Pre-K Library Storytime

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Puppet: Our turtle puppet came out of his house in his shell long enough to make the rounds: There was a little, who lived in a box. He swam in the puddles, he climbed on the rocks. HE snapped at the mosquitoes, he snapped at the fleas. He snapped a the minnows, he snapped at me! He caught the mosquitoes, he caught the fleas, He caught the minnows, but he didn't catch me! There were some new little minnows in story hour today, Dylan and Bianca, today, and they liked being nibbled. Books: Guess What I Am by Anni Axworthy. This is a nice die-cut, but any book can be used as an intro to this storyhour that's interactional. "What has a lot of teeth and lives in the ocean?" "What's a bird that can't fly and lives at the South Pole?"  Not this year: The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers. Love this wonderful, wide-eyed book about a little boy who finds an airplane in the back of his closet. Perfect for storytime. Vincent Paints His House by Tedd Arnold. Lo...

Music belongs at every storytime but this storytime is all music and sound! Try to pull together a storytime that really is all music --  Music book booklist  Don't forget to add Pharrell's Happy and yes, even What Does the Fox Say? as well as Raffi and Twinkle Twinkle. B o o k s Miss Mary Mack by Hoberman . Big Book.  Clapping song. Down by the Bay , Raffi.  w. print outs. Be Quiet, Mike! by Patricelli.  THE BEST READALOUD FOR MUSIC!!! Can't wait to try it out. Little Blue Truck Leads the Way by Alice Schertle. The noises of city traffic combine with great jingly rhyming text. Gobble Gobble Moooooo Tractor Book by Jez Alborough.  What could be better than a book which combines farm animal sounds with farm machine sounds? It's the perfect marriage.   The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort.  A very witty take off on a song we sing A LOT.  Dan, The Taxi Man by Eric Ode Froodle by Antoinette Portis. This bird just won't go peep. Down by the S...

This storytime is dedicated to my  fabulous summer intern, Amanda, whose idea it was and who loves the book, I'm Mighty! and knows how to fold origami boats. Books:   I'm MIGHTY! by Kate and Jim McMullan. Tugboats actually power those enormous ships into port.  Get it? VERY small boats moving VERY large ships?  Now why would this be a hit with the pre-ks? Class Three at Sea b y Julia Jarman.  Very lighthearted tale of a school outing interrupted by an encounter with unfriendly pirates.  The ending says it all:  "So if ever your class goes to sea, remember what happened to Class Three.  And if pirates board, don't make a fuss... just make friends with an octopus!" A bit forced. Mr. Gumpy's Outing by John Burningham.  One of those just-one-more-is-too-much books.  I have all the characters for a magnet board and a paper boat to put them in. Sheep on a Ship by Nancy Shaw.  Tongue twister silliness, short and sweet. The Circus Ship b...

:   Games Magic Envelope time!   This is when I used the wonderful Magic Envelope I had all the ingredients on the blackboard and told them we were going to make a pirate, what would we need? Would we need a flower? They caught on very fast, great involvement. (Thanks so much,  Sharon Hrycewic  pronounced Rice-Witts for sharing  at http://storytime.readingchick.com/ !) Books Superhero Me! by Karen Katz. This cute little board book was a good start for the theme. Are We There Yet by Dan Santat. Perfect. Tiger in My Soup by Kashmira Sheth.  Also perfect. Sea & Rex by Molly Idle.  Cute trip to the beach w. friendly dino in tow. Good Thing You're Not an Octopus by Julie Markes kept everyone interested, puzzling over what life would be like with 200 teeth or twelve feet. Pirates Don't Take Baths by John Segal. I started losing them here. Even the good listeners weren't very sympathetic to this tale. This year I tried  Come Away from the ...

B o o k s Pete the Cat and His White Shoes by Eric Litwin. Everyone's favorite cat in everyone's favorite story!  Lemons Are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger. It took me a few pages to pick up on the right rhythm for this: Page One: Read with astonishment: Lemons are not red. And then point out that this is a MAGIC color book and something is going to happen to that lemon when you turn the page. Turn the die cut and -- the lemon is yellow! The apple is red! Next page: Here is some blue grass. Wait a minute! Is the grass blue? Turn page. The grass is GREEN. The sky is blue.  : Wow! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood. Owl stays up into the day to see --- COLORS! and WOW is what he has to say. If you have ANY talent with the paint brush at all, paint along while you talk. Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd. Don't need artistic talent for this.  I photocopied the dog and drew spots on him. Don't Push the Button by Bill Cotter. I Ain't Gonna Paint No More  by Karen Bea...

Books: Intro: Mighty Dads by Joan Holub.  Does it get better than a book about construction vehicles who are dads teaching their young construction vehicles how to dig and hoise? Lots of action build into this one too, as bulldozers roar, cranes reach, etc. Be Glad Your Dad...Is Not an Octopus  by Matthew Logelin.  Sooooo funny, soooo excellent. Gripping Read: Tad and Dad by David Ezra Stein.  Maybe not so gripping, but funny and fun and very real somehow.  I really identify with that frog. Good Story: Froggy's Day with Dad by Jonathan London.   Good Story: Building with Dad by Carol Nevius Jones.  Gorgeous storytime book, with graphic illustrations that fold down to allow for beautiufl views of the construction sights. Thunderboy, Jr. by Sherman Alexie.  SORT of about Dads -- he was named after his father. Good Story: You Can Do Anything Daddy by Michael Rex. Nice Q & A format: "Daddy, if I got taken by pirates, would you save me?" "Of...