Credit for this lovely rendition of Hello Babies/Friends & Goodbye Babies/Friends goes to Kathy MacMillan, a librarian, American Sign Language Interpreter & signing storyteller. She’s written numerous books for librarians and storytellers on how to incorporate sign language into stories for children. You can check out her YouTube channel at the URL […]
Ninja Pigs! — preschool storytime
Published on :Today’s storytime opened with–you guessed it–ninja pigs! Well, three ninja pigs and a wolf, anyway. And not once, even in the other stories not about ninja pigs, did we OINK! This was a non oink-ing pig storytime, but still not short of silliness. Stories we shared The Three Ninja Pigs […]
Toddler Storytime – Spring Session – Bunnies, Bunnies Everywhere!!!
Published on :Spring is here!!!!! We had lots of fun reading stories about bunnies AND acting out some bunny antics! Here is a list of stories, rhymes, songs, and activities we shared – if you’d like a printed copy, click onto this link – TODDLER songs-rhymes OPENING SONGS: Welcome Everyone! Welcome, welcome everyone, Now we’re […]
Infant Storytime – Spring Session – Bunnies, Bunnies Everywhere!
Published on :It’s Spring!!!! We started off the Spring Session of Infant Storytime with a hop and a jump! Bunnies were everywhere! Listed below are the stories, rhymes and songs we shared. If you’d like a printout of the songs/rhymes/stories, click onto this link: Infant Stories-Rhymes OPENING SONGS: Welcome Everyone! Welcome, welcome everyone, Now we’re here, let’s […]
Infant Storytime: Forest
Published on :Last week’s Infant Storytime, our last of the Winter Session, was all about the forest. We put together a flannelboard picture out of shapes, and I based it on the book Orange, Triangle, Fox by Sarah Jones: We played I Spy and talked about forest animals. Then we read Mama’s […]
Toddler Storytime: Forest
Published on :Last week’s Toddler Storytime, our last of the Winter Session, was all about the forest. We put together a flannelboard picture out of shapes, and I based it on the book Orange, Triangle, Fox by Sarah Jones: We played I Spy and talked about forest animals. Then we sang the […]
Happy Birthday, Salina Yoon!
Published on :March 14, 2015 was not only Pi Day, but also the birthday of one of our favorite authors and illustrators, Salina Yoon! To commemorate this very special occasion, Salina shared a couple of her newest books FOUND and STORMY NIGHT (and even made it rain!). We gave away party hats, little […]
Infant Storytime: Swamp
Published on :Yesterday we read books, sang songs and did fingerplays about animals that live in the swamp! First, we made a picture with shapes–circles, half-circles, triangles, rectangles, and a trapezoid and a pentagon–showing some of the animals that live in a swamp or wetland. I lost my photo for the whole […]
Toddler Storytime: Swamp
Published on :Yesterday we read books, sang songs and did fingerplays about animals that live in the swamp! First, we made a picture with shapes–circles, half-circles, triangles, rectangles, and a trapezoid and a pentagon–showing some of the animals that live in a swamp or wetland. I lost my picture of all the […]
Family Storytime: Crocodiles and Alligators
Published on :Today we read books, sang songs and did fingerplays about crocodiles and alligators! We started with a song called “Alligator, alligator”: Alligator, alligator, long and green (hold out arm: 4 fingers, thumb below) Alligator, alligator, teeth so mean (open and close fingers and thumb) Snapping at a fly, snapping at […]