Five Little Pumpkins Flannel Board Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate The first one said: “Oh my it’s getting late!” The second one said: “There’s a chill in the air.” The third one said: “But we don’t care!” The fourth one said: […]
Wordless Picture Books
Published on :I love wordless (and mostly wordless) picture books. In 1992, David Wiesner, a master of wordless picture books, won the Caldecott medal (the award for the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book) for his book Tuesday. That book, about a night of adventure for frogs on hovering lily […]
Infant Toddler Storytimes – Bedtime Stories!
Published on :We read bedtime stories, revisited the nursery rhyme, This Little Piggy, sang a traditional lullaby with a modern twist, played a bedtime version of Peekaboo, AND hit the hay! (Hopefully nobody actually fell asleep during the storytimes). Infant Storytime: All babies LOVE Peekaboo games. Peekaboo Bedtime by Rachel Isadora shows baby playing peekaboo […]
Preschool Storytime: Book-Book-Books About Libraries
Published on :Today’s Preschool Storytime was all about the library! (Okay, and about a chicken. The chicken insists I mention that.) Our first book, Lola Loves Stories by Anna McQuinn, was about a little girl who reads stories in books and then imagines herself becoming the characters she reads about. Books can […]
Infant Toddler Storytimes…October 15 – More Birds!
Published on :This past Tuesday, we read about birds, birds and MORE BIRDS. Of course, there’s nothing like reading a book about a baby bird who is learning how to fly. Joyce Dunbar’s classic, Baby Bird is a fantastic read for infants and toddlers, the illustrations are bright and bold with just a hint […]
Infant and Toddler Storytimes: Babies! Babies! Babies!
Published on :Babies LOVE to look at baby faces! According to research, infants pay attention to human faces longer than anything else. This applies to baby faces in picture books (even if they aren’t actual photographs). Soooooo…I decided to inundate my storytime babies with cute little baby faces! Who can resist? I know I can’t! First I […]
Preschool Storytime: Grumpy!
Published on :We’ve gotten a lot of new children’s books in the library lately all about being in a bad mood. I thought why not highlight some of these titles during storytime? Today we had a lot of fun being grumpy. To find any of the items used in today’s storytime, just […]
Walking With Dinosaurs, a cool website for kids
Published on :Can’t get enough dinosaurs? Want a fantastic, highly visual, interactive guide to many of the most famous ones? If you’ve got a good web browser like Chrome or Firefox, point it to http://www.walkingwithdinosaurs.com/dinosaurs/catalogue/ and check out the amazing facts about dinosaurs and the animals that lived alongside them, gathered by the […]
Preschool Storytime: Apples!
Published on :Even though it’s a hot 94° here, September always makes me think about autumn and starting school. So what better theme for our first September preschool storytime than apples? To find any of the items used in today’s storytime, just click on the photo of the book. Books We Shared […]
Dog vs. Cat vs. Bird – Preschool Storytime
Published on :Stories we shared Flannelboard Five Little Cats 5 little cats playing near the door, one ran inside and that left 4. 4 little cats underneath a tree, one heard a dog bark and that left 3. 3 little cats wondering what to do, one saw a little bird and that […]