TREASURE CHEST KIT #6:
GLAD RAGS AND HAPPY FEET

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	The 500 Hats Of Bartholomew Cubbins	DR. SEUSS
BOOK	Alfie's Feet	SHIRLEY HUGHES
BOOK	Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothes	JUDI BARRETT
BOOK	The Big Green Pocketbook	CANDICE RANSON and FELICIA BOND
BOOK	Bit By Bit	STEVE SANFIELD
BOOK	Caps For Sale	ESPHYR SLOBODKINA
BOOK	Crazy Clothes	NIKI YEKTAI
BOOK	Ho For A Hat!	WILLIAM JAY SMITH
BOOK	Jennie's Hat	EZRA JACK KEATS
BOOK	Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?	NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM
BOOK	The Lady With The Alligator Purse	NADINE BERNARD WESTCOTT
BOOK	Mary Wore Her Red Dress And Henry Wore His Green Sneakers	MERLE PEEK
BOOK	Max's Dragon Shirt	ROSEMARY WELLS
BOOK	The Mitten (with set of 8 masks)	JAN BRETT
BOOK	My Feet	ALIKI
BOOK	Peter's Pocket	EVE RICE
BOOK	The Quangle Wangle's Hat	EDWARD LEAR
BOOK	The Real Mother Goose	BLANCHE WRIGHT
BOOK	Shoes From Grandpa	MEM FOX
BOOK	Whose Shoe?	MARGARET MILLER
BOARD BOOK	Carl's Masquerade	ALEXANDRA DAY
BIG BOOK	Corduroy	DON FREEMAN
BIG BOOK	Shoes	ELIZABETH WINTHROP
RESOURCE BOOK	Hats, Hats, And More Hats	JEAN STANGL
BOOK & TAPE	Shoes	ELIZABETH WINTHROP
CASSETTE	Happy Feet!	FRED PENNER
VHS	The Hat
TOY	Old Woman In The Shoe (6 pieces in cloth bag)
EXTRA ITEM	The Emperor's New Clothes (12 piece Flannel Board Set)

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ACTIVITY IDEAS AND FINGERPLAYS

Read The Mitten, then act this story out using the masks provided.

Read Mary Wore Her Red Dress And Henry Wore His Green Sneakers. Then sing this song using the names of the children in your class.

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!

Shoes
Old shoes, new shoes,
(Point to feet)
Black and brown and red shoes
1, 2, 3, 4
(Raise 4 fingers)
Tapping softly on the floor.

My Hat
My hat, it has three corners,
(Join thumbs and index fingers and place on top of head)
Three corners has my hat.
(Raise three fingers)
If it did not have three corners,
(Raise three fingers and shake head)
It would not be my hat.
(Join thumbs and index fingers and place on top of head)

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

• Clementine's Winter Wardrobe by Kate Spohn. Clementine chooses her winter wardrobe from a dazzling array of warm clothing.
• 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.Little Bear's Trousers by Jane Hissey. Little Bear wakes up one morning to discover that his red trousers are missing.
• Jacket I Wear In The Snow by Shirley Nietzel. Mother comes to the rescue in this playful rebus cumulative tale.