Lesson Plan
Time to Sleep Extension Activities
- Grades: PreK–K, 1–2
About this book
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.2
Lexile Measure: 310L
Guided Reading Level: H
Age: Age 6, Age 7, Age 5
Genre: Animal Stories
Subject: Bedtime, Sleep, Dreams, Animal Hibernation and Migration, Autumn, Autumn Themes
Seasonal Scenes
MATERIALS
- Potter's clay
- Rolling pins
- Cookie cutters in various seasonal shapes (snow figures, flowers, pumpkins, umbrella)
- Paints
Children can create seasonal pictures on cardboard or oaktag using clay and paint.
- Invite children to create seasonal backgrounds by painting weather scenes on cardboard or oaktag.
- When the paint dries, children can add clay figures of the animals in Time to Sleep and designs to complete their seasonal scenes.
Observation: How do children work with the combination of clay and paints to make murals?
- Subjects:Literature, Literature Appreciation, Arts and Creativity, Early Science, Science through Literature, Autumn, Spring, Summer, Winter


