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Brown Bear, Brown Bear
We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle in this house and decided to use it to create a little theme week! Lots of storytime activities to pair along with the book – one for each page of the story! This was a great way to extend the reading and talk about the ways things we see in books – like colors, numbers, days of the week etc. apply in real life. Brown Bear Day one was the star of the show – Brown Bear himself. We started with some paper plates and brown paint. While the kids were busy painting I cut…
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Music Week Day Three: Music Books!
For this theme week we decided to put away most of our usual toys and just keep out our music toys & books. It helps keep things interesting and when I bring back everything else it’s exciting like brand new toys! Plus it gave us room to play and to put out some of the bigger instruments. In the past I’ve also done trades with other parents for a week or so which is a great way to introduce or try out some new stuff without having to buy or overload your house! Creating our music library was so much fun and the kids have loved all the sing along…
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Our Very Hungry Caterpillar: The End!
So we’ve really had a blast coming up with all these Very Hungry Caterpillar activities this week, but it’s time to start something new! We’ll keep our mini bulletin board up to remember our fun for the time being though. In case your kids are really into the “CATERPILLAR!!!” the way mine are I thought I’d share a few of our cool Hungry Caterpillar toys! Click any of the pictures to get your own or learn more!
