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Storytime: Owls

Books “Owl Babies” by Martin Waddell “I’m Not Cute” by Jonathan Allen “‘Wow’ Said the Owl” by Tim Hopgood Wide-Eyed Owl There’s a wide-eyed owl (circle eyes with hands) With a pointed nose (touch nose) Two pointed ears (touch ears) And claws for toes (hold hands up like claws) He lives way up in the… Read More Storytime: Owls

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Storytime: Pumpkins

Books “Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins” by Dianne Ochiltree “Apples and Pumpkins” by Anne Rockwell “Plumply, Dumply Pumpkin” by Mary Serfozo Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground (touch the floor) How’d you get so big and round? (make circle with arms) Once you were a seed so small (pinch fingers together) Now you are a great… Read More Storytime: Pumpkins

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Storytime: Dance

Books “Giraffes Can’t Dance” by Giles Andreae “Baby Danced the Polka” by Karen Beaumont “Down by the Cool of the Pool” by Tony Mitton Five Ballerinas I love having the children stand up, spin in a circle and jump. Five dancing ballerinas Dancing on their toes One twirls, spins and jumps Then off the stage… Read More Storytime: Dance

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Rhythm Sticks

My standard storytime activities are scarves and egg shakers. Every once in a while I like to change it up by adding the parachute or rhythm sticks. I’ll be honest, at first the thought of giving a bunch of toddlers & preschoolers sticks scared me. I was envisioning knocked out teeth and poked out eyes.… Read More Rhythm Sticks

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Storytime: Manners

Books “Please, Mr. Panda” by Steve Antony “Llama Lama Time to Share” by Anna Dewdney “Nobunny’s Perfect” by Anna Dewdney Sign Language Today we discussed how children can benefit from using sign language. Babies are capable of understanding words and their meanings much earlier than they are capable of speech. Studies have shown that regular… Read More Storytime: Manners

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Storytime: Blanket

Books “Kiki’s Blankie” by Janie Bynum “Flora’s Blanket” by Debi Gliori Here is a Baby Here is a baby  (hold up index finger) Ready for a nap Lay her down in her mother’s lap (place finger in palm of other hand) Cover her up so she won’t peek (curl fingers around index finger) Rock her… Read More Storytime: Blanket

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Storytime: Penguins

Preschool – Books “If You Were a Penguin” by Wendell and Florence Minor “Playful Little Penguins” by Tony Mitton “Grumpy Pants” by Claire Messer Toddlers – Books “Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups” by Tadgh Bentley “Blue Penguin” by Petr Horacek “If You Were a Penguin” by Wendell and Florence Minor Five Perky Penguins Five perky… Read More Storytime: Penguins

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Storytime: Winter

Books “Bears in the Snow” by Shirley Parenteau “Sneezy the Snowman” by Maureen Wright Five Little Snowmen Five little snowmen standing in a row  (hold up 5 fingers) Each with a hat and a big red bow (tap head and place hands under neck) Out came the sun and it shone all day (circle arms… Read More Storytime: Winter

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Storytime: Birthday

Books “Bears and a Birthday” by Shirley Parenteau “The Cake that Mack Ate” by Rose Robart “How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Birthday” by Jane Yolen & Mark Teague Happy Birthday You can sing the happy birthday song to all of the children or to a character in the book. We sang it to Big Brown… Read More Storytime: Birthday