Twister on Tuesday

As a warm-up, the children colored a picture of a twister and completed a few activities related to the book.

I summarized the twenty third book, Twister on Tuesday, 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.

For our first craft, we made trains out of graham crackers, mini marshmallows, candy corn, and whipped cream. This allowed the children to let their creativity soar. Plus, it was a delicious dessert!

When Jack and Annie learned the familiar poem, "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," we made our own stars! I passed out wooden stars, which I made out of popsicle sticks prior to the meeting. The children decorated these stars with markers, stickers, buttons, and pom poms. I also helped attach some string to each star, so this craft doubled as an ornament for the holidays.

When Jack and Annie learned of the grasshoppers that attacked the prairie last spring, I passed out a clothespin for each child to color green. The children also received green pipe cleaners to form the grasshopper's front and back legs.