Lost and Found Storytime

Books

The Found Things

by Petr Horacek

Mister Kitty is Lost

by Greg Pizzoli

Come Out, Come Out, Chameleon!

by Jonty Howley

Music and Movement

If I was a Bird

Magnet Board

Curious George Hiding Under a Hat

Open Ended Activity

Beads on a pipe cleaner

I missed the beginning part of storytime because I had a nose bleed.  Thankfully Katy jumped right in and got it started for me.

STEAM Themed Thursday: Magnets

Four stations to explore Magnets!

Explore Magnets

Paint with Magnets

Magnet Game

Magna Tiles

Food and Eating Baby Storytime

Books

Bunny Loves Beans

by Jane Whittingham

I Could Eat You Up

by Jo Harper; illustrated by Kay Chorao

Applesauce is Fun to Wear

by Nancy Raines Day; illustrated by Jane Massey

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle

Lunch

by Denise Fleming

Who Ate All the Cookie Dough?

Songs, Rhymes, and Bounces

You Ought to See My Baby

Hello!

My groups have been so big, we haven't been able to sing to each child

I Have a Little Cow

Roly-Poly

Sitting in My Highchair

Pop a Little Pancake

I'm a Little Teapot

Hickory Dickory Dock

Toast

One Bright Scarf

Sweet Treats Storytime

Books

Baking Day at Grandma's

by Anika Denise; illustrated by Christopher Denise

All for Pie, Pie for All

by David Martin; illustrated by VAleri Gorbachev

Magnet Board Story

A Dozen Donuts

(based on the book, "The Doorbell Rang" by Pat Hutchins)

Music and Movement

Making Cookies

I am making cookie dough

Round and round the beaters go

Add some flour from a cup

Stir and mix the batter up.

Roll them, cut them nice and neat

Put them on a cookie sheet.

Bake them, count them 1, 2, 3

Serve them to my friends for tea.

A Very Simple Dance

Flannel Board

Five Little Gingerbread Men

Open Ended Play

Playdough

Give a Gift Storytime

Books

Thank You, Mr. Panda

by Steve Antony

Pip and Squeak

by Ian Schoenherr

Prop Story

Little Bee's Gift

with nesting boxes

Music and Movement

Silly Dance Contest

If You're Happy and You know It

Colors in Motion

Open Ended Activity

Lift-the-Flap Gift (Cut and Color)

Who will you give a gift to? What will you give them?

Dinosaur Storytime

Books

How Many Dinosaurs is Too Many?

by Lou Peacock; illustrated by Nicola Slater

Groovy Joe: Ice Cream and Dinosaurs

by Eric Litwin; illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld

Dinosaurs Roar!

by Paul and Henrietta Strickland

Songs and Movement

We are the Dinosaurs

Laurie Berkner

Dinosaur Stomp

Dinosaur, Dinosaur

Flannel

Five Enormous Dinosaurs

Play

Dino Pattern Blocks

Dinosaur Scavenger Hunt

Food and Eating Storytime

Three storytimes using this theme: Family, Preschool, and another Family.  Here's all the things I used at least one time...

Books

The Greedy Goat

by Petr Horacek

(all storytimes)

Mouse Mess 

by Linnea Riley

(first family storytime)

From Farm to Table

by Pat Brisson; illustrated by Mary Azarian

(preschool storytime)

Feast for 10

by Cathryn Falwell

(second family storytime)

Music and Movement

Roll, Roll Sugar Baby

If You're Happy and You Know It

Can You?

Colors in Motion

(what foods are that color?)

I Know a Chicken

Laurie Berkner

with shaker eggs

(first two storytimes)

Flannel Board

Four Hungry Ants

Magnet Board Game

What food is the ant hiding under?

Little Ant, Little Ant come out and play

What kind of food are you eating today?

Play and Learn

Pizza Factory Felt set(s)

Playdough (Preschool)

Play snack food stringing

STEAM Themed Thursday: Cups

Cups for art and cups to build and cups to fly...

Can you stack the cups into a pyramid without touching the cups with your hands?  (rubber bands, straws, string...)

Stacking Cup Game

Squirrels

Books

Squirrels Leap, Squirrels Sleep

by April Pulley Sayre; illustrated by Steve Jenkins

The Busy Little Squirrel

by Nancy Tafuri

Music and Movement

Hello, Hello!

Two Little Squirrels

Sitting on a hill--Jack and Jill

Climbing up a pole--High and Low

Playing in the snow--Fast and Slow

Looking at a cloud--Quiet and Loud

Run, Baby Run

Caspar Babypants

Colors in Motion

Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

Hop, Hop, Stop!

Let's Play!

Magnet Board

Ten Little Squirrels

based on the book by Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson

Squirrel Clipart from DigitalArtConcepts 

Open Ended Art

Do-a-Dot dotters (on blank paper--instead of the squirrel do-a-dot I had found.  The kids had a lot of fun being very creative with their dots.  Another reminder to me that open-ended is always so much better!)

Optional Book

Squirrels (Seedlings)

by Quinn M. Arnold

Baby Storytime: Fall

Books

The Very Busy Spider

by Eric Carle

Baby Loves Fall

by Karen Katz

The Busy Little Squirrel

by Nancy Tafuri

Songs, Rhymes, Bounces

You Ought to See My Baby

Hello!

Old MacDonald had a Farm

My Body

On my face I have a nose,

And way down here I have ten toes.

I have to eyes that I can blink

I have a head to help me think.

I have a chin and very near,

I have to ears to help me hear.

I have a mouth with which to speak,

And when I run I use my feet.

I have to elbows and two knees

I have two checks my mom loves to squeeze!

My Pony, Macaroni

Hey Diddle, Diddle

The Wheels on the Bus

Pat-a-Cake

The Elevator Song

I'm Not Scared!

Books

Let's Play Monsters

by Lucy Cousins

The Mouse Who Wasn't Scared

by Petr Horacek

Music and Movement

The Monster Boogie

Laurie Berkner

I Clap My Hands

I'm a Little Kitty Cat

Jump Up, Turn Around

Jim Gill

Flannel/Magnet Board

Five Little Pumpkins

Five Little Monkeys

Activity

Playdough!

Fall Storytime

Books

Pumpkin Cat

by Anne Mortimer

We Want Leaves! A Fall Chant

by Jamie A. Swenson; illustrated by Emilie Boon

Where's Sam?

by Yves Got

Songs and Movement

Scarecrow, Scarecrow

Turn around, 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 seat

Silly Dance Contest

Jim Gill

Pumpkin, Pumpkin

clap each syllable

Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin bread

Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin head

Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin pies

Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin eyes

Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin cake

Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin shake

Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin stew

Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin Boo!

Flannel Board

Fall Riddles

Beneath your feet you hear them crunch

Then they get raked up into a bunch.

What are they?

LEAVES

This drops off trees and there it lies

Til someone baked it into pies.

What is it?

APPLE

This stand in the field and scares a bird

But doesn't say a single word.

What is it?

SCARECROW

Of all the flowers this one's queen

With yellow petals and seeds between.

What is it?

SUNFLOWER

It's big and orange and quite a catch

When you pick it from the patch.

What is it?

PUMPKIN

Open Ended Art

Orange, black, brown, green purple paper

Lots of paper scraps

Scissors, glue sticks, crayons

Alternate Books

When Autumn Comes

by Ekaterina Trukhan

(love the book, but a little small for a large group)

It's Fall!

by Renee Kurilla

Spooktacular Storytime!

A Halloween storytime and play event for preschool and early elementary students.

A few Halloween stories and a halloween magnet board (This is the House that is Haunted)

And lots of fun afterwards!

Catch and graph the spiders!

A Fall Wreath

Tube Halloween Friends

Disappearing Monsters