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: 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:

Rain Storytime

   

This week our letter is "U" for umbrellas.

Book: Stuck in the Mud

Book: Boom! Boom! Boom!

*I love this book because you can make it interactive.  Every time I read "Flash! Crash!" we clap our hands.  When I read "Boom! Boom! Boom!" we stomp our feet.  The kids love it!

Book: The Big Storm

Book: Mud Puddle

*For this story, my volunteer is the "mud puddle".  I take a small piece o brown fabric or a plastic tablecloth.  When the mud puddle jumps on the little girl in the story my volunteer throws the fabric on my head.  The kids think this is hilarious and makes this book more interactive.

Fingerplays:

Five spiders up the spout,

Five spiders up the spout,

It rained and rained and washed one out,

Four spiders up the spout.

Continue until zero.

We’re stomping in the rain,
Stomping in the rain,
We can’t go yet, we must get wet,
We’re stomping in the rain.
Continue:
Spinning
Jumping

* I like to cut out paper raindrops to "rain" down on the kids when we read the line "we must get wet". I've also gotten a mist spray bottle and lightly sprayed water in the air.

Four umbrellas, pretty as can be.
One went outside and then there were three.
Three umbrellas with nothing to do,
One went outside and then there were two.
Two umbrellas not having much fun,
One went outside and then there was one.
One umbrella alone in the hall,
One went outside and that was all.

* I love to use puppets for this one. I put up my umbrellas on the flannelboard and as I read each line I will give the umbrella to my puppets. My volunteer is behind the flannelboard and will pop up the puppets for everyone to see.

Preschool Craft:

Two's Craft:

Farm Storytime

 

 This week our letter is "T" for tractor and farms.

Book:  Do Cows Meow?

Book: Pete the Cat Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Book: Barnyard Banter

Book : Tractors on the Go!

Book: I Spy on the Farm

Fingerplays:

All the pigs are rolling around,
Rolling around, rolling around.
All the pigs are rolling around,
All through the farm.
Continue:
Spinning around.
Jumping around.

Preschool Craft:

Two's Craft:

Autumn Storytime

 This week our letter is "S" for squirrels and autumn.

Book: Fall Is Not Easy

Book: We're Going on a Leaf Hunt

*For this book I have leaves cut out and I give them to my volunteer who is behind the flannlboard.   When we get to the part of the book where we find a leaf, I have my volunteer use a puppet and hand the leaf to me.  The kids go crazy!

Book: Sneeze, Big Bear, Sneeze!

Book: Baby Loves Fall

Book: Great Aaa-Ooo!

Book: Hungry Bunny

Fingerplay:
Big bear, big bear, turn around
Big bear, big bear, touch the ground
Big bear, big bear, clap your hands 
Big bear, big bear touch your knees.
Big bear, big bear, turn around 
Big bear, big bear stomp your feet.   
Big bear, big bear, show your claws,
Big bear, big bear, growl real LOUD!
Big bear, big bear, jump up and down.
Turn around and sit back down.

Preschool craft:

Two's craft:

Wheels Storytime

 

This week our letter is "R" for roads.

Book: Dalmation in a Digger

Book: Seals on the Bus

Book: Pete the Cat Wheels on the Bus

Book: Animals Go Vroom

Fingerplay/Flannel:

Three cars so squeaky clean,
Shiniest you've ever seen,
Wanted to go out for a drive.
BEEP BEEP!
One drove into the mud.
Spun out with a great big THUD!
Now there's only 2 clean and shiny cars...
Repeat: 2, 1... now there's no clean or shiny cars!

Preschool Craft:

Two's Craft: