Hello everyone! We hope you are all excited for Carla's Sandwich by Debbie Herman!
Leanna and I have put together a bunch of fun activities and crafts for the little ones. Starting on Tuesday, September 7th (today), the kits will be available to pick up for our online storytime.
Enjoy a borrowed copy of the book, and have fun doing the activities. Please return the book after you are done; everything else is yours to keep!
"Carla's Sandwich" by Debbie Herman
“This charming story presents a new way for young children to understand how to creatively embrace who they are, no matter what others think. Carla’s lunch box is filled with odd delights like the Olive, Pickle and Green Bean Sandwich, the Banana-Cottage-Cheese Delight, and the unforgettable Chopped Liver, Potato Chips, and Cucumber Combo. To Carla, they are delicious and creative lunches, but her teasing classmates are unconvinced and abandon her at the lunch table to eat her bizarre sandwiches alone. One day, however, tables turn when Buster—the worst tease of all—forgets his lunch on the day of the picnic and Carla thoughtfully offers him her extra sandwich. Her own spirited nature helps Carla teach her classmates that "unusual" can actually be good.”
You will have to return this book to the library; everything else is yours to keep!
You will have the book read to you by actress Allison Janney. She did such a great job; we hope you enjoy her reading as much as we did!
Kits include:
a borrowed copy of Carla's Sandwich by Debbie Herman
information page
colors game (5 colored pizzas)
a flyer for this website
3 activity pages
3 coloring pages
rhymes/song pages with web links (instrument included)
Carla's Sandwich craft
3 magnets from the story
stickers
HANDOUT GAMES – play with included pizza handouts
Can You Show Me…?
(tune: “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”)
Can you show me the red pizza?
Red pizza, red pizza?
Can you show me the red pizza?
And wave it in the air?
Brown… yellow… white… green
Hold It High – Choose one pizza from handouts
Hold your pizza high and stand
Now wave it around in gestures grand!
Hold your pizza below your chin
Now hold it way up high again
Hold your pizza against your nose
Now touch the pizza to your toes
Touch your pizza to the ground
Now wave that pizza all around!
Hold your pizza in front of you
Now turn around – one time, two!
Hold your pizza and jump up high!
Now let your pizza fly fly fly (throw it in the air)
SONGS & INSTRUMENT – use included instruments
Let’s Make A Sandwich by Maple Leaf Learning
Peanut Butter and Jelly by Super Simple Songs
What’s In Your Sandwich? by Sing with Annie & Ben
Do You Like Lasagna Milkshakes? by Super Simple Songs
BOUNCE RHYME (bounce along with child in lap)
Peanut Butter Song
First you spread the peanut butter
(bounce child in a circle)
Then you spread the jam
(bounce child in a circle the other way)
You put a slice of bread on top
(lift child up high)
And eat up all you can!
You take your sticky fingers
(tickle child’s fingers)
and you wipe them on your pants,
(tickle fingers on child’s knees)
And you do a little wiggle
for the peanut butter dance!
(bounce child in a dance)
ACTION RHYMES
Silly Sandwich
(Tune: “On Top of Old Smokey”)
I’m making a sandwich
with bread and some cheese.
(hold hands flat together)
I’m adding some pickles,
bananas, and peas.
(pretend to place items on palm of opposite hand)
My sandwich is silly,
but I like it so.
(rub belly)
I’m going to eat it,
Get set, here I go!
(pretend to bring a sandwich toward mouth with both hands)
I Eat
I eat apples- crunch, crunch, crunch!
I eat sandwiches- munch, munch, munch!
I eat lollipops- lick, lick, lick!
But I eat ice cream- quick, quick, quick!
Sandwich Song
(Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”
If you want to eat a sandwich,
Nod your head.
If you want to eat a sandwich,
Nod your head.
If you like bread and cheese
Then just say, “Sandwich please!”
If you want to eat a sandwich,
Nod your head.
If you want to eat grilled cheese,
Stamp your feet.
If you want to eat grilled cheese,
Stamp your feet.
If you like melty cheese,
Then just say, “Grilled cheese please!”
If you want to eat grilled cheese,
Stamp your feet.
If you want to eat some veggies,
Clap your hands.
If you want to eat some veggies,
Clap your hands.
If you like beans and peas
Then just say, “Veggies please!”
If you want to eat some veggies,
Clap your hands.
Done with your sandwich?
If you want to eat some ice cream,
Give a scream.
If you want to eat some ice cream,
Give a scream.
If you’d like a quick brain freeze,
Then just say, “Ice cream please!”
If you want to eat some ice cream,
Give a scream.
EXTRA LINKS!
Author Debbie Herman’s website: https://www.debbieherman.com/
Artist Sheila Bailey’s website: http://www.sheilabaileyart.com/
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