Polar Bears Past Bedtime

For a warm up, the children made their own Magic Librarian cards! Each child got a piece of paper with the letters M and L on it, and then decorated the library card with crayons. 

I summarized the twelfth book, Polar Bears Past Bedtime, and asked the children a variety of questions about the book.

When we arrived at the part in the book where the tree house spun, each child received a Dizzy Pill (which is actually a tootsie roll) to help make them less dizzy. After eating their Dizzy Pills, the children were instructed to spin around three times, as if they were in the spinning tree house.

When we got to the part in the book where Jack wrote in his notebook, I showed the notebook I made that has all of Jack's notes in it.

First, we made marshmallow igloos! I handed a piece of paper with an igloo on it to each child and scattered mini marshmallows along the tables. The children glued a mini marshmallow in each square of the igloo. You can find the igloo at http://www.zimbio.com/Wallpaper/articles/7z7bLljIbTK/How+To+Build+An+Igloo+For+Kids.

Then, each child got a piece of paper with a polar bear's face on it. You can get this at http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/crafts-images/animals/polar-bears-masks-printables.png. The children colored and cut out their polar bear’s face. Then, I walked around, using the hole puncher to punch two holes – one on each side of the face. I also helped the children attach yarn to their masks so they could actually wear them.

Our last craft was a winter scene. Everyone got a piece of blue construction paper, as well as a piece of paper with a polar bear on it. (You can find the polar bear at http://www.supercoloring.com/wp-content/main/2009_11/polar-bear-coloring-page.jpg.) The children decorated their polar bears with crayons, cut them out, and glued them onto the blue construction paper. Then, they used chalk to draw “snow” on the blue paper.