Pets Storytimes - Week of October 4, 2010

This week we have been learning about pets at storytime.

Our Toddler Storytime lineup included:
Song- Fingerpopping from Preschool Aerobic Fun

Story- Peek-a-Pet by Marie Torres Cimarusti

Flannel- Pet Toys (Tuesday) or Going to Find a Pet (Thursday)

Song- Jumping and Counting from Jim Gill's Irrational Anthem

Story- Please Puppy Please by Spike Lee

Action Rhyme- Call the Dog

Song- Happy and You Know It from Songs for Wiggleworms

Story- Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell

Puppets - Pets and their names

Our Preschool Storytime Lineup included:

Song- Can't Wait to Celebrate from Jim Gill's Irrational Anthem

Story- What Pet to Get by Emma Dodd

Action Rhyme- I Had a Little Turtle

Story- The Best Pet Ever by Victoria Roberts

Song- Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee from Toddlers on Parade

Flannel- Going to Find a Pet

Story- I Don't Like Gloria by Kaye Umansky

Our Rhymes Included:

Call the Dog

Call the dog,

Give him a bone.

Take him for a walk,

And put him in his home.

I Had a Little Turtle

I had a little turtle, he lived in a box.

He swam in a puddle and climbed on some rocks.

He snapped at a mosqito and he snapped at a flea,

He snapped at a minnow and he snapped at me.

He caught that mosquito and he caught that flea,

He caught that minnow, but he didn't catch me!


Our Ready To Read Skill: Print Motivation (Loving Books)Print Motivation means being interested in and enjoying books. There are many ways to encourage this skill with your child, but the best way is to make reading fun! Some ways to do this include helping your child choose books to read with you, trying funny voices for the characters in the books, having your child help you read by saying a repeating phrase, or choosing books that have a pop-up or lift-the-flap feature, like Peek-a-Pet and Dear Zoo. Also, feel free to ask the librarians at the branch you visit for books about topics your child is interested in (for example: trains, frogs, princesses, etc.).