Today we met a turkey, and then met all of his friends from the farm! Books We Shared I Spy on the Farm by Edward Gibbs invites kids to guess each animal with three clues: the color of the animal, the first letter of its name, and the sound the […]
Read Around the World Book Club: The Parker Inheritance
Published on :Last night we had our first Read Around the World book club meeting, and our book was The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson. We had a wonderful group! When the kids and parents entered, I gave them a packet: We did that first page together–the word is SPY! It […]
Uh Oh! Infant Storytime
Published on :Books We Shared Breakfast… Uh-oh! Bathtime… Uh-oh! An adorable toddler finds all kinds of occasions for using the phrase in Rachel Isadora’s Uh-oh! Kids are little scientists, aren’t they? I remember when all my daughter wanted to do was drop something from her high chair and watch her grandpa pick […]
Uh Oh! Toddler Storytime
Published on :Books We Shared Breakfast… Uh-oh! Bathtime… Uh-oh! An adorable toddler finds all kinds of occasions for using the phrase in Rachel Isadora’s Uh-oh! Wild Baby by Cori Doerrfeld is a new book, and since it was a bit long for our purposes I just abridged it a little. A baby […]
Counting: Toddler Storytime
Published on :Books We Shared Ten Tiny Babies features Karen Katz’s adorable illustrations of rolly-polly bouncy babies, and we count them from 1 to 10. Nancy Tafuri is one of the best author/illustrators for babies and toddlers, and in Five Little Chicks some baby chicks and their mother hen have fun exploring […]
Counting: Infant Storytime
Published on :Books We Shared Ten Tiny Babies features Karen Katz’s adorable illustrations of rolly-polly bouncy babies, and we count them from 1 to 10. Nancy Tafuri is one of the best author/illustrators for babies and toddlers, and in Five Little Chicks some baby chicks and their mother hen have fun exploring […]
Shapes: Infant Storytime
Published on :Books We Shared Animal Shapes by Christopher Silas Neal was a big hit! Using animals, shapes and lots of creative wordplay, Neal takes the names of shapes and turns them into puns– two giraffes plus a rectangle become a NECK-tangle, and two kittens plus a circle become a PURRR-cle! I […]
Shapes: Toddler Storytime
Published on :Books We Shared Animal Shapes by Christopher Silas Neal was a big hit! Using animals, shapes and lots of creative wordplay, Neal takes the names of shapes and turns them into puns– two giraffes plus a rectangle become a NECK-tangle, and two kittens plus a circle become a PURRR-cle! I […]
Dressing Up: Toddler Storytime
Published on :In my last email, I invited everyone to come to storytime in a costume if they’d like. There were many adorable and creative costumes! Here are some group photos I took: 10 am group: 11 am group: Books We Shared I love the wearable books by Donald Lemke and Bob […]
Dressing Up: Infant Storytime
Published on :In my last email, I invited everyone to come to storytime in a costume if they’d like. There were many adorable and creative costumes! Here are some group photos I took: Books We Shared Our first book for Infant Storytime was one I think I might have bought from the […]