STEAM Themed Thursday: Masking Tape

 

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)

Toddler Storytime--Birds

One of my favorite so far this year...

Books

Hooray for Birds!

by Lucy Cousins

Early Bird

by Toni Yuly

Music and Movement

My Hands Say Hello

Two Little Blackbirds

This is the Way We Wiggle

Are You Sleeping? (bird edition)

with help from the book Hooray for Birds! 

My Hands Say Goodbye

Activity

This is the Way We Shake Our Eggs

with shaker eggs (obviously)

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

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

Polar Animals--Toddler Storytime

Books

Bob and Flow Play Hide and Seek

by Rebecca Ashdown

Bear Needs Help

by Sarah S. Brannen

Music and Movement

Two Little Polar Bears

Clap, Clap, Clap Your Hands

Polar Bear, Polar Bear

If You're Happy and You Know It

Egg Shakers

I Can Shake

Activity

Chalk on dark colored paper

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