Last week’s Infant Storytime, our last of the Winter Session, was all about the forest. We put together a flannelboard picture out of shapes, and I based it on the book Orange, Triangle, Fox by Sarah Jones: We played I Spy and talked about forest animals. Then we read Mama’s […]
Toddler Storytime: Forest
Published on :Last week’s Toddler Storytime, our last of the Winter Session, was all about the forest. We put together a flannelboard picture out of shapes, and I based it on the book Orange, Triangle, Fox by Sarah Jones: We played I Spy and talked about forest animals. Then we sang the […]
Happy Birthday, Salina Yoon!
Published on :March 14, 2015 was not only Pi Day, but also the birthday of one of our favorite authors and illustrators, Salina Yoon! To commemorate this very special occasion, Salina shared a couple of her newest books FOUND and STORMY NIGHT (and even made it rain!). We gave away party hats, little […]
Infant Storytime: Swamp
Published on :Yesterday we read books, sang songs and did fingerplays about animals that live in the swamp! First, we made a picture with shapes–circles, half-circles, triangles, rectangles, and a trapezoid and a pentagon–showing some of the animals that live in a swamp or wetland. I lost my photo for the whole […]
Toddler Storytime: Swamp
Published on :Yesterday we read books, sang songs and did fingerplays about animals that live in the swamp! First, we made a picture with shapes–circles, half-circles, triangles, rectangles, and a trapezoid and a pentagon–showing some of the animals that live in a swamp or wetland. I lost my picture of all the […]
Family Storytime: Crocodiles and Alligators
Published on :Today we read books, sang songs and did fingerplays about crocodiles and alligators! We started with a song called “Alligator, alligator”: Alligator, alligator, long and green (hold out arm: 4 fingers, thumb below) Alligator, alligator, teeth so mean (open and close fingers and thumb) Snapping at a fly, snapping at […]
Preschool Dance Party!
Published on :On February 20th, we held a Preschool Dance Party up on our Studio on 4th. We danced, shook shakers, and waved scarves. Here’s the playlist we used for the party. Most of these cds are available for check-out at the library – click on the CD image to be taken […]
Toddler Storytime: Savanna
Published on :Today’s Toddler Storytime was about the grasslands or savanna, and we started out by putting together circles, rectangles, diamonds, triangles and hearts to make these animals from the savannas of Africa: We sang “Open Shut Them” and then guessed at the animals hiding in my “I Spy” box. After that […]
Infant Storytime: Savanna
Published on :Today’s Infant Storytime was about the grasslands or savanna, and we started out by putting together circles, rectangles, diamonds, triangles and hearts to make these animals from the savannas of Africa: We guessed at the animals hiding in my “I Spy” box and then read a book about an animal […]