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Chinese New Year -Monkey stories, rhymes and more.

Preschool Chinese New Year Resources 2016
Sydney has luminous displays of the animals of the zodiac for Chinese New Year.

Houses around us are decorated and our shops are full of red and gold decorations.We’re welcoming the year of the monkey , a “charming, inventive and successful, confident, enthusiastic, flexible and happy character.”

Kids love monkeys so […]

Preschool Christmas story resources and activities

 

There are many wonderful Preschool Christmas books you can share before Christmas.

Find many here from  our 2015 100 Stories Christmas Stories Booklist .(Click on the link halfway down the page.)

Here are resources for some of these well loved stories.
Christmas Wombat by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley. Harper Collins.
“Christmas comes but once a year, and […]

By |December 2nd, 2015|Book list, Literacy calendar, Resources, Uncategorized, video, Wordless|0 Comments

Teddy Bears Picnic booklist and resources

Who’s your  favourite bear?

Paddington Bear, Pooh Bear, Hugless Dougless, That very cranky bear,  The Bear that snores on,The scary bear from We’re Going on a Bear Hunt,any of the three bears,Gummy bears,Corduroy,Brown bear brown bear or those cheeky little Berenstein bears out at night???

We love them all.

If your child’s favourite bear is going to a Teddy Bears picnic, […]

By |July 8th, 2015|Book list, Out and about, Playgroup, Preschool, Resources, Rhymes, Songs, video|0 Comments

My Nanna is a Ninja-love those Grandparents!

We’re reading an extra book for Simultaneous Storytime this year.

If you would like a book for children not quite ready for “the Brothers Quibble “ by Aaron Blabey, Penguin; why not try My Nana is a Ninja by Damon Young, illustrated by Peter Carnavas, Queensland University Press.

This story would also be useful for Grandparent […]

Whale rhymes and links

More Whale Tales.
I’ve put together some early years

whale rhymes
felt board ideas
books
and video clips
you’ll also find the beautiful sound of whales singing!

They’ll all add to sharing  Whale in The Bath by Kylie Westaway and Tom Jellet, Allen and Unwin.

Whales are HUMUNGOUS, so lets start  with a rhyme about whales swallowing up lots of other fish- rather […]

Your favourite Halloween witch ?

 

An all-time  favourite,the witch from Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (Macmillan Children’s Books) is just right for Halloween stories before school.

The characters were even chosen for one of London’s famous book benches.(Visited by the 100 Stories Before School kangaroo earlier this year)

The book has bright and cheerful illustrations. There […]