Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Bears Storytime

Books

If You were a Panda Bear
by Wendell and Florence Minor

Where's My Teddy?
by Jez Alborough
(big book edition)

Mama's Little Bears
by Nancy Tafuri

Songs/Movement

Hello, Hello

Two Little Brown Bears
Two little brown bears sitting on a hill
One named Jack, one named Jill
Run away Jack! Run away Jill!
Come back Jack, come back Jill.

Play in the snow
Fast and Slow

Looking at a cloud
Quiet and Loud


Panda Bear, Panda Bear

Panda bear, panda bear turn around
Panda bear, panda bear touch the ground
Dance on your toes, touch your nose
Reach up high, touch the sky
Bend down low, touch your toe
Jump up now, take a bow
Stomp your feet, take a sea.


Beanbag Song
Hap Palmer

My Hands Say Goodbye

Magnet Board

Five Fuzzy Pandas

5 fuzzy pandas eating bamboo
They chomp, chomp, chomp!
And they chew, chew, chew!
One playful panda bear tumbles away
While all the other pandas just eat all day.

continue counting down

2 fuzzy pandas eating bamboo
They chomp, chomp, chomp!
And they chew, chew, chew!
One playful panda bear tumbles away
While the last little panda just eats all day

1 fuzzy panda eating bamboo
He chomps, chomps, chomps!
And he chews, chews, chews!
He tumbles off with his friends to play
Now all the panda bears have gone away.

Play and Learn

Alternate Books

Where is Bear?
by Jonathan Bentley

There's a Bear on my Chair
by Ross Collins

Welcome Home Bear
by Il Sung Na

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Eric Carle Storytime

Books

10 Little Rubber Ducks
by Eric Carle

Today is Monday
by Eric Carle

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Five Little Ducks

Colors in Motion
Red, red pat your head
Blue, blue touch your shoe
Yellow, yellow wiggle like Jell-o
Purple, purple make a circle
Green, green wave and be seen
Black, black quack, quack, quack
White, white stomp with all your might
Brown, brown spin and sit down.

I've Changed My Mind
Jim Gill

Popcorn Kernels

My Hands Say Goodbye

Flannel/Magnet Board

Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?

Where is the Very Hungry Caterpillar hiding?
(apple, pear, plum, strawberry, orange, or leaf)

Other Books

Little Cloud  (I was going to do this one, but subbed in the shorter Today is Monday)

The Very Hungry Caterpillar (ran out of time, just did the magnet game)

Sunday, March 3, 2024

Play with Science

In February the Early Learning Librarians took "Play with Science" to our libraries.  I was able to do two of them.  My co-worker did a great job with activities!

Digging for Dinosaurs

Wooden ramps and foam blocks

Magnifying Glasses

Magnets

We also had magnetic gears, vet play set, and ball roller (for younger siblings).

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Hugs and Kisses Baby Storytimes

Books

A Kiss Means I Love You
by Kathryn Madeline Allen; photos by Eric Futran

All Kinds of Kisses
by Nancy Tarfui

Counting Kisses
by Karen Katz


Hugs and Kisses for the Grouchy Ladybug
by Eric Carle

Songs/Rhymes/Bounces

You Ought to See My Baby
Baby-o

Good Morning
tune: Happy Birthday

Good morning to _______
Good morning to _______(you)
Good morning dear ________
It's nice to see you!

Little Bear

Barnyard Banter
A ________ lives on a farm
A ________ live on a farm
______, ________ is what it says
A _________ live on a farm

My Body
On my face I have a nose,
And way down here I have ten toes.
I have two eyes that I can blink
I have a head to help me think.
I have a chin, and very near,
I have two ears to help me hear.
I have a with which is speak,
And when I run I use my feet.
Here are my elbows and my knees
Here are my cheeks my mom loves to squeeze!

Five Little Riders
Five little riders on a nice winter day
Jumped on their ponies and rode far away.
They galloped in the meadow
And they galloped up a hill
They galloped so fast
That they all took a spill!

Jack Be Nimble

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Pudding on a Plate
Pudding on a plate (x2)
Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble
Pudding on a plate.

Candies in the jar (x2)
Shake them up, shake them up
Candies in the jar.

Candles on the cake (x2)
Blow them out (blow), blow them out (blow)
Candles on the cake.

Airplane in the sky (x2)
Fly it high, fly it high
Up to the sky!

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom!

One Bright Scarf

Flannel Board

Hearts 1, 2, 3
A pink heart, a white heart, a purple heart I see
Now help me count them:1, 2, 3!

A small heart, a big heart, the biggest heart I see
Now help me count them: 1, 2, 3!

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Hugs and Kisses

Books

Dinosaur Kisses
by David Ezra Stein

Kitty's Cuddles
by Jane Cabrera

How About a Kiss for Me?
by Todd Tarpley; illustrated by Liza Woodruff

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

We are the Dinosaurs
Laurie Berkner

One Little Dinosaur
1 little dinosaur went out to play
On a bright and sunny day
He had such E-NOR-MOUS fun
He called another dinosaur to come
DI-NO-SAUR!

end...
They ran, they jumped, they had such fun
They played and played til the day was done.

I've Changed My Mind
Jim Gill with scarves

Popcorn Kernels
Popcorn kernels, popcorn kernels 
In a pot, in a pot
Shake 'em, shake 'em, shake 'em
Shake 'em, shake 'em, shake 'em
Til they Pop!
Til they Pop!

Flannel

There is a shape that I can make that shows that I love you
H-E-A-R-T (x3)
A heart shows that I love you!

Which color heart is missing?

Activity

I Love You to Pieces
with markers and foam stickers

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Guessing Storytime

One of my goals for the year is to try to use technology in storytime and see how it goes.  I already do a PowerPoint in Baby Storytime with all the words of the rhymes, songs, and bounces so parents can say them with me.  So I decided to try doing a PowerPoint for Family Storytime.  At first I just had the words written out like I do for Baby, but then I had the thought that clipart would help the kids know what is coming up--so I redid Run, Baby, Run and If I was a Bird to give them visual cues for the songs.  I am also going to read one story from Overdrive so it's on the big screen.

Books

Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do
by Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook

Step by Step 
by Loreen Leedy
(Overdrive eBook)

My Friends Make Me Happy!
by Jan Thomas


Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello



Run Baby Run

If I was a Bird



My Hands Say Goodbye


Flannel Board

Guess Who? Animal Riddles
 
They are big and they are gray,
And their trunks swing and sway.
What are they?  Elephants
 
Bananas are their favorite things,
And they like to chatter and they like to swing.
What are they?  Monkeys
 
They have necks that are long, long, long
If you guess a turtle, you'd be wrong, wrong, wrong.
What are they?  Giraffes
 
They are a kind of cat
But they have a mane and (roar) like that.
What are they?  Lion
 
These birds can't fly and they eat fish so yummy
They're black all over except for a white tummy.
What are they? Penguins

Where is the Ladybug Hiding?

Early Literacy Tip


Play and Learn

New Toys!
Playdough

Update
(after storytime)

I'm not sure I loved using technology.  For one thing I had to have the front set up a little differently so that I was not blocking the screen.  Second, my computer would fall asleep after 10 minutes, which made moving through the slides and switching to the eBook took time, which equates to down time for kids to get wiggly.  But I loved the visual cues for songs.  Next time I'm just going to do one technology element (eBook or PowerPoint) and have the tech guy get my computer to not fall asleep (even though I had changed the settings).

Sunday, February 4, 2024

Giant Boogle

 On Tuesday Katy and I went to a Literacy Night at a local elementary school.  Katy had the ingenious idea to make a Giant Boogle with out Giant Connect Four game.  I made it a reality!


I made printed letter that were ______ inches, then taped them onto the Connect Four "donuts".  We had were missing three of the pieces.

48 letters.  A co-worker helped me decide how many of each letter to make using the ratios in Scrabble and the original Boogle.

I hope you found the words "books" and "read" :)