Are you ready to read this week? This week we’re honoring Eric Carle!
Did you know you can still sign up for our summer reading program? There is plenty of time left to read, log, and win with the help of our theme this week. Head to HandleyRegional.org/YouthSummerReading for all the details on how you can earn virtual raffle tickets towards prizes and free books from the library as you log your reading through the Beanstack App.
This week’s badge challenge is Tails & Tales from Eric Carle and you can complete the activities when you log on to Beanstack, go to the Summer 2021-Tails & Tales for Pre-Readers challenge, scroll down a bit and click on "Badges", then click on "Activity Badges." You'll then look for the Eric Carle badge:
Click on the badge and choose any three of the following challenges to earn this week’s badge and a raffle ticket! Once you earn it, the badge will show in color and be added to your growing list of earned badges! Plus, you will earn a virtual ticket you can then use to select the prize drawing you wish to enter.
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Talking: Explore the outdoors and look for critters like the ones in Eric Carle’s books (caterpillars, spiders, ladybug, etc.)
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Singing: The counting parts of the Very Hungry Caterpillar fits well into the song, “Alice the Camel”. Learn the tune through YouTube, or watch the Ready to Read on Monday, July 19. You can sing the song as the caterpillar counts through each fruit!
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Reading: Check out and read any book from this week’s search tag: #talesfromericcarle
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Writing: Create-a-Critter: Fill a bag with crafting odds and ends (rick rack, felt, fabric, sequins, pipe cleaners, google eyes, any crafting extras you have around the house). Provide glue, tape, and other fasteners and have your child use their imagination to create a whole new critter from those items. Tag HRLS on social media with a picture of the finished product!
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Playing: If you have access to duplo blocks (or LEGO for older preschoolers) you do a Very Hungry Caterpillar Read and Build activity.
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Attend a program this week at any Handley Regional Library branch or watch one online. Check the calendar for the perfect program for you! You can also see virtual programs on the Youth Services YouTube playlist.
Looking for more finger plays or songs to sing? Try one of these!
Fuzzy Wuzzy Caterpillar
Fuzzy wuzzy caterpillar in the garden creeps,
He spins himself a blanket and soon falls fast asleep.
Fuzzy wuzzy caterpillar wakes up by and by,
To find he has wings of beauty,
Changed to a butterfly.
Pretty little butterfly, what do you do all day?
I fly around the flowerpots,
Nothing' to do but play.
Nothing' to do but play, darling',
Nothing' to do but play.
So fly butterfly, fly butterfly,
Don’t waste your time away.
Flutter, Flutter, Butterfly
Tune : “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”
Flutter, flutter butterfly,
Floating in the summer sky.
Floating by for all to see,
Floating by so merrily.
Flutter, flutter butterfly,
Floating in the summer sky.
Caterpillar Chant
A caterpillar looks so small.
It is hardly there at all.
It munches on green leafy treats,
And it gets bigger as it eats.
It eats and eats, 'til pretty soon,
It wraps up tight in a cocoon.
When it wakes up it blinks its eyes
And says, "I'm now a butterfly!"
Five Little Butterflies
Five little butterflies on flowers galore,
One flew off and then there were four.
Four little butterflies among the sweet peas,
One flew off and then there were three.
Three little butterflies with nothing to do,
One flew off and then there were two.
Two little butterflies resting in the sun,
She flew off and then there were none!
Read those books and earn those badges all week long and I’ll see you next week for a new theme.