Dinosaurs--Preschool and Family

I liked the preschool storytime better...(I did the family storytime first and glad I had a chance to try again with preschool...plus the new book "How Many Dinosaurs..." came in, which would have worked well with family storytime too).

Preschool Storytime (April 11)

Books

Triceratopposite

by Bridget Heos; illustrated by T. L. McBeth

How Many Dinosaurs is Too Many?

by Lou Peacock; illustrated by Nicola Slater

Dinosaur Roar!

by Paul Stickland and Henrietta Stickland

Songs and Movement

Hello, Friends

with sign language

Two Little Dinosaurs (magnet board)

(based on Two Little Blackbirds)

Sitting a a hill (Jack and Jill)

Flying in the sky (Low and High)

Standing tall like a pole (Fast and Slow)

Looking at the cloud (Quiet and Loud)

Roll, Roll Sugar Baby

Dinosaur, Dinosaur Turn Around

We are the Dinosaurs

Laurie Berkner

Dinosaur Stomp

Goodbye, Friends

Play

Playdough and Dinos

Dinosaur Pattern Blocks

Dinosaur Hunt

Family Storytime (April 1)

Books

Am I Yours?

by Alex Latimer

Triceratops Stomp

by Karen Patkau

Dinosaur Stomp!

pop-up

by Paul Stickland

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Five Enormous Dinosaurs (flannel)

One Little Dinosaur went out to Play

Dinosaur Stomp

We are the Dinosaurs

Laurie Berkner

Dinosaur, Dinosaur Turn Around

Our Hands say, "Let's play!"

Play

Dinosaur Pattern Blocks

Dinosaur Hunt

Ducks--Toddlers

One more crack at ducks--this time with a small, young group at another library.  Not officially Toddler Storytime, but most of the children were toddlers!

Books

Ducks Away!

by Mem Fox; illustrated by Judy Horacek

Splish, Splash, Ducky!

by Lucy Cousins

Music and Movement

My Hands Say Hello

Five Little Ducks

with flannel board

I've Changed My Mind

Jim Gill

Popcorn Kernels

Are You Sleeping?

One Bright Scarf

Play and Learn

Plastic ducks in water

Ducks

Ducks two times at two different libraries.  Two newish books I wanted to use for the theme.  I did Seven Little Ducklings at both of the family storytimes.  It is such an adorable book...but the kids were just too young to really "get it".  And on some of the pages the illustrations of kind of small.  Duck, Duck, Goose (by John Hare) is also very fun, but geared more towards preschoolers.  

Books

Seven Little Ducklings

by Annette LeBlanc Cate

Splish, Splash, Ducky!

by Lucy Cousins

Ducks!

by Deborah Underwood; illustrated by T.L. McBeth

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello!

Put Your Hands Up

(tune: Do Your Ears Hang Low?)

Put your hands up high

Put your hands down low

Put your hands in the middle

And wiggle them so

Put your elbows in front

Put your elbows in bakc

Put your elbows in the middle

And quack, quack, quack!

I Have a Little Duck

(tune: Wheels on the Bus)

I have a little duck that goes quack, quack, quack

Quack, quack, quack

Quack, quack, quack

I have a little duck that goes quack, quack, quack

All day long!

Bobs up and down

Splash

Waddle

Are You Sleeping?

When I asked for children what other animals we should do one said, "Moose!"  I asked what the moose would do.  The child didn't know.  Then another child said, "A fox!"  What will the fox do?  "Kill a chicken and eat it!"  We did the moose first and just held up our hands on our head for antlers and said moose, moose, moose.  I had pulled myself together by then and we did the fox, but the fox just "ate, ate, ate".

My Hands Say Let's Play

Flannel

Ducks Away!

adapted from Mem Fox

I love the book, but I didn't really enjoy doing it as a flannel.

Activity

It was our first really nice day of spring, so we played with plastic ducks in water on the patio!

Baby Storytime--John Butler

I am going to do a few weeks of John Butler books, with the same song, rhymes, and bounces as the past three weeks doing Hugs and Kisses Storytime.

I just love John Butler's illustrations.  I want to crawl in and cuddle his adorable fuzzy animals!

Books

Can You Cuddle Like a Koala?

Wee Little Lamb

written by Lauren Thompson

Whose Baby Am I?

Wiggles

Books

Joy

by Yasmeen Ismail; illustrated by Jenni Desmond

Wiggle

by Doreen Cronin; illustrated by Scott Menchin

Worms

by Laura K. Murray

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Wake Up!

I wake up my hands with a clap, clap, clap

Clap, clap, clap

Clap, clap, clap

I wake up my hands with a clap, clap, clap

And wiggle my waggles away.

Feet...stomp

Myself...wiggle

I'm a Little Kitty Cat

Silly Dance Contest

If I was a Bird

Magnet Board

Find the worm

Open Ended Activity

Playdough

Stormy Weather

Books

Bear Feels Scared

by Karma Wilson; illustrated by Jane Chapman

Move Over, Rover!

by Karen Beaumont; illustrated by Jane Dyer

Raindrop, Plop!

by Wendy Cheyette Lewison; illustrated by Pam Paparone

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

R-A-I-N-Y

flannel board

There is a day when I get wet

And rainy is the weather

r-a-i-n-y

r-a-i-n-y

r-a-i-n-y

And rainy is the weather.

The Ants Go Marching 

Run, Baby Run

Colors in Motion

"Let's Play"

Open Ended Art

Coffee filter, markers, squirt bottles

STEAM Themed Thursday: Fun with Foil

Four different activities children (target age: K-5th grade) could choose from using aluminum foil

Paint on a foil canvas

Color Transfer

Color foil with washable markers, spritz with water, cover with a white piece of cardstock (with or without a picture drawn with Sharpie)

Foil person

Marble Roller Coaster (using heavy duty foil)

Family Storytime: Counting

Books

Three Little Pugs

by Nina Victor Crittenden

One-osaurus, Two-osaurus

by Kim Norman; illustrated by Pierre Collet-Derby

Two Little Monkeys

by Mem Fox, illustrated by Jill Barton

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Two Little Octopi

with flannel board

Jumping and Counting

Jim Gill

We are the Dinosaurs

Laurie Berkner

"Let's Play!"

Activity

Do-a-dot numbers from Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds

Bedtime

I liked this Bedtime Storytime better than the Toddler one I threw together a few ago. :)

Books

Who Said Coo?

by Deborah Ruddell; illustrated by Robin Luebs

Sleepy Sheepy

by Lucy Ruth Cummins; illustrated by Pete Oswald

Bedtime Blitz

by

Songs and Movement

Hello, Hello

Five Sleepy Llamas

This little llama said "I'm as tired as can be" 

This little llama said "My eyes can hardly see" 
This little llama said "I'd like to go to bed" 
This little llama said "I want to rest my head" 
This little llama said "Come climb the stairs with me" 
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 they tiptoed          (tiptoe fingers) 
Just as still as still could be! 

Are You Sleeping?

Bean Bag Song

Hap Palmer

"Let's Play!"

Activity

Star stickers, white crayons, white, gold, and silver colored pencils

Preschool Storytime: Counting

Books

How to Count to One

by Caspar Salmon; illustrated by Matt Hunt

One-osaurus, Two-osaurus

by Kim Norman; illustrated by Pierre Collet-Derby

How to Two

by David Soman

Alternate Book

(this was the book I was going to end with, but we were short on time)

The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark

by Ken Geist; illustrated by Julia Gorton

Music and Movement

Hello Friends

with sign language

Jumping and Counting

Jim Gill

We are the Dinosaurs

Laurie Berkner

Goodbye Friends

with sign language

Flannel Board

Two Little Octopi

Two little octopi swimming in the sea

One named Don and one named Dee

Swim away Don! Swim away Dee!

Come back Don! Come back Dee!

Two little geese flying in the sky

One named Low and one named High

Two little mice running near a pole

One named Fast and one named Slow

Two little leaves sitting on a car

One named Near and one named Far

Two little children looking at the clouds

One named Quiet and one named Loud

Open Ended Art

Hole punches, scissors, glue, paper, and crayons

Hugs and Kisses Baby Storytime

February 5-February 19

Books

A Kiss Like This

by Mary Murphy

All Kinds of Kisses

by Nancy Tafuri

Kitty's Cuddles

by Jane Cabrera

Songs, Rhymes, Bounces

You Ought to See My Baby

Hello!

When Cows Get Up in the Morning

Baby Hokey Pokey

Tiny Little Babies

Humpty Dumpty

The Wheels on the Bus

The Elevator Song

Parachute

Jim Gill's Alabama Mississippi

Big Trucks

Books

Wake Up Engines

by Denise Dowling Mortensen; illustrated by Melissa Iwai

The Mixed Up Truck

by Stephen Savage

Towed by Toad

by Jasher Awan

Music and Movement

Hello, Hello

Driving in My Car

I've Changed My Mind

with scarves

My Hands say, "Let's Play!"

Magnet Board

Five Big Dump Trucks

Song

Clipart

Where's the Toad?