Borreguita and the Coyote
Hello friends and family Join Outreach Productions as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage month for the month of September. You can watch the puppet show the Borreguita and the Coyote retold by Verna Aardema. Make the following crafts:
· The Borreguita
· The Coyote
· The Borreguita
· The Coyote
If you cannot view the video crafts, you can do the reading crafts of the same animals.
For Cuckoo you can make:
The Cuckoo bird along with the video craft or the reading craft. Finally, we have Adelita by Tomie de Paola and Tales Our Abuelitas Told (A Hispanic Folktale Collection) by Alma Flor Ada & F Isabel Campoy.
· Make the craft of the Adelita clothespin dolls.
For Cuckoo you can make:
The Cuckoo bird along with the video craft or the reading craft. Finally, we have Adelita by Tomie de Paola and Tales Our Abuelitas Told (A Hispanic Folktale Collection) by Alma Flor Ada & F Isabel Campoy.
· Make the craft of the Adelita clothespin dolls.
November 16th- November 22nd: Stone Soup
Dear Friends and Family,
We hope you are enjoying the books and craft shared by Outreach Productions. From now until Christmas we will share stories about theme related to giving, along with some fun crafts. For our first story we picked Stone Soup.
There are so many versions of this story with different characters, plots and settings. If you are not familiar Outreach is sharing a short version of the story. We will also post a small scene from the Puppet Theater. So read the story below and read other Stop Soup tales by various authors.
Stone Soup
Europe
A tramp knocked at the farmhouse door. "I can't let you in, for my husband is not at home," said the woman of the house. "And I haven't a thing to offer you," she added. Her voice showed unmasked scorn for the man she held to be a beggar.
"Then you could make use of my soup stone," he replied, pulling from his pocket what appeared to be an ordinary stone.
"Soup stone?" said she, suddenly showing interest in the tattered stranger.
"Oh yes," he said. "If I just had a potful of water and a fire, I'd show you how it works. This stone and boiling water make the best soup you've ever eaten. Your husband would thank you for the good supper, if you'd just let me in and put my stone to use over your fire."
The woman's suspicions yielded to her desire for an easy meal, and she opened the door. A pot of water was soon brought to a boil. The tramp dropped in his stone, then tasted the watery gruel. "It needs salt, and a bit of barley," he said. "And some butter, too, if you can spare it." The woman obliged him by adding the requested ingredients. He tasted it again. "Much better!" he said. "But a good soup needs vegetables and potatoes. Are there none in your cellar?"
"Oh yes," she said, her enthusiasm for the miracle soup growing, and she quickly found a generous portion of potatoes, turnips, carrots, and beans.
After the mixture had boiled awhile, the man tasted it again. "It's almost soup," he said. "The stone has not failed us. But some chicken broth and chunks of meat would do it well."
The woman, recognizing the truth of his claim, ran to the chicken yard, returning soon with a freshly slaughtered fowl. "Soup stone, do your thing!" she said, adding the chicken to the stew.
When their noses told them that the soup was done, the woman dished up a healthy portion for her guest and for herself. They ate their fill, and -- thanks to the magic stone -- there was still a modest bowlful left over for her husband's supper.
"My thanks for the use of your pot and your fire," said the tramp as evening approached, and he sensed that the husband soon would be arriving home. He fished his stone from the bottom of the pot, licked it clean, and put it back into his pocket.
"Do come again," said the thankful woman.
"I will indeed," said the tramp, and disappeared into the woods
We hope you are enjoying the books and craft shared by Outreach Productions. From now until Christmas we will share stories about theme related to giving, along with some fun crafts. For our first story we picked Stone Soup.
There are so many versions of this story with different characters, plots and settings. If you are not familiar Outreach is sharing a short version of the story. We will also post a small scene from the Puppet Theater. So read the story below and read other Stop Soup tales by various authors.
Stone Soup
Europe
A tramp knocked at the farmhouse door. "I can't let you in, for my husband is not at home," said the woman of the house. "And I haven't a thing to offer you," she added. Her voice showed unmasked scorn for the man she held to be a beggar.
"Then you could make use of my soup stone," he replied, pulling from his pocket what appeared to be an ordinary stone.
"Soup stone?" said she, suddenly showing interest in the tattered stranger.
"Oh yes," he said. "If I just had a potful of water and a fire, I'd show you how it works. This stone and boiling water make the best soup you've ever eaten. Your husband would thank you for the good supper, if you'd just let me in and put my stone to use over your fire."
The woman's suspicions yielded to her desire for an easy meal, and she opened the door. A pot of water was soon brought to a boil. The tramp dropped in his stone, then tasted the watery gruel. "It needs salt, and a bit of barley," he said. "And some butter, too, if you can spare it." The woman obliged him by adding the requested ingredients. He tasted it again. "Much better!" he said. "But a good soup needs vegetables and potatoes. Are there none in your cellar?"
"Oh yes," she said, her enthusiasm for the miracle soup growing, and she quickly found a generous portion of potatoes, turnips, carrots, and beans.
After the mixture had boiled awhile, the man tasted it again. "It's almost soup," he said. "The stone has not failed us. But some chicken broth and chunks of meat would do it well."
The woman, recognizing the truth of his claim, ran to the chicken yard, returning soon with a freshly slaughtered fowl. "Soup stone, do your thing!" she said, adding the chicken to the stew.
When their noses told them that the soup was done, the woman dished up a healthy portion for her guest and for herself. They ate their fill, and -- thanks to the magic stone -- there was still a modest bowlful left over for her husband's supper.
"My thanks for the use of your pot and your fire," said the tramp as evening approached, and he sensed that the husband soon would be arriving home. He fished his stone from the bottom of the pot, licked it clean, and put it back into his pocket.
"Do come again," said the thankful woman.
"I will indeed," said the tramp, and disappeared into the woods
Stone Soup Craft Corner
We had everything we needed for this Paper Roll Turkey Craft on hand making it super easy and inexpensive to pull together.
SUPPLIES
· Paper roll
· Colored paper
· Googly eyes
· Glue
We used red, blue, yellow, orange, green, and purple cardstock, but construction paper works too.
SUPPLIES
· Paper roll
· Colored paper
· Googly eyes
· Glue
We used red, blue, yellow, orange, green, and purple cardstock, but construction paper works too.
October 26th- November 1st: "Puppet Party," "Candice and the Beautiful Junk," and "Mumba Tales"
For our Fall Fun Reading Club, we are reading “Puppet Party” by Goldie Taub Chernoff, “Mumba Tales” and “Candice and the Beautiful Junk” both by Deborah Orr. After you are done reading the stories, create our spooky Halloween crafts.
Candice and the Beautiful Junk by Deborah Orr: Candice's teacher explains to her class for the next show and tell, they have to make something from their beautiful junk that has been thrown away. Candice is very excited. What will she make? First, get the book as a paperback or an eBook on Amazon. Then read the story and follow the project instructions
Candice and the Beautiful Junk is TEKS aligned! Click here to find lesson plans inspired by the story.
Mumba Tales by Deborah Orr: The spider has become huge because of the magic rain in the forest. He is after Mumba Monkey. Mumba tells the spider about the caterpillar and how she will turn into something beautiful. Because the Spider hates reading, he doesn't know what the caterpillar will change into. So, the Spider goes after Caterpillar to see what changes will happen.
You can purchase Mumba Tales on Amazon: tinyurl.com/mumbatales
Puppet Party by Goldie Taub Chernoff: Paper bags, boxes, tubes, old gloves, socks, rubber balls can make all kinds of puppets! Delightful illustrations, simple text, and Easy to follow directions.- Paper bags, boxes, tubes, old gloves, socks, rubber balls can make all kinds of puppets! Delightful illustrations, simple text, and Easy to follow directions.
Candice and the Beautiful Junk by Deborah Orr: Candice's teacher explains to her class for the next show and tell, they have to make something from their beautiful junk that has been thrown away. Candice is very excited. What will she make? First, get the book as a paperback or an eBook on Amazon. Then read the story and follow the project instructions
Candice and the Beautiful Junk is TEKS aligned! Click here to find lesson plans inspired by the story.
Mumba Tales by Deborah Orr: The spider has become huge because of the magic rain in the forest. He is after Mumba Monkey. Mumba tells the spider about the caterpillar and how she will turn into something beautiful. Because the Spider hates reading, he doesn't know what the caterpillar will change into. So, the Spider goes after Caterpillar to see what changes will happen.
You can purchase Mumba Tales on Amazon: tinyurl.com/mumbatales
Puppet Party by Goldie Taub Chernoff: Paper bags, boxes, tubes, old gloves, socks, rubber balls can make all kinds of puppets! Delightful illustrations, simple text, and Easy to follow directions.- Paper bags, boxes, tubes, old gloves, socks, rubber balls can make all kinds of puppets! Delightful illustrations, simple text, and Easy to follow directions.
Halloween Craft Corner
It’s almost time for Halloween and Candice cannot shop for crafts, she wants to stay safe. So, she decides to call her friends and they decided to have a craft workshop. They all have puppet doll, so they decided to make a costume for their dolls and make crafts from Beautiful Junk. Candice made her puppet doll a world Princess. She then got out one of her favorite books, Puppet Party, by Author Goldie Taub Chernoff and illustrated by Margaret Hartelius. From the book she made the cereal box witch and a black cat.
October 12th-18th: Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story"and "Tales Our Abuelitas Told"
For our Fall Fun Reading Club, we are reading “Puppet Party” by Goldie Taub Chernoff, “Mumba Tales” and “Candice and the Beautiful Junk” both by Deborah Orr. After you are done reading the stories, create our spooky Halloween crafts.
Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella by Tomie de Paola - Hace mucho tiempo—a long time ago—there lived a beautiful young woman named Adelita. So begins the age-old tale of a kind hearted young woman, her jealous stepmother, two hateful stepsisters, and a young man in search of a wife. The young man, Javier, falls madly in love with beautiful Adelita, but she disappears from his fiesta at midnight, leaving him with only one clue to her hidden identity: a beautiful rebozo—shawl. With the rebozo in place of a glass slipper, this favorite fairy tale takes a delightful twist. Tomie dePaola's exquisite paintings, filled with the folk art of Mexico, make this a Cinderella story like no other. Make your own Adelita (Cinderella) doll from clothespins, popsicle sticks, old material and pipe cleaners.
Tales Our Abuelitas Told: A Hispanic Fairytale Collection by F. Isabel Campoy and Alma Flor Ada- A sly fox, a bird of a thousand colors, a magical set of bagpipes, and an audacious young girl...A mixture of popular tales and literary lore, this anthology celebrates Hispanic culture and its many roots -- Indigenous, African, Arab, Hebrew, and Spanish.F. Isabel Campoy and Alma Flor Ada have retold twelve beloved stories that embody the lively spirit and the rich heritage of Latino people. The work of four leasing Latino artists and illustrators highlights this unforgettable collection.
Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella by Tomie de Paola - Hace mucho tiempo—a long time ago—there lived a beautiful young woman named Adelita. So begins the age-old tale of a kind hearted young woman, her jealous stepmother, two hateful stepsisters, and a young man in search of a wife. The young man, Javier, falls madly in love with beautiful Adelita, but she disappears from his fiesta at midnight, leaving him with only one clue to her hidden identity: a beautiful rebozo—shawl. With the rebozo in place of a glass slipper, this favorite fairy tale takes a delightful twist. Tomie dePaola's exquisite paintings, filled with the folk art of Mexico, make this a Cinderella story like no other. Make your own Adelita (Cinderella) doll from clothespins, popsicle sticks, old material and pipe cleaners.
Tales Our Abuelitas Told: A Hispanic Fairytale Collection by F. Isabel Campoy and Alma Flor Ada- A sly fox, a bird of a thousand colors, a magical set of bagpipes, and an audacious young girl...A mixture of popular tales and literary lore, this anthology celebrates Hispanic culture and its many roots -- Indigenous, African, Arab, Hebrew, and Spanish.F. Isabel Campoy and Alma Flor Ada have retold twelve beloved stories that embody the lively spirit and the rich heritage of Latino people. The work of four leasing Latino artists and illustrators highlights this unforgettable collection.
For this week's craft corner you can create: magical birds and the princess from the story!
To create your bird or sack puppet we use teacherspayteachers.com. For a small amount of money download all kinds of puppet patterns and lesson plans. Create the princesses from the stories. Go to your Beautiful Junk and use old material, lace buttons, yarn and whatever you come up with. Remember don’t go out and buy anything, use disposables from around your house. Have Fun!
To create your bird or sack puppet we use teacherspayteachers.com. For a small amount of money download all kinds of puppet patterns and lesson plans. Create the princesses from the stories. Go to your Beautiful Junk and use old material, lace buttons, yarn and whatever you come up with. Remember don’t go out and buy anything, use disposables from around your house. Have Fun!
October 5th-11th: Borreguita and the Coyote & Cuckoo
For our Fall Fun Reading Club, we are reading "Borreguita and the Coyote," by Verna Aardema and "Cuckoo" by Lois Ehlert. After you are done reading the stories, create some of our cute fall crafts!
Cuckoo by, Lois Ehlert/Gloria De Aragon Andujar- Cuckoo spends her time flitting about and showing off her gorgeous feathers instead of gathering seeds with all the other birds. But in the face of a natural disaster, Cuckoo unselfishly performs a ""hot and scary job"" that saves the season's seeds but changes her appearance forever.
Craft Instructions- You can make beautiful bird crafts for this craft. In the story there are bold and brilliant cut-paper designs. Suggested crafts: paper plate birds, pipe cleaner forest animals, and cut out designs. Take paper plate and create beautiful colorful birds. Add colorful feathers. Use colorful pipe cleaners and construction to create a forest. Make a paper Mache bird and then paint it beautiful colors. Cut out paper designs of animals and people.
Borreguita and the Coyote by Verna Aardema- This is delightful retelling of a little lamb is being chased by a coyote that wants to eat. But the lamb is tricking the coyote and ends up getting away.
Craft Instructions- You can make a cotton ball lamb and a paper sack coyote. Get a paper plate and some cotton balls, glue, scissors, and black construction paper. Draw a lamb on the paper plate and cut it out. Glue the cotton balls on. Make eyes and ears from the construction paper. For sack puppets patterns visit TeacherspayTeachers.com And DancingCrayons.com
Cuckoo by, Lois Ehlert/Gloria De Aragon Andujar- Cuckoo spends her time flitting about and showing off her gorgeous feathers instead of gathering seeds with all the other birds. But in the face of a natural disaster, Cuckoo unselfishly performs a ""hot and scary job"" that saves the season's seeds but changes her appearance forever.
Craft Instructions- You can make beautiful bird crafts for this craft. In the story there are bold and brilliant cut-paper designs. Suggested crafts: paper plate birds, pipe cleaner forest animals, and cut out designs. Take paper plate and create beautiful colorful birds. Add colorful feathers. Use colorful pipe cleaners and construction to create a forest. Make a paper Mache bird and then paint it beautiful colors. Cut out paper designs of animals and people.
Borreguita and the Coyote by Verna Aardema- This is delightful retelling of a little lamb is being chased by a coyote that wants to eat. But the lamb is tricking the coyote and ends up getting away.
Craft Instructions- You can make a cotton ball lamb and a paper sack coyote. Get a paper plate and some cotton balls, glue, scissors, and black construction paper. Draw a lamb on the paper plate and cut it out. Glue the cotton balls on. Make eyes and ears from the construction paper. For sack puppets patterns visit TeacherspayTeachers.com And DancingCrayons.com
October 5th - 11th Craft Corner
September 7th- 13th: Mumba Tales
For our last Outreach Productions summer storytime we decided to revisit Mumba Tales: Mumba and the Spider. This story is all about the animals that live in the magical rainforest. Mumba Tales is TEKS aligned! You can find our science, art, and literature lesson plans here. After you are done reading Mumba Tales, create this magical rainforest craft, like our friend Jace!
You can purchase Mumba Tales on Amazon: tinyurl.com/mumbatales
About the Story: The spider has become huge because of the magic rain in the forest. He is after Mumba Monkey. Mumba tells the spider about the caterpillar and how she will turn into something beautiful. Because the Spider hates reading, he doesn't know what the caterpillar will change into. So, the Spider goes after Caterpillar to see what changes will happen.
You can purchase Mumba Tales on Amazon: tinyurl.com/mumbatales
About the Story: The spider has become huge because of the magic rain in the forest. He is after Mumba Monkey. Mumba tells the spider about the caterpillar and how she will turn into something beautiful. Because the Spider hates reading, he doesn't know what the caterpillar will change into. So, the Spider goes after Caterpillar to see what changes will happen.
Mumba Tales Craft Corner
August 24th- 31st: Create your own Puppet Show
This week let’s use some of our fun books and stories to present a puppet show. First get your favorite book or story. Sit down and go over your story and create a script. Then decide how your puppets will look. Go to your Beautiful Junk box and check your supplies. You can make puppets from old socks, popsicle sticks, construction paper, boxes, paper plates and cloth. If you want doll like puppets follow the instructions from the book Candice and the Beautiful Junk and create papier Mache puppets.
For a stage grab a big cardboard box and create a stage. A good example would be the AlaskaGranny. On her YouTube channel she shows you how to make a lovely cardboard box puppet stage. Go to YouTube and type in AlaskaGranny Cardboard Puppet Stage, it is the first video that comes up. There are several other examples, they all are fun and easy. After making your stage decide how you want your backdrop to look. Your backdrop is the scenery in the back of your puppet that creates the setting. For example, if your puppet show is The Little Three Pigs in the background on poster board or canvas, or a big piece of paper have a drawing of a forest or town, that is your backdrop.
Now for the props. Again, say your show is about the Three Little Pigs your puppets will be pigs, and a wolf. Your props will include their houses and items they used in the stories. You can make their houses from small cereal boxes, juice boxes, oatmeal boxes or anything you think will work. Once all the main items are created sit down with sisters, brothers, cousins or friends that are safe. They could be on your team or an audience member coming to see the show. Remember if it's only you, your parents, your stuffed animals, action figures and dolls are all invited to the puppet show. HAVE FUN!!!
We at Outreach Productions love to make puppet shows. Check out our puppet shows below!
For a stage grab a big cardboard box and create a stage. A good example would be the AlaskaGranny. On her YouTube channel she shows you how to make a lovely cardboard box puppet stage. Go to YouTube and type in AlaskaGranny Cardboard Puppet Stage, it is the first video that comes up. There are several other examples, they all are fun and easy. After making your stage decide how you want your backdrop to look. Your backdrop is the scenery in the back of your puppet that creates the setting. For example, if your puppet show is The Little Three Pigs in the background on poster board or canvas, or a big piece of paper have a drawing of a forest or town, that is your backdrop.
Now for the props. Again, say your show is about the Three Little Pigs your puppets will be pigs, and a wolf. Your props will include their houses and items they used in the stories. You can make their houses from small cereal boxes, juice boxes, oatmeal boxes or anything you think will work. Once all the main items are created sit down with sisters, brothers, cousins or friends that are safe. They could be on your team or an audience member coming to see the show. Remember if it's only you, your parents, your stuffed animals, action figures and dolls are all invited to the puppet show. HAVE FUN!!!
We at Outreach Productions love to make puppet shows. Check out our puppet shows below!
Outreach Productions Puppet Shows
After watching "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters" (above), watch our other puppet shows by clicking on the links below.
A, Story, A Story by Gail E. Haley
Stone Soup by Ann McGovern
A, Story, A Story by Gail E. Haley
Stone Soup by Ann McGovern
"Create Your Own Puppet Show" Craft Corner
August 17th- 23rd: "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters", "A Story A Story," and "Pixie Hollow Reading Adventures"
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
Caldecott Honor and Reading Rainbow book, this memorable retelling of Cinderella is perfect for introducing children to the fairy tale as well as the history, culture, and geography of the African nation of Zimbabwe. Inspired by a traditional African folktale, this is the story of Mufaro, who is proud of his two beautiful daughters. Nyasha is kind and considerate, but everyone—except Mufaro—knows that Manyara is selfish and bad-tempered.
When the Great King decides to take a wife and invites the most worthy and beautiful daughters in the land to appear before him, Mufaro brings both of his daughters—but only one can be queen. Who will the king choose?
A Story A Story by Gail E. Haley
Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them.
This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.
Pixie Hollow Reading Adventures by Disney
Read five fun stories about the Disney Fairies in this leveled reader storybook collection. Enjoy tons of read-along fun as Tinker Bell and the other fairies hunt for treasure, play hide-and-seek, sew dresses for a fairy ball, bake sweet treats, and challenge each other to a race!
Caldecott Honor and Reading Rainbow book, this memorable retelling of Cinderella is perfect for introducing children to the fairy tale as well as the history, culture, and geography of the African nation of Zimbabwe. Inspired by a traditional African folktale, this is the story of Mufaro, who is proud of his two beautiful daughters. Nyasha is kind and considerate, but everyone—except Mufaro—knows that Manyara is selfish and bad-tempered.
When the Great King decides to take a wife and invites the most worthy and beautiful daughters in the land to appear before him, Mufaro brings both of his daughters—but only one can be queen. Who will the king choose?
A Story A Story by Gail E. Haley
Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them.
This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.
Pixie Hollow Reading Adventures by Disney
Read five fun stories about the Disney Fairies in this leveled reader storybook collection. Enjoy tons of read-along fun as Tinker Bell and the other fairies hunt for treasure, play hide-and-seek, sew dresses for a fairy ball, bake sweet treats, and challenge each other to a race!
August 17th- August 23rd Craft Corner
August 10th- 16th: "Petunia" and "Candice and the Beautiful Junk"
Petunia by Roger Duvoision:
Petunia finds a book--and, deciding that if she owns a book she must be wise, dispenses hilariously mistaken advice to the other animals in the farmyard. With its gentle lesson and the kind of humor that kids love best, this new edition of a picture book classic will delight and inspire a whole new generation of readers.
Candice and the Beautiful Junk by Deborah Orr:
Candice's teacher explains to her class for the next show and tell, they have to make something from their beautiful junk that has been thrown away. Candice is very excited. What will she make?
First, get the book as a paperback or an eBook on Amazon. Then read the story and follow the project instructions
Candice and the Beautiful Junk is TEKS aligned! Click here to find lesson plans inspired by the story.
Petunia finds a book--and, deciding that if she owns a book she must be wise, dispenses hilariously mistaken advice to the other animals in the farmyard. With its gentle lesson and the kind of humor that kids love best, this new edition of a picture book classic will delight and inspire a whole new generation of readers.
Candice and the Beautiful Junk by Deborah Orr:
Candice's teacher explains to her class for the next show and tell, they have to make something from their beautiful junk that has been thrown away. Candice is very excited. What will she make?
First, get the book as a paperback or an eBook on Amazon. Then read the story and follow the project instructions
Candice and the Beautiful Junk is TEKS aligned! Click here to find lesson plans inspired by the story.
Petunia and Candice Craft Corner
August 3rd- 9th: "Uncle Remus" and "Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl"
Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales as told by Julius Lester
The Uncle Remus tales, originally written down by Joel Chandler Harris, were first published over a hundred years ago, and serve as the largest collection of African-American folklore. In this four-book series, Julius Lester masterfully retains the flavor of the tales, while dropping the heavy dialect of the Harris originals and adding contemporary language and references-- ensuring that the stories will be understood and enjoyed by new generations of readers.
Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl by Virginia Hamilton
Bruh Rabbit may indeed have met his match when he comes across a tar baby in the middle of the road. The baby's deaf, dumb and blind attitude infuriates the plucky trickster, just as Wolf planned! When Bruh Rabbit gets entangled in the tar baby's sticky embrace, has he finally been foiled by his long-time enemy? Certainly not, if Wolf falls for Bruh Rabbit's clever reverse-psychology and flings the wily rabbit into the briar patch!
The Uncle Remus tales, originally written down by Joel Chandler Harris, were first published over a hundred years ago, and serve as the largest collection of African-American folklore. In this four-book series, Julius Lester masterfully retains the flavor of the tales, while dropping the heavy dialect of the Harris originals and adding contemporary language and references-- ensuring that the stories will be understood and enjoyed by new generations of readers.
Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl by Virginia Hamilton
Bruh Rabbit may indeed have met his match when he comes across a tar baby in the middle of the road. The baby's deaf, dumb and blind attitude infuriates the plucky trickster, just as Wolf planned! When Bruh Rabbit gets entangled in the tar baby's sticky embrace, has he finally been foiled by his long-time enemy? Certainly not, if Wolf falls for Bruh Rabbit's clever reverse-psychology and flings the wily rabbit into the briar patch!
Uncle Remus and Bruh Rabbit Craft Corner
July 27th- August 2nd: "Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain" and "Who’s in Rabbit’s House"
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema
When a terrible drought hits the beautiful Kapiti Plain and the animals leave, a young herd boy Ki-pat must find a way to end the drought and save the wildlife on the plain- This story is told with a soulful rhyme.
Who’s in Rabbit’s House by Verna Aardema
This is a tale from the Masi tribe. They tell the story of a creature that has invaded Rabbit’s House. This can be told along with the children saying the rhyme of the creature in the house. A very fun story time.
When a terrible drought hits the beautiful Kapiti Plain and the animals leave, a young herd boy Ki-pat must find a way to end the drought and save the wildlife on the plain- This story is told with a soulful rhyme.
Who’s in Rabbit’s House by Verna Aardema
This is a tale from the Masi tribe. They tell the story of a creature that has invaded Rabbit’s House. This can be told along with the children saying the rhyme of the creature in the house. A very fun story time.
Tales by Verna Aardema Craft Corner
July 20th- 26th: "The Little Cornbread Girl" and "Chicken Little"
The Little Cornbread Girl by Deborah Orr
The Little Cornbread Girl is an easy story for child and parent to read while sitting around waiting for some good ole cornbread, or cookies. In the story Ma and Pa decide to make the cornbread into the shape of a cornbread girl, but once the cornbread girl is ready she jumps from the pan saying, ‘Run, run, around the world you can't catch me I'm the cornbread girl." The Little Cornbread Girl is available on Amazon for purchase. You can find it here:
Chicken Little Adapted by Vivenne Benstead
When an acorn falls on Chicken Little’s head, she convinces herself and her friends that the sky is falling. Unbeknownst to her, Foxy Loxy is getting ready to capture them for a tasty meal.
After you are done reading the stories, create sack puppets of your favorite characters from the books. Compare and contrast “The Little Cornbread Girl” from “Chicken Little.” Have a puppet party!
Click here to purchase The Little Cornbread Girl on Amazon.
The Little Cornbread Girl is an easy story for child and parent to read while sitting around waiting for some good ole cornbread, or cookies. In the story Ma and Pa decide to make the cornbread into the shape of a cornbread girl, but once the cornbread girl is ready she jumps from the pan saying, ‘Run, run, around the world you can't catch me I'm the cornbread girl." The Little Cornbread Girl is available on Amazon for purchase. You can find it here:
Chicken Little Adapted by Vivenne Benstead
When an acorn falls on Chicken Little’s head, she convinces herself and her friends that the sky is falling. Unbeknownst to her, Foxy Loxy is getting ready to capture them for a tasty meal.
After you are done reading the stories, create sack puppets of your favorite characters from the books. Compare and contrast “The Little Cornbread Girl” from “Chicken Little.” Have a puppet party!
Click here to purchase The Little Cornbread Girl on Amazon.
"The Little Cornbread Girl" and "Chicken Little" Craft Corner
July 13th- 19th: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
A small caterpillar emerges from an egg and begins eating everything in sight. Finally, it is no longer hungry and no longer small. The big, fat caterpillar builds a cocoon around himself and finally emerges as a beautiful butterfly.
After reading this story, make the caterpillar and butterfly craft.
A small caterpillar emerges from an egg and begins eating everything in sight. Finally, it is no longer hungry and no longer small. The big, fat caterpillar builds a cocoon around himself and finally emerges as a beautiful butterfly.
After reading this story, make the caterpillar and butterfly craft.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Craft Corner
July 6th-12th: Mumba Tales
Exciting news! From July through December, Outreach Productions will post books and activities in several different formats. We will have a variety of interactive and educational events including: story times, crafts, and puppet shows. We will also feature children’s authors and amazing Austin-area artists. Stay tuned, you will not want to miss it! Mumba Tales is available on Amazon. Buy your copy now!
Click here to purchase Mumba Tales
Click here to purchase Mumba Tales
Mumba Tales Craft Corner
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