At today’s storytime we talked about the moon, one of the key players in Monday’s solar eclipse! Books We Shared Our first story, Mae and the Moon by Jami Gigot, is about a girl who thinks of the moon as her friend, and feels sad when the moon seems to dwindle […]
Fish! ~ Toddler Storytime
Published on :Our 7th storytime of the summer session was all about Fish! Fish sure are slippery! Here are the stories, songs, rhymes, flannel boards, activities and video we explored about our topic. Books We Shared In Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins we run into a variety of fish! This is a colorful, boldly illustrated book that captures […]
Food! ~ Toddler Storytime
Published on :Our 6th storytime of the summer session was all about Food! We also had a visit from Max the Mouse and he ate all of our strawberries!! I guess mice really do love to eat! Here are the stories, songs, rhymes, flannel boards, activities and video we explored about our topic. Max the Mouse Books […]
Butterflies ~ Toddler Storytime
Published on :Our fifth storytime of the summer session was all about Butterflies! We even got a visit from Mary Mariposa, our Monarch butterfly. (See below). She charmed us as she flitted about the room to prepare us for the stories, songs, rhymes, flannels and video we shared. Books We Shared In Julie Sebastien’s Where’s […]
Sensory Art & Craft Making
Published on :Last Saturday’s Sensory Art & Craft Making program at Lamanda Park Branch Library made a BIG SPLASH (pun intended). Over 20 young artists and their families set out to make “sandpaper” starfish, “squiggly” jellyfish and “squirmy” octopuses (just to name a few). An entire wall of Lamanda Park’s meeting room was turned into an […]
Colors! ~ Toddler Storytime
Published on :Our fourth storytime of the summer session was all about colors! Here are the books, songs, rhymes, flannel activity and video we shared. Books We Shared In Sebastien Braun’s Meeow and the Blue Table, we are introduced to Meeow. Meeow is a black cat. Meeow invites his friends over to play but it’s raining. What […]
Bears! ~ Preschool Storytime
Published on :We had lots of fun during our preschool storytime last Saturday! We read books about bears, listened to a little flannel story about 10 teddy bears, sang songs and partook in some finger plays. All that and a video too. Here is a listing of what we shared. Books We Shared In […]
Bears ~ Toddler Storytime
Published on :Our third storytime of the summer session was all about Bears! Here are the books, songs, rhymes, flannel stories and video we shared for our storytime on Bears! Books We Shared In Nancy Tafuri’s book, Mama’s Little Bears, we are introduced to Mama Bear and her three baby bears. They are all out fishing […]
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 — […]
Transportation ~ Sensory Storytime
Published on :“By holding the highest vision for your child when they can not see it for themselves, you are lifting them up, elevating them and helping them to soar,” Megan Koufos Sensory Storytime is a fun, interactive, educational storytime designed for preschool age children with autism and/or sensory challenges. It involves books, […]