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

Karen Katz Baby Storytime

Books

Ten Tiny Babies

Where is Baby's Belly Button?

Baby's Big Busy Book

Ten Tiny Tickles

Songs, Rhymes, Bounces

You Ought to See My Baby

Good Morning to You

When Cows Get Up in the Morning

Baby Hokey Pokey

A Hippopotamus on the Bus

I'm a Little Teapot

Babies on the Bus

Twinkle, Twinkle

Tick-Tock

Parachute

Touch-a-Bus Storytime

Unfortunately, the city bus canceled on us, so we had no bus to ride in.  However, we did have our Book Mobile available for families to visit.

Books

The Seals on the Bus

(big book)

by Lenny Hort; illustrated by G. Brian Karas

The Bus is for Us

by Michael Rosen; illustrated by Gillian Tyler

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus

by Mo Willems

Songs and Movement

If I was a Bird

Driving in my Car

My Hands

Hop, Hop, Stop!

Activity

Cut and glue create a bus

Homes and Houses Storytime

Books

Welcome Home, Bear: A Book of Animal Habitats

by Il Sung Na

Find Out about Animal Homes

by Martin Jenkins; illustrated by Jane McGuinness

My House

by Byron Barton

Music and Movement

Run, Baby, Run

Are You Sleeping?

Magnet Board

Iggy Iguana

Art

Cut and glue shapes

Optional Books

I Love My Home

by Sebastien Braun

Vincent Paints His House

by Tedd Arnold

STEAM Themed Thursday: Bubble Wrap and Keva Planks

Use up some more of that bubble wrap I bought over the summer!

 

Marble Roller coaster with Keva Planks

Ice Cream Storytime

Books

The Little Ice Cream Truck

by Margery Cuyler; illustrated by Bob Kolar

(I didn't do all the pages of this one...)

Groovy Joe: Ice Cream and Dinosaurs

by Eric Litwin; illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld

Ice Cream Face

by Heidi Woodward Sheffield

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

If You're Happy and You Know It

Hop, Hop, Stop!

We are the Dinosaurs

Laurie Berkner

Giant Moves

My Hands Say Let's Play

Flannel

Ice Cream

Play and Learn

Lakeshore's Counting Cones

Flannel Ice Cream Cones

Art

Ice Cream Cone

Fish Storytime

Books

Hey! A Colorful Mystery

by Kate Read

I Need Pants

by Susan Sweet; illustrated by Cailin Doherty

Hooray for Fish!

by Lucy Cousins

Movement and Songs

The Goldfish

Laurie Berkner

Hop, Hop, Stop!

Roll Your Hands

Flannel

Fish Wish

Art

Fish Art with Bubble Wrap