Insects Storytime - October 2

Last week, we focused our play and reading on insects! One of my favorites!

Good morning song

Book: Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas

Song: We used pom pom balls to sing A Fly is on My Toe

A fly is on my toe, on my toe.

A fly is on my toe, on my toe.

A fly is on my toe.

-Nose

-Leg

-Knee

-Arm

-Elbow

-Neck

-Face

-Head

-Then I did random body places, including armpit, kneepit, ankle, bellybutton.

Book: Aaaaargh! Spider! by Lydia Monks - Whenever I said, "Aaaargh! Spider!" the kids would follow with "Out You Go!"

Book: Mr. Mosquito Put on His Tuxedo by Barbara Olenyik Morrow

Felt: Bug in the Rug

Song: Ants to softly round and Round - We walked in a circle, then crawled. They enjoyed it so much we did it three or so times.

Ants go softly round and round

Shhh! Shhh!

Ants go softly round and round

Shhh! Shhhh!

Ants to softly round and round

Crawling all across the ground

getting closer to the picnic feast.

Goodbye Songs & Bubbles

Playgroup activity: Worm in the Mud painting

Family Fun Day

We sure had quite a few folks show up for our Family Fun Day! We hope everyone had a great time!
Here are some photos of what I had going on:

Mother Goose Storytime

Everything Mother Goose and rhyming today!

Welcome song

Book: A Farmyard Song
by Christopher Manson








Felt: Hey Diddle Diddle (borrowed the awesome kit from IFLS!)

Song: 2 Little Dicky Birds - first we used my fancy schmancy Dicky Bird thing (which I copied out of something and colored so long ago that I don't remember where it came from) and then we used our fingers and said the rhyme together a few times, each time faster than the previous. They always love this :)














Book: The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani

Movement Activity: Toe Leg Knee by Jim Gill

Interactive Story: Paper Plate Itsy Bitsy Spider -
after storytime, I gave each child a coloring page and 4 paper plates to make their own sequencing story version at home. I planned so I have enough for other patrons on our Take & Make Table.















File Folder Game: Baa Baa ______ Sheep

















Goodbye Songs & Bubbles

Activity: Put Humpty Dumpty back together - GOOGLE EYES! I got this idea from a Preschool Mailbox magazine. I pre-cut egg shapes and tore up little pieces of paper (I would usually have them do this but some of my families can't stay very long after storytime and I don't want those kids to feel left out). Glue pieces of paper onto the egg shape. Glue on google eyes. Now you have Humpty!

Next Week:
Tiny Tots Storytime - In the Mountains on October 14 at 10:30am
Library Storytime - Food Groups on October 15 at 9:30am

100 Cup Structure

It's tall! It takes patience! It's unique! It is loud when it falls down! :)

Our latest play table is 100 CUP STRUCTURE! It literally took 30 seconds for kids to start playing with it once I had it all set up. I'm excited to see the pictures the kids take of their creations.

I plan to put up a sign near this activity advertising our next Homeschool Club meeting as we will do 3D art and architecture activities.

I am not sure how long I will leave this up. The cups are plastic, so if somebody is too rough on them, they won't last very long. We'll also see what my co-workers say about the noise after a while... or maybe put a rug underneath the table ;)

Up Close with Trees

The current Library Playtable is a self-directed microscope activity.




















Kids can look through the microscope at different woodland items: bark, fern, leaves, pine needles, a pine cone.

Then they can write about or draw what they saw.

The kids have been having great fun with it!

When I first put it out....

This is what the first page looks like now! We have 3 pages filled up!

Colors Storytime

Hello Song with scarves today












Book: A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman












Song: What is the Color? I borrowed this from The Mailbox, issue Aug/Sept 2014. I switched up some of the lyrics, but not too much. It is to the tune of BINGO.

What is the color of the a plum?
(Have them guess then show the colored paper) Why purple is it's name-o!
/p/ /p/ purple purple (3x)
Purple is it's name-o.

Sun - yellow

Leaf - green

Rose - red

Snow - white

Bat - black

Book: GO! GO! GO! STOP! by Charise Mercile Harper The kids helped me with the "go" and "stop" parts throughout the book. What a great book! It really got them involved!

Stop & Go activity with a felt traffic light.
We played the game similar to Mother May I/Red Light Green Light, only all kids could go when I held up the green circle, then stopped when I help up the red one. I prompted them the first time and then didn't talk at all the second time. What fun!







Interactive Story: Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? by Tana Hoban. I asked them different questions about the pages - colors, amount, what are they doing, etc.

Felt song: Brown Skunk, Brown Skunk

Similar to "Brown Bear, Brown bear what do you see?" only with different colored skunks. I passed out the skunks and when I sang out their color, they brought it up to show everyone by placing it on the feltboard.

Goodbye Songs and Bubbles

Activity: Spray Painting

I put water and paint into spray bottles. The kids took turns writing their name on a piece of paper the painting with the spray bottle. They turned out so unique and fantastic!!

Next Week: Mother Goose!