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Thursday, June 7, 2018

New Books for June 2018

It's time for new books!  This list is very long, so bear with me!  Don't you love getting new books?  I do!  


*My two's love lift the flap books, and this one has felt flaps, which make it even better! I can't wait to use this one during the summer.


*Another great addition to the series "Can you say it, too?".  A wonderful boardbook by Nosy Crow.


*I just had to squeal very loudly while looking at the illustrations in this book.  They are just hilariously adorable!


*This book may look simple, but it's wonderfully made!  Each page has one word on it, but when you open it up the word is illustrated with a beautiful pop-up!  I honestly don't know how long this book will hold up in circulation, but it's completely worth the purchase, I promise.


*I wasn't sure when I saw this book online if it would be as cute as I had hoped, but it really is!  All through the book kids can guess which hand, ear, wing, etc., the item is hiding under.  I think my preschoolers will go crazy over this book.  Because when I do a hiding game on my flannelboard that's all the want to do!


*This is a simple, but wonderful little book about cupcakes!  The best part of it?  Each time you turn the page, a cupcake disappears!  My two's love when this happens in books, they think I'm magical.


*Oh my, the animals in this book are so cuddly!  I love guessing books, and this is a lift-the-flap on top of that!  EEEK!  Anyway, this is a wonderful forest theme book that is sure to delight kids, young and old.


*This book is perfect for our SRP theme this year, Libraries Rock!  You have to guess what instrument is making the sound, then lift the flap to see!  I am looking forward to using this book in my storytime called "Bears in a Band".  Isn't the cover perfect?


*Bitty bot is back and this time it's set at the beach!  I love the rhyming in this book and the illustrations area precious.


*Oh my, this book was so much better than I expected!  Tiny is digging up a bone, but not what you expected!  All I will say is this book is great for our SRP this year.  Doesn't make sense?  Check this book out to see why I said that!


*Oh, this book is great for SRP 2018 too!  All the animals can't find their sound, so you get to make the noise!  On some pages, when you turn the page you can choose what made the noise.  I plan on making a flannelboard and having the kids tell me what made each noise!


*Another great interactive musical book, perfect for SRP 2018!


*I'm always looking for a new bedtime book, and this one is great!  It's a good lift-the-flap book, but for older ones.


*What a great monster book!  This adorable little monster just wants to be everything a monster is, slimy and stinky, but not sweet!  Until he meets a big ogre who wants to eat him, and he changes his mind.  A great read-aloud for monsters of all ages!


*Don't you love the grumpy little bear and cut little park ranger?  The two truly have a war of signs over who is getting fed all the yummy food in the park!  But in the end they agree they can share.  


*This book is a great number recognition book and the illustrations make it really fun for the kids to read also.


*Another great book for an underground or garden theme.  This book has lots of actions to it, which I think the preschoolers will love!


*If you need to add a book about no biting to your collection, this is a winner!  The illustrations alone will crack you up, but the rhyming to go along with each page just add to the charm of this book.


*How do you behave at school?  This book is sure to teach you how to act, with the wonderful rabbit at your service.  Trust the title, you will do nothing but giggle all through this book, I did!


*Crackerjack Jack did it again!  He stole the duck among other things!  This book is just so cute, it will steal your heart!



Friday, September 22, 2017

C is for Camping Out (Preschool)

*I have to admit, I wasn't super excited about the camping theme, but as I planned this storytime I became more and more enthused.  This ended up being a very enjoyable storytime!


Opening: Big Books

Action: Show Letter C

Book: Goodnight Underwear (Bear in Underwear)
*This was my first time reading a "Bear in Underwear" book, and I was a little nervous that the kids and parents wouldn't like it.  Boy, was I wrong!  Right away the kids laughed hysterically at bear in  his underwear.  I'm sure it helped that I had my big bear puppet wearing Dr. Seuss underwear behind me as I read the book!

Flannel: Blankets On My Head (Book: 1,000 Fingerplays & Action Rhymes)
A blanket on my head, a blanket on my head, hey ho, I’m cozy-o, a blanket on my head.
The wind blows tonight, the wind blows tonight, hey ho, I’m freezing-o, the wind blows tonight.
(Repeat until you get to five blankets.)
Five blankets on my head, five blankets on my head, hey ho, the wind doesn’t blow.
Take these blankets off my head!!!
*The kids loved seeing me with blankets on my head, especially when the last blanket covered my face!  I was only brave enough to do three blankets.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Hunt for Bug Under the Rug
Credit: Mel's Desk

Book: One-Dog Canoe 
*This was a fun book to read, and I wanted to make this more interactive.  So I took some empty boxes that I use to retell stories with, that are already wrapped in white paper.  I printed out all the animals from the story,the red canoe and taped each one to a box.  As I was reading, my volunteer stacked each animal on top of each other.  By the end of the story, we had quite a tower of animals going on!  The best part was when all the animals fall out of the canoe.  Why?  All of the boxes were knocked off my table!  Some of the kids were shocked and others absolutely loved it!

Fingerplay: Insect Animal Flash Cards
Credit: Click here to view the flash cards.


Skit: Fishing

*This is something we do quite often in storytime, where the kids help me go fishing.  I have a puppet stage up behind me, covered in water.  I tell the kids I'm going to catch a fish, and to let me know when they see it.  My volunteer will pop the fish up when I have my back turned, but I never turn around in time to see that fish!  I will then catch everything from a sock to an empty candy wrapper before I catch the fish.  But not the big giant fish the kids see, but a little tiny fish they haven't seen.  The best part that happened was when I showed the kids my empty bag of M&M's and asked them if they ate my candy.  I was only joking with them, and a little girl came up to me and said that she did!  I thought I was going to lose all my compsure right there!  The kids went crazy screaming and shouting every time they saw the fish pop up!!!

Our craft today was a cute little owl!  The kids glued everything down and  had star stickers to add.  We decided to use scrapbooking paper for the wings.  Pictured below is what our owls looked like.