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“Behavior is communication. Change the environment and behaviors will change,” Lana David, Autism Unites Sensory Storytime is a fun, interactive, educational storytime designed for preschool age children with autism and/or sensory challenges. It involves books, songs, movement and therapeutic play that incorporate the five senses. If you would like to learn more about […]
We had fun with colors & counting during our preschool Storytime! Here are the books, flannel story, songs & activities we shared about our theme: Books We Shared Press Here by Herve Tullet involves counting, color identification and sorting. It is also offers a preschool friendly introduction into spatial skills. We had fun […]
I presented this storytime on January 31, and with Groundhog Day later in the week, it was only fitting to use the theme of Groundhogs & Shadows Books We Shared Our first book was a guessing game with shadows. Guess Whose Shadow? by Stephen R. Swinburne, begins with an […]
For our January 31 storytime, with February right around the corner, we shared stories about groundhogs and shadows in honor of February 2nd, aka Groundhog Day! Books We Shared Our first story was Shadows by April Pulley Sayre, illustrated by Harvey Stevenson. We explored many different types of shadows here […]
“If a child can’t learn the way we teach, than maybe we should teach the way they learn” ~ Ignacio Estrada Sensory Storytime is a fun, interactive, educational storytime designed for preschool age children with autism and/or sensory challenges. It involves books, songs, movement and therapeutic play that incorporate the five senses. Sensory […]
At today’s storytime all the toddlers got hats! Stories Whose Hat is That? by Anita Bijsterbosch — A hat is blown by the wind from this animal to that animal, until finally a dog brings it to its rightful owner. We took our hats and waved them in the air […]
This weekend we shared stories about art and creativity, and children did some art of their own! Stories Louise Loves Art by Kelly Light – After drawing a picture of her cat, a young girl searches for the perfect place to hang her masterpiece. Meanwhile, her little brother creates his […]
With our first Toddler Storytime of the Winter 2017 session, we all said Hello! to one another and Hello! during all the stories we read. It was a great way to kick off what is sure to be a wonderful ten weeks. Books We Shared There are lots of […]
Today was the first storytime of our Winter Session, and what a better way to kick things off than with a big HELLO! All our stories today were about different ways of greeting each other and saying hi. Books We Shared We began infant storytime with Hello Baby! by […]
This week we shared stories about apples–troubles with apples, the shape and simple perfection of apples, and mystery apples. Stories Letting Go by Janet Morgan Stoeke: Pip, Midge, and Dot are enjoying the shade under an apple tree when fruit starts falling around them, causing the hens to suspect […]