READING ADVENTURE TREASURE CHEST KIT #41
WHAT WILL I WEAR?

This Reading Adventure Treasure Chest Kit has been assembled to provide a thematic list of storytime materials for use by enhanced members and their patrons.  The kit is geared toward the preschool age group yet is flexible enough to capture the interest of toddlers and early school age children.  The Activity Ideas are designed to be aids to use the materials listed in the kits.

If you would like more information concerning this project, contact SERLS via e-mail at dirserls@oplin.org.

Material Type	Title	Author
BOOK	Alfie's Feet	SHIRLEY HUGHES
BOOK	The Big Green Pocketbook	CANDICE RANSOM
BOOK	Chimps Don't Wear Glasses	LAURA NUMEROFF
BOOK	The Dream Pillow	MITRA MODARRESSI
BOOK	Froggy Gets Dressed	JONATHAN LONDON
BOOK	How A Shirt Grew In The Field	MARGUERITA RUDOLPH
BOOK	Jennies Hat	EZRA JACK KEATS
BOOK	Jeremy's Muffler	LAURA F. NIELSEN
BOOK	Little Red Riding Hood	LISA CAMPBELL ERNST
BOOK	Max's Dragon Shirt	ROSEMARY WELLS
BOOK	The Most Excellent Book Of How To Be A Clown	CATHERINE PERKINS
BOOK	Pajamas	LIVINGSTON AND MAGGIE TAYLOR
BOOK	The Philharmonic Gets Dressed	KARLA KUSKIN
BOOK	Piggies	DON AND AUDREY WOOD
BOOK	The Purple Coat	AMY HEST
BOOK	Red Is Best	KATHY STINSON
BOOK	Sheep In Wolves' Clothing	SATOSHI KITAMURA
BOOK	Shoes Like Miss Alice's	ANGELA JOHNSON
BOOK	Silly Heads	RUTH WICKINGS AND CATHIE SHUTTLEWORTH
BOOK	This Is The Hat	NANCY VAN LAAN
BOOK	Three Little Kittens	PAUL GALDONE
BOARD BOOK	Getting Dressed	DESSIE AND CHEVELL MOORE
BIG BOOK	Caps For Sale	ESPHYR SLOBODKINA
RESOURCE BOOK	Child's Play: Quick And Easy Costumes	LESLIE HAMILTON
BOOK & TAPE	Red Riding Hood	TOM ROBERTS
CASSETTE	Poco	FRED PENNER
VHS	The Paperbag Princess
TOY	Jesse Bear Book And Doll

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ACTIVITY IDEAS AND FINGERPLAYS

Have children wear their favorite hats to school. Categorize the hats according to size, color, texture, etc., and chart the results. Then read This Is The Hat and Jennie's Hat using hats and other items for props.

Play "The Pocket Counting Game" Ask the children to look at their clothes. Ask each child to count the number of pockets he or she has. Then each child tells the group how many pockets she has. Decide which child has the most pockets and how many children have the same number of pockets.

Play the "Musical Hats" game. You will need several hats to play this game. All players are given a hat except one. While the music plays everyone passes the hats around the circle trying each one on in turn. When the music stops the child without a hat on is out of the game.

Have a "Hold On To Your Hat" relay race. Divide the class into two teams and divide each team in half. Have each half line up across from its other half on opposite sides of the room. On cue, the first person in each line on one side of the room puts a hat on his head and rolls like a log across the room to his teammates. The roller must hold on to his hat. After rolling across the room, the roller gets up and hands the hat to the next person in line. That person places the hat on his head and rolls back to the team on the other side. Play continues until the teams are back in starting position with the hat on the head of the first person.

Share "Caps For Sale" by Esphyr Slobodkina. Mimic the peddler's and monkey's antics with this hat dance song sung to the tune of "Skip to My Lou:"

Who's got my grey caps?
Is it you?
(Point to a child)
Who's got my brown caps?
Is it you?
(Point to another child)
Who's got my blue caps?
Is it you?
(Point to another child)
All jump up together!
(All jump)
Shake your fist, And stamp your foot.
Shake your fist, And stamp your foot.
Shake your fist, And stamp your foot.
All jump up together!
Throw down my grey caps
On the floor.
Throw down my grey caps
On the floor.
Throw down my grey caps
On the floor.
All sit down together!

Ask your local children's librarian about more fingerplays, activities, and books including these recommended titles:

• Clementine's Winter Wardrobe by Kate Spohn. Clementine chooses her winter wardrobe from a dazzling array of warm clothing.
• Crazy Clothes by Niki Yektai. When Patrick tries to show his mother how well he can dress himself, his clothes become stubborn and insist on going on the wrong parts of his body.
• Daddy Has A Pair Of Striped Shorts by Mimi Otey. Daddy's clothes are loud and they clash. Daddy may cause his children some embarrassment, but he is loved and he is loving.
• How Do I Put It On? by Shegio Watanabe. Humorous drawings illustrate the correct and incorrect ways to wear various clothing. Children will laugh at the "mistakes" of this bear as he learns to dress himself.
• Jacket I Wear In The Snow by Shirley Nietzel. Mother comes to the rescue in this playful rebus cumulative tale.
• Little Bear's Trousers by Jane Hissey. Little Bear wakes up one morning to discover that his red trousers are missing.