Story Time JUNE 25 2014


One Some Many by Marthe Jocelyn and Tom Slaughter is an excellent early introduction to numbers and to the principles of modern art. It is the perfect companion to 1 2 3, a counting book with a difference. Slaughter’s bold, Matisse-inspired paper cuts illustrate basic artistic elements, including color, form, and line, while the playful and inventive text introduces the concepts of quantity that children find most puzzling (and that adults have the most difficulty explaining!). After all, how many is many? Some? A few?




Some shapes roll . . . some don't. Some shapes stack . . . others won't. Some shapes lie down . . .while others stand tall. Circles, squares, and triangles, even ovals and diamonds, are endlessly and intriguingly entertaining in Steve Wilson's world. Karen Nagel's rhythmic text is brought to life by Wilson's troupe of uniquely-shaped characters.


Literacy Extenders:

• Walk around your house and look at all the house hold items, ask your child to name the shape of it.
• Tanagrams! Look online to find pictures and patterns to make tanagrams. Let them first follow the guide but then let them create there own picture from the shapes.
• Write down a series of numbers and ask your child if it would be considered: one, some, or many? Ask them why they made the choice that they did.

CRAFT : B is for Beach Ball

• For this activity you will need a coloring sheet of the letter B and the letter B cut out. Click on the beach ball to the right to get the printable for this activity.
• Let your child cut out the circular beach ball shape (this is good for eye hand coordination)
• Then let them glue the letter B on to the ball.
• Let them finish by coloring the ball.