Family Storytime: Australian Animals

We ended winter storytime on the theme of Australian animals. We read books about koalas and kangaroos and then made a cute, koala craft.

To start off storytime, we participated in our bean bag dance song and then we read The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright. This books rhymes perfectly and is great for this theme. It is on the bit of the longer side, but this book rhymes so well and kept the kids' attentions.

After our first book, we used the flannel board to do an alphabet activity. We fed the alligator alphabet pieces and everyone had a chance to put their pieces on the board.

Our next book was Don't Call Me Bear! by Aaron Blabey. This is such a silly, fun book about a poor koala who keeps getting called a bear. The kids laughed at how bothered he was by being called a different animal.

We ended up reading two more books since the kids were paying attention so well. Noni the Pony Rescues a Joey by Alison Lester and Bubbles by Kit Chase were perfect fits for this theme.

After our bubble story, we blew some bubbles and started making our construction paper koala craft. They each took times coloring their koala and adding leaves on to their "K" branch.

Other Books:

Eee-Moo! Annika Dunklee

The Koala Who Could Rahcel Bright

Koala and the Flower Mary Murphy

Over in Australia Amazing Animals Down Under Marianne Berkes

Two Tough Crocs David Bedford

Bubbles Kit Chase

A Hungry Lion Lucy Ruth Cummins

Oh No, Bobo! You're In Trouble Phil Gosier

Run, Run, Koala! Erica David

Platypus and the Lucky Day Chris Riddell

If I Were a Kangaroo Mylisa Larsen

Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? Eric Carle

Who are you, Baby Kangaroo? Stella Blackstone

The Koala Who Could Rachel Bright

Other Activity: Kookaburra Song