From Head to Toe

From Head to Toe by Eric Carle is a big favorite around our house. Sometimes we read it no less than five times in one sitting and act out every single page, every single time. So I decided to make a few little games to go with this family favorite. 

 Here is our first day of From Head to Toe activities. First we scanned our QR Code Listening Center and listened to the story. This particular reading is a SONG (that's why I didn't read it). The video plays each page of the book but the reading they have made into an adorable song with funny voices for each animal. The girls loved it. 

They raised their shoulders like a buffalo.....

Arched their back like a cat.....

Bend their knees like a camel....

LOVED it. As usual. 

Then we played Roll and Move. A cute, little dice game. Marin rolled the dice and counted the dots. Then she drew an animal card. She had to act out the movement the number of times rolled. For example....

She rolled two. (She counts the dots on the big dice to practice one to one correspondence. I found the die at the Dollar Tree a long time ago but I still see them there some times.)

Then she drew a card.....WIGGLE YOUR HIPS LIKE A CROCODILE! 

So she wiggled her hips two times. And let me tell you, it was some really cute wiggling. 

Today we will do Animal Movement patterns. They will follow the pattern already made on the cards then they will have an opportunity to make their own pattern with a pattern board and animal pieces. Can't wait! 

If you are interested in these games, you can find them {here}.

Book Talk: Going on a Bear Hunt

Last week we read the good ol' classic, We're Going on a Bear Hunt! Marin loves the story and she loves acting it out. So for our little project to go with story, we colored each of the settings and placed it on a long strip of paper. Then she got her little people and acted out the story. She LOVED it.

Here are some pictures and then a link for you to get a copy of this free activity!

We decided to glue googly eyes in our bear cave just for the dramatic effect. Cute, cute.

 Here is our completed story map........we used a long piece of paper but a sentence strip could be easily used for this activity.

And now it is time to go on a bear hunt!

And you can get a copy of this activity for free! Just click on the picture below. 

Bad Frogs

We decided to do a little painting project earlier in the summer with one of library books....Bad Frogs. It's a cute little story and the girls, of course, had fun painting.

She was so careful to paint the entire frog. Serious concentration. 

Hollis' frog

Marin's frog