-experiments-for-kids/#_a5y_p=1453840 momto2poshlildivas.com/2012/03/dissolving-peeps-experiment.html Sensory Play Bunny sensory bin modernpreschool.com/bunny-tail-sensory-bin-for-preschoo/ Play dough Monsters boobookartstudio.com.au/monsterous-play-dough-creations/ Passive Programming Make-a-Monster craft cuttingtinybites.com/2015/09/invitation-to-create-make-monster-halloween-craft.html
Get Out of My Bath! by Britta Teckentrup
Book Pairings
●Going for a Sea Bath by Andree Poulin ●Small Elephant’s Bathtime by Tatyana Feeney ●Who’s in the Tub? by Sylvie Jones
Songs & Rhymes “There Was a Crocodile” -- from Jbrary Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4VP-pApxas “Take Me Out of the Bathtub” and “Five Elephants in the Bathtub” sunflowerstorytime.com/2015/04/23/bathtime-and-bubbles/ Activities Paper plate elephant gluedtomycraftsblog.com/2016/02/paper-plate-elephant-kid-craft.html 5 Elephants in the bathtub flannelboard sunflowerstorytime.com/2015/04/23/bathtime-and-bubbles/ STEAM Connections How many drops to fill the dot? teachbesideme.com/eye-dropper-dot-counting/ Sensory Play Water Beads http://artfulparent.com/2014/07/what-to-do-with-water-beads.html Or
Rainbow Foam funathomewithkids.com/2013/08/rainbow-soap-foam-bubbles-sensory-play.html Passive Programming Count the Ducks-ways to make 10 fantasticfunandlearning.com/rubber-duck-math-game-ten-little-rubber-ducks.html
Rex Wrecks It!
by Ben Clayton
Book Pairings
●Busy Builders, Busy Week by Jean Reidy ●The Sword in the Stove by Frank W. Dormer ●Daytime Visions: An Alphabet by ISOL
Activities Building with wooden blocks Group tower building with boxes, blocks, cans, Legos, or cups Group destruction of towers with tennis balls, paper balls, paper airplanes, etc. Building with Magna Tiles
STEAM Connections Using a yardstick to measure height of towers kids build
Sensory Activity Dinosaur Fossils http://www.prekinders.com/dinosaur-pasta-skeletons/
Passive Activity Rex Wrecks It Stick Puppets & Blocks for Retelling the Story
Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups By Tadgh Bentley
Book Pairings
●Pierre the Penguin by Jean Marzollo ●The Emperor’s Egg by Martin Jenkins ●The Wonderful Thing About Hiccups by Cece Meng
Songs & Rhymes “5 Little Penguins Jumping in the Snow” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm_vBwmmH10 “I’m a Little Penguin” https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3m_oKGrdu3FTXFfb2J0QUtLekE/edit Activities Penguin Relay http://www.deannajump.com/2013/01/more-penguin-fun.html STEAM Connections Penguin Wax Experiment http://raisinglittlesuperheroes.com/penguin-feathers-science-experiment/ Sensory Play Snow Playdough http://www.pre-kpages.com/classroom-recipes-snow-play-dough/
Passive Programming Feed the Penguin http://www.littlefamilyfun.com/search/label/Alphabet