Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Oops! Storytime

Books

Oopsie-Do!
by Tim Kubart; illustrated by Lori Richmond
The Mixed-Up Truck
by Stephen Savage

Beautiful Oops!
by Barney Satzberg

Songs

I've Changed My Mind
Jim Gill

Jingle Bells

Play and Learn

Open Ended Art Project

Puzzles

Train

Scarves

Friday, December 27, 2019

Getting Ready for Winter Baby Storytime

Song/Rhymes/Bounces

Clap, Tap, Bend
Good Morning!
Little Bear
Old MacDonald had a farm
Two Little Eyes
The Elevator Song
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Gingerbread Man
Toast
Jingle Bells


Flannel
3 Little Snowmen standing in a row
Each has 2 eyes and a carrot nose
Out came the sun and shone all day
1 little snowman melted away.

1 little, 2 little, 3 little snowflakes
4 little, 5 little, 6 little snowflakes
7 little, 8, little, 9 little snowflakes
10 little snowflakes falling down.
            
Read Aloud
Peekaboo Morning
by Rachel Isadora

Star Baby
Margaret O'Hair; illustrated by Erin Eitter Kono


Jingle! Jingle!
by Sebastien Braun

Mommy, Where are You?
by Leonid Gore

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Peek-a-Boo! Toddler Storytime

Books

Whose Nose and Toes?
by John Butler

Peek-a-Who? 
by Moira Butterfield; illustrated by Rachael O'Neill

Snappy Little Christmas
by Doug Steer

Songs

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Where is Thumbkin? 

Flannel

3 little snow pals standing in a row
Each had hat and great big bow.
Out came the sun and shone all day
And one little snow pal melted away.

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Hibernation Storytime

Book

Baby Bear Counts One
by Ashley Wolff

William's Winter Nap
by 

Song

The Bean Bag Song
by Hap Palmer

Friday, December 6, 2019

It's Time for Soup

Books

Soup Day
by Melissa Iwai

Every Color Soup
by Jorey Hurley
This is also a counting book

Songs

The Soup is Boiling Up!
(tune: The Farmer in the Dell)

The soup is boiling up
The soup is boiling up
Stir slow, around we go
The soup is boiling up!

First we'll add the carrots...
Next we'll add the onions...
Last we'll add the peas...

Pea Soup

Peas in a pot, peas in a pot
Waiting for the soup to get hot.

Finally the soup gets very, very hot
And all the peas jump out of the pot!

Add green pom poms to a pot and then throw all the peas out when they jump.  The toddlers loved this and we did the song multiple times!

Play and Learn

Pom Pom Play!
with bowls, buckets, tubes

Friday, November 29, 2019

Thanksgiving-ish Toddler and Preschool

Preschool
Bear Says Thanks
by Karma Wilson; illustrated by Jane Chapman

All for Pie, Pie for All
by David Martin; illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev


Toddler

All for Pie, Pie for All
by David Martin; illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev

Thanks for Thanksgiving
by Julie Markes; illustrated by Doris Barrette

Feast for 10
by Cathryn Falwell


Song/Flannel

Thanks A Lot
by Raffi; pattern for flannel from Mel's Desk

Friday, November 22, 2019

Sesame Street Storytimes

Our local PBS station received a grant to celebrate Sesame Street's 50th birthday in some our our rural communities.  I presented three storytimes at three different libraries on three different Saturdays in October.  We had one of three different Sesame Street characters come to our event:  Cookie Monster, Abby, and finishing up with a HUGE storytime--Elmo!
  
Books
(At each storytime I read two books--choosing from the following depending on the age of the children in attendance)
Elmo's Super-Duper Birthday
by Naomi Kleinberg; illustrated by Joe Mathieu

Love from Sesame Street
by Sesame Workshop

Abby
by Andrea Posner-Sanchez

Can You Tell Me How To Get To Sesame Street?
by Eleanor Hudson; illustrated by Joe Mathieu

Elmo's Book of Friends
by Naomi Kleinberg

Magnet Board Activities

One of These Things

One of these things is not like the other
One of these things just doesn't belong
Can you tell me which thing is not like the other
By the time I finish this song?

(I used random clipart from my other magnet board sets)

Find the Monster

Cookie Monster, Cookie Monster come out and play!
What color house are you in today?

Songs and Rhymes

Elmo is looking all around
Elmo can spin 'round and 'round
Elmos is looking at my toes
Elmo can kiss me on the nose
Elmo is whispering in my ear
What's he saying? Can you hear?
Elmo can hide behind me
But wherever I go, Elmo will find me!

Celebrating Sesame Street
(tune: Old MacDonald had a Farm)


Celebrating Sesame Street
Hip, hip, hip, hooray!

And at the party there were some games
Hip, hip, hip, hooray!
With a run-run here and a run-run there
Here a run, there a run
Everywhere a run-run

Celebrating Sesame Street
Hip, hip, hip, hooray!
And at the party there were some balloons
Pop-pop

And at the party there were some presents
Hip, hip, hip, hooray!
Rip-rip

And at the party there were some candles
Hip, hip, hip, hooray!
Blow

And at the party there was some cake
Hip, hip, hip, hooray!
Yum-yum
Celebrating Sesame Street
Hip, hip, hip, hooray!

Play and Learn
Duckies and Water

Cookie Matching Game

Decorate Party Hats!

Pin the Nose on Elmo

One of these things is not like the other...using Discovery Boxes from Lakeshore Learning

Saturday, November 16, 2019

Book Cheer

I used the Library Cheer by Brod Bagert when I visited 3rd graders to tell them about the library.  For visual aids I found books for each one described in the cheer.  Here are the books I used:

(I made a few changes...)

Refrain:
Books are good
Books are great
I like books
I cannot wait!

Bird Books
Magnificent Birds
by Narisa Togo
Bug Books
Insects and Creepy-Crawlies
by Jinny Johnson
Bear Books, too
Mission: Panda Rescue
by Kitson Jazynka with Daniel Raven-Ellison
Words and pictures through and through

Refrain

Books in color
Mr. Wolf's Class
by Aron Nels Steinke

Black and white
Owly
by Andy Runton

Thin books
Coral Reefs
by Kristin Baird Rattini

Thick books
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick
Day and Night!

Refrain

Sad books
The Lost Puppy
by Holly Webb

Glad books
Happy!
by Pharrell Williams

Funny books, too!
George Brown, Class Clown
by Nancy Krulik; illustrated by Aaron Blecha

Books for me and books for you!

Refrain

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Random and Math Fun

I got late notice that I was doing Toddler Storytime so I didn't have a lot of time to prep.  So my books were just fun random books and our activities were a few of the activities I had created for my Toddler Math and Early Literacy Class (which was on Saturday).

Hooray for Fish!
by Lucy Cousins

Silly Sally
by Audrey Wood

Blocks
by Irene Dickson

Songs

Head Shoulders Knees and Toes

If You're Happy and You Know It
(clap, stomp, spin, shout hooray, jump up and down)

Flannel

Three Little Mice

Three little mice came out to play
Gathering crumbs along the way
Out came the pussycat sleek and fat
One little mouse goes scampering back.

Two little mice came out to play
Gathering crumbs along the way
Out came the pussycat sleek and fat
One little mouse goes scampering back.

One little mouse came out to play
Gathering crumbs along the way
Out came the pussycat sleek and fath
One little mouse goes scampering back.

Play and Learn

Socks, clothespins, and a low clothesline
Paper towel roll holder and "rings" to go on
(bracelets, hair ties, shower curtain rings, canning jar rings, cardboard tubes)
Buckets and Blocks (one little toddler started using the word "heavy")
Stacking Cups

Friday, November 8, 2019

Toddler Storytime--2 Fun Fall/Random Storytimes!

Week 1


The Very Busy Spider
by Eric Carle

Big Bear, Small Mouse
by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman

Hello, Sun!
Dayle Ann Dodds; illustrated by Sachiko Yoshikawa

Itsy Bitsy Spider

There's a Spider on the Floor

 Hickory Dickory, Socks!
Hickory, dickory, dock,

Let's put on our socks.
We'll walk around
Without a sound
Hickory, dickory, dock!

Repeat with other actions, such as tiptoe, slide, jump

Flannel:  Little Miss Muffet



Week 2
Pumpkin One, Pumpkin Two: A Counting Book
by Thomas Nelson; illustrated by Natasha Remmington

Pumpkin Cat
by Anne Mortimer

The Busy Little Squirrel
by Nancy Tafuri

Five Little Pumpkins
5 little pumpkins sitting on the gate
The 1st one said, "Oh, my! It's getting late!"
The 2nd one said, "There's a chill in the air!"
The 3rd one said, "But we don't care!"
The 4th one said, "I'm ready for some fun!"
The 5th one said, "Let's run, run, run!"
Then whoosh! went the wind and out the lights
And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

I'm Not Scared!

Books
Aaaarrgghh! Spider!
by Lydia Monks

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

Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
by Linda Williams; illustrated by Megan Lloyd

Songs

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Five Little Monkeys Swinging in the Tree

Scarecrow, Scarecrow

Scarecrow, Scarecrow turn around
Scarecrow, Scarecrow touch the ground.
Scarecrow, Scarecrow reach up high
Scarecrow, Scarecrow touch the sky!
Scarecrow, Scarecrow bend down low
Scarecrow, Scarecrow touch your toe
Scarecrow, Scarecrow jump up now
Scarecrow, Scarecrow take a bow!


Monday, November 4, 2019

Fall Baby Storytime

Read Aloud Books

Welcome, Baby!  
Baby Rhymes for Baby Times
What Babies Do
by Stephanie Calmenson; illustrated by Melissa Sweet

I Love All of Me
by Lorie Ann Grover; illustrated by Carolina Buzio

Peek-a-Pet!
by Marie Torres Cimarusti; illustrated by Stephanie Peterson

Pumpkin One, Pumpkin Two: A Counting Book
by Thomas Nelson

Busy Little Squirrel
Nancy Tafuri

Songs/Rhymes/Bounces

You Ought to See My Baby

Hello Song

Little Bear

When Cows Get Up in the Morning

Where is Big Toe?

Sitting in My High Chair

Humpty Dumpty

Toast

One Bright Scarf

Flannel

Colors
Orange and yellow
Green and blue
These are colors just for you
Orange as a flower, green as a tree
Yellow as the sun, and blue like the sea
Orange and yellow
Green and blue
These are colors just for you!

Five Little Pumpkins
5 little pumpkins sitting on the gate
The 1st one said, "Oh my, it's getting late!"
The 2nd one said, "There's a chill in the air!"
The 3rd one said, "But we don't care!"
The 4th one said, "I'm ready for some fun!"
The 5th one said, "Let's run, run, run!"
Then whoosh went the wind
And out went the lights
And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight!

Parachute!