Showing posts with label Storytime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Storytime. Show all posts

Friday, August 21, 2026

Getting Ready

Getting ready for the day...getting ready to go to school...getting ready for bed

Books

Rosie Gets Ready
by Sergio Ruzzier

ABC School's for Me!
by Susan B. Katz; illustrated by Lynn Musinger

Bedtime Blitz!
by Matthew Van Fleet

Music and Movement

Hello, Hello!

This is the way...so early in the morning

Silly Dance Contest

Open Ended Art

Foam stickers

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Animal Fun Storytime

Books

We All Belong
by Gianna Marino

Oh Dear, Look What I Got!
by Michael Rosen; illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
 
Music and Movement

Hello, Hello!

If I was a Bird

My Hands

Are You Sleeping? 

Hop, Hop, Stop!

Open Ended Activity

Animal Stamps

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Frogs

August 4 Family Storytime 

Books
The Giant Jumperee
by Julia Donaldson and Helen Oxenbury

Am I a Frog?
by Lizzy Rockwell

Leap Back Home to Me
by Lauren Thompson; illustrated by Matthew Cordell

Music and Movement

Hello, Hello!

Jumping and Counting
Jim Gill

All the Little Frogs
tune: The Wheels on the Bus

All the little frogs go hop, hop, hop
Hop, hop, hop
Hop, hop, hop
All the little frogs go hop, hop, hop
All around the pond!

I asked the kids for other things a frog does:
Eat
Climb
Swim
Splash

Can You?

My Hands Say, "Let's Play!"


Magnet Board

I have a little froggy
His name was Tiny Tim
I put him in the bathtub
To see if he would swim
He drank up all the water
He gobbled up the soap
And when he tried to talk
He had a bubble in his throat.

Open Ended Art
Watercolors


Wednesday, July 29, 2026

July Family Storytimes

Garbage Trucks

Every Monday Mable
by Jashar Awan

Trashy Town
by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemsha; 
illustrated by Dan Yaccarino

Garbage Trucks
by Quinn M. Arnold

Flannel Board: 5 Little Garbage Trucks

Driving in My Car

If You're Happy and You Know It

Bean Bag Song


Hide and Seek

Little Quack's Hide and Seek
by Lauren Thompson; illustrated by Derek Anderson

Where is Bear?
by Leslea Newman; illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev

Magnet Board: There's Something in the Garden

Two Little Friends

Colors in Motion

Silly Dance Contest

Magnet Board Game: Curious George 


Summer!

Sea, Sand, Me!
by Patricia Hubbell; illustrated by Lisa Campbell Ernst

Brownie and Pearl Take a Dip
by Cynthia Rylant; illustrated by Brian Biggs

Pignic
by Matt Phelan

Flannel Board: Ice Cream Cone

The Goldfish (Laurie Berkner)

Head Shoulders Knees and Toes

Activity: Summer Fun Outside

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

June Family Storytimes

Adventures at Night


Hooray for Today!
by Brian Won

Whooo is Still Awake?
by Brigette Barrager
Flannel Board: Five Little Stars

Bluegrass Jamboree

Are You Sleeping?

I'm a Little Kitty Cat

Magnet Board: Hey Diddle Diddle

Open Ended Art: Chalk on dark paper, small shiny star stickers


Bugs

The Very Lazy Ladybug
by Isobel Finn and Jack Tickle

A Good Place
by Lucy Cousins


Flannel Board: Four Hungry Ants

If I was a Bird

Hop, hop, stop!

Here is a Beehive

Itsy Bitsy Spider 5 ways

Art: Caterpillar Name

Friday, May 8, 2026

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)


Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Green

 (a week late...)

Books
Snip, Snap! What's That?
by Mara Bergman; illustrated by Nick Maland

Where is the Green Sheep?
by Mem Fox; illustrated by Judy Horacek

Music and Movement

Hello, Hello

Run, Baby, Run
Caspar Babypants

Can You?

Let's Play!

Magnet Board

GREEN

I take some yellow, I take some blue
I mix them together to make something new
G-R-E-E-N
G-R-E-E-N
G-R-E-E-N
And green is that color!


Open Ended Art

Green Collage

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Birds

Books

Bird Builds a Nest
by Martin Jenkins; illustrated by Richard Jones

A Bird is a Bird
by Lizzy Rockwell

Music and Movement

Hello, Hello

If I was a Bird

Are You Sleeping? (bird edition)

My Hands Say, "Let's Play!"

Flannel/Magnet Board

Five Little Birds

Little Bird, Little Bird Come Out and Play

Open Ended Art

Draw a bird and add feathers for wings

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Arctic Animals

Books
What's That Noise?
by Naomi Howarth 

Polar Opposites
by Erik Brooks

A Polar Bear in the Snow
by Mac Barnett; illustrated by Shawn Harris

Music and Movement

Two Little Polar Bears
    Hill--Jack and Jill
    Snow--Fast and Slow
    Cloud--Quiet and Loud

Very Simple Dance

If You're Happy and You Know It

Colors in Motion

Flannel Board

Five Little Polar Bears

Activity

Arctic Animal Scavenger Hunt

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Socks and Shoes and Boots Storytime

Books

The Missing Pairs
by Yvonne Ivinson

A Pair of Socks
by Stuart J. Murphy; illustrated by Lois Ehlert

Whose Shoes?
Anna Grossnickle Hines; illustrated by LeUyen Pham

Music and Movement

Hello, Hello

I Can Walk on Two Feet

My Hands

BOOTS
Laurie Berkner, with clipart

Hop, Hop, Stop!

Let's Play!

Open Ended Activity

Snipping station (plastic straws were the favorite!)

Instead of A Pair of Socks I would rather read

Have You Seen My New Blue Socks
by Eve Bunting; illustrated by Sergio Ruzzier

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Fast and Slow Storytime

Books

Hurry Up and Slow Down
by Layn Marlow

Turtle Walk
by Matt Phelan

Hurry Up! A Book about Slowing Down
by Kate Dopirak; illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal

Movement and Songs

Hello, Hello

Bread and Butter, Marmalade and Jam
with flannel pieces

I've Changed My Mind
Jim Gill; with scarves

Popcorn Kernels
with scarves

Head Shoulders Knees and Toes

Let's Play!

Open Ended Play

Pattern Blocks

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Snow Storytime

We had a huge snow storm last Wednesday...yet by today the snow had all melted.  Oh, well!

Books
Froggy Gets Dressed
by Jonathan London; illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz

Just One Flake
by Travis Jonker

Not Now, Cow
by Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Troy Cummings
I've used this one before, but it fell kinda flat today...

Music and Movement

Snowy Day
The day is snowy and the wind is bold.
Dress up wormly, you mustn't get cold!
Put on your coat and zip it up tight,
Put on your left boot, put on your right.
Put on your scarf and put on your hat,
Put on your mittens and clap-clap-calp!
Go outside and play, play, play.

{make a snowball and throw it, make a snowman...}

Come in again, and then we'll say--
Take off your coat that was zipped up tight,
Take off your left boot, take off your right.
Take off your scarf, take off your hat,
Take off your mittens, and then take a nap!

Jingle Bells
Verse--bells slow and quiet
Chorus--bells fast and loud

Flannel Board

One Little Snowflake
One little snowflake with nothing to do
Along came another and then there were two.

Two little snowflakes flying past me
Along came another and then there were three.

Three little snowflakes looking for some more
Along came another and then there were four.

Four little snowflakes dancing a jive
Along came another and then there were five.

Five little snowflakes having so much fun
Out came the sun and then there were none!

Open Ended Art

White chalk on dark colored paper
(some of the ones that were left for our art wall)

1/15/26
I subbed in last minute at another library...

Instead of Froggy Gets Dressed I read:

So Much Snow
by Kristen Schroeder & Sarah Jacoby

And we did extra Jingles Bells and no 3rd story

More chalk art...