STEAM

November STEAM-y Storytime: (STEAM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math)

Books

Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

Don't Push the Button by Bill Cotter © 2013
Go, Go Grapes: A Fruit Chant by April Pulley Sayre © 2012
Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue © 2012

STEAM Activities 

Monster Math: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/207658232793632316/
Dancing Raisins (Science): http://www.pinterest.com/pin/207658232793627443/
Sleep Calculators (Math): http://www.pinterest.com/pin/207658232793627244/

 

Songs

Welcome, Welcome everyone [tune: Twinkle, Twinkle]

Welcome, Welcome everyone,
to STEAM-y Storytime you've come.
We’ll read and sing and play and do.
We should have fun, I hope that’s true.
Welcome, welcome everyone,
to STEAM-y Storytime you've come.

Let’s Go Explore Our World ~ S-T-E-A-M [tune: BINGO]...

October STEAM-y Storytime (STEAM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math)

Books:

The Midnight Library by Kazuno Kohara © 2014
Musk Ox Counts by Erin Cabatingan © 2013
Wild Child by Lynn Plourde © 1999

Activities:

Math: Owl Counting and sequencing printables
Math: Counting Me activity sheet
Science: Art & Science of Leaf Rubbings

Songs:
Welcome, Welcome everyone
 [tune: "Twinkle, Twinkle" ]

Welcome, Welcome everyone,
to STEAM-y Storytime you've come.
We’ll read and sing and think and do.
We should have fun, I hope that’s true.
Welcome, welcome everyone,
to STEAM-y Storytime you've come.

 

Let’s Go Explore Our World ~ S-T-E-A-M [tune: "BINGO" ]

With Science, Engineering, Arts,
Math and Technology.
S-T-E-A-M, S-T-E-A-M, S-T-E-A-M...

"Counting" STEAM Storytime - with Abacus Activity

Books:

One Kansas Farmer: A Kansas Number Book by Devin & Corey Scillian © 2009
Musk Ox Counts by Erin Cabatingan © 2013
The Warlord's Beads by Virginia Walton Pilegard © 2001

Activity:

STEAM Activity: Click for directions to Create a Cereal Abacus

SlideShare PowerPoint for this storytime:

http://www.slideshare.net/secret/dmwoTLdv0cVKsa

 

September STEAM-y Storytime: (STEAM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math)

Books

Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

Warlord's Beads by Virginia Walton Pilegard © 2001 
The Colors of Us by Karen Katz © 1999
Boom Snot Twitty by Doreen Cronin © 2014

 

Activities

STEAM Activity: Click for directions to Create a Cereal Abacus:

STEAM Activity: Click for an activity on Exploring Different Skin Tones with Paint

STEAM Activity: Click for an activity with Yarn Collages

 

Songs

Welcome, Welcome everyone [tune: Twinkle, Twinkle]

Welcome, Welcome everyone,
to STEAM-y Storytime you've come.
We’ll read and sing and play and do.
We should have fun, I hope...

" Beyond Skin" STEAM Storytime - Skin Tone Painting Activity

Books:

Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw © 2011
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson © 2012
The Colors of Us by Karen Katz  © 1999

Activity:

STEAM Activity: Click for an activity on Exploring Different Skin Tones with Paint

August STEAM-y Storytime: (STEAM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math)

Books

Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd ©2001
Round is a Tortilla by Roseanne Thong ©2013
Warthogs Paint by Pamela Edwards ©2001 
Shape of My Heart by Mark Sperring ©2012 

 

Activities

STEAM Activity(Science): Color Identification
STEAM Activity (Math): Sorting Shapes with Food
STEAM Activity (Science): Water Walking Experiment
STEAM Activity (Math): Learning Shapes with Spaghetti Noodles
 

Songs

Welcome, Welcome everyone [tune: "Twinkle, Twinkle" ]

Welcome, Welcome everyone,
to STEAM-y Storytime you've come.
We’ll read and sing and play and do.
We should have fun, I...

July STEAM-y Storytime: (STEAM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math)

 

Books

Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Price ©1994 [E Fiction Price]
Where the Sunrise Begins by Douglas Wood © 2010 [E Fiction Wood]
A Beach Tail by Karen William ©2010 [E Fiction Williams] 
Dolphins on the Sand by Jim Arnosky © 2008 [E Fiction Arnosky] 

 

Activities

Math: Apple Pie and Apple Slice Fractions

Science: Sunrise/Sunset Experiment

Science: Echolocation Game

Math: Homemade Moon Sand

 

Songs

Welcome, Welcome Everyone [tune: "Twinkle, Twinkle" ]

Welcome, Welcome everyone, to STEAM-y Storytime for you.

We'll...

June STEAM-y Storytime (STEAM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math)

 

Books

Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

Bunny Day: Telling Time from Breakfast to Bedtime by Rick Walton ©2002 
Gobble, Gobble, Crash: A Barnyard Counting Book by Julie Stiegemeyer ©2004 
Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum by Lisa Wheeler ©2004 
A Very Curious Bear by Tony Mitton ©2009 

Activities:

STEAM Activity: Math - Click for directions for the Clock Race

STEAM Activity: Math - Click for the Gumball Guesstimation Graph

STEAM Activity: Science - Click for directions on the Sound and Noise Experiment 

STEAM Activity: Math/Art - Click for the Bedtime Math Activities

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