Hello everyone! We hope you are all excited for No Fuzzball! by Isabella Kung.
Michelle and I have put together a bunch of fun activities and crafts for the little ones. Starting today, Monday March 3, the kits are available to pick up for our online storytime this month!
Enjoy a FREE copy of the book and more!
"No Fuzzball!" by Isabella Kung
"Fuzzball is Queen of the house. Her subjects just LOVE how she scales the tallest shelves and drags their belongings across the floor... But when they leave her queendom for the weekend, she questions whether she should be a more benevolent ruler."
Visit Gotham Reads at https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=8Bh1pX_MAjs to hear fellow author Julia DeVillers’s read-aloud. Then, enjoy the activities!
Kits include:
a FREE copy of No Fuzzball!
information page
colors game (5 colored cats)
rhymes/song pages with weblinks (instrument included)
2 activity pages
2 coloring pages
cat sticker face craft
3 magnets from the story
cat stickers
Here are the following pages that you will receive with your kit!
HANDOUT GAMES – play with included cat handouts
Can You Show Me…?
(Tune: “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”)
Can you show me the black cat?
Black cat, black cat?
Can you show me the black cat?
And wave it in the air?
White… yellow… red… orange
Hold It High – Choose one cat from handouts
Hold your cat high and stand
Now wave it around in gestures grand!
Hold your cat below your chin
Now hold it way up high again
Hold your cat against your nose
Now touch the cat to your toes
Touch your cat to the ground
Now wave that cat all around!
Hold your cat in front of you
Now turn around – one time, two!
Hold your cat and jump up high!
Now let your cat fly fly fly (throw it in the air)
SONGS & INSTRUMENT – use included instruments
Meow! The Cat Song by Pinkfong
Peekaboo, I Love You by Super Simple Songs
Cat Song by Zebra Nursery Rhymes
Kitty Family by Pinkfong
BOUNCE RHYME (bounce along with child in lap)
Gray Pussycat
A big gray pussycat, pussycat, pussycat
(bounce along with the words’ rhythm)
A big gray pussycat lives in a house
A big gray pussycat, pussycat, pussycat
A big gray pussycat POUNCED on a MOUSE!!
(lift child up high and then swing down low)
A little orange pussycat, pussycat, pussycat...
(Add as many colors/sizes as you like!)
ACTION RHYMES
Carrie Had a Little Cat
(tune: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
Carrie had a little cat, little cat, little cat,
Carrie had a little cat, its fur was white as snow.
Everywhere that Carrie went…the cat was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day... Oh, yes, the cat knew how
It made the children laugh and play…to hear the cat meow
Four Little Kittens
One, two, three, four – four little kittens
Running through the door!
(Make fingers run)
Four, three, two, one – four little kittens,
See how fast they run!!
(put fingers behind back, hide all, “run” again)
One, two, three, four, ‘Bye little kittens,
Running to the shore!!
(wave with both hands)
Cat Talk
Cats can meow.
Cats can growl.
Cats can purr.
Cats can yowl.
Cats can arch their backs and hiss, just like this…!
(bend over, arch back, and hold up hands like paws and hiss.)
I Know a Cat
(tune: “B-I-N-G-O”)
I know a cat with perky ears,
and Kitty is her name-o.
K-I-T-T-Y, K-I-T-T-Y, K-I-T-T-Y,
And Kitty is her name-o.
She makes a sound and it’s “Meow”,
and Kitty is her name-o.
K-I-T-T-Y, K-I-T-T-Y, K-I-T-T-Y,
and Kitty is her name-o.
Sleepy Kittens
Five little kittens
(hand in a fist)
All black and white
Sleeping very soundly
All through the night
Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow
(raise each finger individually)
It’s time to get up now.
If You’re a Cat and You Know It
(tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a cat and you know it say meow,
“Meow!”
If you’re a cat and you know it say meow,
“Meow!”
If you’re a cat and you know it,
And you really want to show it,
If you’re a cat and you know it say meow,
“Meow!”
If you’re a cat and you know it lick your paws…
If you’re a cat and you know it purr like this…
If you’re a cat and you know it pounce like this…
EXTRA LINK!
Isabella Kung’s site:
We hope you enjoy these activities and would love to hear what you thought of the book! We also hope you enjoyed the extra links. Remember, you can comment here on this website, email us at swantonpl@gmail.com, or come in and turn in a physical copy!
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