Preschool Storytime ~ Love & Hugs

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WE read some great stories about love and hugs during today’s Preschool Storytime!   Here are the books, songs, flannel board, action rhymes and video we shared. Books We Read All three of our stories had to do with love and hugs. In Oh Daddy! by Bob Shea, a little boy is convinced his […]

Toddler Storytime: Sea Animals

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Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Slippery Fish Slippery fish, slippery fish sliding through the water Slippery fish, slippery fish Gulp, gulp, gulp oh no, its been eaten by a… octopus, octopus squiggling in the water octopus, octopus gulp, gulp, gulp oh no, its been eaten by a… tuna […]

Toddler Storytime: Halloween

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Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Shadow Shapes I showed everyone these “scary shadows” that, upon being flipped over, turn out to be cute pictures of happy things! Four Little Bats Four little bats as happy as can be. One flew away and then there are three. Three little […]

Preschool Storytime ~ Scary Stories

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WE read some great scary stories for Halloween during today’s Preschool Storytime!  There were monsters, ghosts and even some creepy carrots.  Here are the books, songs, flannel board, prop story, action rhymes and video we shared. Books We Read     Creepy Carrots written by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Peter Brown […]

Toddler Storytime: Ducks

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Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Six Little Ducks Six little ducks That I once knew Fat ones, skinny ones, Fair ones, too But the one little duck With the feather on his back He led the others With a quack, quack, quack Quack, quack, quack, Quack, quack, quack […]

Preschool STEAM ~ non-Newtonian Fluid! (aka Slime)

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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. […]

Toddler Storytime: Trees

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Books We Shared I Spy We got to meet some puppet animals that live in trees, peeking out of my I Spy Box! Flannel Boards We Shared Little Squirrel, Little Squirrel This flannelboard gave kids practice identifying color names, rhyming words, and left-to-right prereading focus. Little squirrel, little squirrel, time […]

Circus: Toddler Storytime

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Last Tuesday, we visited the circus in books! Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Pete the Clown and his Three Bright Balloons (Credit: Story Time Secrets) (We just did three balloons) Pete the Clown bought three bright balloons at the circus. He was so excited about them, he sang […]

Bilingual Music for Infants and Toddlers with Nathalia

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This summer, our families from Infant and Toddler storytimes at Central Library got a special show performed by Colombian-American singer-songwriter Nathalia! She performed her original bilingual songs with lots of fun props, activity prompts, dances and movements to keep babies and toddlers and their parents highly engaged and having fun. […]

Sounds ~ Preschool Storytime

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WE read some great stories about SOUNDS during today’s Preschool Storytime!  We heard all kinds of sounds – animal, musical, and magical! Here are the books, songs, flannel stories. action rhymes and video we shared. Books We Read   In Whoops by Suzi Moore, we find three animals (a dog, a […]