Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 32 views

    The Giant Encyclopedia of Monthly Activities-61

    Uploaded by

    tnou709
    The document provides activities for celebrating National Library Card Sign-Up Month and National Sewing Month in September. It includes reading books about libraries and clothes, discussing good library behavior and how clothes are made, and craft projects like making a book about the steps to make clothes.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    The Giant Encyclopedia of Monthly Activities-61

    Uploaded by

    tnou709
    32 views2 pages
    The document provides activities for celebrating National Library Card Sign-Up Month and National Sewing Month in September. It includes reading books about libraries and clothes, discussing good library behavior and how clothes are made, and craft projects like making a book about the steps to make clothes.

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The document provides activities for celebrating National Library Card Sign-Up Month and National Sewing Month in September. It includes reading books about libraries and clothes, discussing good library behavior and how clothes are made, and craft projects like making a book about the steps to make clothes.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    32 views2 pages

    The Giant Encyclopedia of Monthly Activities-61

    Uploaded by

    tnou709
    The document provides activities for celebrating National Library Card Sign-Up Month and National Sewing Month in September. It includes reading books about libraries and clothes, discussing good library behavior and how clothes are made, and craft projects like making a book about the steps to make clothes.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 2

    Month-Long Celebrations

    SEPTEMBER
    Library Manners
    GROUP OR CIRCLE TIME

    Materials Check It Out!: The Book About Libraries by Gail Gibbons


    chart paper
    marker

    What to do ● September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month.


    1. Read a book about the library, such as Check It Out!: The Book About
    Libraries by Gail Gibbons.
    2. Talk to the children about the importance of good library manners.
    3. Brainstorm a list of library rules that are appropriate for the public library
    and your classroom reading area, such as using a quiet voice, treating
    books with care, and returning books to their proper places.
    4. If desired, write the rules on a sheet of chart paper and post the chart in
    the reading area.

    ) Jackie Wright, Enid, OK

    The Clothes We Wear


    PROJECTS
    Downloaded by [email protected] from

    Materials ProFilePlanner.com
    Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
    copy of clothes pages for each child
    drawing paper
    marker
    glue
    1” squares of cotton batting
    1” squares of fabric
    thread
    small shirt shapes cut from fabric
    scissors

    What to do ● September is National Sewing Month.


    1. Read Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback.
    2. Talk about how clothes are made.
    3. Give each child a copy of the four pages in the book.
    4. Divide a sheet of paper into four equal sections. Write each of the
    following sentences in a separate section.
    ● page 1: Pick the cotton from the plant.

    ● page 2: Spin the cotton into thread.

    The GIANT Encyclopedia of Monthly Activities 61


    Downloaded by [email protected] from ProFilePlanner.com
    T E MCelebrations
    BER
    ● page 3: Weave the thread into fabric.
    ● page 4: Sew the fabric into clothes.
    5. Make a copy of this page for each child.
    6. In the first section (page 1), children glue a piece of cotton batting; in the
    second section (page 2), they glue pieces of thread; in the third section
    S E PMonth-Long

    (page 3), they glue the fabric square; and in the final section (page 4),
    they glue on the shirt shape.
    7. When dry, cut apart the pages and staple them together with a cover to
    make a book.

    More to do Art: Let children make a collage using fabric, lace, ribbons, yarn, buttons,
    and thread.
    Fine Motor: Put out plastic needles or bobby pins and encourage children
    to try sewing with yarn on a plastic canvas. (Younger children can weave
    pipe cleaners through plastic canvas.)
    Sensory: Make a texture book using silk, leather, flannel, and burlap.

    Related song Sing the following song to the tune of “London Bridge.”

    Pick the cotton from the plant,


    From the plant, from the plant
    Pick the cotton from the plant,
    To make clothes.

    Spin the cotton into thread,


    Downloaded by [email protected] from
    Into thread, into thread.
    ProFilePlanner.com
    Spin the cotton into thread
    To make clothes.

    Weave the fabric from the thread,


    From the thread, from the thread.
    Weave the cotton from the thread
    To make clothes.

    Sew the fabric into clothes,


    Into clothes, into clothes.
    Sew the fabric into clothes
    To make clothes.

    Related books Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett
    The Hat by Jan Brett
    The Principal’s New Clothes by Stephanie Calmenson

    ) Sue Fleischmann, Sussex, WI

    62 The GIANT Encyclopedia of Monthly Activities


    Downloaded by [email protected] from ProFilePlanner.com

    You might also like