Story Time Blog
Welcome to our Story Time Blog. Here we will post information about the story times and other programs we have just done at the library.
This will include the books we read, the songs we sang, the crafts we made, and the games we played. Hopefully we'll have either the actual text of songs or crafts, or at least a link where you can find them.
The purpose of this is for you, the parent, to be able to refer back to find a book, song, craft, etc. that your child really enjoyed at our story time. (we hope!) Now you can use it, too!
Let us know your thoughts!
For our final story time of the summer session we celebrated the cow and chicken!
We read the following books:
The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
Beautiful Yetta ~The Yiddish Chicken ~ by Daniel Pinkwater
Farm Flu by Teresa Bateman
Cluck O'Clock by Kes Gary
Our puppet show was full of good byes and farewells from a host of puppets. Some, like Mimi, are going on vacation. Mimi is going back to France to see her Mama. The puppets are going to miss the kids! We will see everyone in September!
We danced to "
Great Big Muscles, Zippety Do Dah, Wiggly Party & Swim like a Fish.For the Wednesday class, they made a cow. The Thursday class made a chicken. Crafts were purchased from the Oriental Trading Company.
Enjoy the rest of your summer. We will see you in September......
The royal children of the neighborhood gathered together for the
Prince & Princess Story Time.
Some of the Kings & Queens were also in the royal story room.
The following stories were read by Queen Carol:
Twenty-Six Princesses by Dave Horowitz
Walking Beauty by Leah Wilcox
Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole
Ten Big Toes and a Prince's Nose by Nancy Gow
The Princess and The Three Knights by Karen Kingsbury
The Prince & the Pauper by Disney
The king and queen of puppets were busy searching for a prince to marry their beautiful daughter. The daughter was being rather picky. Suddenly a frog popped up and demanded a kiss! Of all things to kiss a smelly, swampy frog. The royal children talked the princess into it and magically he turned into the prince of her dream.
The prince and princesses made a crown, showing which kingdom they were from.
Summer is in full swing ! It couldn't get much hotter, right?!!!
On such a hot summer day, we read the following books:
Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?
Fun Dog, Sun Dog by Deborah Heiligman
The Great Nursery Rhyme Disaster by David Conway
All The Way To America by Dan Yaccarino
Our puppet show had a guest puppeteer and he brought his gator named Rory. They discussed the weather and a few other important topics. Mimi joined the discussion. They all agreed that it sure was summer.
We danced to Great Big Muscles, The Wiggly Party, The Tiki Room and Zippety Do Dah.
The craft was perfect for the hot weather. We made a fan, purchased from Oriental Trading Co.
Stay cool -
Who lives under the sea? The mermaids, that's who!.
We read the following stories:
Mermaid Sisters by Mary Ann Fraser
Dear Mermaid by Alan Durant
Mermaid Dreams by Mark Sperring
Our under the sea puppet show started with a song, "If I Lived Under the Sea. Suddenly the fish were in an uproar searching for Ariel. The mermaid festival was about to start and Ariel was missing. Ariel made an appearance and sang a sweet song. She finally agreed to go with the fish and take part in the Mermaid Festival.
Every child received a mermaid cut out and they all made their very own little mermaid!
We read the following stories this week:
I am Going! by Mo Willems
Melrose and Croc ~ An Adventure to Remember by Emma Chichester Clark
Duck and Cover by Jackie Urbanovic
Our puppet show was an alligator adventure.
We danced to Zippety Do Dah, Great Big Muscles, The Tiki Room and The Wiggely Party.
The craft this week was a little gator, Miss Carol cut out of card stock. Every child decorated their own little gator.
Three cheers for the red, white & blue! We celebrated the 4th of July at story time this week!
We read the following stories:
Americana Adventure by Michael Garland
The Story of America's Birthday by Patricia A. Pingry
How to Bake an American Pie by Karma Wilson
The puppets are so excited about the holiday. All they could talk about was barbecues, picnic's & the fireworks! They sang American songs and talked about their plans for the holiday.
Our craft, purchased from Oriental Trading Co, was so Americana! It was strips of paper with stars, stripes, flags (all red white & blue, of course) and the kids made a chain ! Some where longer then others but they all looked great!
Happy Birthday America! Happy 4th of July
The 4th of July is approaching FAST! There were 4th of July stories, puppet show & craft.
We read the following books:
Of Thee I Sing ~ A Letter to My Daughters by Barack Obama
Apple Pie 4th of July by Janet W. Wong
The Story of George Washington
Kisses by Barney Saltzberg
Our puppets are so excited about the 4th, they had so many songs to share. Hippo sang the theme from the Greatest American Hero. Giraffe loves This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land. They all sang the great American Classic, Take Me Out To The Ball Game. Wait until you see what they have planned for next week!
Our craft was an American Flag Fan from Oriental Trading Company
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