WHOOOOO loves owls? We did, in Saturday’s preschool storytime! Books We Shared Everyone ones that owls are wise, but in Sean Taylor’s Hoot Owl Master of Disguise, illustrated by Jean Jullien, Hoot Owl shows us some other… skills that he has. Flying through the cover of darkness, Hoot Owl hunts […]
Painting with Cleaning Tools – Art & Play
Published on :In July we launched a new program: “Art & Play” for children ages 2-6. One Monday morning each month, we’ll focus on a process-based art project. With process art, the fun is all in the doing, and you happen to end up with an art piece at the end! For […]
Giraffes: Preschool Storytime
Published on :For our Saturday Preschool storytime we shared stories some tall and quiet friends — giraffes! Books We Shared Having a giraffe friend sounds like fun, right? Maybe not, as we found out in Giraffes Ruin Everything by Heidi Schulz, illustrated by Chris Robertson. Birthday parties, the park, ice cream — […]
Cats: Toddler Storytime
Published on :For our seventh Toddler Storytime of the spring session, we read books about cats. Miss AnnMarie was not feeling today so I, Miss Jennifer, got to share stories with our group today! Books We Shared Our first story, Kitty’s Cuddles by Jane Cabrera, follows kitty around as she gets hugs and […]
Cats: Infant Storytime
Published on :For our sixth Infant Storytime of the spring session, we read books about cats. Books We Shared We started storytime off with Thumpy Feet by Betsy Lewin. Thumpy is an orange cat, and this book is filled with fun onomatopoeia of the sounds he makes as he goes about his day […]
Spots and Dots – Preschool Storytime
Published on :Today’s storytime was all about spots and dots! Books We Shared In Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd, Dog is a white dog with one black spot. But, this day Dog collects many different spots on his adventures! Have fun with colors and counting in this vibrantly illustrated story. Press […]
Spots and Dots – Toddler Storytime
Published on :Our last Toddler storytimes of the Winter session featured stories all about spots, dots, and the creatures that have them. Books We Shared So many different animals have spots. And as we found out in Spectacular Spots by Susan Stockdale, many of them are spectacular! This is a great […]
Spots and Dots – Infant Storytime
Published on :Yesterday was the last storytime of our Winter Session! It focused on spots and dots. Books We Shared Our first story Animal Spots and Stripes by Britta Teckentrup compared different animals that have spots and stripes, and even had some creatures that have both! For our second book, we played a guessing […]
Shapes – Toddler Storytime
Published on :Squares, circles, triangles – we had fun with them all in our Toddler storytime this week. Books We Shared Shapes are all around us, if we just look. In Round is a Mooncake written by Roseanne Thong and illustrated by Grace Lin, a young girl discovers circles, squares and […]
Shapes – Infant Storytime
Published on :This week in infant storytime our theme was shapes. Books We Shared Our first story was Baby Party by Rebecca O’Connell, illustrated by Susie Poole. It’s a party! Time for babies to get together and have fun with lots of different shapes. A fun book to clap with. Circles by Yusuke Yonezu, […]