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.
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Material Type |
Title |
Author |
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BOOK |
Angelina Ice Skates |
KATHARINE HOLABIRD |
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BOOK |
Animals In The Snow |
MARGARET WISE BROWN |
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BOOK |
Celebrations |
MYRA COHN LIVINGSTON |
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BOOK |
F-Freezing |
A B C POSY SIMMONDS |
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BOOK |
The Five-Dog Night |
EILEEN CHRISTELOW |
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BOOK |
In The Snow |
HUY VOUN LEE |
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BOOK |
Jump For Joy: A Book Of Months |
MEGAN HALSEY |
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BOOK |
Oh Snow |
MONICA MAYPER |
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BOOK |
Penguin Pete And Little Tim |
MARCUS PFISTER |
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BOOK |
Penguin Pete's New Friends |
MARCUS PFISTER |
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BOOK |
The Reasons For Seasons |
GAIL GIBBONS |
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BOOK |
Snow |
STEVE SANFIELD |
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BOOK |
Snow Angel |
JEAN MARZOLLO |
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BOOK |
Snow Day |
BARBARA M. JOOSSE |
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BOOK |
The Snowy Day |
EZRA JACK KEATS |
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BOOK |
Solo |
PAUL GERAGHTY |
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BOOK |
When The Wind Stops |
CHARLOTTE ZOLOTOW |
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BOOK |
Winter Days In The Big Woods |
LAURA INGALLS WILDER |
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BOOK |
A Winter Walk |
LYNNE BARASCH |
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BOARD BOOK |
The Mouse In The Wainscot |
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BIG BOOK |
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? |
BILL MARTIN JR. |
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RESOURCE BOOK |
Sunflakes: Poems For Children |
LILIAN MOORE |
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BOOK & TAPE |
East Of The Sun, West Of The Moon |
D.J. MacHALE |
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CASSETTE |
Penguin Parade |
BANANA SLUG STRING BAND |
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VHS |
50 Below Zero |
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PUPPET |
Penguin |
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EXTRA ITEM |
The Mitten (11 piece Flannel Board Set) |
Polar Bear Facts
Polar bears are large white bears of the North. Polar bears have dense, white
fur and layers of fat to keep them warm. Polar bears are good climbers and
excellent swimmers. Polar bears feed mainly on seals, but also eat sea birds,
lemmings, berries, fish and grasses.
Penguin Facts
Penguins live in the southern half of the world. Penguins live along the coasts
of South America, South Africa, southern Australia, and New Zealand. One
penguin species even lives on the equator where it gets very hot! Smaller
penguins usually live where it's warmer while larger penguins live where it's
colder. Most penguins, live in the icy waters around the continent of
Antarctica. Some penguins live around the islands along Antarctica during the
summer and then migrate thousands of miles to warmer waters for the winter. Use
a globe to show where penguins livesouth of the equator. Find Antarctica and
point out its location in relation to where you live.
Penguins do not fly. Penguins stand upright on very short legs and walk
with a clumsy waddle. The smallest, Little Blue penguins, stand 16 inches tall
and weigh about 2 pounds. The largest, Emperor penguins, stand 45 inches tall
and weigh up to 90 pounds. Help kids visualize how tall penguins are by using a
yardstick to compare the penguin sizes to that of your students.
Penguins are excellent swimmers. Penguins spend much of their lives in
water, but raise their young on land. Penguins feed mainly on fish.
Penguin Huddle
Help your students make a penguin huddle outdoors to demonstrate how penguins
keep warm. Divide the class into four groups and ask the first group to gather
together in a small circle. Encircle this group with a second group holding
hands. Encircle the second group with a third group and the third group with a
fourth. Have the kids waddle in a circle chanting, "Waddle, waddle in a
huddle. Turn this ice into a puddle." Switch places to put the outer group
in the center and chant again. Repeat until each group has had a turn in the
center. Is it warmer in the center of the huddle?
Discover "Cold Talk." Give each child a bowl with ice cubes in
it. Tell them that they may feel the ice while discussing cold questions. You
might have the puppet ask these questions or you could dress the part by
wearing mittens and rubbing your hands together briskly as you ask the
questions: How do you feel when you are cold? What feels cold when you touch
it? When you feel cold, what can you do to feel warm? What do animals do when
they feel cold. Would you rather feel cold or hot?
C-C-C-C-Cold
(When your children say the c-c-c-cold line, they should cross their arms
over their chest and pretend to shiver.)
There was a man and he did sing,
C-c-c-c-c-c-cold
Across the north land it would ring,
C-c-c-c-c-c-cold
No matter what he tried to say,
C-c-c-c-c-c-cold
His words kept coming out this way,
C-c-c-c-c-c-cold
Five Little Penguins
Five little penguins floating on the ice.
The first dove in. ""My, the water's nice!"
The second one said, "Let's go for a swim."
The third one said, "I'll be right in."
The fourth one said, "It looks like so much fun."
The last one said, "No way, I'll stay in the sun!"
Ask your local children's librarian about more fingerplays, activities and
books such as these recommended titles: