Dinosaur Storytime

To celebrate Dinovember at storytime, we listened and acted like dinosaurs!

Book: 1,2,3 Do the Dinosaur!

Book: I'm Big!

Book: Dinosaur Day

Book: Shape by Shape

Book: Dizzy the Dinosaur

Book: Crunch the Shy Dinosaur

Book: There's a Dinosaur In Your Book

Board Book: Peekaboo Dinosaur

Board Book: Ten Dinosaur Eggs

Fingerplay:

(tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The dinosaurs went, “Roar, roar, roar!”
“Roar, roar, roar!”
“Roar, roar, roar!”
The dinosaurs went, “Roar, roar, roar!”
All around the swamp.

Repeat with the following verses:
The dinosaurs wings went flap, flap, flap.

The dinosaurs teeth went chomp, chomp, chomp.

The dinosaurs feet went stomp, stomp, stomp.

Hiding Game:

This week we hunted for a dinosaur behind the dinosaur eggs.

Videos:

Little Dino Dinosaur (Noodle and Pals on Youtube)

We're Going on a Dinosaur Hunt (Kiboomers on Youtube)

Preschool Craft:

Two's Craft:

Happy Halloween!

 I just wanted to wish everyone a 

spook-tactular Halloween!

Pumpkin Party

 

It is that time of year, pumpkin party time!  I usually hold this party annually and this year we were fortunate enough to hold this at an outdoor barn of a mansion.  We did not have the attendance I wanted, but we still had fun!  Including a pic of me below dressed up as Cleopatra.

Food:

Crafts:

*I do not lay claim to this amazing template, I was able to download it and print out what I needed.  I did change it up by adding the hat and broom as extras.

Games and Activities:

*Pattern blocks that I was able to download for free.  

Not my creation, but I love them!

*Bones sensory bin and pumpkin Jenga.

*These are my knockdown boxes.  The kids adore stacking and knocking down any kind of box.  I normally have it more educational where you have to stack the numbers in order or something similar.

*Monster Bowling

*Poke a pumpkin.  The two pictures above took a very long time to make, but I feel like they were completely worth it!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!! I am including the books I've read this week at various storytime, plus some extra books I just didn't have time to read.  What are your favorites that I've missed?

Book: I am Bat

*For this book I have some cherries printed out and placed on my flannelboard.  My volunteer will reach up and pull the cherries off the flannelboard.  It took the kids a few moments to notice but then they loved it and started to let me know to check my cherries, because they were gone!

Book: Are You a Monster?

Book: We're Going on a Pumpkin Hunt

Book: Monsters Love Colors

Book: Spooky Wheels on the Bus

Book: Little Blue Truck's Halloween

Book: Go Away, Big Green Monster!

Book: Happy Halloween, From the Very Busy Spider

Extra Books:

Book: There's a Monster In Your Book!

Book: My Tail's Not Tired

Book: Bats on the Bus

Book: Just Say Boo!

Fingerplay:

If you're a skeleton and you know it, shake your bones!

If you're a bat and you know it, flap your wings.

If you're a wolf and you know it, give a howl.

Preschool Craft:

Two's Craft:

Woods Storytime

 

This week our letter is "W" for woods.

Book: Bear's Lost Glasses

Book: A Bear, A Bee and a Honey Tree

Scarf Dancing:

Five sleepy bears moving really slow.

One yawns and starts to roll.

He rolls to a stop and begins to snore…

How many bears are left on the floor?

Preschool Craft:

Two's Craft:

Colors: Orange

This week our theme is orange and cats.  Below are the books I read along with fingerplays and our crafts.  Do you have a favorite orange book?  I'd love to know about it, leave a comment please!

Book: It's a Tiger!

*I don't know why, but I am very grateful for this repsonse.  The kids went crazy over this book!  We had to "run" every time we saw the tiger, which might have made this more popular.  I even had two patrons wanting to check out this book, a great read aloud.

Book: This Book Just Stole My Cat!

Book: Old MacPumpkin Had a Farm

Book: Pumpkin Trouble

Board Book: Not a Pumpkin

Book: Cat's Colors

Fingerplays:

Ten little kittens stand in a row,

They bow their heads to the kids just so.

They run up high, they run down low.

They run real fast, they run real slow.

Along comes a puppy dog, 

looking for some fun.

Woof, woof, woof!  

Away those kittens run!

If you’re a cat and you know it, say meow!

If you’re a cat and you know it, say meow!

If you’re a cat and you know it, 

And your face will surely show it,

If you’re a cat and you know it, say meow!

Continue:

Spin around

Scratch your claws

Jump up and down

Scarf Dancing:

Kitty cat, kitty cat sneaks out of the house.
Kitty cat, kitty cat creeps up to a mouse,
And… POUNCE!
Kitty cat, kitty cat, creeps up to a bird.
Kitty cat, kitty cat, is not even heard,
And… POUNCE!
But the mouse ran, and the bird flew away,
So kitty cat found a ball of yarn to play
And… POUNCE!

Preschool Craft:

Two's Craft: