Snow/Hibernation

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Happy Wednesday and Snow Day friends! It is a beautiful winter wonderland today!

Snow/Hibernation

This week we talked about snow and hibernation again. There are so many great books about hibernation, I couldn’t limit it to just one week =) . I also think hibernation is a great topic to talk to your kids about and teach them about. You could spend time talking about each animal and what they do to prepare to hibernate – what kinds of foods they eat, where they hibernate, how long, etc.

Books:

Today we read: The Snowy Nap by Jan Brett and Snack, Snooze, Skedaddle: How Animals Get Ready for Winter by Laura Purdie Salas. The Snowy Nap is another Jan Brett book, so if your child likes The Mitten, it’s very similar with the illustrations – and it has foreshadowing on the pages on the right to show what animal you will meet next. Snack, Snooze, Skedaddle is a non-fiction book that talks about specific animals and how they hibernate. I thought it was a pretty cool book with lots of great information and beautiful illustrations.

Songs:

It’s Snowing

(Tune: Are you sleeping)

It is snowing

It is snowing

All around, all around

Soft and quiet snowflakes

Soft and quiet snowflakes

Not a sound, not a sound.

Snowflakes, Snowflakes Falling Down

(Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)

Snowflakes, snowflakes, falling down

Falling, falling to the ground.

Can you catch them on your nose?

Will they fall and touch your toes?

Snowflakes, snowflakes, falling down

Falling, falling to the ground.

Activities:

Today we talked about the Letter “Q”. We discussed what it looks like, how to draw it, what sound it makes, and words that start with it. Here are some activities to continue the learning about the letter Q:

*Q-tip painting – there are so many fun things to do with q-tips! Here are a few ideas:

– https://beyondtheplayroom.com/q-tip-number-tracing/

– https://www.123homeschool4me.com/christmas-tracing-sheets_20

– https://www.funearlylearning.com/product/dab-a-dot-letters/

– https://www.howweelearn.com/a-q-tip-maze/

* Play pretend Queen/King

*Quicksand: http://preschoolpowolpackets.blogspot.com/2013/10/q-is-for-quicksand-sensory-science-play.html?m=1

*Make a quilt: https://ilovemykidsblog.net/2019/02/the-letter-q.html

– https://www.learning4kids.net/2015/07/22/q-is-for-quilt-letter-q-activity/

*Queen Elsa’s castle: https://newswithnaylors.blogspot.com/2017/05/queen-elsas-castle-frozen-bubbly.html

Snow Activities:

So there’s snow on the ground – what can you do with it?

* https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/99429/ways-play-snow

* https://thegrowingcreatives.com/5-outdoor-activities-for-winter

* https://inspirationlaboratories.com/cars-ramps-snow/

* https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/snow-ice-cream-recipe/

 

I hope you have a wonderful rest of your week! Enjoy the snow, enjoy looking at Christmas lights, enjoy the last week and a half before Christmas! We will have Preschool Story Time next Wednesday so join us at 10:30am on Facebook next week!

Hibernation

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Happy Friday everyone! Can you believe there are only 2 more weeks until Christmas? This year, the holidays are going to look a lot different, but there are so many ways that we can still make it special for our families. I’ll add some ideas down below!

Hibernation

This week we talked about hibernation – this would be a fun topic for you to explore further with your children à you can talk about which animals hibernate, what they do to prepare, where they hibernate and for how long, and why they hibernate. It’s supposed to get cold this weekend and even snow a few days this week. I think it would be fun to make a fort in your house and pretend like you are going to hibernate!

Books:

We read: Good Night, Grizzle Grump by Aaron Blecha and I don’t Want to Go to Sleep by Dev Petty. In Good Night, Grizzle Grump, Grizzle Grump wants to find a place to hibernate for the long winter, but everywhere he tries to sleep, some animal is making a very loud noise. He finally finds a nice, dark cave to sleep in and falls into a very deep sleep, but he snores so loudly that the other animals in the forest now can’t sleep. You could talk with your children about where they would want to hibernate for the winter and what they would do if it was too noisy to sleep. In I Don’t Want to Go to Sleep, frog is disappointed to find out about all the fun things all the other animals do during the winter while he is supposed to be hibernating: drinking hot chocolate, sitting by the fireplace, playing in the snow. But owl explains that frogs would not do very well staying up during the winter. In the end, frog’s friends ask what they can do to reassure him and make him feel better about hibernating. Frog decides that his friends can sit with him in a big pile of mud and sleep all winter with him.

Songs:

Bear is Sleeping

(Tune: Frere Jacques)

Bear is sleeping, bear is sleeping

In a cave, in a cave

Wonder when he’ll wake up,

Wonder when he’ll wake up,

In the spring, in the spring.

 

Time to wake up, time to wake up

Sleepy bear, sleepy bear

It is springtime, it is springtime

Wake up now! Wake up now!

Activities:

Today we talked about the letter “P”. We discussed what it looks like, how to draw it, what sound it makes, and words that start with it. Here are some activities to continue the learning about the letter P:

*Painting

*Pottery: you can make air dry clay and create your own pottery

*Play pretend

*play prince/princess

*Puzzles

*Pinecone crafts

*Puppets

*make a pie

*make pop-up cards: https://creativehomelife.com/i-love-you-this-much-kids-hand-print-card-craft/

https://www.easypeasyandfun.com/3d-heart-card/

*make popcorn balls

*make homemade pizza

*Play-dough

*pretend to be pirates

Christmas Activities:

https://www.playpartyplan.com/christmas-games/

https://www.playpartyplan.com/christmas-scavenger-hunt-list/

https://www.playpartyplan.com/candy-cane-game-ideas/

https://www.playpartyplan.com/christmas-i-spy/

https://www.playpartyplan.com/christmas-activities-for-families/

https://www.playpartyplan.com/experience-gifts-for-kids/

https://www.mamafearless.com/10-ideas-for-christmas-during-social-distancing/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=tailwind_tribes&utm_content=tribes&utm_term=1121041736_54664062_544024

https://criticalmama.com/pandemic-christmas-ideas/

https://cutefetti.com/socially-distanced-christmas/

I hope you all have a wonderful week and stay warm!

Updated Library Hours- Monday, December 7th thru Thursday, December 10th

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The Library will be closed Monday, December 7th, Tuesday, December 8th, and Wednesday, December 9th while a construction crew installs a drive-thru window in the staff work space (yay!).  On Thursday, December 10th we will open and offer curbside service only.  We apologize for any inconvenience, but look forward to having this additional library service point for the community!

Remember, our downloadable collection is available 24/7 through Overdrive (Libby App), visit…https://sunflowerelibrary.overdrive.com/sunflowerelibrary-mulvane/content!