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Bumping Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon
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It Was a Long, Long, Long, Long, Long Way Home
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We have felt board pieces to go with this song.
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American Girl Club: Samantha Parkington
This program is for kids in grades 1-5.
Who was Samantha?
Samantha’s story takes place in 1904 – 111 yearsago.
In 1904, people lived by very strict rules, especially girls. What do you want to be when you grow up? In Samantha’s time, women weren’t allowed to do most jobs. A girl like Samantha was expected never to work outside of her house at all, but to get married and take care of her home and children.
Another thing that women weren’t allowed to do in 1904 was vote. Many people thought that voting for the president would be too hard for women. People like Samantha’s Aunt Cornelia let our government know that they wanted to be able to vote for their leaders just like men did. Women were finally allowed to vote in 1920, when Samantha would have been 25 years old.
Game: Proper Lady Relay
In Samantha’s world, manners were a really big deal! Wealthy people like Samantha’s family followed rules about how to dress, how to talk to other people, and how to eat their dinner. Girls like Samantha were expected to act like “proper young ladies” at all times. When you wake up in the morning, you might get out of bed and eat breakfast in your pajamas with your family. Samantha would have had to put on a clean, crisp dress (never pants), long stockings, shoes, and a hair bow before she went downstairs to eat breakfast with her grandmother.
The good news is that a young lady was never expected to do any chores. She would never make her own bed or set the table. The bad news is that she was also never allowed to speak loudly or run or get her clothes dirty.
Samantha went to an all-girls school where she learned many of the same things that you learn about at school: spelling, math, history, and art. But she also had lessons on manners and grace so she would grow up to be a proper wife and mother.
Need:
Books (one for each girl)
Masking tape
To prepare:
Mark a starting line and a finish line on the floor with masking tape
To play:
Girls practice walking with their books balanced on their heads. Good posture is very important for a young lady!
Divide girls into two teams. Teams line up behind the starting line.
The first person on each team places her book on her head and walks to the finish line. She can catch her book if it falls but she can’t hold it on her head.
When she reaches the finish line, she takes the book off of her head and curtsies. Then she runs back and tags the next person on her team.
Repeat until everyone has run.
Craft: Calling Cards
If you wanted to talk to a friend, what would you do? Call them on the phone? Text them? Send an e-mail?
When Samantha was a girl, cell phones and computers hadn’t been invented yet, and telephones were still new. Many people didn’t have telephones in their homes in 1904. Some people who were able to have a telephone, like Grandmary, didn’t like telephones anyway. They thought that calling a friend on the phone to chat was rude.
If you wanted to talk to a friend in 1904, you would “pay her a call” instead of using the telephone. To call on someone meant to go and visit them at their house. You would take a calling card like these ones with you. When you arrived at your friend’s house, you would give your calling card to her maid or butler. They would take the card to your friend, and if she was ready for you to visit, you would sit with her in her parlor and chat for a little while. It was bad manners to stay for too long, though.
After your visit, your friend would keep your calling card as a reminder to call on you very soon. It was very bad manners not to call on a friend who had come to see you.
Need:
3x5 index cards
Stickers
Markers and/or colored pencils
To make:
Girls write their names on their cards and decorate them with stickers.
Swap cards so you’ll remember to pay your friends a call!
Snack: Vanilla ice cream in mini cones
In 1904, the World’s Fair took place in Saint Louis, Missouri. This was like a combination fair, museum, and much more. A whole park filled with beautiful buildings was built just for the fair. People from all over the world traveled there to see the exciting exhibits. The Olympics were even held there.
Lots of new things were introduced to people at the World’s Fair, including the ice cream cone. Ice cream had been around for a long time, but this was the first time that most people had seen it served in a cone.
Learn more:
In addition to books about Samantha, this month’s book display will include classic books that girls like Samantha enjoyed in 1904:
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
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One-Dog Canoe by Mary Casanova
Cumulative tale a la The Mitten. Would be appreciated by pre-K and lower elementary school groups.
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Just One More by Jennifer Hansen Rolli
Cute and short. Good closer. Perfect for pre-K, but would probably not be appreciated by older or younger kids. The highlight was the end papers. The kids noticed that the pattern of ice cream scoops repeated and they wanted to find the matches.
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Fun Feats of Science: Balance
Balance and Gravity
Read Balancing Act by Ellen Stoll Walsh
In order for us to truly explore balance we have to first explore gravity!
What is Gravity? (Dropping a ball Demo)
1. What comes up must come down
2. A Force that pulls things down towards the ground and even towards earth’s center
What does this have to do with balance? (Demonstrate each point on this)
1. Everything that gravity tries to bring down has a center or a concentrated point called a Center of Gravity
2. We have a Center of Gravity (Point to it)
3. When that center of gravity is not pointing straight down then we are in danger of becoming unbalanced and topple or fall over
If we and other things can become unbalanced and fall, then how can we make it better and become balanced again? (Balance w/ a hanger and cups and yarn)
1. Adding weight or an anchor the side that goes up into the air
2. Change or shift the center of gravity
Can we change or shift our center of gravity?
1. Sometimes if we have a long stick like what a tight rope walker has we can alter our center to stay upright
2. Or if we bend our knees to lower our center of gravity that way we are less likely to fall over
3. We as humans have a lot of ways to keep us balanced and for us to keep our center of gravity pointing straight down
4. Our eyes, ears and muscles all work together to help us maintain balance
How do our bodies keep us balanced? (Simon Says)
1. It is a group effort between the eyes, inner ears, muscles and joints
2. Inside the inner ear are three semicircular canals. Each canal contains tiny hairs, crystals, and fluid. These structures help the canals sense up-and-down, forward and backward, and side-to-side motion. Nerves carry the signals from the canals to the brain.
3. Signals from throughout the body travel to the brain. Once the signals arrive, the brain decides what they mean. Sometimes signals conflict. Have you ever sat on a stopped train and watched a moving train go by? When that happens, your eyes signal that you're moving. But your inner ear and body signal that you're still. The brain weighs conflicting data such as this and decides what is true. The result is balance.
Craft Activity: Marshmallow balancing craft exercise
Game: Book Balancing Relay Race—Kids will get into one of 5 groups to compete to see who can balance a book on their head and still be the fastest team.
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Fun Feats of Science: Solar System
Fun Feats of Science:Solar System
Startup Activity: Each Child will have an envelope detailing the team they are in and the planet that they are. Children will get into their teams and then determine the order they should be from the sun. The children will put the sun and planets in order…this is a trick because Pluto will be in the list but this is no longer a planet.
Book and App: (5-10 minutes)
Craft: (20 minutes) The children will make a moveable solar system replica that will demonstrate which planets are closest to the sun.
Activity (20 minutes): Children will make comet using a sock. The children will line up in a line across the room and throw their comet all together and try their hardest to get as close to Neptune as possible. We will determine who the winner of that round is by having all of the children mark their socks. After this heat each child will revolve around the sun 10 times and then throw their sock as soon as possible. We will determine how easy or hard it was for the children to aim their sock at Neptune again. It should be harder, but I can explain that this is how comets and asteroids fly through space.
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Fun Feats of Science: Sound Cheat Sheet
Sound Cheat Sheet
What issound?
· Sound is a vibration or wave through a material or medium such as gas, liquid or a solid that can be heard
Can sound be seen?
· No. Sound waves are invisible to our naked eye
How does sound travel?
· Sound travels in waves. These waves need to travel through a medium or a substance such as a gas, liquid or solid in order to be heard. They move through these by vibrating the molecules or particles in the matter or substance.
Can sound be heard in space?
· The answer is no because Space, which we will talk more about next month, is something we call a vacuum. It has no molecules or tiny particles that the sound waves can vibrate. No sound in space? It looks like all those Star Wars movies had it a little wrong.
How fast does sound travel?
· Sound definitely moves fast, but for the purpose of this program we don’t need to know just how fast. However, sound does move faster in different mediums or substances. Sound moves the slowest in the gas. Gas surrounds us right now. Which means that when we talk sound is moving slower than it does in liquids and solids. Sound waves travel fastest through solids. GAS—LIQUID—SOLIDS
· Sound travels through air at 1,120 feet (340 meters) per second.
Why does it move slowest through GAS and fastest through SOLIDS?
· This is because of the molecule or those invisible things that make up everything we see and touch. In a Gas state which is the air, molecules are very spread out. In a liquid like water it is more close together and in a solid they are almost on top of one another.
What makes higher and lower sounds?
· The way we hear a sound depends greatly on the wave. When the wave is moving faster it produces a higher sound. The wave looks closer together. When a wave is moving slower it produces a lower sound and the wave looks more spread out.
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Fun Feats of Science: Sound
Fun Feats of Science:Sound and Sound Waves
Book/ Explanation: (20 min.)
In a circle on the floor we start by discussing the theme. (I will have a cheat sheet about the topic).
What issound? Sound is a vibration or movement --Have the kids put hand on throat asthey sing a note: LAA…What do they feel?
Can we seesound? How does Sound move? How fast does it move? What does a sound wave look like?
Demonstrations:
1. Exhibit A: Fill a bucket full of water. Drop a heavy marble into it…let kids see the ripple. This is kind of how waves work. They start at the center and move out in waves.
2. Exhibit B: Is there sound in Space? The answer is no. Does anyone know why? Sound need something called a medium or basically something to travel through. Line a few chairs in a row, 5-10. Have volunteers sit in each of the chairs. When I tap their shoulder they will stand up and sit down. The next person will do the same once the person sits back down again. Tap once to see how it is. Then do it really slow once every 2 seconds. Then do it faster. Explain that the faster this is done the high the sound. This demonstration looks like….show picture on chalk board.
3. Exhibit C: Does sound move faster in gas, liquid or solids? Solids why because all the particles in the air are closer together. Don’t believe me? Have a kid stand at the end of the table and put ear at the table as I tap it with a pencil or pen. Does it sound louder to you when your ear is at the table as opposed to when it is not.
Craft: (15 min.)
Make a drum: using the cans in front of you make a drum and then add things on top to see how they move when you hit it with a stick to make a drum sound. What happens to the beads?
Try adding a sock to the inside of the drum? What happens to the sound? Anything?
Activity: (15 min.)
Sound Charades- Children will get into two teams. Each child will go and pull a sound from the jar that they must perform behind a screen. Their team must guess the sound. The team with the most correct answers wins. Get a timer of 15 seconds for each child.
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Wake Up Feet (Jbrary)
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American Girl Club: Grace Thomas
This program is for children in grades 1-5.
Who is Grace?
Grace is the 2015 Girl of the Year. She lives in Massachusetts with her parents and older brother. She loves dogs, baking, and helping her grandparents.
When her aunt, who lives in Paris, has a baby, Grace and her mother travel to France to help out. Grace visits many famous places in Paris, helps out at her uncle’s pastry shop, and tries to make friends with her cousin Sylvie even though they don’t speak the same language.
Activity: Grace’s Lemon Blueberry Muffins
At the beginning of Grace by Mary Casanova, Grace experiments with her grandmother’s famous blueberry muffin recipe by adding lemon zest. For our hands-on activity, we made blueberry muffins just like Grace.
Find the recipe we used here. We added a couple of tablespoons of lemon zest. Girls took turns adding ingredients, and we talked about what each component of the recipe does (sugar to sweeten, flour to hold everything together, baking powder to make it rise, etc.). We also talked about ingredients we might have added instead of lemon zest, like cinnamon or chocolate chips.
Game: France or Non?
Paris is a city with many famous landmarks. Can you guess which landmarks are in France?
Need:
Pictures of famous landmarks in France and around the world
Glue stick
Construction paper
To prepare:
Glue pictures of landmarks to construction paper.
Write “oui!” or “non” on the back.
To play:
Divide girls into two teams.
Teams take turns guessing whether the landmarks are located in France. They get one point for knowing if a landmark is in France. If it’s not in France, they get a bonus point for knowing where it’s located.
Be sure to distribute French landmarks and non-French landmarks evenly between the two teams so each team has a chance for the same number of points.
Game: Où est Bonbon?
In Paris, Grace finds a stray dog that she names Bonbon. One day, Bonbon disappears. What happened to her? You’ll have to read the book to find out!
Need:
Picture of a black and white French bulldog, laminated
Loop of tape
To play:
One girl hides Bonbon somewhere in the room while the rest of the girls cover their eyes. (Keep an eye on them: Here there be cheaters.) The person who finds Bonbon gets to hide her next.
Snack: Blueberry Muffins
Muffins are done by now. Enjoy!
Learn More
In addition to books about Grace, this month’s book display included selections from our juvenile cookbook collection:
Sweet Eats by Rose Dunnington
France by Teresa Fisher
Pinkalicious Cupcake Cookbook by Victoria Kann
Cool Cakes and Cupcakes by Pamela S. Price
ChopChop by Sally Samson
The Children’s Baking Book by Denise Smart
Cool French Cooking by Lisa Wagner
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American Girl Club: Molly McIntire
This program is for children in grades 1-5.
Who was Molly?
Molly’s story takes place in 1944. If she were a real person, she’d be 80 years old this year.
In 1944, there was a war taking place all over the world. Can you guess what the war was called?
Nearly 16 million Americans fought in World War II. Almost everyone had a father, brother, neighbor, or friend who was in the military. Molly’s father was a military doctor who took care of wounded soldiers in Europe.
Craft: V is for Victory Garden
If your shoes got too small or had a hole in them, what would you do? In 1944, Americans were only allowed to buy two pairs of shoes that year, because shoes were rationed. “Rationing” means that you have a limited amount of something. You need to be careful not to run out, so everyone can only have a little bit. Shoes were rationed because the military needed leather to make boots for soldiers and rubber to make tires. Shoes weren't the only things that were rationed during the war. Fabric for clothing; gasoline for cars; and foods like butter, sugar, and eggs were all rationed.
During World War II, many Americans started growing their own vegetables in their yards. Growing their own food meant that farmers would be able to send more food to the soldiers fighting in Europe and Asia. These gardens were called Victory Gardens. Do you know what “victory” means? People hoped that Victory Gardens would help the soldiers to be victorious.
Need:
Plain paper cups
Stickers and markers
Potting soil
Basil seeds
To make:
Decorate paper cups with stickers and markers.
Fill cups with potting soil.
Plant seeds.
Game: Capture the Flag
Molly and her best friends, Linda and Susan, spent their summer at Camp Gowonagin. Have you ever been to camp? What kinds of activities did you do?
In 1944, Molly would have done many of the same things you do at camp: swimming, hiking, and learning about nature. During WWII, campers were also taught about being patriotic. Molly and her friends woke up each day to a bugle playing Reveille, just like soldiers in the army. They also wore camp uniforms. At the end of the day, they lowered the flag and sang patriotic songs.
Capture the Flag was a popular game at summer camp in 1944, just as it is today.
Need:
“Flags” for each team (use scarves, bandanas, or scraps of cloth)
Masking tape
Strips of blue and red fabric
To prepare:
Divide room into zones with masking tape.
Place flag in each zone.
Divide girls into the red team and the blue team.
Tie red and blue fabric around girls’ arms to distinguish each team.
To play:
Each team must defend their own flag while trying to capture the other team’s flag. Players defend their flag by tagging opponents in their zone.
If a player gets tagged in her opponents’ zone, she must go to “jail.” A player can be freed from jail if she is tagged by a teammate. When a player is freed from jail, she must return to her team’s zone before returning to capture the flag. She cannot be tagged by an opponent on her way back to her zone.
If a player is tagged while holding the other team’s flag, she goes to jail and the flag is returned to the starting position.
The game is over when a player gets her opponents’ flag into her team’s zone.
Snack: Molly’s birthday cake and fruit punch
Since sugar, butter, and eggs were rationed during WWII, a birthday cake was an extra special treat. The McEntires’ housekeeper, Mrs. Gifford, had to be careful to save up enough sugar and cocoa to make Molly a vanilla cake with chocolate frosting. They didn’t have enough milk or eggs to spare for a cake, so cooks needed to be creative.
I found a recipe for a dairy-free vanilla cake here, and chocolate frosting here.
Learn more:
In addition to books about Molly, this month’s book display will include more books about girls living during WWII:
Gingersnap by Patricia Reilly Giff
Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn
The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
My Secret War by Mary Pope Osborne
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She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain
She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes - YEE HAW!
She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes - YEE HAW!
She’ll be coming round the mountain, she’ll be coming round the mountain
She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes.
She’ll be cruising down the highway when she comes - BEEP BEEP!
She’ll be cruising down the highway when she comes - BEEP BEEP!
She’ll be cruising down the highway, she’ll be cruising down the highway
She’ll be cruising down the highway when she comes.
She’ll be rolling down the train tracks when she comes - WOO WOO!
She’ll be rolling down the train tracks when she comes - WOO WOO!
She’ll be rolling down the train tracks, she’ll be rolling down the train tracks
She’ll be rolling down the train tracks when she comes.
She’ll be sailing cross the ocean when she comes - SPLISH SPLASH!
She’ll be sailing cross the ocean when she comes - SPLISH SPLASH!
She’ll be sailing cross the ocean, she’ll be sailing cross the ocean
She’ll be sailing cross the ocean when she comes.
She’ll be soaring in a jet plane when she comes - ZOOM ZOOM!
She’ll be soaring in a jet plane when she comes - ZOOM ZOOM!
She’ll be soaring in a jet plane, she’ll be soaring in a jet plane,
She’ll be soaring in a jet plane when she comes.
And we’ll be so glad to see her when she comes - HOORAY!
And we’ll be so glad to see her when she comes - HOORAY!
And we’ll be so glad to see her, yes, we’ll be so glad to see her,
Yes, we’ll be so glad to see her when she comes.
Motions:
She’ll be coming round the mountain - Riding a horse
YEE HAW - Twirl lasso overhead
Cruising down the highway - Turn steering wheel
BEEP BEEP - Hit horn
WOO WOO - Pull train whistle
Sailing cross the ocean - Make waves with arms
Soaring in a jet plane - Hold arms out to sides to make wings
HOORAY - Hands in the air
Not sure where I found this? I don’t think I made it up, but I don’t recall where I might have heard it.
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Five in the Bed
There were FIVE in the bed and the red bear said,
“Roll over, roll over.”
So they all rolled over and BLUE fell out.
There were FOUR in the bed and the red bear said,
“Roll over, roll over.”
So they all rolled over and GREEN fell out.
There were THREE in the bed and the red bear said,
“Roll over, roll over.”
So they all rolled over and YELLOW fell out.
There were TWO in the bed and the red bear said,
“Roll over, roll over.”
So they all rolled over and ORANGE fell out.
There was ONE in the bed and the red bear said,
“Good night!”
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Ten Flashing Fireflies
Based on the picture book Ten Flashing Fireflies by Philemon Sturges.
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My Five Senses
(To the tune of “This Old Man”)
With my ears, I can hear robins singing sweet and clear.
CHORUS: I can hear and taste, see, smell and touch - my five senses do so much.
With my eyes, I can see leaves growing on the old oak tree.
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With my nose, I can smell flowers growing in the dell.
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With my tongue, I can taste my new peppermint toothpaste.
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With my hands, I can feel a smooth banana in a peel.
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Source: Perry Public Library
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