LETTER OF THE DAY: M
(please note: this is a general idea of what happened during Alphabits. Variations occur between Wednesday and Thursday classes depending on how many children are present, attention level, etc.)
Song: Alphabet Song
Activity: Show and Tell
The children shared what they brought that begins with the letter M!
Story: If You Give a Moose a Muffin (by Laura Numeroff)
Activity: Bellingham Community Concert Chorus
Members of the chorus from the senior center came to library to sing holiday songs (MUSIC) with the kids and families!
Activity: Macarana
The kids learned how to dance the famous dance!
Craft: Marshmallow Art
The kids made designs using marshmallows and toothpicks!
Activity: Word Bingo
Each child was given a coloring page of something that begins with M. In between coloring their pages, letters were chosen out of a basket. If their M word had that letter in it, they circled it. Once every letter in their word was circled, they have BINGO!
Activity: Parachute
We brought out the big parachute! We did some listening activities and then we put on music and the kids danced underneath while the grown-ups held it high.
Song: Alphabet Song
After the parachute, the kids each chose a letter from those scattered on the floor. Then we all sang the Alphabet song one more time; this time, when we say each letter of the Alphabet, the boy or girl holding that letter is encouraged to hold it up high.
