Thursday, March 30, 2023

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)







Thursday, March 23, 2023

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!

Saturday, March 18, 2023

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

Saturday, March 11, 2023

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

Saturday, March 4, 2023

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!