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If you are trying to come up with fun strategies for getting children excited about learning you may want to use “twin texts.” This term refers to the use of fiction and nonfiction books to increase comprehension and build a foundation for critical thinking. Most think this only works with […]
We started this storytime talking about the weather. We talked about what the weather was outside today: And then I mentioned that in the storyroom, it was going to be a different type of weather (at least in our imaginations!), because we were reading stories all about snow! Books […]
This morning, we used stories and our imaginations to take a trip into outer space. And we had some help with this thanks to the “NASA @ My Library” program administered through the California State Library and Southern California Library Cooperative. NASA sent us some fun materials to use and […]
Today we read about baby animals and the kids got to meet a cute kangaroo puppet and her joey! Books We Shared Next To You: A Book of Adorableness, by Lori Haskins Houran and pictures by Sydney Hanson, gives a laundry list of cute, big-eyed, fluffy baby animals and explains […]
Read the story that won 1st Place in the Children’s Category for our Fractured Films Writing Contest–a Triassic take on the movie “Jurassic Park” written by Joel Mason Griffin! The judges loved the action and suspense, and I think you will, too! […]
We read about jobs during our Preschool Storytime! Everybody thought about the jobs they might like to do when they grow up! We also read a book about a frog who didn’t really like the job of being a frog. (He does change his mind in the end though.) Here are the books, songs, guessing […]
Watch out – SHARK!!!!! A few Saturdays ago we read books about sharks. We were very careful not to annoy any of them in case they decided we looked edible! Here are the books, songs, flannel boards, action rhymes and video we shared. Books We Read I’m a Shark by Bob […]
Books We Shared On this cool and cloudy day, Bunny Fun by Sarah Weeks and illustrated by Sam Williams seemed like a fun way to start storytime, with its adorable bunny main character who finds ways to keep himself entertained on a rainy day. The Wonderful Habits of Rabbits features […]
WE read some great stories about shadows during last Saturday’s Preschool Storytime! And let’s face it – it was an entirely appropriate choice for Groundhog’s Day! Here are the books, songs, flannel board, action rhymes and video we shared. Books We Read In Groundhog’s Runaway Shadow by David Biedrzycki we meet a groundhog […]
WE read some great stories about colors and color mixing during today’s Preschool Storytime! Here are the books, songs, flannel board, action rhymes and video we shared. Books We Read Mix it Up! by Herve Tullet is an interactive foray into color mixing, art and visual literacy. A wonderful book on colors […]