Drawing

In my random wanderings through our easy fiction books, I found The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg.  I just loved it – the creation and destruction and whimsy and thought, “Man, I should do a storytime about drawing.”  Easier said than done.  But here is my valiant effort.

BOOKS:

We read Go to Bed, Monster! by Natasha Wing and The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg.

I really like The Pencil.  The kids liked guessing what was going to happen next and all the different (silly) names of the characters.  I did have a few babies my second day who really were talking up a storm until halfway through this book.  I need to work on my getting everybody’s attention stuff and waiting and doing other things to make sure everyone is attentive during the stories.  It isn’t a skill that I’ve honed yet (or really even practiced to tell you the truth).  Go to Bed, Monster is fun.  It’s quick and has action and I could definitely see moms who were sympathizing with Lucy as she tried to get Monster to go to bed.

SONG:

I lucked out on this one.  I had Sing and Read with Greg and Steve on my iPad and played Rainbow of Colors.  I also made BIG THINGS that were different colors and hung them around the room so when Greg and Steve sang, “Do you see something blue now?” the kids had to go stand by the something blue.  Here are my BIG THINGS:

Oh and we have green frogs on our bulletin board right now (one with each kid’s name for a unique count) and that’s the green thing they had to see.

CRAFT:

Our craft was a process craft.  I gave them crayons and a piece of white paper and had them draw their “masterpiece.”  Once they were all done, we framed them in fancy yellow construction paper frames so they could hang them up at home.  I did have one little girl who tried to glue hers to the wall…..luckily mom and I caught that one in time.

Here's my "masterpiece."