Toddler Storytime – Creatures that Swim! – Feb. 2, 2016

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We read about creatures that swim in today’s toddler storytime! Here are some of the stories& activities we shared: OUR OPENING SONGS & ACTIVITIES: Welcome, Welcome Welcome, welcome everyone, Now we’re here, let’s have some fun First we clap our hands just so, Then we bend and touch our toes […]

Preschool Storytime: Space!

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We read books about space in today’s preschool storytime. First we did a song to learn everyone’s names: Zoom Zoom Astronaut Can you say your name or not? What’s your name? _____________ Let’s all say it together! (from Jbrary) We started with Sheep Blast Off by Nancy Shaw and illustrated […]

Toddler Storytime – January 26 – Butterflies!

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We had lots of fun with butterflies in storytime today!  Here are the stories, rhymes, activities & songs we shared: OUR OPENING SONGS: Welcome, Welcome Welcome, welcome everyone, Now we’re here, let’s have some fun First we clap our hands just so, Then we bend and touch our toes Welcome, […]

Infant Storytime – January 26 – Butterflies!

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    Our Infant Storytime was all about butterflies today!  We read a special slide-and-seek book by Emma Parrish which was a big hit.  Each page asks, “Where is Flutterby Butterfly?”  This leads us on a search for our special butterfly as we move through a bird’s nest, flowers, a […]

Family Storytime: Christmas

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It’s only Dec. 26th, and technically we’re on the 2nd day of Christmas, so today’s storytime was Christmas themed!  All the books I chose are from popular picture book series. After we sang our opening song, kids got to make arctic “North Pole” animals out of felt circles, triangles, pentagons […]

Family Storytime: Turkeys

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Thanksgiving may be over, but you’re probably still working on all the leftovers… So today our preschool/family storytime was all about turkeys! Everybody got a feather, and we sang a simple song about the colors: Turkey wore his red feather, red feather, red feather Turkey wore his red feather all […]

Preschool Storytime – Clouds

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Saturday wasn’t very cloudy, but that didn’t mean we couldn’t have fun reading about clouds!  That’s just what we did at our Preschool Storytime. Books We Shared   Before announcing our storytime theme to everyone, we read the book It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw.  The kids had […]

Family Storytime: Bunnies!

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Yes, I know it’s not springtime, but bunnies are cute and fun all year long!  Today we opened our storytime with the song “Clap Your Hands” from the Wiggleworms Love You album, and then talked about things that begin with the letter B: Then we read a book called Big […]

Preschool Storytime–Fruits

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This week we learned about fruits–the colors, whether they’re good as homes, and as snacks:  watermelons, apples, lemons, blueberries, cherries, oranges, pears, grapes, and kiwis. Stories we shared Odd Dog by Claudia Bolt:  Peanut, an odd dog who doesn’t like bones, but apples, worries that his next-door neighbor, Milo, might steal […]

Family Storytime: Starting School!

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Today’s storytime celebrated school, which kids in our local public schools have already started, and kids in our private schools are starting soon! We started with the song “Clap Your Hands” and then read the book Llama Llama Misses Mama by Anna Dewdney. In the book, our little llama is […]