Storytime--Homes

It seems like forever since I was able to do a storytime at my branch!  So many trainings, etc.  I had a wonderful group.  It continues to skew young, so I have adapted to a more "toddler" storytime approach.  It worked well today!

Books

Welcome Home, Bear: A book of animal habitats

by Il Sung Na

Do Lions Live on Lily Pads?

by Melanie Walsh

Songs/Rhymes/Flannel Board

ABC Welcome

Shape House Flannel
(I forgot to take a copy of the poem, but we talked about each shape as we built the house)

Some houses are wood,

And some are stone.
But let's build one
With shapes alone.
Start with a square
But we won't stop.
Add a triangle 
up on the top.
Then a rectangle
for the door.
Now square windows
1, 2, 3, 4!
A little circle
just for fun.
Now our shape house
Is all done!

If You're Happy and You Know It

Are You Sleeping?

Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping?

Little frog, little frog

[snore]

Wake up little frog

Wake up little frog

Hop, hop, hop!

Hop, hop, hop!

Other animals: 

Lion--roar!

Alligator--chomp!

Cheetah--run!

Little Chick

[magnet board guessing game]

Little chick, little chick

Come out and play!

What color barn are you in today?

Supercharged

{Comprehension}

During Welcome Home, Bear I paused to ask children if the new home would be good for the bear, (why).

[bold=actual text from book]

Bear dug down to visit Mole

Will the bear like to live underground with the mole?  Why? 

[answers included: he's too big, bears don't live underground, he won't fit!]

But Bear didn't like it...

It was stuffy underground--and the dirt got in his nose.

Play and Learn

Shape House

Blocks

Duplos

Unit cubes

Lacing

Little Chick