Preschool Storytime:
Opening: Big Books
Book: Llama Llama Red Pajama (With novel effect app)
*If you have never used the Novel Effect app, please, go check it out right now! When I held up this book, almost all of the preschoolers told me they had it at home. Yes, I was fully expecting this reaction, right? Well, then I told them they may or may not hear noises, we would have to wait and see. I already had my bluetooth speaker hooked up and the Novel Effect app ready to go. As you read along, the app will listen to keywords you read. When you hit a certain word, then sound effects will go off to accompany you. This app is absolutely amazing! The preschoolers were spellbound by this! A few of them caught on that the noises were coming from my speaker but they couldn't figure out how. There are so many books to use with this app, I plan on using it again next week too!
Fingerplay/Flannel: Pete the Cat's Missing Button
*This time we hunted for Pete the Cat's button. We looked for his button behind Elephant & Piggie, Curious George, Llama Llama Red Pajama, Clifford and The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Fingerplay: Put the Baby to Bed
*I love the reaction I received from the preschoolers after doing this fingerplay. The best things they suggested feeding the baby were cupcakes and a pumpkin! You can check out the words for this fingerplay below.
Book: Night Animals Need Sleep Too
*This is a brand new book we just got, and I was so excited to read it! I think this would work better if you read this to your child instead of a large group reading. Still, we all had fun acting like the night animals in the book!
Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Our craft today was based on the book "Bedtime for Baby Shark!" The preschoolers went crazy over the craft, which made me so happy! Basically everything you see in the picture the preschoolers glued down, which made for some very creative sharks!
Extra Books:
Time for Two’s Storytime:
Opening: Big Books
Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story
Book: Sheep Go to Sleep
*I love using this book because I have two-sided sheep that I place on my flannelboard. One side the sheep are awake and the other side they are asleep. As I'm reading, my volunteer will flip them over from awake to asleep. I will stop reading and then we will count how many more sheep need to fall asleep. The two's did really good in helping me count! I love this book because it helps with counting skills and you can learn farm animals at the same time.
Fingerplay/Flannel: Pete the Cat's Missing Button
*This time we hunted for Pete the Cat's button. We looked for his button behind Elephant & Piggie, Curious George, Llama Llama Red Pajama, Clifford and The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Fingerplay: Farm Animal Action Cards
Board Book: Time for Bed, Nori 
*This is a really cute lift-the-flap book that you can do so much with! On each page you can ask the kids to help you choose what Nori, the character of the book, needs to do. I don't normally do this with the two's, but this storytime I had some older two's so I asked them what Nori needed to wear to bed. The choices were silly, and they told me right away Nori needed PJ's! A great book that you can choose to just flip the flap down to reveal the choice or make it more interactive and ask questions before you reveal the picture.
Action: Dancing
*To end storytime I handed out different colored bears. We danced around with our bears before placing them on the big bed I had up on my flanneboard.
*The two's made the same craft as pictured above, much to their delight!
Extra Books:
![Pirate Nap: A Book of Colors by [Smith, Danna]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/511yOB0-U-L._SX260_.jpg)
