Squirrels! Preschool Storytime

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It’s fall, and time to celebrate the frisky creatures bouncing along storing nuts – Squirrels! Books We Shared Where are My Books? by Debbie Ridpath Ohi Spencer’s books are going missing!  His dad doesn’t know where they are.  His mom doesn’t know.  It’s not his little sister.  So who has […]

Dragons! ~ Preschool Storytime

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In last Saturday’s storytime, we shared some great stories and flannel rhymes about DRAGONS – FIRE BREATHING DRAGONS!  We also lost a dragon in New York City. That was scary! Here are the books, songs, flannel boards, action rhymes and video we shared. Our Library Dragon – Percy.   Books We […]

Preschool STEAM ~ Building a Water Slide

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Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, technology, math and art!  There is no right or wrong way for children to experiment – the fun and learning comes from the doing!  Early childhood research shows us that little hands and minds learn best when at play. […]

Pumpkins, Ghosts & Monsters ~ Preschool Storytime

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Halloween is around the corner so we indulged in books about a pumpkin named Stumpkin and a monster who learns not to play with his food.  We also shared a story activity that involved six white ghosts!  Its never boring at storytime! Here are the books, songs, story activity, action rhymes […]

Food! ~ Preschool Storytime

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We shared some great stories and flannel rhymes about finding, cooking and eating food!  Well it wasn’t just about food!  The books we read taught us about sharing, doing great things (even when you are small), and guarding against false assumptions.  Sound deep?  Yes, it was!  But it was also […]

Moon, Stars, and Outer Space: Preschool Storytime

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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 […]

Baby Animals: Preschool Storytime

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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 […]

Sweet Treats! ~ Preschool Storytime

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We shared some great stories and flannel rhymes about SWEET TREATS during our Preschool Storytime!   Here are the books, songs, flannel boards, action rhymes and video we shared. Books We Read   I Love Cake by Tammi Sauer with illustrations by Angie Rozelaar is a funny story about three friends – Rabbit, Porcupine and Moose.  […]

Babies! ~ Toddler Storytime

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Our wonderful summer session of Toddler Storytime ended last Tuesday.  For this eighth and final storytime we read all about babies.  We began with a counting song (sung to the tune of 10 Little Indians)! One little, two little, three little babies Four little, five little, six little babies Seven little, eight little, nine little babies […]

Babies! ~ Infant Storytime

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Our wonderful summer session of Infant Storytime ended last Tuesday.  For this eighth and final storytime we read all about babies.  We began with a counting song! One little, two little, three little babies Four little, five little, six little babies Seven little, eight little, nine little babies 10 little babies here! Fun FACT:  Just a […]