Every time I visit the Early Ages classroom, the children tell me about Nice Tiger. Last week, one of the children was making Nice Tiger a birthday gift!
So I was excited to share my new stash of animals with the Early Agers, since it contains four lovely tigers. We read two stories, then spent some time playing with the animals. I offered to lend the children my tigers to use in their block play and they took me up on it….
Ready to go upstairs….
I realized that I have not been doing a good job of documenting the books I read to the Nursery and Early Age classes. Here is a list of what we have read together so far this year:
Caterpillar and Polliwog
Waiting
Tap the Magic tree
Pick a Circle, Gather Squares
Going on a Leaf Hunt
Billy’s Picture
Farmer Duck
Leo the Ghost
Ghosts in the House
Chicken Sisters
Extra Yarn
The Surprise
The Nursery and Early Ages classes came to library today. We read one of our favorites – Tap the Magic Tree – and the children acted out the movements from the book with newly fallen leaves.
Then everyone chose a book to take back to the classroom.
The Early Ages class had their first library time this week. To go along with the class’ butterfly study, we read a story about a polliwog who observes the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly, while neglecting to notice his own transformation into a frog! Then the children had the opportunity to choose books to bring back to the classroom.
Spontaneous reading…..
As Valentine’s Day is approaching, I read My Heart Is Like a Zoo, by Michael Hall, to the Nursery and Early Ages classes. The illustrations are of animals that are crafted from heart shapes. 
The Nursery just emailed me a picture of a heart-shape animal that they created because they were inspired by the book!
BookCraft 