Baseball Story Time

Every year, I do the usual Mother's Day Story Time, but when June comes around and its time for Father's Day, I'm tired of making the same old card with a tie on it or just a picture portrait of DAD. So this year I went with baseball. 90% of Dads probably like baseball, right? (Not a real statistic). We received some really cute new baseball picture books and I paired them with a craft I did a few years ago and BAM! Baseball Story Time was born.

I had big plans for making a baseball themed flannelboard, but after just getting back from a vacation, I didn't have time! It worked out because the books were long and after not having story time FOR A WHOLE WEEK, the kids weren't really into doing anything except run around and say hello to friends!

The Books:

Bats at the Ballgame by Brian Lies

Who's on First? by Abbott & Costello

Good Night Baseball by Michael Dahl

 The Favorite:
I loved Who's on First? and even though it was a bit over the kids head (not to mention a little long to read!), they had a good laugh trying to keep the names of the animals together.

What's in the Memory Box?
I couldn't fit my baseball mitt, so I used a baseball cap! We're in Phillies country here, so I have my token Phillies hat for games.

The Craft:
Baseball dude complete with a hat, bat & ball to glue wherever they wanted! This was a cute craft to give to Dad or to color pink and keep for themselves.