Storytimes in April

Fish

(Family)

Too Crowded

by Lena Podest

Hooray for Fish!

by Lucy Cousins

1 Fish, 2 Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (flannel)

Hooray for Fish! (flannel)

The Goldfish (Laurie Berkner)

Roll, Roll Sugar Baby

Fish Dotters

Friends

(Family, Preschool, and Prime Time PS)

A Best Friend for Bear

by Petr H

Pouch!

by David Ezra Stein

Pug & Pig and Friends

by Sue Lowell Gallion; illustrated by Joyce Wan

Friends Share Donuts (magnet board)

Two Little Friends

Driving in My Car

Friends Collaborative Drawing 

Clothes

(Family)

Those Are Not My Underpants!

by Melissa Martin; illustrated by Troy Cummings

(my group was a little young to find the humor in this one)

Maggie and Michael Get Dressed

by Denise Fleming

Getting Dressed (flannel)

(to the rhythm of Bread and Butter, Marmalade and Jam)

Shoes and T-shirt 

Overalls and hat

Let's be a mouse and say hello like that. (softly)

Let's be an elephant and say hello like that. (loudly)

Let's be a sloth and count to five like that (slowly)

Let's be a cheetah and count to five like that (quickly)

I Can Walk on Two Feet

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

I've Changed My Mind

Popcorn Kernels

My scarf says "let's play" with an up and down

My scarf says "let's play" with a round and round

Up and down, round and round

We roll our scarf and say, "Let's Play!"

Felt people and clothes

Guessing

(Family, Preschool, Toddler, and Prime Time PS)

Molly, Olive, and Dexter: A Guessing Game (F)

by Catherine Rayner

Who Has These Feet? (F)

by Laura Hulbert; illustrated by Erik Brooks

What is Growing Inside This Egg? (P)

by Mia Posada

Clothesline Clues to the Sports People Play (P)

by Kathryn Haling & Deborah Hembrook; illustrated by Andy Robert Davies

My Friends Make Me Happy (P)

by Jan Thomas

Is Your Mama a Llama? (T)

by Deborah Guarino; illustrated by Steven Kellogg

Giant Pop-up Vehicles (T)

I Went Walking (T)

by Sue Williams; illustrated by Julie Vivas

Run, Baby, Run (F, P)

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (F, P)

Wheels on the Bus (T)

If I was a Bird (T)

Iggy (Magnet board--F, P, T)

Iggy Iguana, come out and play!

What color house are you in today?

Spring Riddles (flannel board--F, P)

I float up high in the bright blue sky, soft and fluffy, I drift by. What am I? (cloud)

I tap on the rooftops and splash on the ground, children wear boots and umbrellas when I’m around. What am I? (rain)

I bloom in the garden, in colors galore, bees visit me for nectar they adore. What am I? (flower)

I have soft fur and long ears, I hop around and munch on greens, I love crunchy carrots and nibble all day, in gardens and meadows I love to play. What am I? (rabbit)

I appear after rain with colors so bright, a beautiful arc that brings delight. What am I? (rainbow)

Spider Storytime

I did a variation of this storytime four times (3 family, 1 preschool).

Books

Frank the Seven-Legged Spider 

(preschool)

by Michaele Razi

Walter's Wonderful Web

(all)

by Tim Hopgood

Aaaarrgghh! Spider

(preschool and 1 family)

by Lydia Monks

Itsy Bitsy Spider

(1 family)

by Jane Cabrera

The Very Busy Spider

(1 family)

by Eric Carle

Songs and Movement

There's a Spider on the Floor

Run, Baby, Run!

Caspar Babypants

Itsy, Bitsy Spider--5 Ways

Flannel Board

Little Miss Muffet

Open Ended Art

Chalk and black paper

Draw a spider and/or spider web

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

Turtles

Preschool Books

So Tortoise Dug

by Emmy Kastner

Nellie's Big Splash

Additional:

Scoot!

by Cathryn Farlwell

Family Books

Turtle-Turtle and the Wide, Wide River

by Jane and Will Hillenbrand

Melvin and the Boy

by Lauren Castillo

Additional:

Turtle Walk

by Matt Phelan

Movement and Music

My Hands Say Hello / Hello Friends (PS)

If You're Happy and You Know It (shout hooray {for Turtle-Turtle}) / Head, Shoulders Knees and Toes(PS)

A Very Simple Dance

My Hands Say Goodbye/Goodbye Friends (PS)

Flannel/Magnet Board

Turtle

T-U-R-T-L-E

Turtle, turtle

T-U-R-T-L-E

Turtle's what that spells

Turtles lie in the sun

Turtles swim for fun

T-U-R-T-L-E

Turtle's what that spells.

Tiny Tim

Activity

Do-a-Dot Turtle

Dinosaurs--Preschool and Family

I liked the preschool storytime better...(I did the family storytime first and glad I had a chance to try again with preschool...plus the new book "How Many Dinosaurs..." came in, which would have worked well with family storytime too).

Preschool Storytime (April 11)

Books

Triceratopposite

by Bridget Heos; illustrated by T. L. McBeth

How Many Dinosaurs is Too Many?

by Lou Peacock; illustrated by Nicola Slater

Dinosaur Roar!

by Paul Stickland and Henrietta Stickland

Songs and Movement

Hello, Friends

with sign language

Two Little Dinosaurs (magnet board)

(based on Two Little Blackbirds)

Sitting a a hill (Jack and Jill)

Flying in the sky (Low and High)

Standing tall like a pole (Fast and Slow)

Looking at the cloud (Quiet and Loud)

Roll, Roll Sugar Baby

Dinosaur, Dinosaur Turn Around

We are the Dinosaurs

Laurie Berkner

Dinosaur Stomp

Goodbye, Friends

Play

Playdough and Dinos

Dinosaur Pattern Blocks

Dinosaur Hunt

Family Storytime (April 1)

Books

Am I Yours?

by Alex Latimer

Triceratops Stomp

by Karen Patkau

Dinosaur Stomp!

pop-up

by Paul Stickland

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Five Enormous Dinosaurs (flannel)

One Little Dinosaur went out to Play

Dinosaur Stomp

We are the Dinosaurs

Laurie Berkner

Dinosaur, Dinosaur Turn Around

Our Hands say, "Let's play!"

Play

Dinosaur Pattern Blocks

Dinosaur Hunt