Cars & Trucks ~ Infant Storytime

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For our sixth storytime of the winter session we read stories about cars and trucks!  What follows are the books, rhymes, songs, tickle, bounces and flannel boards we shared. BOOKS WE SHARED   Toot Toot Beep Beep! by Emma Garcia is a great book about cars in traffic as they go “up and down, in […]

Colors! ~ Toddler Storytime

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For our fifth storytime of the winter session we read stories about colors!  I used my different colored scarves to introduce everyone to the colors of the rainbow! FUN FACT:  Did you know that engaging in scarf play actually helps your baby develop gross motor skills?  Gross Motor (physical) skills require whole body movement […]

Colors ~ Infant Storytime

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For our fifth storytime of the winter session we read stories about colors!  What follows are the books, rhymes, songs, tickle, bounces and nursery flannel board we shared. Fun Fact: Just after birth, a baby sees only in black and white, with shades of gray. As the months go by, he/she will slowly start […]

Cookies: Preschool Storytime

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In today’s storytime, we shared stories about cookies! Books We Shared The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Marcellus Hall All the other animals on the farm eat their usual food.  But the cow loves cookies! Find out why in this fun rhyming romp!   Who Ate All the […]

Shadows ~ Preschool Storytime

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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 […]

Bathtime ~ Toddler Storytime

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For our fourth storytime of the winter session we read stories about bathtime!  As a special treat we had the library bubble machine blow magical bubbles while everyone walked into the story hour room.  (We had to prepare for all of the bubble baths taking place during storytime.) FUN FACT:  […]

Bathtime ~ Infant Storytime

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For our fourth storytime of the winter session we read stories about bathtime!  As a special treat we had the library bubble machine blow some magical bubbles while everyone walked into the story hour room.  We had to prepare for all of the bubble baths taking place throughout storytime!  What follows are the books, rhymes, […]

Birds ~ Toddler Storytime

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For our third storytime of the winter session we read stories about BIRDS!  Stella, our library “baby bird” helped us flap, tweet and sing our way through toddler storytime this morning!  AND – we found a nest!  By the time we finished storytime, we had a nest of baby blue birds.  Take a look at the […]

Birds ~ Infant Storytime

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For our third storytime of the winter session we read stories about BIRDS!  Stella, our library “baby bird”helped us flap, tweet and sing songs throughout the morning.  AND we even found a nest with eggs that were almost ready to hatch!  By the end of our storytime those eggs turned into some very hungry baby bluebirds.  […]

Frogs ~ Toddler Storytime

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For our second storytime of the winter session we read stories about FROGS!  There were “ribbits” and some hoppin’ and a jumpin’ going on this morning!  Below are the books, rhymes, songs, finger plays and flannel boards we shared.  A FUN FACT (brought to you by our mascot, Freddie the frog): To help your child hear and know sounds […]