Beach Storytimes - Week of June 14, 2010

This week at Toddler and Family Storytimes we are talking about beaches. Instead of Preschool Storytime, we had a great performer join us!

Our Toddler Storytime Included:
Song - Fingerpopping from Preschool Aerobic Fun
Introduction to he letter B for Beach
Props- What should Bear pack for the beach?
Book - Otto Goes to the Beach by Todd Parr
Song - If You're Happy and You Know It from Songs for Wiggleworms
Book - I Saw the Sea and the Sea Saw Me by
Flannel - A Fishy Color Story
Action Rhyme - Once I Caught a Fish Alive
Song - Jumping and Counting from Jim Gill's Irrational Anthem
Book - Where is Baby's Beach Ball? by Karen Katz
Our Family Storytime Included:
Song - Hands Are For Clapping from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song
Intoduction to the letter B for Beach
Props - Going to the Beach
Book - Otto Goes to the Beach by Todd Parr
Action Rhyme - Once I Caught A Fish Alive
Flannel Story - Rainbow Fish
Book - Where Is Baby's Beach Ball? by Karen Katz
Song - Jumping and Counting from Jim Gill's Irrational Anthem
Book - Sea, Sand, Me by Patricia Hubbell

Action Rhyme:
Once I Caught a Fish Alive
One, two, three, four, five,
Once I caught a fish alive.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
Then I let him go again!

Rain Storytimes - Week of June 7, 2010

This week at Storytime we talked about rain!

Our Toddler Storytime included:
Song - Fingerpopping from Preschool Aerobic Fun
Introducation to the letter R for Rain
Book - Ducks Like to Swim by Agnes Verboven
Song - The Itsy-Bitsy Spider from Songs for Wiggleworms
Book - Raindrop, Plop! by Wendy Cheyette Lewison
Action Rhyme - Rain
Book - Duckie's Rainbow by Frances Barry

Our Preschool Storytime included:
Song - Can't Wait to Celebrate from Jim Gill's Irrational Anthem
Introduction to the letter R for Rain
Book - Move Over, Rover by Karen Beaumont
Act it out - Make a rainstorm indoors
Fold and Tell Story - The Rain Hat
Book - Rainy Day by Patricia Lakin
Book - Duckie's Rainbow by Frances Barry


Our Family Storytime included:
Song - Clap Your Hands from Wiggleworms Love You
Introduction to the letter R for Rain
Act it out - Make a rainstorm indoors
Book - The Big Storm by Nancy Tafuri
Song - Jumping and Counting from Jim Gill's Irrational Anthem
Flannel Story - The Big Puddle
Book - Rainy Day by Patricia Lakin
Song - The Itsy-Bitsy Spider from Songs for Wiggleworms
Book - Thirsty Thursday by Phyllis Root

Ready to Read Skill : Phonological Awareness (Sounds)
Phonological Awareness means being able to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words. Working on this skill will help your child sound out words when they start reading. Ways to improve phonological awareness include saying rhymes (like the ones in the books above) and emphasizing the rhyming words. Doing motions with the rhymes also helps your child break the words into smaller parts. Singing songs is another great way to work on this skill while having fun!

Summer Reading Club is here!

Storytimes are back, along with tons of other awseome programs (not to mention prizes for reading!). We have a NEW storytime schedule for the summer:
Preschool Storytime - Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.
Toddler Storytime - Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
Bilingual Storytime - Thursday at 6:00 p.m.
Family Storytime - Saturday at 11:00 a.m.
For a calendar of our other events, please stop in the library or click here.
We look forward to seeing you this summer!