STORY & ACTIVITY TIME: In My Heart

This summer one of the shops that carries Bay & Bee's had this awesome story & art time.  The activity was mommy & me based (& I LOVE mommy & me activities!), included a story, a related art activity and a (usually related) snack.  We attended pretty much all summer & had an absolute blast. Our story & art weeks came to an abrupt end when one of my friends needed me to watch her littles during our usual story & art time. So on one of our first days as a new little self made playgroup of 4, I decided to do our own.

We read the book "In My Heart" by Molly Bang (a book my dad had given to us, he had gotten it as a sample in a military child related activity that he runs as a DOD social services contractor). It seemed perfect with our new play buddies being in a new place and with school just around the corner for the big sisters in the group. 

It was a pretty easy concept to come up with for this book as the book is all about helping a child be comfortable with being a way from mom & dad. It talks about how mom/dad carry the child in their hearts all day long and vice versa, so its like you are never apart. SO...what we did (after I totally FB stalked my friend's page for family pictures ;)) was cut out faces of moms, dads & baby sisters, draw hearts on a piece of construction paper & used some cute washi tape to affix the pictures inside the girls "hearts". They were so excited while working on the project and the book really seemed to "speak" to both of them (ages 3.5 & 4.5). There were two very proud faces showing daddies that afternoon!

Supplies:

Book- In My Heart (MSRP:

Construction paper

Marker

Washi Tape/regular tape/glue

Scissors

Pictures

Here is the book & a photograph of the project: