Yum, Yum! Food Storytimes- Week of Nov 19-24

Lots of tasty stories about food this week! (Thursday we will be closed so you can enjoy your tasty Thanksgiving!)

Preschool Storytime Lineup
"Wheels on the Bus" from Songs for Wiggleworms
F is for Food
The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
"Peanut Butter and Jelly" from Songs for Wiggleworms
Make a Pizza- Creative Dramatic
"The Sneezing Song" from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song
Charlie Chick by Nick Denchfield
"Milkshake Song" from Songs for Wiggleworms
Nail Soup- Prop Story (from the book by Eric Maddern)

Toddler Storytime Lineup

"Clap Your Hands" from Wiggleworms Love You

F is for Food

What's for Lunch? by Ann Garrett

"Peanut Butter and Jelly" from Songs for Wiggleworms

Flip Flap Jack- Flannel 

"I'm a Little Teapot" Action Rhyme

The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Pop Up book!) by Eric Carle

"Milkshake Song" from Songs for Wiggleworms

Charlie Chick by Nick Denchfield

"I Feel Crazy so I Jump in the Soup" from Victor Vito

The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and The Big Hungry Bear- Prop Story (from the book by Don and Audrey Wood)

Ready 2 Read Skills: Loving Books
Take a book like Nail Soup or The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and The Big Hungry Bear and act it out! Have you child help add things to the nail soup, or come up with new ways to hide the strawberry from the Big Hungry Bear. Turning books into games is a great way to model how much fun reading can be!

Look for Pop-Up and Lift-the-Flap books! Charlie Chick, What's for Lunch?  and the pop-up version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar are books that your child will quickly grow to love!

Yum! Food Storytimes - Week of October 5

This week we are talking about food at storytime!

Our Toddler Storytime Lineup included:

Song - Fingerpopping from Preschool Aerobic Fun

Introduction to food theme - What do we eat at meal time?

Story - What's For Lunch by Ann Garrett

Action Rhyme/Song - Peanut butter and Jelly

Song - Milkshake from Songs for Wiggleworms

Story - Maisy Bakes a Cake by Lucy Cousins

Flannel Story - 5 Little Cookies

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

Story- Yummy! Yucky! by Leslie Patricelli

Our Preschool Storytime Lineup Included:

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

Introduction to food theme - What do we eat at meal time?

Story - If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numerof

Song - Milkshake from Songs for Wiggleworms

Flannel - The Great Big Enormous Turnip

Story/Creative Drama - Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert

Song - I Feel Crazy So I Jump in my Soup from Victor Vito by Laurie Berkner

Our Family Storytime Lineup Included:

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

Story - The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog by Mo Willems

Flannel Story - Hippopotomous Sandwich from Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

Story - Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert

Song - I Feel Crazy So I Jump in my Soup from Victor Vito by Laurie Berkner

Flannel Story - The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Story - On Top Of Spaghetti by Paul Brett Johnson

Song - Spaghetti Legs from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes

Prop Story - I Know an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly

Ready to Read Skill: Vocabulary (Words):

Vocabulary means knowing the names of things. Knowing many words will help your child recognize written words and understand what he or she reads. Some great ways to work on this skill include talking to your child about what is going on around you, speaking clearly and using short sentences, and pointing out pictures in books when you say certain words. Good examples of books to use with this skill that we read this week are What's For Lunch and Growing Vegetable Soup. Both books contain some new vocabulary (bamboo, mango, names of vegetables and garden tools) and clear illustraions to help you point the new words out.