Friday, July 14 @ 10:30: Sun Storyhour, Moon Storyhour, Stars Storyhour.
B o o k s : The Mouse Who Ate the Moon by Petr Horacek. Adorable. It's not often kids laugh out loud over a book. We had an older group today, so instead of reading Roaring Rockets by Tony Mitton. ( Watch the rhythm. It's not always there.) I picked If You Decide to Go to the Moon by Faith McNulty j629.4 Space. The group was a bit older, and by skipping and summing up passages, I was able to get the great story of a real live trip to the moon across. How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers. So nice that I just happened to have a starfish (rubber) on hand for the ending. I know they liked this simple but appealing tale of a boy trying to catch a star. I heard one child say, "That was a good story." Cloudland by John Burningham. Isn't playing and living in the clouds everyone's fantasy? It should be. Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by the great Eric Carle. I made sure I had on hand the 9780887080265 copy, with its beautiful big pull...