Going Buggy at Storytime

Today was the last Toddler Tales of the season:( I am going to miss all of my friends, but I hope that you’ll still come visit me at the library. I also hope that everyone signs up for our summer read-to-me program. Sign-ups start Monday, June 9th. The hour-long club presentations (with professional guest performers) start on Thursday, June 26th and run through July 31st. We’ll meet each Thursday at 10 am at the Central Library. Regular storytimes will resume sometime in late September or early October. I’ll keep you posted on the dates as that information becomes available. In celebration of a great storytime season, I gave out certificates and goody bags to the children. If you were unable to attend and would still like the certificate and bag for your child, please stop by the library and ask for Miss Jennifer (only if you’ve been a regular attendee).

Nursery Rhyme of the Week:
Itsy Bitsy Spider
The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout.
Down came the rain, and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain
And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again

Stories Shared:
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! By Bob Barner (used TumbleBooks off library website)
Five Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth
Butterfly, Butterfly by Petr Horacek
Little Cockroach Martina (Story and Flannel pieces found in The Flannel Board Storytelling Book by Judy Sierra)

Rhymes (Can be found on Toddler Tales Rhymes sheet. Extra copies available at the Library.):
If You’re Wearing Red Today
Five Little Ducks
The Beehive
Round and Round the Garden

Bonus Song:
“Flutter, Flutter Butterfly” (to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
Flutter, flutter, butterfly.
Floating in the summer sky.
Floating by for all to see,
Floating by so merrily.
Flutter, flutter, butterfly,
Floating in the summer sky.

Music:
Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes (Silly Dance Contest)

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

ROAR! Did I scare you??? Didn’t think so. Every now and then, I go over to the Buena Vista Branch Library to do a special Saturday morning storytime geared towards early elementary kids. Today, I presented a “beary” fun Goldilocks and the Three Bears storytime. We went on a bear hunt, we sang songs, we listen to and acted out some bear stories, and we even watched a silly Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears cartoon. The kids were a blast, and I even had one child comment that I was the best librarian ever! How precious. I love being a li-BEAR-ian:) I’ll post some pictures on my Storytime Flickr Photos soon!

OPENING:
Intro Music: Bill Shontz: Teddy Bear’s Greatest Hits
Opening Song: Let Everyone Clap Hands with Me

PROGRAM:
Storytelling Activity: Bear Hunt (based on Michael Rosen’s version)
Read-aloud #1: Goldilocks and the Three Bears retold by James Marshall
Storytelling Activity: Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Children dressed up and acted out the parts.)
Read-aloud #2: Dustylocks and the Three Bears by Susan Lowell
Storytelling Activity: Sody Sallyrytus (based on Margaret Read MacDonald’s version in Twenty Tellable Tales: Audience Participation Folktales for the Beginning Storyteller; also a similar version retold by Aubrey Davis)
Song: The Bear Went Over the Mountain (Melody and lyrics can be found here.)

MOVIE:
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears (Looney Tunes Golden Collection)

CRAFT OR HANDOUT:
Bear Ears Headband

How I wonder…All about my body!

It’s always good to see my friends at the library! I’m sad to say that NEXT WEEK will be our LAST STORYTIME of the season…but I hope that everyone will join us for our super fun summer reading program at the library starting June 26! See you next week!

Nursery Rhyme of the Week:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky!

Stories Shared:
Head to Toe by Eric Carle
My Nose, Your Nose by Melanie Walsh
Here are my Hands by Bill Martin
The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss
Busy Toes by C.W. Bowie

Rhymes (Can be found on Toddler Tales Rhymes sheet. Extra copies available at the Library.):
If You’re Happy and You Know It
Fun with Hands
Head Shoulders Knees and Toes
Skidamarink

Bonus Song:
Do Your Ears Hang Low? (Lyrics and Melody can be found here. Miss Jennifer made the song extra silly by wearing pantyhose on her head and pretending the “legs” were her ears! We only sang the first verse.)

Music:
Sharon, Lois & Bram: Mainly Mother Goose
Me and My Bean Bag (Take that Bean Bag)

Mother’s Day

Hooray for Moms! After storytime today, we made a flower craft. We used green popsicle sticks, paper flower/leaf cut-outs and homemade green playdough. We made little flowers, and then stuck them inside a small cup using the playdough. I’ll include the recipe down below. My first batch turned out great…but the next two batches were too sticky…hmm. I used a different bag of flour for the last 2, so I am wondering if a certain type of flour works better for this particular recipe. (There are a few different no-cook and cooking recipes searchable via the Web.)

I also wanted to let everyone know that the rhymes that we use each week (the ones on the sheets that I pass out) are now available on this site. They’re listed as “Toddler Storytime Rhymes” under Pages on the sidebar. I hope to eventually include some sound recordings of some of the rhymes as well.

Nursery Rhyme of the Week:
Cackle, Cackle, Mother Goose
Cackle, cackle, Mother Goose,
Have you any feathers loose?
Truly have I, pretty fellow,
Quite enough to fill a pillow.

Stories Shared:
My Very First Mother Goose edited by Iona Opie, illustrated by Rosemary Wells
Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? By Eric Carle
Mommy Doesn’t Know My Name by Suzanne Williams
Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
I Love You Through and Through by Bernadette Rossetti-Shustak

Rhymes (Can be found on Toddler Tales Rhymes sheet. Extra copies available at the Library.):
Five Little Ducks
Blackbirds
Round and Round the Garden
Skidamarink
Head Shoulders Knees and Toes

Bonus Rhyme:
Silly Hat Song
(Tune: This Old Man)
On my head, I wear my hat.
It is such a silly hat
That my head will wiggle waggle to and fro
Where else can my silly hat go?
[Repeat using foot, elbow and knee.]

Music:
Music for Little People: Toddler Favorites
Carole Peterson: Sticky Bubble Gum and Other Tasty Tunes (I am a Fine Musician)

Playdough:
3 cups four
1/3 cup salt
2 tbsp oil (vegetable)
1 cup water
food coloring

Mix dry ingredients with oil. Add food coloring to water and mix together. Add water to flour/salt/oil mixture slowly (about 1/4 cup at a time) and mix together with a spoon. Once you’ve added all the water, knead the dough with your hands.

One for the Money…and Lots of Ducks!

Who do you think would win the race: Duck or Crocodile?? Well, at today’s storytime, Duck won the race! So, in his honor, we had a storytime all about DUCKS! It was just ducky!

Nursery Rhyme of the Week:
One for the Money
One for the money
Two for the show
Three to get ready
And Four to go!

Stories Shared:
Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
Mucky Duck by Sally Grindley
Ducks, Ducks, Ducks by Carolyn Otto

Rhymes (Can be found on Toddler Tales Rhymes sheet. Extra copies available at the Library.):
If You’re Wearing Red Today
Down on Grandpa’s Farm
If You’re Happy and You Know It
Five Little Ducks
I’m a Little Teapot
Skidamarink

Music:
Bob McGrath: Bob’s Favorite Street Songs (includes a version of Rubber Ducky)
Carole Peterson: Sticky Bubble Gum and Other Tasty Tunes (Hokey Pokey)