Food and Eating Storytime

Three storytimes using this theme: Family, Preschool, and another Family.  Here's all the things I used at least one time...

Books

The Greedy Goat

by Petr Horacek

(all storytimes)

Mouse Mess 

by Linnea Riley

(first family storytime)

From Farm to Table

by Pat Brisson; illustrated by Mary Azarian

(preschool storytime)

Feast for 10

by Cathryn Falwell

(second family storytime)

Music and Movement

Roll, Roll Sugar Baby

If You're Happy and You Know It

Can You?

Colors in Motion

(what foods are that color?)

I Know a Chicken

Laurie Berkner

with shaker eggs

(first two storytimes)

Flannel Board

Four Hungry Ants

Magnet Board Game

What food is the ant hiding under?

Little Ant, Little Ant come out and play

What kind of food are you eating today?

Play and Learn

Pizza Factory Felt set(s)

Playdough (Preschool)

Play snack food stringing

STEAM Themed Thursday: Cups

Cups for art and cups to build and cups to fly...

Can you stack the cups into a pyramid without touching the cups with your hands?  (rubber bands, straws, string...)

Stacking Cup Game

Squirrels

Books

Squirrels Leap, Squirrels Sleep

by April Pulley Sayre; illustrated by Steve Jenkins

The Busy Little Squirrel

by Nancy Tafuri

Music and Movement

Hello, Hello!

Two Little Squirrels

Sitting on a hill--Jack and Jill

Climbing up a pole--High and Low

Playing in the snow--Fast and Slow

Looking at a cloud--Quiet and Loud

Run, Baby Run

Caspar Babypants

Colors in Motion

Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

Hop, Hop, Stop!

Let's Play!

Magnet Board

Ten Little Squirrels

based on the book by Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson

Squirrel Clipart from DigitalArtConcepts 

Open Ended Art

Do-a-Dot dotters (on blank paper--instead of the squirrel do-a-dot I had found.  The kids had a lot of fun being very creative with their dots.  Another reminder to me that open-ended is always so much better!)

Optional Book

Squirrels (Seedlings)

by Quinn M. Arnold