Wednesday, May 27, 2009

More Penguin Books

If you really love penguins, try looking for these titles! To easily find Penguins books for children in the Chester County online catalog, choose the subject option and type in PENGUINS JUVENILE FICTION. You'll find the listing of all the penguin books cataloged in Chester county. There are over 100!

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365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fromental
Solo by Paul Geraghty
Tacky The Penguin by Helen Lester
Quickly, Quigley by Jeanne M. Gravois

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Penguin Dreams by V.L. Walsh
Little Penguin's Tale by Audrey Wood
Flip and Flop by Dawn Apperley


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Where Is Home Little Pip? by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman
I am Pangoo the Penguin by Satomi Ichikawa
Flip's day by Petr Horácek

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Cuddly Dudley by Jez Alborough
Augustine by Mélanie Watt
The Christmas Penguin by Mary Packard
My penguin Osbert by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

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Penguin Pete by Marcus Pfister
Also in the series...
Penguin Pete and Pat
Penguin Pete Ahoy
Penguin Pete and Little Tim

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

A preview for next week...

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Our theme for our last story time before Summer Reading starts will be penguins. Our star book will be If You Were A Penguin which was chosen by Pennsylvania for the 2009 One Book Every Young Child title. To learn more, go to http://www.paonebook.org/

For preview of the craft we'll be doing check out the picture!

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We'll be using glue and tape, but hopefully I'll have everything cut out before hand so we can keep the scissors away from all the little fingers.

Happy Mothers Day to our wonderful Moms!

Well with Miss Andrea being sick lately, and missing the Monster story time, we got a little off track here. Today we read and sang about Mothers! Be sure to let mom know how much you love her on Mother's day. We made our magnet picture frames just for her.

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We Read:
How Do I love you? by Leslie Kimmelman
If Mom Had Three Arms by Karen Kaufman
Honk! by Chris L. Demarest
What Mommies Do Best by Laura Numeroff
I Like Noisy, Mom Likes Quiet by Eileen Spinelli

Other Mom reads:
A Present For Mom by Vivian French
A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza
What Mom's Can't Do by Douglas Woods

Monday, April 20, 2009

Holly's Red Boots

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I found a cute book called Holly's Red Boots by Francesca Chessa. It's a great book for winter time when it's snowing out. Read allowed to your child and see if Holly can find her red boots so she can play in the snow!

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

National Library Week

Book and Library Story time

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Bats at the library
Beatrice Donesn't Want To
Maybe A Bear Ate It
Baby Bear's Books
Lola At The library

Display:
Library Lion
Library Dragon
Wild About Books
Will You Read To Me?
Our Library
Wolf!
Stella Louella's ...
The Boy Who Was Raised By Librarians
The Library

Craft:
Foam book marks

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Rabbit Story Time

Dates: Tuesday April 7th at 7 pm and Wednesday April 8th at 10:30 am
Attendance: 21

See the Rabbit Theme on this blog for Titles, our craft and songs!
http://storytimesblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/tom-rabbit-by-martin-waddell.html

Everyone is really excited about Easter, but a little bummed out by how cold it's been the past few days. The kids are more than happy to talk about what they want to do for Easter. But during story time, they seemed reluctant to do much talking when I asked them questions while I was reading. Usually the talkative ones never want to stop. The Dinosaur name tags are STILL a big hit and I'm helping make new ones every week for newcomers or returners who can only make it periodically.

We all loved our bunny puppets today and were really excited to play with them!

Have a happy Easter everyone and remember to leave out a Carrot out for the Easter Bunny.

P.S. I love my flowers. Thanks again!

Rabbit Theme

Books
Tom Rabbit by Martin Waddell
We're Rabbits! by Lisa Westberg Peters
Home For A Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Bunny Fun by Sarah Weeks
Rabbit's Good News by Ruth Lercher Bornstein
Bunny's Noisy Book by Margaret Wise Brown
Tatty Ratty by Helen Cooper
A surprise For Rosie by Julia Rawlinson

Songs and Finger plays
Hop Hop Hoppy
Sung to: Peter Rabbit
Hop, hop, hoppy cannot wait,
Jumping near my garden gate, Hippity Hoppity,
Carrots on his mind.

Floppy ears are flipping high,
Big feet jumping, my oh my!
Hipitty hoppity,
No carrots left behind.

BUNNY
Sung to: "Bingo"
I know a rabbit with long pink ears
and BUNNY is his name - o
B-U-N-N-Y B-U-N-N-Y B-U-N-N-Y
and BUNNY is his name - o

I'm a Little Bunny
Sung to: "I'm a little teapot"
I'm a little bunny, with a cotton tail;
See me hopping down the trail,
When I see a carrot ---
My ears - they shake!
And then, of course,
A Bite I take!!!

CRUNCH!!!!!

Funny Bunny Hop
Funny, little bunny goes hop, hop, hop!
(children hop, or make bunny ears with fingers and bounce hand)
Funny little bunny, please stop,stop,stop!
(become still)
Wiggle your ears and crinkle your nose.
)hands above head for ears, wiggle them. Crinkle your nose)
Then wiggle, wiggle, wiggle right down to your toes.
(wiggle whole body)

Little Bunny Foo Foo
http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/l007.html

Craft
Bunny Cup Puppet
Idea from "Storytimes for Two-Year-Olds" Second Edition by Judy Nichols
Supplies: White foam cups (preferably smooth so the children may draw a scene on it), straws, crayons, tape and a bunny shape cutout.

Directions: I provided the bunny pre-cut to make the project easier for the little ones. I also had the cups ready with holes in the bottom. Have the children decorate their bunny and cup. Once they are ready, tape the bunny to the straw and put the straw through the hole in the cup. You now have a bunny hole and a puppet ready for a show!

Friday, April 3, 2009

Easter Story Time

Easter Story Time
Dates: March 31st and April 1st
Attendance: 17

Books:
Panada's Easter Basket
Twas The Night Before Easter
Easter parade
Bunny's Easter Surprise (?)
Five little chicks


Craft: Foam Egg decoration
Decorate a pre-cut foam egg with foam stickers and markers. Punch a hole at the top to put a string through so it can be used as an Easter decoration.

Songs:
Peter Cottontail

Here Is A Bunny With Ears So Funny

Jelly Beans

Dinosaur Story Time

Dinosaur Story Time
Date:

Books:

Crafts:
Creation of a Dinosaur Coloring Book and name tags with a dinosaur shape.

Songs:

Friday, March 20, 2009

Truck/Cars Story Time

Date:

Books:
I'm Dirty!
Duck In The Truck
Cars
My Truck is stuck!
(more...)

Crafts: Making a stoplight.
I pre-cut black paper for the body of the light. I also pre-cut yellow, red, and green circles. While the children created their Stop lights, I asked them questions about what you do at a stop light when a certain light is turned on.

Songs: The Wheels On The Bus
Shiny Red Car

Bears, Teddy Bears

Bear/Teddy Bear Theme

* = Possibly for groups of older children

* Always Copycub
Baby Bear's Chairs
*Batholomew and the Bug

can i have a hug - debi gliori, board book. good for younger ones
Bedtime for little bears - david bedford
one bear with bees in his hair - jakki wood
Will you still love me
Again! - John Prater
Baby Day - O'Keefe - lapsit age
Always copycub - richard edwards
the teddy bears' picnic - jimmy kennedy

Library/Books Theme

Books/Library

Books
Baby Bear's Books - Jane Yolen

Library
The boy who was raised by Librarians
Library Lion
Library Dragon

Monster Theme

Monsters Theme

Monster Beach

Hugs

Hugs

Can I have a hug? / Debi Gliori

Babies

Baby Theme

Baby Day - Susan Heyboer O'Keefe

Fathers

Fathers

A fathers day thankyou
Goodbye Daddy Brigitte Weninger

Theme Idea List

Spring!
Bunnies
Rain - rain boots
Friends
Family
Boats
Ducks
Farms
Bugs
Trucks
Adventure
Fantasy/Fairytales
Pirates
Being Sick
Mothers
Grandparents
Fathers
Sisters
Brothers

Being Scared

Professional Resources

Professional Materials

Library Story Hour from A to Z
Ellen Habrouck

The Encyclopedia of Infant and Toddler Activities
-For children birth to 3

Toddler Storytime Programs
Diane Briggs

Storytimes for two-year-olds
Judy Nichols

Books by Judy Freeman
(More Books Kids will sit still for)

Shake-it-up tales! : stories to sing, dance, drum, and act out
Margaret Read MacDonald

Stories neverending : a program guide for schools and libraries
Jan Irving ; illustrations by Joni Giarratono

A storytime year (a month to month....)
By Susan M Dailey

Story Hour: 55 preschool programs for Libraries
Jerri Kladder

Do you know the muffin man? : an essential preschool literacy resource
Pam Schiller and Thomas Moore.

Starting with stories : engaging multiple intelligences through children's books
Pam Schiller and Pat Phipps

The complete book of rhymes, songs, poems, fingerplays, and chants / [compiled by] Jackie Silberg, Pam Schiller
Honk, honk, rattle, rattle : 25 songs and over 300 activities for young children
Pam Schiller book and CD / Pam Schiller

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Bedtime Story Time

Date: 3/17/09, 7 pm - 3/18/09 10:30 am

Attendance: 7 & 19

Books:
Five little monkies jumpinging on the bed
Llama Llama Red Pajama
Napping house
Sleepy Places
Just go to bed!
There's a Nightmare in my closet
The bunnies are not in their beds
Kiss Good Night

Songs & Finger plays:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Roll Over! (10 in the bed and the little one said....)

Craft: Sweet Dreams Fairy Pattern from "Library Story Hour from A to Z" by Ellen K. Hasbrouck

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Mice

Eek! There's a mouse in the house - wong herbert yee

Bedtime Theme

Books:
Blossom and boo stay up late (4-8)
The napping House
Llama Llama red pajama
The bunnies are not in their beds
There's a nightmare in my closet

Songs/Fingerplays:


Crafts:

Bear Story Time

Bears

Bears bears everywhere - mary bergman, helen craig
baby bear's chairs - jane yolen
Big bear ball - joanne ryder
The bear hug - sean callahan

The bear came over to my house - Walton
Don't Worry Bear - Greg Foley
Kiss goodnight - Amy Hest


Craft: Bear Ears Hat
Need: paper tape crayons stapler
Long strips of paper, decorated as they want. Attach ears to the long strip (tape, glue, stapler), then staple the strip to fit the child's head.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Fish Story Time

Fish Story Time

Paper Plate Fish Craft

Good Books:
(for the younger ages)
Bright Stanley
The three little fish and the big bad shark
The fidgety Fish

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Fun with colors

Colors

Tuesday and Wednesday - Feb 3&4
Tuesday: 2
Wednesday: 15


Books:
Monday The Bullfrog
Llama Llama Red Pajama
Mouse Paint
Elmer
Kitten Red Yellow Blue
Brown bear brown bear what do you see?
Painting A Rainbow

Craft: Colorful Caterpillar
Circles of color cut from paper glued to a sheet to create a colorful caterpillar

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Snowmen

Story time
10:30 am
Wednesday January 21

Snow / Snow man theme

Craft: Cotton ball snow man
- Children glued cotton balls onto blue sheets of paper, used yarn for scarves, beads for eyes/buttons/mouth, and pipe cleaners for arms.

Books:
Snowmen at night
Biscuits Snowday
Snowballs
Snowman by Raymond Briggs

15 kids

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Cat Story Time

January 13th
Theme: Cats
Kids: 5
Craft: Paperbag Cat Puppet
--- cutout templates, coloring, glue

Books: Lost Cat
Castaway Cats *
Bandit *
Cat Parade (rat a tat tat)
If you give a cat a cupcake
Nobody's nosier than a cat

add link to template print out
(enchanted learning.com)