Mother’s Day Saturday Story Time
Saturday Storytime
attendance: 32 It was a very young story time — I would say the average ages for 2-1/2 years old. Kinda young …. and it turns out the group participation ascpect of my plans sort of sunk to the ground….
Miss Mouse was wearing her cardigan sweater and boa. We talked about Mother’s Day
Miss Mouse: was hiding behind the blue flower
fingerplay: hickory dickory dock
Book 1: Over in the Meadow by Paul Galdone. I’ve never done this book in story time and I think I picked the wrong Saturday to do it. This group was too young and they just didn’t feel the rhymes and pattern. I love the pictures!
Song: I’m a Little Teapot by Wiggleworms
Book: Knock Knock, Who’s There? by Tad Hills I like this book so much. It’s funny yelling Knock knock….
Flannel Story: Monkey Face by Frank Asch. I know you aren’t surprised to hear that I did monkey face. It’s truly one of my favorite stories to tell. and…It was wonderful to see families who didn’t know the story experience it today.
Song 2: Put Your Finger on by Parachute Express
… I had waffles for breakfast which inspired:
Flannel #2:Flip Flap Jack Wouldn’t that make a great breakfast for mom tomorrow?
Book 3: If You’re Happy and You Know it by David Carter I really wish Scholastic would reprint this…
Titles I didn’t use but intended to (Sometimes 30 minutes isn’t enough):
- Book: Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
- Song: Mama Don’t Allow by Wiggleworms
- Flannel: M-O-M-M-Y the group was too young to sing a song of letters…
Valentine’s Day 2013
Early Storytime
attendance: 18
Letter of the Day: L
Miss Mouse: was hiding behind hearts
What is hiding in the sock? Lock
Book 1: Mouse’s First Valentine by Lauren Thompson
Fingerplay: hickory Dickory dock
Prop: Mother’s Chocolate Valentine by Jack Prelutsky. We saved a big chocolate heart box from a past valentine’s day bribe from a book salesman. It’s great to watch the different reactions to this poem. Some younger kids really react strongly to eating all the chocolates. It’s not sharing.
Prop story: Four Valentine’s in a Rainstorm by Felicia Bond. Until this very moment, I didn’t know Felicia Bond wrote this book. It was released a few years ago.
Song: Knuckles Knees by Jim Gill. After doing this song for five weeks, there seemed to be real improvement.
Flannel Board: My Froggy Valentine
Word of the day: livid. There are lots of good L words, but they’re generally known: laughter, lavendar, lively. Livid is a good angry word.
The Alpha Boogie
Craft:
Moos, Baas, and La-la-las: Saturday Storytime
Saturday Storytime
attendance: 33
Miss Mouse was wearing missing. Went to visit her friend groundhog. Sent a postcard
Miss Mouse: was hiding behind farm animals. She was hiding behind the goat
fingerplay: Clap. Clap your lap.
Prop Song: Interrupted Groundhog in which I didn’t have the bear or the second page of the script. I was winging it.
Song:Knuckles Knees
Fingerplay:Roll Roll Sugar Babies. We clucked our way through it like ducklings.
(a new storytime feature) iPad app: Moo Baa La La La I’ve been wanting to do this in story time for a very long time…. we finally bought an AppleTv. It was a lot of fun. I’ve been doing story time long enough to remember we used to do filmstrips (though I never did)… this was an interactive version of a long held story time tradition
fingerplay: A-Ram Sam Sam A girl — maybe 8 0r 9 — came in today and told me she used to come to story time and do A-Ram Sam Sam and that she taught it to her younger sister. I thanked her for reminding me. It’s like riding a bike, once you A-Ram Sam Sam you don’t forget.
Book: Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
Song Medley: I’m a Little Teapot/Two Little Blackbirds/Humpty Dumpty by the Wiggleworms
Book: If You’re Happy and You Know It.
Titles I didn’t use but intended to:
- Book: The Little Red Hen
Groundhog’s Day and other letter G things
Early Storytime
attendance: 22
Letter of the Day: G
Miss Mouse: was hiding behind letter Gs…other g things were hiding too
What is hiding in the sock? guitar
Miss Mouse: She wanted to know what words starting with g describe today: gloomy and gray.
Book 1: Where is the Green Sheep by Mem Fox
Fingerplay: Clap, Clap your Lap
Puppet song: The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Greg and Steve
Song 1: Knuckles Knees by Jim Gill. They’re getting better and better at this each week.
Prop story: Substitute Groundhog by Pat Miller
Song2: Goldfish Song by Laurie Berkner
Let’s talk about the Letter G: Gloomy and glad are the words I came up with. Also, we had grapes, and green and go.
Craft: G is for Goat
Bears and the Letter B
Early Storytime
attendance: 13
Letter of the Day: B
Miss Mouse: was hiding behind Bears. Today she was hiding behind a Koala, which isn’t really a bear, but …
What is hiding in the sack? a banana
fingerplay: Clap. Clap Your Lap. “You forgot the words.” Which is true…so I got the words out and we did it together.
Book 1: Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson. Between Bear and badger there were lots of b words to watch out for.
Song: Knuckles Knees by Jim Gill. We’re getting better at it.
Book 2: Bear in Underwear by Todd Doodler
Book 3:Maybe a Bear Ate It! by Robie Harris
fingerplay: roll roll sugar babies
Prop: Imogene’s Antlers by David Small
song 2: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean by Jim Gill using our letter Bs … great fun! Even the adults played along.
Juicy word of the day: Brilliant. Also Imogene’s Antlers used the word Bravo, so I used that one too.
Craft: Bears like honey. who makes honey? Bees… we stretched a bit and made Bees
I really enjoyed this story time… everything came together rather nicely. It was a small group, but there were enough supplies that the adults could participate. Overall, a bodacious and brilliant time!
Veggie Story Time 1.7.2013
Early Literacy Storytime
attendance: 21
Letter of the Day: V
Miss Mouse: was hiding behind Vegetables: She was behind the carrots
What is hiding in the sack? a volcano
fingerplay: Clap, Clap Your Lap.
Book 1: The Night of the Veggie Monster by George McClelland
Song: Knuckles Knees by Jim Gill. Great rhyming and a really good stretch
Flannel/Prop: Lunch by Denise Fleming
Prop Story: The Great Big Enormous Turnip. We have a very large plush turnip. I used parents as the animals. It’s great fun.
A Really Enormous Turnip. The pen is there to show you how large it is! Also, it’s been here since before me, and I do not have a source for it.
Book 2: Soup for One by Ethan Long
nnel: Ten Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel
The Word of the Day: Vivid
The Alpha Boogie
Craft: letter V with a carrot and celery..
Our “V”eggie Craft…
Can I just add, what is up with all the Pea hate in children’s books? Too many canned peas as children, I guess. We must stop the pea hate!
Titles I didn’t use but intended to:
- Book: Little Pea by Rosenthal (made in to story cards)
- Book: Eat Your Peas by Kes Gray (prop story)
Winter Storytime
Open Storytime
Today it is supposed to be 60 degrees. This morning we had fog. Not an auspicious beginning to Winter Story time Continue reading
Gingerbread Story Time Extravaganza
The community where I work has a very active downtown association. They hold a big, festive event the weekend after Thanksgiving. And we’re involved in the kick-off. We hold 2 simultaneous storytimes (one in the library’s meeting room and one in the children’s services program room). Afterwards the crowd meets on the street (temporarily closed by the police) where Mrs. Claus rides a fire truck behind a marching band. They walk down Main Street for a block to the train station where Santa is welcomed and they light the tree.
Don’t you love it? There is a small-town feel smack dab in the middle of suburbia. The whole downtown is focusing on gingerbread this season. Continue reading
Story Time With Dad
Storytime
attendance: 12
Miss Mouse: was hiding behind Family Portraits
fingerplay: Clap Clap Your Lap
Book 1: Just Like Daddy by Erik Brown
Fingerplay: Roll Roll Sugar Babies
Book 2: Daddy Mountain by Jules Feiffer. I make sure every repeats the word Catastrophe. Love it!
Song: Drivin in My Car by Ralph Covert. Everyone loves this one…
Story Card1: We enlarged pages from the lengthy board book Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown. Even the most tired child responded to this one.
Fingerplay: Hickory Dickory Dock
Story card2: to mix it up a bit: Fall is Not Easy by Marty Kelley
Puppet/Flannel Story: Monkey Face by Frank Asch. Love it. We took the story and added Folkmanis stage puppets talking to Monkey. It worked really well.
We had a craft. Draw your Own Picture of Dad. From Oriental Trading.
Stinky Storytime
Early Storytime
attendance: 25
Letter of the Day: S
Miss Mouse was cleaning her floor, such a mess. We divided up the pieces to thing to keep and things to throw away.
What is hiding in the sock? Sun.
fingerplay: Hickory Dickory Dock.
Book 1: Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas
speaking of rhyming, I have a rhyming fingerplay
Fingerplay: Clap, Clap your Lap. I made flannel cards for this, to show the words. They were too heavy and kept falling. Grrr. Will fix for next week.
Tip: I actually worked in a literacy tip: Singing elongates vowel sounds: When you sing you’re really singing the vowels. It helps children hear them.
Book 2: I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont
Prop story/song: Stinky Cake by Carole Peterson. Yuck
Song: Shake My Sillies Out by Raffi. I like the live version.
Book: Yuck by Mick Manning
Flannel: Tail of Little Skunk by Marsha Arnold
Lucy Maud’s Favorite Word: Scarlet. “My glasses are scarlet red.” Other S words we liked: snake, sun, and slide.
The Alpha Boogie
Craft: We made a Skunk tail out of the letter S.
Titles I didn’t use but intended to:
- Book: Slop Goes the Soup by Pamela Duncan Edwards. it has lots of juicy onomatopoeia.
