January Story Hours

This month our programs were all about food!


Theme: Grocery Shopping
Books: Don't Forget the Bacon by Pat Hutchins, Sheep in a Shop by Nancy Shaw, Put It On the List by Kristen Darbyshire, Market Day by Carol Cordsen
Craft: Pasta and cereal necklaces
Activity: Go "shopping" with empty food containers, play money, and shopping baskets.
Theme: Pie
Books: All for Pie, Pie for All by David Martin, More Pies by Robert Munsch, Sweet Dream Pie by Audrey Wood, Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
Flannelboard: Pick berries and make a pie
Craft: Paper plate pies
Theme: Pizza
Books: Pete's a Pizza by William Steig, Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza by Philemon Sturgis, The Princess and the Pizza by Mary Jane Auch
Craft: Paper plate pizzas
Activity: Enjoy real pizzas thanks to Mr. Gatti's!
Theme: Sweets
Books: If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Numeroff, Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson, How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food by Jane Yolen
Craft: Decorate a cupcake
Activity: Decorate a real cupcake with sprinkles!Theme: Valentine's Day
Books: How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You by Jane Yolen, Bloom by Maria Van Lieshout, Henry in Love by Peter McCarty, Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
Craft: Make a valentine
Activity: Exchange valentine treats