On Saturday, we told stories about dogs! Books We Shared In Frankie by Mary Sullivan, Frankie is a newly-adopted dog who is trying to get to used to his new home, while Nico, another dog already living in the house, resents Frankie for playing with his toys and lying on […]
Preschool STEAM ~ Building
Published on :Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, math and art! There is no right or wrong way for children to experiment – the fun and learning comes from the doing! Early childhood research shows us that little hands and minds learn best when at play. […]
Up, Up ~ Preschool Storytime
Published on :We had lots of fun reading about things that float up in the sky – clouds, balloons, and even little boys named Ben. Wait! What? IF you want to find out what really happened to Ben, take a look at the books, flannel stories, finger plays and video we shared. […]
Food! ~ Toddler Storytime
Published on :Our theme for the EIGHTH and final storytime of the spring session was FOOD! We read a story about a mouse who was hungry for lunch and we played a guessing game with different kinds of fruit that took on some really weird shapes. We also discovered that some cows like turnips more than birthday cake! Wow, we even had time […]
Preschool STEAM ~ Magnets
Published on :Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, math and art! There is no right or wrong way for children to experiment – the fun and learning comes from the doing! Early childhood research shows us that little hands and minds learn best when at play. […]
Preschool STEAM ~ Oil & Water – Do they Mix?
Published on :Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, math and art! There is no right or wrong way for children to experiment – the fun and learning comes from the doing! Early childhood research shows us that little hands and minds learn best when at play. […]
The Five Senses: Preschool Storytime
Published on :Today we talked about our five senses, played with shakers and bubbles and had an argument with a puppet! Books We Shared Whenever I read Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld, I like to stage an argument with a duck puppet. The duck is convinced that we […]
Birds that Hatch! ~ Toddler Storytime
Published on :For the fourth meeting of our spring session we read books about birds that hatch out of eggs! We read about a silly goose and a little chick and we watched three creatures hatch…one wasn’t exactly what we expected! Here are the books, rhymes, fingerplays, flannel boards, action songs and video we shared. Books […]
Move & Play ~ Toddler Storytime
Published on :For the third meeting of our spring session we read books about moving, playing and just being silly! There was a whole lotta movin’ & shakin’ going on! Here are the books, rhymes, fingerplays, flannel boards, action songs and video we shared. Books We Shared We read the Big Book of […]
Bunnies ~ Preschool Storytime
Published on :WE read some great stories about bunnies and other animals that HOP during our preschool storytime. We even pulled some magic rabbits out of a hat! Here are the books, songs, flannel stories. action rhymes and video we shared. In Pickin’ Peas by Margaret Read MacDonald, a little girl begins […]