Earlville Public Library District

SUMMER READING 2015

EARLVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, IL

Book a Flight to a New Adventure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In years past, we have had programs all week long. Each age group came on different days at different times. But this year we wanted to cut out all that running around for parents and decided to have ages preschool-5th grade come on ONE day. We seperated into groups, and each of us librarians took our own group. 

 

Miss Nina was the leader for Preschoolers.

Mrs. Paige was the leader for K-2nd graders.

Lastly Mrs. Deb headed up 3rd - 5th graders. 

 

Below are all of our age groups activites, books, crafts and more! For more information please leave a comment below and we will get back to you ASAP. 

 

 

  

 

Programming by Miss Nina -

Age Group Preschool 

 

Day 1 – London: Prince and Princess Day (DRESS UP DAY)

 

Synopsis: This Reading Adventure Program is to take children on a 5 week program that goes to different parts of Europe. Those parts being: London, Madrid, and Rome. With each program day, children participate in related activities to that week’s theme. Our first stop is in London. For this first program I want to make it fun and interesting for my preschool group and to keep them coming back.

 

Listed below are my ideas for books, games, and movement.

In the next several paragraphs I will explain upon details on how things will happen or how to do certain activities.

 

 

BOOKS:

• This Is London By Sasek

• Paddington In London

• London for Children by Matteo Pericoli

• The Inside-Outside Book of London by Roxie Munro

• My First London Taxi by Marion Billet

 

GAMES:

• London Bridges

• Knock down that Bridge              

 

SONGS:

• London Bridges Falling Down

 

CRAFTS:

• London Bus Craft

 

 

 

 

TOUR GUIDE REPORT - London:  This is a time we set aside to discuss about London as a whole group, ages preschool - 5th grade. During this time we told them popular landmarks, what the weather is like, and taught them the language they speak!  Once we are done with our reports, we seperate into our individual groups and start our day!

 

 

READING TIME: The first thing I do with my group is to read some stories together. I have made a list above of which books I think would be good to read, but the one book I did read during this program was "Let's Visit London!: Adventures of Bella & Harry" by Lisa Manzione.

 

 

GAMES - LONDON:  With this program, we are learning about London. I wanted to somehow incorporate games that dealt with the theme. So I was able to come up with a few that are great age appropriate games for these preschoolers.

 

London Bridges: This game is a classic. So I knew right away I wanted to incorporate into my program. This idea of the game is two get on the same level as the children and have them go through your built bridge. Once you sing through a part, at the end your “bridge” has broken and you have trapped one child underneath. The song you will be singing is “London Bridges” by Unknown. (Which is provided in the movement section for this particular program). You may choose a different style or create a whole new song with the same concept.

 

 

Knock That Bridge DOWN!: This idea came to me when I was searching the internet. I wanted to make a game that dealt with the theme, but to also be fun. I wanted my children that are in this program to enjoy knocking something down!

 

So this is what you will need for this activity:

• Boxes (small and light)

• Ball(s) (sort of heavy - like soccer balls, bouncy balls, etc).

You will need to build a bridge or a building prior of the program. This will represent what you are knocking down. Each child will get a turn to knock it down! So this is a great game to play in a large group. I seperated my 14 children into two groups of seven. So there was two children going at the same time. However this teaches children how to take turns and sharing. Also it is a great way to release energy and makes children tired.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOVEMENT – LONDON:  Above it was mentioned that during one of the games you will be singing the song, “London Bridges”. There are many verisons of this song that are sung. I choose this verison but you are more then welcome to use another verison.

 

 

 

London Bridge is falling down

Falling down, falling down

London Bridge is falling down

My fair lady

                                                                 

Build it up with iron bars

Iron bars, iron bars

Build it up with iron bars

My fair lady

 

Iron bars will bend and break

Bend and break, bend and break

Iron bars will bend and break

My fair lady

                                                                  

London Bridge is falling down

Falling down, falling down

London Bridge is falling down

M-y-y f-a-i-r l-a-d-y

 

 

CRAFT - LONDON DOUBLE DECKER BUS:  I was able to find some crafts that went along with our theme that were great for preschoolers. This is the projects I have found off of pinterest.com. The sites listed below are were the initial idea came from. But I have made some twists of my own to make it my own creation. http://craftulate.blogspot.com/2013/05/london-bus-craft.html (Bus)

 

 

 

Supplies:  

• Construction Paper

• Black and Red

• Pictures of Bus Drivers

• Glue

 

Directions:

 

1. The first step is to create a template for your bus. What I did to create my template was to use another piece of paper, the same size as the red cardstock. Fold it hotdog style. Once you fold it hotdog style you want to grab a pencil to create the curved looked to a double decker bus. Cut the curved part to your desired look.

2. The second step is trace with your template the amount of double decker buses you needed. I needed 14, so I traced 14 buses. 

3. The third step on what you would need to do is make a template of the rectangle/square windows, and the wheels for the buses. I free handed the windows and wheels. So I do not have a template for that. But I do have a picture of the finished project below so you can go off of that. *I added the white middle  of the wheels after the program* 

4. Once you have your templates done for the windows and the wheels. You need to trace and cut.

5. This last step is very very easy! All you need to do is show them your bus, and let them be creative for the rest! I placed markers and crayons on the table. This let them add more color to the bus if they wanted too. If they didnt want to add anymore to their bus, all they needed to do is write their name on the back afterwards. (I had a mix of 3-5 year olds, so did know how to write their name, some did not).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well that was DAY ONE of my Summer Reading Program for PRESCHOOLERS!

This program started at 10:30 am and ended at 12:00 pm.

 

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Programming by Miss Nina -

Age Group Preschool 

 

 

Day 2– Madrid: 

 

Synopsis: This Reading Adventure Program is to take children on a 5 week program that goes to different parts of Europe. Those parts being: London, Madrid, and Rome. With each program day, children participate in related activities to that week’s theme.

Our second stop is in Madrid. This is continuing our trip around Europe. This week when we begin I will ask them a few review questions.

 

REVIEW:

• Where did we talk about last week?

• What type of weather is in London?

• What did you do last week that you loved?

 

 

Once my review with them is over,

I will tell them what this week’s theme is and that is it MADRID.

Listed below are my ideas for books, games, and movement.

 

BOOKS:

• Alphabet Fiesta By Anne Miranda

• The Story of Ferdinand By Leaf

GAMES:

• Hop Scotch – with my own little twist.

SONGS:

• Wheels on the Bus

• Train

CRAFTS:

• Maracas – paper plate craft

 

 

TOUR GUIDE REPORT - Madrid:  This is a time we set aside to discuss about Madrid as a whole group, ages preschool - 5th grade. During this time we told them popular landmarks, what the weather is like, and taught them the language they speak!  Once we are done with our reports, we seperate into our individual groups and start our day!

 

 

 

READING TIME: The first thing I do with my group is to read some stories together. I have made a list above of which books I think would be good to read, but the one book I did read during this program was "The Story of Ferdinard" by Leaf.

 

 

MUSIC: With each week I create, I like to find songs that go along with the theme. Since we are using a traveling theme, I have picked alot of transportation songs. Below are two I have found using google.com.

 

 

Train

Sung to: "Row, Row Your Boat"

 

Ride, ride, ride the train

Quickly down the track.

Clickety, clickety, clickety clack

When will you be back?

 

 

Drive, Drive, Drive 

Sung to: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"

 

 Drive, drive, drive your car,

  All around the town.

  Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

Up the hills and down.

 

                                                                                                        

 Turn, turn, turn the key,

  Make the engine roar,

  Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

  Let's go to the store.

 

 Press, press, press the pedal,

  Give the engine gas,

  Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

  Now we're going fast.

 

 Turn, turn, turn the wheel,

  That is how we steer.

  Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

  Make a turn right here.

 

 Push, push, push the brake,

  Make the car slow down.

  Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

  Now we are in town.

 

GAMES: With this program, we are learning about Spain. I wanted to somehow incorporate games that dealt with the theme. So I was able to come up with a few that are great age appropriate games for these preschoolers.

 

 

 

 

 

• Rayuela - Hopscotch with a twist: Rayuela, or “hopscotch” is another fun activity for kids that is also popular worldwide. In this traditional Spanish game, Children must hop through a course that is drawn on the ground. How I made it my own I had them count at the same time as they hopped through the course. I also had items like bean bags through the course. Which they could pick up too. For a bunch of 3-5 year olds, they did great job!!!

 

 

 

• Uno Dos Tres! Number Recognition Game:  Well it is summertime and I wanted to play a game outside that would involve some counting! I call this game Uno Dos Tres! Number Recognition Game. How to play this game is very very simple. But here are some supplies you will need before you play this game.

 

Supplies:

Sidewalk Chalk

Sidewalk or a rather large area of cement

Children

 

 

Set Up:

1. First you will need you chalk out. I picked 5 different colors. Because I only went through 1 - 5 with my kids.

   1. (If you are going above a certain number, you will run out of chalk. But that is fine, you can use a color more then once.)

   2.  

2. Once you have picked all your colors. Write the number 1 and then draw a big circle around it. This circle will allow several children in that space. Do this with the all number you are wanting to use. I did this for the numbers 1 - 5.

   1. ​(Since I was only doing a few numbers and I had over 10 children, I did step two twice. I also was dealing with a select amount of cement. You do step two as many times as you like. )

3. Once you are done with step two. You are ready to start the game! Below is just a template of the space I was working with and how I set this game up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directions:

 

Before you start your game, please explain to the children on how to play.

 

To play this game, you will shout out a number! Both in english as well as in spanish!

*You do not have to say it in spanish,  why I said it in spanish is because we are learning about Madrid. Spanish is spoke fluently over there.*

 

Once you shout out the number, they need to run and find that number on the cement or sidewalk. When they get to the number, they must stand in it. However, when they are in the circle they are to shout back to you what number they are in. 

 

I shouted out every number twice! They had alot of fun with this game. The part they liked alot was shouting the numbers back. If you are working with a mixed age group, and you are worried about the younger ones keeping up, they should be okay! Because I had a mix of 3-5's. But the 5 year olds took great lead and the younger ones followed. This game can be as long as you like. This game lasted about 10-15 minutes. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CRAFT- plate shakers: 

 

With this week's craft, i wanted to embrace the music culture in spain. I love to make music with preschoolers as well as create easy simple instruments. I love shakers, or maracas as some may call them. 

 

NOTE: I did this craft first right after we did our story, so we would have time to dry before children took them home. 

 

 

 

Supplies:

• Clean, small paper plates (I used Dixie Brand)

• Small foam or plastic cup

• 1/3 cup rice or beans

• Glue

• Ribbon: red, yellow, white

• Scissors

• Stapler

• Popsicle Sticks (Optional)

• Crayons and Markers

 

PRE-made supplies:

• Two paper plates stapled a few times with opening

• Cut ribbon different lengths

 

Directions:

 

1. Make sure the plates are clean and dry. I used a clean foam or plastic cup to pour my beans into my shaker. If you don't have a cup, you could make a funnel by rolling a small piece of paper into a funnel shape. Place the funnel into the opening of the plates, and pour in the beans.

2. Once you have enough beans, you may close up the rest of the paper plate by stapling the paper plate shut. You can either use a Popsicle stick or not for younger children to use as a handle.   

3. Cut a variety of lengths of ribbon, and glue them to the paper plates. Use red, yellow, and white ribbon. For the colors of Spain! When everything is dry, grab the maraca and shake it to make music!

 

Pictures below are of our finished craft. Children were excited to make noise with their new instrument. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well that was DAY TWO of my Summer Reading Program for PRESCHOOLERS!

This program started at 10:30 am and ended at 12:00 pm. 

After the program, we had served lunch for those in the program. We do this at least once during the summer reading program. We served Tacos and Cookies. Cookies were donated by Preschool Parents.  Pictures below are of our lunch. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

Programming by Miss Nina -

Age Group Preschool 

 

 

Day 3– Rome: 

Synopsis: This Reading Adventure Program is to take children on a 5 week program that goes to different parts of Europe. Those parts being: London, Rome, and Madrid. With each program day, children participate in related activities to that week’s theme.

Our second stop is in Rome. This is continuing from where we left off last week, London.

 

REVIEW:

• Where did we talk about last week?

• What type of weather is in Madrid?

 

Once my review with them is over, I will tell them what this week’s theme.

Listed below are my ideas for books, games, and movement.

Below will explain for detail how things will happen or

how to do certain activities.

 

 

BOOKS:

• Let’s visit Rome! By Manzione

• Roman Town by Conrad Mason (NOT IN THE SYSTEM)

• Madeline and the Cats of Rome by John Bemelmans Marciano

 

GAMES:

• Paper Dance

• Hoop The Hoop

 

SONGS:

• Ride in a Car (Lyrics below)

 

CRAFTS:

• Make your our pizza

• Shield like a Gladiator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOUR GUIDE REPORT - Rome:  This is a time we set aside to discuss about Rome as a whole group, ages preschool - 5th grade. During this time we told them popular landmarks, what the weather is like, and taught them the language they speak!  Once we are done with our reports, we seperate into our individual groups and start our day!

 

 

 

READING TIME: The first thing I do with my group is to read some stories together. I have made a list above of which books I think would be good to read, but the one book I did read during this program was "Let's Visit Rome!" by Manzione.

 

 

 

GAMES: With this program, we are learning about Rome. I wanted to somehow incorporate games that dealt with the theme. So I was able to come up with a few that are great age appropriate games for these preschoolers.

 

Paper Dance:  When looking up different things romans kids did, dancing was one of the top activities! So I was able to take that information and use one of my favorite games that I have used for many years. Here are things you will need for this game to happen.

• Paper (newspaper or regular computer paper)

• Music (Any type is fine)

• Cd Player

Now you will need a rather large area to space all the children out. Depending on the amount of children you have participating. This game is similar to musical chairs. But each child gets their own piece of paper. When the music begins they will dance on their own piece of paper, but if they step off their piece of paper they are out of the game. Each time you stop the music, they will have to fold their paper in half. Just like taking a chair away in musical chairs. Every time the music is stopped, the smaller the piece of paper gets. Once all children cannot dance on their paper no more, the game is done!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hoop Toss: When young roman children played games, they played a lot of tossing games. Either with sticks, rocks, etc. So this is how I adapted this idea to a game. The items below are what you need to use to play this game. Or you can adapt it to what your theme is!

• Buckets

• Items to toss into Buckets

• Non-Sharpened Pencils

• Waffle Balls

• Bean Bags

• Jump Ropes for starting line

• Instead of buckets you could use Hoola Hoops  

The next thing you will need to do is set this up like an obstacle course. Pictures below will show you how I set it up, you can always change it to fit what you would like to do.  

 

Pictures of Obstacle: I lined up three buckets. With some distance between them. In front of each bucket, I placed the items they needed to put into the bucket. Bucket number one had waffle balls. The second bucket had bean bags. Lastly the third bucket had unsharpened pencils in the front.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SONGS: I wanted to continue with the theme of traveling songs. So I picked one that is loved by all young ones! The wheels on the bus! Below are the lyrics I used.

"The Wheels on the Bus"

 

 

The wheels on the bus go round and round,
round and round,
round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
all through the town.
    (Roll hands around each other)

The wipers on the bus go Swish, swish, swish;
Swish, swish, swish;
Swish, swish, swish.
The wipers on the bus go Swish, swish, swish,
all through the town.
    ("Swish" hands in front of you like windshield wipers)

The horn on the bus goes Beep, beep, beep;
Beep, beep, beep;
Beep, beep, beep.
The horn on the bus goes Beep, beep, beep,
all through the town.
    (Slap palm in front of you like honking a horn)

The doors on the bus go open and shut;
Open and shut;
Open and shut.
The doors on the bus go open and shut;
all through the town.
    (Push hands back and forth in front of you)

The Driver on the bus says "Move on back,
move on back, move on back;"
The Driver on the bus says "Move on back",
all through the town.
    (Point thumb over your shoulder)

The babies on the bus says "Wah, wah, wah;
Wah, wah, wah;
Wah, wah, wah".
The babies on the bus says "Wah, wah, wah",
all through the town.
    (Rub fists in front of eyes)

The mommies on the bus says "Shush, shush, shush;
Shush, shush, shush;
Shush, shush, shush."
The mommies on the bus says "Shush, shush, shush"
all through the town.
    (Hold index finger in front of mouth as if saying shhh)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CRAFT - Roman Soldier Shield Directions:

 

Since this week we are talking about Rome, I thought it would be a fun idea to create shields as our craft of the week! Here is what you will need to do for this craft.

 

 

Directions:

• Trace and cut out the template either on construction paper, cardstock, or poster board in the color white. (Depends on how many you need to make or how much money you have to work with).

• Once you have traced and cut out the amount you need, you will now need to set up the rest of the decorating supplies.

• Those supplies being:

  • Construction Paper (Varied in Colors)

  • Tissue Paper (Varied in Colors)

  • Crayons

  • Markers

  • Glue

  • Glue Sticks

  • Glitter

• Before the children start doing their craft, show them your example of a shield. This will give them an idea on what the ending result could be.

• Then let them get creative!