Passive Craft Table

Well, the month of April is almost over and the Cupcake Liner art has been super successful!  We went through nearly 1,000 cupcake liners!  Here are some of the great things kids (and parents) made:

Gardens

Books

Mystery Vine

by Cathryn Falwell

Flower Garden

by Eve Bunting

We Found a Seed

by Rob Ramsden

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Silly Dance Contest

Jim Gill

I Can Walk on Two Feet

My Hands Upon My Head

A Little Seed

with scarves

I'm a little seed in the dark, dark ground

Up comes the warm sun yellow and round

Down comes the rain soft and slow

An up comes the flower, watch me grow!

"Let's Play!"

Magnet Board

There's Something in My Garden

Eric Carle Baby Storytime

Books   

The Very Busy Spider

by Eric Carle

From Head to Toe

by Eric Carle

1, 2, 3 To the Zoo

by Eric Carle

Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too?

by Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle

Songs/Rhymes/Bounces

You Ought to See My Baby

We're Glad You're Here Today!

When Cows Get Up in the Morning

Baby Hokey Pokey

You put your arms up, you put your arms down

You put your arms up and you wave them all around

You tickle, tickle, tickle and wiggle, wiggle, wiggle

That's what it's all about!

Additional verses: Feet, Baby

Tiny Little Babies Love Bouncin'

Humpty Dumpty

Roly-Poly

The Wheels on the Bus

Flannel

Brown Bear, Brown Bear What did you see?

Parachute

Jim Gill's Alabama, Mississippi

Dinosaurs

Books

Dino Duckling

by Alison Murray

One-osaurus, Two-osaurus

Kim Norman, illustrated Pierre Collet-Derby

Groovy Joe Ice Cream and Dinosaurs

Eric Litwin, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld

Dinosaurs Galore! A Roaring Pop-up

by Paul and Henrietti Strickland

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

We are the Dinosaurs

Laurie Berkner

Giant Moves

Take a giant stretch

Give a giant wave

Pretend you're in a giant cave

Take one giant step forward

Take one giant step back

Now everyone give a giant clap!

Stomp a giant stomp

Roar a giant roar

Now all giant dinosaurs sit down on the floor!

Dinosaur, Dinosaur Turn Around

One Little Dinosaur 

My Hands say, "Let's Play!"

Flannel Board

1 friendly dinosaur wanted to play peek-a-boo,
She found another and then there were two.
2 friendly dinosaurs looked behind a tree,
They found another and then there were three.
3 friendly dinosaurs went to find some more
They found another and then there were four.
4 friendly dinosaurs watched for more to arrive
They found another and then there five
5 friendly dinosaurs played in the sun
They all ran to hide…and then there were none!

Play and Learn

Dinosaurs and playdough (make footprints/impressions)

Dinosaur Pattern Blocks

Spring Take Two

Books

Wake Up, It's Spring!

by Lisa Campbell Ernst

Egg

by Kevin Henkes

Splish, Splash, Ducky!

by Lucy Cousins

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Are You Sleeping?  Baby Animal Edition

I Know a Chicken

Laurie Berkner (with shaker eggs)

Hands Up High

Put your hands up high

Put your hands down low

Put your hands in the middle

And wiggle them so.

Put your elbows in front

Put your elbows in back

Put your elbows in the middle

And quack, quack, quack

My Hands Say, "Let's Play!"

Flannel Board

Over in the Meadow

Turtle, Fish, Bird

Open-Ended Art

Egg Printing

If I'd had older kids...

I really wanted to share Bear's new book, but it was just too long for my group.  But I want to remember it so I can do it in the future.

Bear Finds Eggs

by Karma Wilson; illustrated by Jane Chapman

Tails!

Books

Tails are Not For Pulling

by Elizabeth Verdick; illustrated by Marieka Heinlen

(skipped a few pages for length)

Heads and Tails

by John Canty

Snip, Snap! What's That?

by Mara Bergman; illustrated by Nick Maland

Songs/Movement

Hello, Hello

I'm a Little Kitty Cat

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Hop, Hop, Stop!

If I was a Bird

Colors in Motion

Old MacDonald had a Farm

My Hands Say "Let's Play"

Play and Learn

set-up ahead of time in the West room--worked wonderfully well!!

Wooden ramps and balls, parachute and beach balls, gears, flannel pieces, seal ring toss

Alternate Books

Being a Cat: A Tail of Curiosity

by Maria Gianferrari; illustrated by Pete Oswald

Who Has This Tail?

by Laura Hulbert; illustrated by Erik Brooks

One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller

by Kate Read