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Sail Away With Books!
Puppet and Props
Flower stick puppet in a flowerpot.
Double-sided stick puppet with a sun on one side and cloud with raindrops on the reverse.
Directions for making a stick flower in a flowerpot puppet can be found at Gingerbread
Grandma’s Cauldron,
http://gingerbreadgrandma.knownworldweb.com/puppetwkshp/stckpupt2.html.
FLOWER: (sings and grows as sun puppet shines on it) You are my sunshine, my only
sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You’ll never know dear, how much I
love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away. (flip sun puppet to raindrop side)
FLOWER: (raise flower to show that it is growing taller) Little raindrops, sweet little
raindrops, you make me grow taller every day. You’ll never know dear, how much I love
you. Please don’t take my raindrops away. (Flower grows. Repeat sun and rain as many
times as you like.)
Crafts
Easy Rainbows
Follow the directions in the Toddler Chapter to make the rainbow nametags. Instead of
cutting the circle in half, let the children fold them over into a half circle rainbow shape
and glue or staple together.
Sun Pasta Necklace
Materials
Stelle pasta (star-shaped pasta)
Yarn
Directions
Purchase stelle pasta, which is star-shaped and has a hole in the center. String the stelle
pasta onto the yarn and tie it to create a necklace.
Games and Activities
Rain Stick Fun
Pass around a rain stick for the children to turn back and forth and listen to the rain. Rain
sticks can be purchased inexpensively from many nature and toy stores.
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