Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on September 23rd.

The Stories

Mamma Cat Has Three Kittens by Denise Fleming

My Cats Nick & Nora by Isabelle Harper

Grumpy Cat by Britta Teckentrup

The Songs and Fingerplays

I’m A Little Cat

(Sung to “I’m a Little Teapot”)

I’m a little kitty cat,

soft and furry.

I’ll be your friend,

so don’t you worry.

Right up on your lap I like to hop.

I’ll purr, purr, purr and never stop.

HUGS
(Nobody likes me, everyone hates me, think I’ll go eat worms..)
Everybody wants one, Everybody needs one,
Everybody loves a hug!
Big hugs, little hugs, even itty bitty hugs.
Hugs for everyone!

The Craft: Cat collar and headband

Supplies Needed:

• White paper plate
• Crayons
• Stickers, gems, craft foam shapes
• Scissors
• Glue or glue stick
• Tape or stapler

Directions:
For the Cat Collar
Cut the center out of the paper plate so only the rippled ring remains. Cut a slit in the ring so the child will be able to slip it on their neck. Optional; you can punch a hole on each side of the cut and put yarn or string to hold the ring together once the child has put it on their neck. Let the child decorate the paper plate ring with crayons, stickers, gems or foam shapes.

For the Head Band
Have the child color a picture of a cat’s face. You can find a simple one in a coloring book, or on line. Cut out the picture and tape it to a piece of bulletin board border or strips of construction paper to form a crown.

About Fun Friday

Fun Friday is a weekly event at KangarooBoo in Valley Junction. Join us for interactive storytelling, singing, and crafts. A fun way to foster a love for reading and develop your child’s imagination. This event is free — no registration required.

Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on September 16th.

The Stories

Chatty Chipmunks Nutty Day by Susanne Gruber

Zoo Faces by Innovative Kids

The Songs and Fingerplays

Brown squirrel
Brown squirrel, Brown squirrel Swoosh your bushy tail (hold elbow in your other hand and move your arm back and forth)
Brown squirrel, brown squirrel Swoosh your busy tail
Put a nut between your toes
Wrinkle up your little nose
Brown squirrel, brown squirrel Swoosh your bushy tail.

Busy Squirrel
Grey Squirrel, grey squirrel
Doesn’t make a sound.
As he buries acorns
Underneath the ground.
Later when it’s cold out
And food cannot be found,
The gray squirrel will dig
His acorns from the ground.

The Craft: Squirrel in a Tree

Supplies Needed:

• Cardboard paper towel tube
• Small squirrel picture
• Tissue paper orange, yellow and red
• Scissors
• Glue or glue stick

Directions:
Cut a hole out of the center of the tube. Then cut slits from the top of the tube toward the center. Bend the tube’s sections downward to resemble tree branches. Crumple small pieces of the tissue paper; then glue them to the branches. Color and cut out a picture of a squirrel. Put glue on the back of the picture; then insert it into the tube so that the squirrel’s face can be seen through the hole.

About Fun Friday

Fun Friday is a weekly event at KangarooBoo in Valley Junction. Join us for interactive storytelling, singing, and crafts. A fun way to foster a love for reading and develop your child’s imagination. This event is free — no registration required.

Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on September 9th.

The Stories

Smash! Mash! Crash! There Goes The Trash by Barbara Odanaka

We also read Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha and I Stink! By Kate & Jim McMullan

The Songs and Fingerplays

GARBAGE!
Pick up garbage, and throw it in the bin!

Push it down, and stomp it in!

Carry the cans to the street

for the garbage trucks to eat.

When the truck comes roaring by,

workers lift the cans up high.

Garbage falls into the back.

Crush it, mash it, smash it flat!

Set the cans down with a thump.

Now drive that garbage to the dump!

The Craft: Garbage Truck

Here’s what you’ll need…

• Picture of garbage truck
• Crayons
• Glue
• Assorted paper scraps

Color the picture of the garbage truck. Crumple paper and glue on picture to represent the garbage.

About Fun Friday

Fun Friday is a weekly event at KangarooBoo in Valley Junction. Join us for interactive storytelling, singing, and crafts. A fun way to foster a love for reading and develop your child’s imagination. This event is free — no registration required.

Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on September 2nd.

The Stories

I Like Me by Nancy Carlson

We also read Clifford Makes a Friend by Norman Bridwell and
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins

The Songs and Fingerplays

If You’re Happy and You Know It
If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it.
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.

If you’re happy and you know it, stomp your feet.
If you’re happy and you know it, stomp your feet.
If you’re happy and you know it then your face will surely show it.
If you’re happy and you know it stomp your feet.

If you’re happy and you know it, shout hurray
If you’re happy and you know it, shout hurray
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it.
If you’re happy and you know it, shout hurray.

Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Head and shoulders, knees and toes.
Head and shoulders, knees and toes.
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose.
Head and shoulders, knees and toes.

Mister Sun

Oh Mister Sun, Sun,

Mister Golden Sun, 

Please shine down on me

Oh Mister Sun, Sun, 

Mister Golden Sun,

Hiding behind a tree…

These little children
are asking you

to please come out

so we can play with you

Oh Mister Sun, Sun, 

Mister Golden Sun, 

Please shine down on me!

The Craft: Funny Face.

Here’s what you’ll need…

• Paper plate
• Crayons
• Scissors
• Glue
• Assorted craft items (wiggle eyes, yarn, feathers, pom poms)

Using craft items you have around the house, create a funny face on the back side of the paper plate.

About Fun Friday

Fun Friday is a weekly event at KangarooBoo in Valley Junction. Join us for interactive storytelling, singing, and crafts. A fun way to foster a love for reading and develop your child’s imagination. This event is free — no registration required.

Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on Aug 25th.

The Stories

Sometimes You Get What You Want by Lisa Brown

We also read When Summer Ends by Marisabina Russo and Where Is My Mommy by Julie Downing

The Songs and Fingerplays

Bug Song (“If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
Oh, I wish I were an eensy-weensy spider. Clap, clap
Yes, I wish I were an eensy-weensy spider. Clap, clap
I’d go “creepy-creepy-crawly” down your hall and up your “wall-y!”
Oh, I wish I were an eensy-weensy spider.
Clap, clap

Oh, I wish I were a yellow honeybee. Clap, clap
Yes, I wish I were a yellow honeybee. Clap, clap
I’d go “buzzy-buzzy-buzzy” and my stripes would all be fuzzy!
Oh, I wish I were a yellow honeybee.
Clap, clap, stomp, stomp

Oh, I wish you were a wiggly caterpillar. Clap, clap
Yes, I wish I were a wiggly caterpillar. Clap, clap
I’d go “munchy-munchy-munchy.” All the leaves would be my “lunch-y”!
Oh, I wish I were a wiggly caterpillar.
Clap, clap, stomp, stomp, click, click

Oh, I wish I were a small red army ant. Clap, clap
Yes, I wish I were a small red army ant. Clap, clap
I’d go “trompy-trompy-trompy” over hills and through the “swamp-y”!
Oh, I wish I were a small red army ant.
Clap, clap, stomp, stomp, click, click, jump, jump

Oh, I wish I were a hungry little misquote . Clap, clap
Yes, I wish I were a hungry little miscquoto. Clap, clap
I’d go “bitey-bitey-bitey” when you went outside at “night- y”!
Oh, I wish I were a hungry little misquoto.
Clap, clap, stomp, stomp, click, click, jump, jump, Shhhh, Shhhh!!

Picnic Song
(“For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow”)
We’re going on a picnic!

We’re going on a picnic!

We’re going on a picnic!

And I’ll bring something [red].

I will pack some [apples].

I will pack some [apples].

I will pack some [apples] 

because [apples] are [red].

Sing additional verses, replacing the color word and food each time. Suggestions include: blue, berries; yellow, bananas; brown, cookies; green, celery; orange, carrots.

Mister Sun

Oh Mister Sun, Sun,

Mister Golden Sun, 

Please shine down on me

Oh Mister Sun, Sun, 

Mister Golden Sun,

Hiding behind a tree…

These little children
are asking you

to please come out

so we can play with you

Oh Mister Sun, Sun, 

Mister Golden Sun, 

Please shine down on me!

The Craft: Ladybug

Here’s what you’ll need…
• Construction paper – black, red and green

• Pencil

• Scissors

• Glue or tape

• Black marker

• Hole punch



Here’s how you make it…
Cut out a red and black circle from your construction paper – they need to be the same size and no more than about 5″ in diameter (otherwise your hole punch won’t reach into the middle). Cut your red circle in half and cut out a small black circle for the head. Try using a small plate to trace out the big circles and a spice container to trace around for the small circle. 



2. Glue or tape your black circles onto a piece of green construction paper as shown in the picture.



3. Punch holes in both red semi circles and then glue onto your black circle. With a black marker draw on legs and antennae.

More information about this craft via Busy Bee Kids Crafts Blog.

About Fun Friday

Fun Friday is a weekly event at KangarooBoo in Valley Junction. Join us for interactive storytelling, singing, and crafts. A fun way to foster a love for reading and develop your child’s imagination. This event is free — no registration required.