Turkey Trouble

 Opening: Big Books

Book: Dozens of Doughnuts

*To add a little twist to this book, I brought up a doorbell sound on my phone.  In able to hear it, I used my bluetooth speaker.  All throughout this precious book someone rings the doorbell.  Everytime that happened I played the sound of the doorbell on my phone!

Fingerplay: Popcorn Scarf Fingerplay

Book: If Animals Gave Thanks

Fingerplay: Turkey Hiding Game

Book: Do Not Take Your Dragon to Dinner

Dinovember

 Welcome to Dinovember!  At my library, we are only doing one week of events, but we've had a blast!  Everyday this week our dinosaurs are getting into mischief at the library.  We had a STEM video on Monday, and storytime on Tuesday and Thursday.  I think my favorite part was when we had a live facebook event with our local fossil site and had 27 people attend!  This is very, very good attendance for us. 

Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: How to Catch a Dinosaur

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Dinos Jumping on the Bed

Book: Dinosaur Surprise

Action: Shaker Egg

Book: Doris the Bookasaurus

Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: Kitties on Dinosaurs

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Dinos Jumping on the Bed

Book: Crunch the Shy Dinosaur

Fingerplay/Flannel: Dinosaur Hiding Game

Book: Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug

Dive Into Books (Storytime)

 Opening: Big Books

Book: Grumpy Pirate

Fingerplay: Five Little Pirates Jumping on the Bed

Book: Pirasaurs

Fingerplay: Five Little Fishes Swimming in the Sea

Book: Pirate Nell's Tale to Tell

Dinovember

Opening: Big Books

Book: How Do Dinosaurs Show Good Manners?

Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Mouse Hiding Game

Book: Goodnight Veggies

Fingerplay: Scarf Dancing

Book: Dragons Love Tacos (Novel Effect App)

Opening: Big Books 

Book: One Leaf, Two Leaves, Count With Me!

Activity: Riddles

So many leaves are falling on the ground.

Orange ones, yellow ones and even brown.

But the one little leaf that rhymes with....

Is my favorite color, it's the color...

Credit: Verona Storytime

Book: Fall Is Not Easy

Fingerplay: Scarecrow, Scarecrow, Turn Around

Book: Sneeze, Big Bear, Sneeze!

Favorites with Friends (Storytime)

 Opening: Big Books

Book: Always Grumpy

Fingerplay: Popcorn Kernels (Use scarf)

Book: Bunny Will Not Be Quiet!

Fingerplay: Scarf Dancing

Book: If You See a Lion

November New Books 2020

 

Halloween Books for Storytime

I had way too many books picked out for Halloween.  Here's a list of some books that I didn't get to use for storytime, but recommend using them for storytime!

Just Say Boo! (Storytime)

 Opening: Big Books

Book: Just Say Boo!

Fingerplay: Halloween Action Cards

Board Book: There's a Monster at the End of This Book

Fingerplay: Five Little Monsters Jumping on the Bed

Book: Eenie Meenie Halloweenie

Spooktactular Stories (Storytime)

 Opening: Big Books

Book: Monsters Go Night-Night

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monsters Jumping on the Bed

Book: Go Away, Big Green Monster!

Fingerplay: Little Bat Hiding Game

Book: Monsters Love Colors

Scaredy Cats (Storytime)

 Opening: Big Books

Book: I Want to Be in a Scary Story

Fingerplay/Flannel: Mouse and Cheese Hiding Game

Book: No Fuzzball!

Fingerplay: Ten Little Kittens

Ten little kittens standing in a row.

They bow their heads to the children just so.

They run to the left, they run to the right.

They stretch up tall with all their might.

(Add high, low, behind, front, fast, slow.)

Along comes a dog, looking for some fun.

"Meow!" away those kittens run.

*For the actions, use both hands to represent kittens.  Wiggle your fingers around as you run your fingers high, low, etc.  Make a fist and extend your thumb to represent the dog.

Credit: Jen in the Library

Book: Hey, Who Made This Mess?