Red Storytime

I've been out a few weeks sick...  So I combined my Apple Storytime and my Red Storytime...which actually makes a lot of sense.

Books

The Starry Giraffe

by Andy Bergmann

Doris

by Lo Cole

Flannel Story

Polar Bear's Underwear

Songs and Movement

If Your Happy and You Know It

A is for Apple

A Very Simple Dance

Colors in Motion

Magnet Board

10 Apples Up on Top

Find the worm (play and learn)

Open Ended Art

Paint Dotters

Optional Books

Holly's Red Boots

Finders Keepers

The Mouse Who Reached the Sky

Baby Storytime--Jane Cabrera

Books

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

(monkey, elephant, crocodile, lion, dog)

Kitty's Cuddles

(mouse, peacock, bear, frog, monkey, elephant, brother)

Peek-a-Boo Zoo!

Rock-a-bye Baby

robin, owl, spider, mouse, bunny

Shapes

Songs/Bounces/Rhymes

You Ought to See My Baby

Hello!

When Cows Get Up in the Morning

Baby Hokey Pokey

Tiny Little Babies

Humpty Dumpty

The Wheels on the Bus

The Elevator Song

Flannel

Five in the Bed

Parachute

Alabama, Mississippi

Friends Storytime

Books

A Best Friend for Bear

by Petr Horacek

Pug & Pig and Friends

by Sue Lowell Gallion; illustrated by Joyce Wan

I Got a New Friend

by Karl Newsom Edwards

Is this book from the child's point of view or from the puppy's point of view? Hmmm

Songs and Movement

Hello, Friends

with sign language

Two Little Friends

Driving in my Car

Goodbye, Friends

with sign language

Open Ended Activity

Parachute--you need a lot of friends to play with the parachute!

Preschool Mash-Up Storytime

I filled in for Preschool Storytime today.  They got a "here's what I have" Storytime...

Books

Go and Get with Rex

by David LaRochelle; illustrated by Mike Wohnautka

Even though it was a preschool storytime it skewed rather young.

 I probably should have passed on this book.

What Do They Do With All That Poo?

by Jane Kurtz; illustrated by Allison Black

Songs and Movement

Bean Bag Song

Hap Palmer

If I was a Bird

Open Ended Activities

Stamp a Zoo

Playdough

Zoo Storytime

A fun family storytime!

Books

Stop Snoring Bernard!

by Zachariah OHora

Still a Gorilla!

by Kim Norman; illustrated by Chad Geran

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

by Bill Martin Jr.; illustrated by Eric Carle

Songs and Movement

Are You Sleeping? Zoo Edition

If I was a Bird

Magnet Board

Guess Who?

They are big and they are gray,

And their trunks swing and sway.

Who is it?  An Elephant

Bananas are their favorite thing,

And they like to chatter and like to swing.

Who is it? A Monkey

They have necks that are long, long, long

If you guess a turtle, you'd be wrong, wrong, wrong

Who is it? A Giraffe

They are a kind of cat

But they have a mane and (roar) like that.

Who is it?  A Lion

These birds can't fly and they eat fish so yummy

They're black all over except a white tummy.

Who is it? A Penguin

Guessing Game

Find the Ladybug at the Zoo

Open Ended Activity

Stamp a Zoo!

Bugs - Family Storytime

Books

A Good Place

by Lucy Cousins

Sleepyhead Bear

by Lisa Westberg Peters; illustrated by Ian Schoenherr

Ran out of time for...

Fly!

by Karl Newsom Edwards

Flannel Board

Four Hungry Ants

Songs and Movement

The Ants Go Marching

Dancing Butterflies

(with scarves)

tune:  Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Once I saw a butterfly

Dancing in the clear blue sky

Flying high and flying low

Through the meadow he did go

Once I saw a butterfly

Dancing in the clear blue sky.

Flying left and flying right

Through the meadow, what a sight!

Flying circles round and round

Through the meadow with no sound.

Bumblebee (Buzz, Buzz)

Laurie Berkner

(with scarves)

Play and Learn

Create a bug

construction paper, round stickers, scissors, glue, crayons

Additional Ideas

Here is the Beehive

Itsy Bitsy Spider (5 ways)

Summer Theme Storytime

Books

Penguin on Vacation

by Salina Yoon

Pignic

by Matt Phelan

The Watermelon Seed

by Greg Pizzoli

Flannel Board

Ice Cream Cone

First we need a cone, nice and crunchy.

Then we need some ice cream, sweet and yummy

Scoop 'em on; stack 'em on, up to the sky

We love ice cream; my, oh, my!

First comes vanilla, cold and sweet

Then comes chocolate, a delicious treat

Here's some strawberry, chocolate chip too

A super-duper scooper cone just for you!

One scoop, two scoops, three scoops, four

We love ice cream, let's have some more!

Songs and Movement

Two Little Friends

Silly Dance Contest

Jim Gill

Play and Learn

Sand, hula hoops, ring toss outside!

Parachute, tunnel, and cars inside!

Optional Book

Ice Cream Face

by Heidi Woodward Sheffield