Ready for Kindergarten

We had a small group but it went well.

6 kindergarteners, some siblings, and moms.

Books: Tinyville Town: Time for school by Biggs
Don't let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Willems
Pete the Cat and his school shoes by Litwin

Songs:
Follow directions Rap
Line up Song
The Goldfish song by Berkner
Wheels on the bus

I started by welcoming everyone and reading Tinyville. The kids seemed to like it but they needed to warm up a little. My colleague did the calendar and the follow directions rap. I read Pigeon then she read Pete. The kids went on the bus and they sang Wheels. I did not go on the bus. They did a backpack out of paper. Lots of cutting.

Outreach - Reading Camp of 1-4 graders

40 kids
15 Adults
5 teenagers

Total Chaos!

I read The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors by Drew Daywalt. I did it very dramatically and with voices. It went over very well. We played the game after. I also did Tooty Ta.

They loved it!

Then it was scavenger hunt and check out.

Next time we should either skip the scavenger hunt or give the prizes to the director.

Cats with Toddlers

Today I did one of my favorite themes, Cats!

Books:
Pete the Cat and his 4 Groovy Buttons by Litwin - Flannel
Kitten's first full moon by Henkes

Songs:
The more we get together with signs
Shake your Sillies out
If you're a kitty and you know it
Skinamarink
The Cat came back with instruments
What a miracle

Flannel
5 little kitty cats

This one went pretty well. I had a few bigger kids because it is summer and they were pretty bored. The Henkes book that I did first wasn't quite as successful as Pete but not bad. The coloring sheet had the extra fun of putting buttons on Pete.

Friends - toddler storytime

Today I wanted to do a happy storytime and with all the sad things in the news I just needed to. This is one I did from scratch so I have been planning it for a few weeks.

Opening - The More We Get Together with signs

Book #1 - A Splendid Friend Indeed by Bloom - This one is short but very sweet. I made sure I pointed out how the bear was feeling since the kids were pretty far away to see his eyes.

Action song - Jumping and Counting by Gill
-this one is good for teaching kids to wait. Self regulation.

Book #2 - Pepo and Lolo are Friends by Larrianigo
 - this one is also short but very good.

Fingerplay - Five good Friends - (five little ducks tune)
Five good friends, went out to play, It was a bright and sunny day.
One good friend said, I can't stay. Then there were 4 friends left to play. (4,3,2,1,no)

Action Song - Skinnamarink

- This one went over very well, they all knew it, so we did it twice. I might use this more.

Shaker song - Count on Me by Bruno Mars

 - I thought about playing this on my uke but I just don't think I know it well enough to play and sing and watch the kids at the same time.

You are my sunshine - since I have brought my uke I needed to use it at some point so we did a little more shaking. I did the first verse 2 time.

Closing song : Hands are for Clapping by Gill

 - I forgot my CD with my usual song so I did this one. It worked pretty well. The kids can't snap their fingers so I told them to click their tongue.

Dance - Toddler storytime

After 2 weeks off, I got quite a welcome back. I had 48 people today! (norm is about 20)

They were very loud and active so I am glad I did dance.

Books:
The Nuts Sing and Dance in Your Polka Dot Pants by Litwin

Doing the Animal Bop by Ormerod - this has a cd with it that reads the book and has music to dance to, good thing because I was having trouble talking over the crowd.

Songs-
The more we get together with signs - I added Dance
Silly Dance contest by Gill
Chicken Dance
Walter the Waltzing Worm with scarves
What a miracle

Whew! I am exhausted. So glad it is over. I think a local mom's group came that picks a different library each week. There were about 15 kids i didn't recognize.

Toddlers and Food

Well, I had a bigger group than I have had so I didn't get to half of what I had planned but here is what I did.

Songs
The more we get together (with signs)
I like to eat apples and bananas (with signs)
Hands are for Clapping
Spaghetti Legs
If you're happy and you know it
What a Miracle

Books
On top of spaghetti
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Carle with flannel board
 - this one I handed out the fruit and had the kids put them on the flannel board

I didn't even do musical instruments which I had planned because the flannel board activity took too long. They liked it but they were so crazy!

Father's day Toddler Storytime

There are quite a few Daddy books these days so since I did Mother's day it seemed fair to do Father's day too.

Books:
My Daddy is a Giant by Norac
Daddy Hugs by Tafuri

Songs:
The more we get together (with signs)
Shake your Sillies out
Jumping and Counting
Shake your Bootie - with shakers
Teach your Children (very short) - with shakers
DADDY (to Bingo)
5 ties for daddy - Flannel

Went pretty well. People trickled in as usual. Ended up with 9 kids.