Monster Mania

Books:
10-Step Guide to Living With Your Monster by Laura Numeroff
Glad Monster, Sad Monster by Ed Emberly
My Monster Momma Loves Me So by Laura Leuck
Go Away Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberly


Songs & Fingerplays:

Horns and Fangs

(Sung to: "Head and Shoulders")
Horns and fangs and knees and claws, knees and claws, knees and claws.
Horns and fangs and knees and claws, eyes and ears and tail and paws.  

Five Little Monsters

This little monster has a big red nose
This little monster has purple toes.
This little monster plays all night.
This little monster is such a delight.
And this little monster goes:
"Tee-hee-hee"
"I'm not scary, I'm just silly me."
(Hold up hand and point to each finger)

If You Are a Monster 

Sung to: " If you're happy and you know it"

If you're a monster and you know it wave your arms

If you're a monster and you know it wave your arms.

If you're a monster and you know then your arms will surely show it. 

If you're a monster and you know it wave your arms.

Continue with:

...show your claws

...gnash your teeth

...stomp your feet

...growl out loud

Flannelboard

Little Monster, Little Monster

Materials: 6 to 8 colored beds made from felt. A monster cutout small enough to hide behind the beds. Place each colored bed on the flannel board, while children are not looking hide the monster behind one of the beds. Allow each child to choose a colored bed to recite this poem then look for the  little monster under the bed.

***Little monster, little monster, are you under the (red) bed?***

Activities:

Big Green Monster! 

We'll create our very own Big Green Monsters!

Large Group Activity:

Monster Mash!

Let's have a Monster Dance Party!

Scholastic Book Club Orders

 

 

 

 

Book Club Order Due Date : October 13

 

 

 

 

Online Ordering Information

Web address: scholastic.com/bookclubs

Class Activation Code: HF284

 

Dear Circle Time Parent,

 

Now it's easier than ever to find the perfect books for your child -- shop our NEW online Book Clubs Web site. Choose from a much-wider selection of books than in the printed flyer. Plus, you can send your orders directly to me online and use your credit card to pay.

 

It's so simple! Here's how it works:

• SIGN UP at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs. On the parent page, register by clicking click the "Don't have a user name or password?" link. When prompted, enter the one-time Class Activation Code shown above. This unique code ensures that your order is sent to me. 
  
• SELECT the books you'd like to order—choose from thousands of titles—many more than in our monthly flyers. 
  
• SEND your order to me online by the due date and your child's books will be delivered directly to me, I'll bring them to class before the end of the session.
  

Ordering online is fast, easy, and secure.

Of course, you can still order using the form from the printed flyer. But why not see for yourself how convenient it is to order online?


Thank you,
Jean Barresi

October is Fire Prevention Month!

We'll have a special visitor this week to talk to us about Fire Prevention and Safety!


Books:
check out your local library for a large assortment of 
fire safety books!


Songs:

I'm a Firefighter
sung to "I'm a Little Teapot"
I'm a firefighter. (Point to self.)
Here's my hose. (Outstretch arm with finger pointed.)
I put out fires As everyone knows.
When I see a fire (Hand over brow.)
I douse it out. (Outstretch arm with finger pointed.)
"Thank you! Thank you!" people shout!


Hurry Hurry Drive the Fire Truck
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck, (steering wheel motion)
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck,
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck,
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.


Hurry, hurry, climb the ladder.... (climb ladder motion)
Hurry, hurry, spray the water...   (hold fire hose & spray motion)


Ideas for Home:
Match Hunt

Have a match hunt. Hide pieces of paper cut in the shape of a match around the house. When your child finds a match he/she must alert an adult to throw it out. This will reinforce the Never Touch Matches rule.




Fire Engine Cookies
Graham crackers, red frosting (cherry or strawberry), oreo cookies, black licorice
Cut off one corner of a cracker. Frost with the cracker. Split the oreos apart and place one on the front and one on the back for the wheels lay a black licorice across the top for the ladder.


Links:
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/kids/flash.shtm

Fresh Fall Leaves

***Please bring in some leaves from home this week!***

Books: 
Fresh Fall Leaves by Betsy Franco 
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert 
Leaf Jumpers by Carol Gerber 
When Autumn Falls by Kelli Nidey 

Songs & Fingerplays: 
Leaves on the Tree 
Sung to Wheels on the Bus
The leaves on the trees turn orange and brown,
orange and brown, orange and brown.
The leaves on the trees turn orange and brown
All around the town.
The leaves on the trees come tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down.
The leaves on the trees coming tumbling down,
Down to the ground.
The leaves on the ground go swish, swish, swish,
swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish
The leaves on the ground go swish, swish, swish
All over the ground. 

Flannelboard: 
Five Little Leaves 
Five little leaves, so happy and gay
were dancing about on a tree one day
the wind came blowing through the town
and one little leaf came tumbling down.
Four , three two, one little leaves…(repeat) 

Activities: 
Leaf Rubbings

We'll use fall colored rubbing crayons to create beautiful leaf rubbings!
Matching Leaves 

Put your keen observation skills to the test and see if you can match the pairs of leaves.
Fall Feely Bags

Close your eyes and reach inside and see what you can feel. Kids will use their sense of touch to explore fall related objects.

Large Group Activity: 
Parachute Games

Let's use our leaves to make our own fall fun with the parachute!

Ten Red Apples

Books:        
10 Apples Up On Top by Dr. Seuss

Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins
Dappled Apples by Jan Carr 

Songs:

10 Red Apples

Sung to the tune of 10 Little Indians

One red, two red, three red apples,
Four red, five red, six red apples,
Seven red, eight red, nine red apples,
Ten red apples, Yum! Yum! Yum! (rub tummy on yums)
Repeat for yellow, green and brown apples, but last line of brown verse ends..
10 brown apples Yuk! Yuk! Yuk! (push away with both hands)

All Around The Apple Tree

Sung to the tune of "Mulberry Bush"

Here we go round the apple tree, the apple tree, the apple tree
Here we go around the apple tree
On a frosty morning.
This is the way we climb the ladder
-pick the apples
-wash the apples
-peel the apples
-cook the apples

Flannelboard:    

Five Red Apples

Five red apples hanging on a tree (five fingers held up)
The juiciest apples you ever did see! (rub tummy)
The wind came past (cup hands around mouth and blow) And gave an angry frown (shake head and look angry) And one little apple came tumbling down.
Four red apples, etc.


Activities:    

Apple Trees

Kids will make their very own apple trees with construction paper and dot paints today!

Apple Balancing

How many bean bag apples can you balance on your head?
Apple Toss

Fun with a good ol' fashioned apple toss!


Movement Games:    

Worm Through the Apple

Children stand in a line with feet apart. One child is the "worm" and crawls through the "apple" (children's feet). When the child reaches the end the next person in line becomes the "worm".

 
Pass the Apple

Play just like Hot Potato. The children pass an apple until the music stops. Who ever is holding it when the music stops is sent to the apple patch (the center of the circle).



 

Welcome to the 2010-2011 Season!

Welcome to the Fall session of Circle Time! 


In this session we'll be exploring the topics of Fall and Halloween Fun through stories, songs, creative dramatics, crafts, games and movement fun. I'm looking forward to a new session as well as meeting all of you, parents and kids alike.


Here's what you can expect in the coming weeks:
September 15: 10 Apples Up on Top
September 22: Welcome Fall!
September 29: **no class this week**
October 6:  Visit from a Fire Fighter (tentative)
October 13: Monster Mania
October 20: Pumpkin Fun
October 27: Halloween Party!


Check back here weekly to see what we'll be doing to explore each topic. 


See you Wednesday!