Beach

Books

Penguin on Vacation

Salina Yoon

Sea, Sand, Me!

by Patricia Hubbell; illustrated by Lisa Campbell Ernst

Music and Movement

I've Changed My Mind

Jim Gill

I Can Walk on Two Feet

(going to the beach)

I Clap My Hands

I clap my hands, I touch my feet

I jump up from the ground.

I clap my hands, I touch my feet

I turn myself around.

I clap my hands, I touch my feet

I jump up from the ground.

I clap my hands, I touch my feet

I sit myself right down.

Magnet Board

Where's the crab?

Play and Learn

Sand

Alternate Books

Bad Kitty Goes to the Beach

by Nick Bruel

Just One Wave

by Travis Jonker

Singing and Song Storytime

Books

Kat Writes a Song

by Greg Foley

A Soup Opera

by Jim Gill

Music and Movement

Hello, Hello

The Wheels on the Bus

I Can...

Peas in a Pot

The Itsy Bitsy Spider (5 ways)

Let's Play!

Flannel Board

Five Little Monkeys Swinging in a Tree

Play

Pompoms and tongs

Lucy Cousins Storytime

Books

Let's Play Monsters!

Hooray for Birds!

Splish, Splash Ducky

(didn't read either day...)

Songs and Movement

Monster Boogie 

Laurie Berkner

Are You Sleeping? (Bird Edition)

Flannel

Hooray for Fish

Play and Learn

Playdough

Toddler

Splish, Splash Ducky!

Hooray for Birds!

Five Little Ducks

Are You Sleeping?

Eric Carle--Baby Storytime

Books (one per week)

From Head to Toe

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

1, 2, 3 To the Zoo

The Very Busy Spider

Does a Kangaroo have a Mother, Too?

Songs, Rhymes, and Bounces

You Ought to See My Baby

Good Morning to You

I Have a Little Cow

Where is Big Toe?

Five Little Riders

Pop a Little Pancake

I'm a Little Teapot

Pat-A-Cake

The Elevator Song

Flannel

Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?

Dogs Storytime

Books

Dog's Colorful Day

by Emma Dodd

Puppy Pool Party 

by Seth Casteel

(1st time)

It's a Puppy's LIfe

by Seth Casteel 

(2nd time--I think the younger children enjoyed this one better)

Dog Wants to Play

by Christine McDonnell; illustrated by Jeff Mack

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Run, Baby, Run

Caspar Babypants

Colors in Motion

Roll, Roll Sugar Baby

My Hands

"Let's Play!"

Magnet Board

Where is Puppy? 

(hiding behind different vehicles)

Art

The Classic--Do-a-Dot Dog

Optional Books

Found Dogs

by Erica Sirotich

What Puppies Do Best

by Laura Numeroff; illustrated by Lynn Munsinger

I Got a New Friend

by Karl Newsom Edwards

Bugs Storytime

Books

A Good Place

by Lucy Cousins

The Very Lazy Ladybug

by Isobel Finn, illustrated by Jack Tickle

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Here is the Beehive

Ant Go Marching

If I was a Bird

My Hands Say, "Let's Play!"

Flannel

Four Hungry Ants

Garden Storytime

Books

(2-3 of the following at each of my three storytimes)

My Garden

by Kevin Henkes

How to Say Hello to a Worm: A First Guide to Outside

by Kari Percival

What Does Bunny See? A Book of Colors and Flowers

by Linda Sue Park; illustrated by Maggie Smith

Good Night Veggies

by Diana Murray and Zachariah OHare

We Found a Seed!

by Rob Ramsden

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Bean Bag Song

Colors in Motion

Roll, Roll Sugar Baby

Can You?

My Hands Say "Let's Play"

Flannel

There's Something in My Garden

Art

Do-a-dot Flowers

Storytime and Tour

Storytime

Hello, Friends!

Hooray for Books!

by Brian Won

Run, Baby, Run

Caspar Babypants

My Hands

Come Out, Come Out, Chameleon!

by Jonty Howley

Roll, Roll Sugar Baby

Hop, Hop, Stop!

Chicken Storytime

by Sandy Asher, illustrated by Mark Fearing

Tour

Look for chickens!

Play

Magna Tiles, puzzles, mix and match animals, city rug, draw/color your own book cover

Baby Storytime: Things That Go!

Books

Bing! Bang! Chugga! Beep!

by Bill Martin Jr. and MIchael Sampson

illustrated by Nathalie Beauvois

(verses 1-4, skip 5, end on next page with car driving from farm...)

Chugga Chugga Choo Choo

by Emma Garcia

Freight Train

by Donald Crews

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

by Jane Cabrera

(verses: 1st, monkey, elephant, lion, mommy dog, last)

Books, Rhymes, and Bounces

You Ought to See My Baby!

Hello! (or small group--Hooray!)

When Cows Get Up in the Morning

Tony Chestnut

Bouncing Mouse

The Wheels on the Bus

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom

Parachute

Jim Gill's Alabama, Mississippi

Play!

Music!

We had a trio from the Spokane Symphony visit our preschool storytime last week, so I decided to do a music theme for the other storytimes this week.

Take 1 (5/20)

Books

Ellie in Concert

by Mike Wu

Chuck's Band

by Peggy Perry Anderson

Music and Movement

I've Changed My Mind

w/scarves

Silly Dance Contest

This is the way we shake our eggs

Additional verses:

Up high

Down low

In the Middle

Behind

Real slow

Real fast

Take 2 (5/22)

Books

Chuck's Band

by Peggy Perry Anderson

Meeow and the Pots and Pan

by Sebastien Braun

Music and Movement

Same as above

Activities (for both)

Musical Instruments

Make a shaker tambourine 

A creation from colorful loose wood pieces

Additional Book:

Plinka, Plinka Shake, Shake

by Emma Garcia