Spring Storytime

Books (for older group)

William Wakes Up

by Linda Ashman; illustrated by Chuck Groenink

Spring is Here

by Will Hillenbrand

Abracadabra It's Spring!

by Anne Sibley O'Brien; illustrated by Susan Gal

Books (for younger group)

Spring is Here

by Will Hillenbrand

Wee Little Bunny

by Lauren Thompson, illustrated by John Butler

Spring Sings for the Grouchy Ladybug

World of Eric Carle

Songs and Movement

If You're Happy and You Know It

Silly Dance Contest

Jim Gill

Flannel Board

Hello Springtime!

Process Art

Painting with Flowers (carnations)

Lucy Cousins Storytime

All my books this week were by Lucy Cousins...one of my favorite author/illustrator!

Book for Older Group

Let's Play Monsters

Peck, Peck, Peck

I'm the Best

Books for Younger Group

Let's Play Monsters

Hooray for Birds!

Maisy Big, Maisy Small

Music and Movement

The Monster Boogie

Laurie Berkner

Are You Sleeping? Bird Edition

(tune: Frere Jacques)

Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping?

Little bird, little bird?

<snore>

Wake up little bird! Wake up little bird!

Flap, flap, flap!

Flap, flap, flap!

Other birds:

Ostrich--run

Owl--"hoot"

Penguin--waddle

Rooster--"cock-a-doodle-doo!"

Duck--"quack"

Flamingo--"stand on one leg"

Flannel Board

Hooray for Fish!

Socks, Shoes, and Boots!

Books for Older Group

Have You Seen My New Blue Socks?

by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Sergio Ruzzier

Whose Shoes?  A Shoe for Every Job

by Stephen R. Swinburne

Bear Needs Help

by Sarah S. Brannen

Books for Younger Group

Whose Shoes?

by Anna Grossnickle Hines; illustrated by LeUyen Pham

Maggie and Michael Get Dressed

by Denise Fleming

New Shoes

by Chris Raschka

Songs and Movement

I Can Walk on Two Feet

I can walk on two feet, on two feet, on two feet.

I can walk on two feet all day long.

Run

March

Tiptoe

Spin

Jump

Hop--on one foot

Walk

Silly Dance Contest

Jim Gill

Boots!

Laurie Berkner

with clipart boots to show

Flannel Board

Five Pairs of Socks

5 pair of dirty socks on my bedroom floor,

Mom washed the ______ pair and then there were 4.

4 pairs of dirty socks that belong to me

Mom washed the _______ pair and then there were 3.

3 pairs of dirty socks, what's a kid to do?

Mom washed the _______ pair and then there were 2.

2 pairs of dirty socks, I wear them when I run

Mom washed the _______ pair and then there was 1.

1 pair of dirty socks rolled up in a ball

Mom washed the last pair, my favorite pair of all.

No more dirty socks, Mom washed them all today

But wait until tomorrow, cause there's more on the way!

Not my favorite because the "pairs" messed with the children's counting.

What sock is fox hiding under?

Open Ended Activity

Pompoms, tubes, egg cartons, bowls

Houses and Homes

Family Storytime (but two very different groups)

Books for Older Group

A New House for Mouse

by Petr Horacek

Welcome Home, Bear: A Book of Animal Habitats

by Il Sung Na

There's a Mouse in My House

by Ross Collins

Books for Younger Group

The House that Zack Built

by Alison Murray

I Love My Home

by Sebastien Braun

Songs/Rhymes/Movement

Jump Up, Turn Around (younger group)

Jim Gill

Jumping and Counting (older group)

Jim Gill 

Run, Baby, Run

Casper Baby Pants

Magnet Board

Animal Homes

Where do the Animals Live?

(clipart--match animal with home)

Where is the Bee? (younger group)

(using the same clipart set, but hiding the bee)

Activities

Flannel Board pieces

Chalk and black paper

Duplos

Wooden Beads

Hopscotch

Hearts and Hugs--Baby Storytime

Books

(one per session)

A Kiss Means I Love You

by Kathryn Madeline Allen, photographs by Eric Futran

All Kinds of Kisses

by Nancy Tafuri

The Cuddle Book

by Guido Van Genechten

A Kiss Like This

by Mary Murphy

Songs/Rhymes/Bounces

You Ought to See My Baby

Baby-O

Welcome

At storytime we have ________ today

We're so glad let's shout "Hooray!"

Little Bear

When Cows Get Up in the Morning

They're a Part of Me

(tune: The Muffin Man)

I can make my hands go clap

Clap, clap, clap

Clap, clap, clap

I make my hands go clap

They're a part of me.

I can make my feet go tap...

I can make my nose so beep!...

I can make my finger wiggle...

Hey Diddle Diddle

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

Little Red Wagon

The Elevator Song

Baby-O

One Bright Scarf  OR  Jingle Bells (we had snow a few more times...)

Flannel Board

Hearts

A small heart, a big heart, the biggest heart I see

Now help me count them. One, two, three!

A white heart, a pink heart, a purple heart I see

Now help me count them. One, two, three!