StoryWalk - Nose to Toes

At our picnic this week I set up another StoryWalk.

With many of the pages I added an action suggestion.

The families walked, read and did.

The StoryWalk ended with a spot for the families to sit and share

what they would pretend to be.

Another great book that was great for the younger StoryWalkers.

Little Eruptions

I found this idea at Buggy and Buddy and I loved it.

I set up four trays on the table.

Each tray has baking soda on it with a small cube

tray with coloured vinegar.

An eye dropper was used to transfer the vinegar 

to the baking soda.

I used just one box of baking soda for the four trays.

This is what it looked like when they finished 

making it fizz.

But for some children they took it a bit further.

Exploring the feeling, the texture.

Each day I would reset the trays and vinegar.

It's an inexpensive science experiment you can do at home.

Sharing Butterflies with our Grand Friends

Today we took our butterflies to our Grand Friend's home.

Many of our friends from the extended care wing were gathered out in the garden.

We shared a butterfly fingerplay with them.

Then we sat in the middle of them and opened up the butterfly container.

One butterfly flew up and landed on the little girl in pink.

She didn't notice but the rest of did.

 We started taking the butterflies out.

I tried picking them up with sticks but our fingers worked better.

What a wonderful experience to share between young and old.

We had some success lifting and carrying them with sticks.

Then we discovered that the butterflies were happy to be lifted out

on the orange slices.

Meanwhile this little fellow was still walking around the circle sharing his butterfly.

The butterflies were comfortable to stop and rest in many places

on those that watched.

When all the butterflies were released a few children noticed a caterpillar crawling 

on the bottom of the container.

We carefully picked it up and moved it to the garden.

We also noticed a couple more chrysalis still intact.

We'll take them back to school.

This is a favourite time of year for all of us.

Playing Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

This morning was our annual Picnic in the Gardens

and each year the facilitators act out a story

for all the families.

We chose Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons.

Pete showed up to help tell the story.

Each of us took a part.

Colleen read the story, I was Pete, Phylis showed the word "POP".

Meghan showed the phrase "OH NO!" and Carlene showed the

numbers.

"Literacy in Action"

It was a great story to act out and share with the families.

I'm already thinking of button activities to follow up at school.

Maybe make our own button shirts, sort buttons...

What would you suggest?