Stories we shared

Crackers, bananas, soup, sandwiches, even bugs! Share these stories about eating and sharing snack foods.

Mouse Mess by Linnea Riley
Snack Time for Confetti by Kali Stileman
Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
The Bear Who Shared by Catherine Rayner
Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli by Barbara Jean Hicks

Bear and Bee by Sergio Ruzzier

Flannelboard

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Soup for One was adapted for the flannelboard from Ethan Long’s picture book. The clipart bugs are from Storytiming.com
A little fly who anticipates enjoying a big bowl of hot soup is unexpectedly joined by a sequence of interlopers who help themselves to his lunch one by one until their number reaches ten.

Films we watched

The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog
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“Half a Banana” (from The Adventures of Mouse and Mole)

Little Bear’s Sweet Tooth (from the DVD: Feel Better, Little Bear)

Craft

“Soup for One”

The kids had a lot of fun with this one!  The more varietal and colorful the stickers are, the better!

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Supplies

snacktimecraft supplies

plates
color circles (for inseam of plate) –this is the soup color
cut outs
stickers
glue sticks

How to make them

1. Glue the circle inside the plate
2. Add cutouts and stickers to “flavor” the soup

Pajama Storytime, Hastings Branch 7/29/13. Ages 3-8.
Infant & Toddler Storytimes, Central Library 7/30/13
Preschool Storytime, Central Library 8/3/13