Storytime Year in Review

2023 Stats

38 Family Storytimes reaching 1, 650 patrons (average attendance = 43)
45 Baby Storytimes reaching 1,352 patrons (average attendance = 30)
21 Outreach or subbing storytime reaching 351 patrons

Smallest Baby Storytime: 12 (January 25)
Largest Baby Storytime: 54 (October 18)

Smallest Family Storytime: 15 (February 28)
Largest Family Storytime: 84 (August 22)

Favorite Storytimes

Lucy Cousins (March 21, 23, and 24)
Cats (July 25 and Aug 3)

Baby Storytime--Food!

Books

one each session

I Could Eat You Up!

by Jo Harper; illustrated by Kay Chorao

Today is Monday

by Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle

Applesauce is Fun to Wear

by Nancy Raines Day; illustrated by Jane Massey

Lunch

by Denise Fleming

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Lunch

by Eric Carle Institute

Baby Cakes

by Theo Heras; illustrated by Renne Benoit

Songs/Rhymes/Bounces

You Ought to See My Baby

Baby-o

Hello

Little Bear

Old MacDonald had a Farm

Mix and Stir

Sitting in My Highchair

Hickory Dickory Dock

I'm a Little Teapot

Pat-a-Cake

Noble Duke of York

Baby-o

Alabama, Mississippi

Jim Gill

with parachute

Flannel

Cookies

Down around the corner in the bakery shop

Were three little cookie with frosting on top

Along came ___________ with a dollar to pay

S/he buys the ___________ and takes it away.

Give a Gift

Books

Ivy Love to Give

by Freya Blackwood

Thank You, Mr. Panda

by Steve Antony

A Gift for Goose

by Tad Hills

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Jingle Bells

A Very Simple Dance

Prop Story

The Surprise; adapted from George Shannon

Little Bee was worried. His mother’s birthday was today he still hadn’t found her a present. She had perfume & books & the most beautiful garden. He’d already given her drawings, and songs that he’d made up. And every time he made a cake, he burned it.

He sighed and said, “I’ll just have to give her a plain old birthday card,” but then he had an idea.  He left his mother a note and a big box saying, “Open your birthday present right away!”  When his mother came home she saw the box and the note.  She untied the ribbon and opened the box. But there was another box inside. So she opened that box – and found another box! And opened that box – and found another box! And when she opened that box… Little Bee jumped out and gave her a big kiss!

Magnet Game

Which animal is hiding the present?

Open Ended Art

A Present Lift-the-Flap coloring page

Who will you give the gift to?  What will give them?

Alternate Books

One Winter's Day

by M. Christina Butler

Pip and Squeak

by Ian Schoenherr

Baking Day! Storytime

Books

Cookie Countdown

by Matt Mitter; illustrated by Tom Brannon

Baking Day at Grandma's

by Anika Denise; illustrated by Christopher Denise

A Birthday for Cow!

by Jan Thomas

Alternate Book

All for Pie, Pie for All

by David Martin; illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev

Songs/Movement

Hello, Hello

Making Cookies 

I am making cookie doug

Round and round the beaters go

Add some flour from a cup

Stir and mix the batter up.

Roll them, cut them nice and neat

Pet them on a cookie sheet.

Bake them, count them 1, 2, 3

Serve them to my friends for tea.

Two Little Friends

Two little friends went out to play

On a bright and sunny day

They had such e-nor-mous fun

They called another little friend to come,

"Come and play!"

Continue counting up

Five little friends went out to play

On a bright and sunny day

They ran, they jumped, they had such fun

They played and played til the day was done!

A is for Alligator

A is for alligator, chomp, chomp, chomp

B is for bear, stomp, stomp, stomp

C is for circle turn round and round

D is for dizzy, let's all sit down!

Bean Bag Song

Hap Palmer

My Hands Say Goodbye

Flannel Board

Five Little Gingerbread Men

Open Ended Activity

Playdough

Cookie cutters, cookie trays

Colors!

Books

Dog's Colorful Day

by Emma Dodd

Millie in the Meadow

by Janet Pedersen

A Good Day

by Kevin Henkes

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Silly Dance Contest

Jim Gill

Wave Your Scarf

(tune: London Bridge)

Wave your scarf way up high

Way up high, way up high

Wave your scarf way up high

Wave your scarf!

Down low

Fast

Slow

Side to side

Opposites:  high and low; fast and slow

Wave your scarf, wave goodbye

Wave goodbye, wave goodbye

Wave your scarf, wave goodbye

Goodbye scarf! 

My Hands Say Goodbye

Flannel

Polar Bear's Underwear

Oh where oh where is my red underwear?

Or where or where could it be?

I've looked up high

I've looked down low

Oh where or where could it be?

Tissue box washing machine

Open Ended Art

Tissue Paper Collage (on contact paper)

Hibernation Storytime

Books

Winter Lullaby

by Dianne White; illustrated by Ramona Kaulitzki

William's Winter Nap

by Linda Ashman; illustrated by Chuck Groenink

Animal Opposites

by Petr Horacek

Songs/Movement

Hello, Hello

Jump Up, Turn Around

Jim Gill

Brown Bear, Brown Bear Turn Around

Are You Sleeping?

My Hands Say Goodbye

Flannel Board

There were Five in the Bed

Open-Ended Play

Giant foam blocks

If I did it again...

Time to Sleep

by Denise Fleming

Time for Bed

by Mem Fox; illustrated by Jane Dyer

Animals Opposites

by Petr Horacek

Alternative Books

Old Bear

by Kevin Henkes

Baby Bear Counts One

by Ashley Wolff

A Delicious Storytime!

For the week of Thanksgiving we had a storytime about eating!

Books

Mouse Went Out to Get a Snack

by Lyn Rossiter McFarland

illustrated by Jim McFarland

The Greedy Goat

by Petr Horacek

What Does an Anteater Eat?

by Ross Collins

Songs/Movement

Hello, Hello

Bread and Butter, Marmalade and Jam

I'm a Little Kitty Cat

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Hop, Hop, Stop!

Run Baby Run!

Casper Babypants

My Hands

My Hands Say Goodbye

Flannel Board

Four Hungry Ants

Open Ended Art

Dot Markers and lots of white cardstock

Alternate Books if I had a younger crowd

Feast for 10

by Cathryn Falwell

Lunch

by Denise Fleming

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle

Wheels!

Books

Bing! Bang! Chugga! Beep!

by Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson; illustrated by Nathalie Beauvois

Is This the Bus for Us?

by Harriet Zieffert; illustrated by Richard Brown

Big Truck Day

by Rosanne Parry; illustrated by Niki Stage

Songs/Movement

Driving in My Car

The Wheels on the Bus

Flannel/Magnet Board

Lots of Cars

Nancy Stewart

Where's the Dog?

with a variety of vehicles

Open-ended Activity

I covered the craft table with black paper and left toy cars and four rolls of masking tape (to make roads).  The kids weren't interested in making roads, but a few drove cars on the few I made.

Fall Baby Storytime

Books

The Busy Little Squirrel

by Nancy Tafuri

Autumn Babies

by Kathryn O. Galbraith; illustrated by Adela Pons

In the Middle of Fall

first half of the book

by Kevin Henkes; illustrated by Laura Dronzek

Baby Loves Fall

Karen Katz

The Very Busy Spider

by Eric Carle

Autumn Babies

I'm a Little Pumpkin

Baby Loves Fall

Songs/Rhymes/Bounces

You Ought to See My Baby

Hello

tune: Goodnight Ladies

Hello ______

Hello ______

Hello ______

We're glad you're here today!

Little Bear

I Have a Little Cow

tune: Wheels on the Bus

I have a little cow that goes "moo, moo, moo"

"Moo, moo, moo! Moo, moo, moo!"

I have a little cow that goes "moo, moo, moo"

All day long!

Baby Hokey Pokey

You put your arms up

You put your arms down

You put your arms up

And you wave them all around

You wiggle, wiggle, wiggle

And tickle, tickle, tickle

That's what it's all about!

Feet

Baby

Tiny Little Babies

tune: Shortenin' Bread

Tiny little babies love bouncin', bouncin'

Tiny little babies love bounin', yeah!

Tiny little babies love bouncin', bouncin'

Tiny little babies love bouncin' so...

Bounce to the left, bounce to the right

Hug that baby nice and tight!

Humpty Dumpty

Where are Baby's Fingers?

Where, oh where, are baby's fingers?

Where, oh where, are baby's toes?

Where is baby's belly button?

'Round and 'round it goes!

Where, oh, where are baby's ears?

Where, oh where is baby's nose?

Where is baby's belly button?

'Round and 'round it goes!

The Itsy, Bitsy Spider

The Elevator Song

Baby-O

One Bright Scarf

Flannel

A small pumpkin

A big pumpkin

The biggest pumpkin I see

Now help me count them.

1, 2, 3!

A brown leaf, 

An orange leaf, 

A yellow leaf I see

Now help me count them

1, 2, 3!

I'm Not Scared! Storytime

Books

The Mouse Who Wasn't Scared

by Petr Horacek

Aaaarrgghh! Spider!

by Lydia Monks

Snip Snap! What's That?

by Mara Bergman, illustrated by Nick Maland

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

I'm a Little Kitty Cat

I Can Walk on Two Feet

My Hands

Itsy Bitsy Spider (five ways)

My Hands Say Goodbye

Flannel

Five Little Monkeys Swinging in a Tree

Alternative Books

Where's Sam?

by Yves Got

Pumpkin Trouble

by Jan Thomas

House and Homes

Books

I Love My Home

by Sebastien Braun

Vincent Paints His House

by Tedd Arnold

My House

by Byron Barton

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

If You're Happy and You Know It

I've Changed My Mind

Jim Gill

with scarves

My Hands Say Goodbye

Magnet Board

Where Do Animals Live?

Open Ended Activity

Thin cardboard (cereal boxes), masking tape, markers, stickers

Fall Family Storytime

Books

The Apple Pie Tree

by Zoe Hall; illustrated by Shari Halpern

Pumpkin Cat

by Anne Mortimer

The Busy Little Squirrel

by Nancy Tafuri

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Run, Baby, Run

Casper Babypants

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

My Hands Say Goodbye

Flannel Board

Fall Riddles

Five Little Pumpkins