Our Prairie Reader's Theater!

Hello young Pomonans! These six 4th graders are from Ranch Hills Elementary School. They performed a Reader's Theater version of one of Laura's stories. They did a great job and added a lot to our program. Well done!

Joke of the day: What happens when you throw a green stone in the Red Sea?
Answer: It gets wet!

Reader's Theater 2008

What a great time we had with Reader's Theater the past two days. Every year the day before a Reader's Theater performance and the day of the performance are the busiest days of the year for me, and it's all worth it. It's worth it because you all have such fun with it. And that's the point: you have fun reading. Both of your songs were great too. "There Ain't No Bugs On Me" (yes, the dog in the commercial is sooooo cute) and "The Ants Go Marching" were a big hit. A big thank you to all of you who came to all the rehearsals and the performance. The earthquake took away a rehearsal but you more than made up for it in enthusiasm.

GREAT WORK PEOPLE!!

Joke of the day: Knock-knock.
Whose there?
Fangs.
Fangs who?
Fangs a lot! :)

Puppet show.

Puppet show.
Originally uploaded by MFinChina

The show must go on! We will have our puppet show at 3:30pm as planned! Hooray! I am so glad we will open at noon and we are back to normal (as much as we are able :) I have contacted all our our Reader's Theater people and they know we will be rehearsing at 2:30pm today.

I will post pictures of our puppet show either later this afternoon or tomorrow morning.

Joke of the day: Where does Mother Goose leave her garbage?
Answer: At the Humpty Dump. :)

Craig Newton, Musician!

What a great time we had with Craig Newton! We love having Craig here because he is so good at what he does. It would be easier telling you which instrument he DOESN'T play than what he can play! He was also fun by involving the children with clapping rhythms. After showing them several rhythms, he said now clap your hands as fast as you can. When they did he said, "Thank you, thank you!" :)

He did many bug songs. The familiar was "There Ain't No Bugs on Me" and "The Ants Go Marching". He did several others and he told me after the show that he had written them especially for the "bug theme." What a talented guy! If you missed the show, don't worry. We will definitly have Craig back.

The other news is that the Reader's Theater began their reheasals this week. What a great group we have and most of all we are having fun. Our show will be August 6th so please plan on coming to support your peers.

All in all, we are having a fabulous summer. Our attendance at EVERYTHING is surpassing anything we have done before. So keep coming in and having as much fun as we are. You all are wonderful!

Joke for the day: Knock-knock.
Whose there?
Zounds.
Zounds who?
Zounds like the last knock-knock joke! :)

Grandma Sue's Spider Craft

The Spider Craft was great. Grandma Sue had everything in order and ready to go. I had Reader's Theater Rehearsal at 2:30pm and we had a good show up as well. Things are moving so quickly this summer it's hard to believe we're more than half way through.

The great thing is that our numbers on everything is up. As of 5:00pm this evening we have signed up 918 readers for our Summer Reading Program. Our goal is 1,000 and I think we will make it. So go tell everyong about our program. Bring in your cousins, friends, their friends and anyone who would like to have fun this summer. We sure are having a great one. See you here!

Joke of the day: Knock-knock.
Who's there?
Mikasa.
Mikasa who?
Mikasa es su casa! :)

Tomorrow's Craft: Spiders!

This is a picture of our craft tomorrow. Isn't it cute? You know those small round spikey things that fall out of trees? Lucky for us Grandma Sue likes collecting them! We are using those for the body of the spider.

So come on in tomorrow and have some fun!

This week's activities:

Monday: 1:00-4:00pm Reading Buddies

Tuesday: 1:00-4:00pm Reading Buddies
12:15-12:45pm Preschool Story time
2:30-3:30pm Reader's Theater Rehearsal
3:30-4:30pm Spider Craft

Wednesday: 100-4:00pm Reading Buddies
2:30-3:30pm Reader's Theater Rehearsal
3:30-4:30pm Craig Newton, Musician

Thursday: 1:00-4:00pm Reading Buddies
12:15-12:45 Infant Story time

See you here!

Joke of the day: Why is baskball the grossest sport?
Answer: The players dribble all over the court! :)

Wonders of Wildlife

What a great time we had yesterday with our friends Wonders of Wildlife! Cheryl and her Mom (sorry I didn't ask for her name) gave us a wonderful show with wildlife and bugs. Yes, bugs. Lots and lots of bugs. We also saw a baby fox, pot bellied pig, and everything else you see in these pictures. We even had a snail race! Alexia's snail won and she got the gold medal. Hooray Alexia! The good news is that they didn't ask one of us to eat a mealworm. I was a little disappointed as I was hoping to see Grandma Sue hurl...

Next week our Reader's Theater begins rehearsal. I'm calling everyone that signed up this morning because our rehearsals begin Tuesday the 22nd at 2:30pm. Remember that everyone who signed up promised to be at every rehearsal. We only have five rehearsals and every minute is vital. We need to be familiar with the material so that our audience has fun. (Remember that our theme this year is "Catch the Reading Bug", so we will have some rather discusting reading material.) What fun!

Our Reader's Theater schedual is this:

Tuesday July 22: 2:30-3:30pm
Wednesday July 23: 2:30-3:30pm

Tuesday July 29: 2:30-3:30pm
Wednesday July 30: 2:30-3:30pm

Tuesday August 5: 2:30-3:30pm
Wednesday August 6: 2:30-3:30pm
Performance: 3:30-4:00pm
Cast party: 4:00-4:30pm

Thanks again to Wonders of Wildlife for a really great show and I'll see you at rehearsals next week!

Joke of the day: Why did the dogcatcher catch so many large dogs?
Answer: Because he was getting paid by the pound! :)

Reader's Theater

Readers Theater Group
Originally uploaded by bill kralovec

For the past several years, we have had a Reader's Theater during our Summer Reading Program. Let me explain what it is:

Our Reader's Theater is a group of children and teens who read together as a group. As in this picture, you will be reading from a script, nothing is memorized. We read together, split into groups one and two, and have solo readers. It's like standing in a chorus or choir but instead of singing, we read. Actually this year since our theme is "Catch the Reading Bug", we will be singing several songs: "There Ain't No Bugs on Me", "The Ants Go Marching...", to name a few. It's a lot of fun!

If you are interested in signing up for Reader's Theater, go to the children's reference desk located in the children's room. However, if you do sign up, you MUST be present at the five rehearsals. If you are not present, you lose the parts that have been given to you. We only have five one hour rehearsals and each minute is vital! Also, you must be 8 years old or older to participate.

Here is the schedule for our Reader's Theater:

July 22: Rehearse 2:30 - 3:30pm
July 23: Rehearse 2:30 - 3:30pm

July 29: Rehearse 2:30 - 3:30pm
July 30: Rehearse 2:30 - 3:30pm

August 5: Rehearse 2:30 - 3:30pm
August 6: Rehearse 2:30 - 3:30pm

August 6: Performance 3:30 - 4:00pm
August 6: Cast party 4:00 - 4:30pm

Reader's Theater is a lot of fun and it is a commitment. So commit yourself to read this summer and have some fun as well!

Joke of the day: Why was the insect such a bad baseball player?
Answer: It kept hitting fly-balls. :)