Ducks

Ducks three times at three different libraries.  Two newish books I wanted to use for the theme.  I did Seven Little Ducklings at two of the family storytimes.  It is such an adorable book...but the kids were just too young to really "get it".  And on some of the pages the illustrations of kind of small.  Duck, Duck, Goose (by John Hare) is also very fun, but geared more towards preschoolers.  

Books

Seven Little Ducklings

by Annette LeBlanc Cate

Splish, Splash, Ducky!

by Lucy Cousins

Ducks!

by Deborah Underwood; illustrated by T.L. McBeth

Third Storytime Books

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello!

Put Your Hands Up

(tune: Do Your Ears Hang Low?)

Put your hands up high

Put your hands down low

Put your hands in the middle

And wiggle them so

Put your elbows in front

Put your elbows in bakc

Put your elbows in the middle

And quack, quack, quack!

I Have a Little Duck

(tune: Wheels on the Bus)

I have a little duck that goes quack, quack, quack

Quack, quack, quack

Quack, quack, quack

I have a little duck that goes quack, quack, quack

All day long!

Bobs up and down

Splash

Waddle

Are You Sleeping?

My Hands Say Let's Play

Flannel

Ducks Away!

adapted from Mem Fox

I love the book, but I didn't really enjoy doing it as a flannel.

Activity

It was our first really nice day of spring, so we played with plastic ducks in water on the patio!

Baby Storytime--John Butler

I am going to do a few weeks of John Butler books, with the same song, rhymes, and bounces as the past three weeks doing Hugs and Kisses Storytime.

I just love John Butler's illustrations.  I want to crawl in and cuddle his adorable fuzzy animals!

Books

Can You Cuddle Like a Koala?

Wee Little Lamb

written by Lauren Thompson

Whose Baby Am I?

Wiggles

Books

Joy

by Yasmeen Ismail; illustrated by Jenni Desmond

Wiggle

by Doreen Cronin; illustrated by Scott Menchin

Worms

by Laura K. Murray

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Wake Up!

I wake up my hands with a clap, clap, clap

Clap, clap, clap

Clap, clap, clap

I wake up my hands with a clap, clap, clap

And wiggle my waggles away.

Feet...stomp

Myself...wiggle

I'm a Little Kitty Cat

Silly Dance Contest

If I was a Bird

Magnet Board

Find the worm

Open Ended Activity

Playdough

Stormy Weather

Books

Bear Feels Scared

by Karma Wilson; illustrated by Jane Chapman

Move Over, Rover!

by Karen Beaumont; illustrated by Jane Dyer

Raindrop, Plop!

by Wendy Cheyette Lewison; illustrated by Pam Paparone

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

R-A-I-N-Y

flannel board

There is a day when I get wet

And rainy is the weather

r-a-i-n-y

r-a-i-n-y

r-a-i-n-y

And rainy is the weather.

The Ants Go Marching 

Run, Baby Run

Colors in Motion

"Let's Play"

Open Ended Art

Coffee filter, markers, squirt bottles

STEAM Themed Thursday: Fun with Foil

Four different activities children (target age: K-5th grade) could choose from using aluminum foil

Paint on a foil canvas

Color Transfer

Color foil with washable markers, spritz with water, cover with a white piece of cardstock (with or without a picture drawn with Sharpie)

Foil person

Marble Roller Coaster (using heavy duty foil)

Family Storytime: Counting

Books

Three Little Pugs

by Nina Victor Crittenden

One-osaurus, Two-osaurus

by Kim Norman; illustrated by Pierre Collet-Derby

Two Little Monkeys

by Mem Fox, illustrated by Jill Barton

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Two Little Octopi

with flannel board

Jumping and Counting

Jim Gill

We are the Dinosaurs

Laurie Berkner

"Let's Play!"

Activity

Do-a-dot numbers from Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds

Bedtime

I liked this Bedtime Storytime better than the Toddler one I threw together a few ago. :)

Books

Who Said Coo?

by Deborah Ruddell; illustrated by Robin Luebs

Sleepy Sheepy

by Lucy Ruth Cummins; illustrated by Pete Oswald

Bedtime Blitz

by

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Five Sleepy Llamas

This little llama said "I'm as tired as can be" 

This little llama said "My eyes can hardly see" 
This little llama said "I'd like to go to bed" 
This little llama said "I want to rest my head" 
This little llama said "Come climb the stairs with me" 
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 they tiptoed          (tiptoe fingers) 
Just as still as still could be! 

Are You Sleeping?

Bean Bag Song

Hap Palmer

"Let's Play!"

Activity

Star stickers, white crayons, white, gold, and silver colored pencils