R is for Robot (Preschool)

Preschool Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: Raybot (use puppets)

*This book took quite a bit longer to read than I remember, but I'm still glad I used it. Little raybot, not robot, wants to find a best friend, a puppy dog! He travels the world looking for a friend who barks!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Robots Jumping on the Bed

Book: Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep! (With robots on puppet stage)

*This book is so much fun to use! I place robots up on my puppet stage and tell the preschoolers to "watch" my robots. When we get to the part of the book that says "BEEP! BEEP!" we all say the words together. That is the cue for my robots to start moving around. This book is great to teach literacy skills with because it is very repetitive. Plus the preschoolers just enjoy getting to make the beeping noises with you.

Fingerplay: Five Noisy Robots

Five noisy robots in the big toy shop,

Shiny and tall with antennae on the top.

Along came a girl with a penny one day.

Bought a noisy robot and took it away.

(continue with 4, 3, 2, 1 noisy robots)

Credit: Literacious

The robot craft is one of my favorite because of the accordion arms! I do especially love the pocket inside to tuck in all the tools.

Extra Books:

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!

November New Books

*This is such a cute book!  This isn't your traditional take on the song we all know and love, but I fell in love with this board book!  I can't wait to use this book in storytime and shake everything up!  Not only can the kids sing along as you read, but the words encourage them to get up and dance too!



*Oh my, pizza pie!  The "Cook in a Book" series are so cool!  There are more than just this one, and I would love to have them all at my library!  This book has so many cool features to it!  For instance, one know will turn the oven to a certain degree, another will make the sauce appear on your pizza.  This is truly a pizza inside the book!


*What is taking all the food from our garden? Why the pest, of course!  I'd love to turn this into a puppet show while I'm reading, and have all the yummy food disappear behind me.


*When I saw this book online, I had my hopes up that it would be cute.  But I had no idea how mind-boggling it would turn out to be!  Every time you turn the page another spinning gear pops up, until you get to the end with lots and lots of gears all spinning.


*I love rhyming books, and Bitty Bot hits the spot!  The illustrations are so bright and colorful, and this is perfect for a robot or bedtime storytime.


*Yes, I work in a library, but I love construction vehicles!  This book just stole my heart!  But don't you just want to squeeze that litlte construction cone that the bulldozer is cuddling?  Little boys and girls alike will want to be read this sweet little book at bedtime.



*Good ole Larry the lovable monster is back, but this time in a Christmas adventure!  What a great interactive book to use this time of year.


*Oh me, oh my!  The little penguin is back with his lollipop!  If you haven't read the first book, then put it on hold immediately!  I think this book would be hilarious to read at storytime, and I plan to use it at my winter themed storytime.


*I can't get enough of Peep and Egg!  Please tell me you've read these, if not then go now!  Little, sweet Egg will not take a bath, no matter what.  Until all the barnyard animals join him.  But where?  In the pond, of course!  I love the cover of this book, with the towel wrapped around Peep's head!


*Wow, there is so much goodness and life lessons packed into this book!  The timid little koala on the front cover learns that life isn't all about clinging to a tree, it's about letting go and living!  Yes, that sounds deep for a kids book, but trust me.  From my own experiences, let go of the tree and cling to God!  Back to the book, the illustrations are breathtaking.  Especially the page with all the animals marching along the water, and their reflections appear below them.  There aren't a lot of words to each page, but everything rhymes which makes the book flow wonderfully.  Can you tell how much I enjoyed this book?


*Normally, I don't like wordless books at all, but this book made me laugh so much!  Each page builds upon the previous letter, which just adds to the madness!  I would love to use this in storytime, but you really need to see each tiny, hilarious detail!  Check out the letter "E", it's my favorite!  In case you missed what each letter represents (which I did) the last page will give you a cheat sheet.


*This book took me by surprise, but in a good way.  Blue and yellow are having a fight over who is better?  But after they collide and make green, then they come to an agreement that they are both good!  But stop!  What about red?   If a book makes me chuckle at the end, then it's a winner!


*This is just a cute, silly book with wonderfully drawn animals!  Be sure to look for the mouse on each page, I think he's the bees knees!


*Baby bear is hiding from Mama bear all through this book, and I think the kids would love hunting for him!  I plan on using this in storytime, along with my big bear puppet.  I believe the kids would have fun not only hunting for baby bear inside the book but also seeing him pop up behind me!


*This book is so cute!  Yes, it's simple, but such a fun read-aloud.  I'd love to have a dinosaur pop up behind me while I'm reading this, to make it interactive and a bit sillier too!


*Oh my goodness, I knew by the cover this book would be a smash, but I had no idea!  With each turn of the page, you smash something else the opposite page.  My storytime kids love interactive books like this, and I know this one will entertain them!


*This is such an amazing guessing book, and I can't wait to use it with my storytime crowd!  The author gives great clues to the animal that's being guessed, and the illustrations are wonderful!




*You will need a box of tissues when you read this book.  I don't even know what to say, except after reading this, I have a new perspective on life.  To value everything God has given me, absolutely every single thing.  What this man went through, and he never gave up.  We can all learn something from this, and I hope that you do after reading it. 

Build a Better Robot (SRP-Preschool)

Preschool Storytime

Opening: Big Books

Draw and Tell Story: Robot
*Most of the kids guessed right away it was a robot, but I still had a blast doing this. You can find the story and the instructions for this here.

Book: Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!



*I love the three little robots in this story. When I was reading this to my groups that visited, they caught on very quickly when it was time to say "Beep! Beep!". It was so precious!

Flannelboard: “Five Noisy Robots”

*I didn't do this wonderful fingerplay, but I still wanted to include it.  I planned on feeding robots to my puppets.  I found this great fingerplay here.

Fingerplay: Robot, Robot, Turn Around

Robot, robot, turn around.

Robot, robot, touch the ground.

Robot, robot, turn left and right.

Robot, robot, flash your lights.

Robot, robot, bloop and bleep.

Robot, robot, go to sleep.

*It's always fun to stand up and move around.  This fun fingerplay is about robots, check it out here!

Book: Raybot (With puppets)

*This book was so much fun to read! Cute raybot is looking for a puppy, but runs into all the wrong animals. I had my animal friends with me, and the kids loved getting to see them. At the end, raybot thinks the parrot is the right friend, because it barks back at him! Such a great book for robots or an animal storytime.

Fingerplay: Robot Hiding Game

*I love using hiding games, and today we found the robot! I found this great game here!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Robots Jumping on the Bed

*At the last minute, I decided we needed to jump, so I took my five little robots and put them on our bed.  We jumped up and down like robots, instead of monkeys jumping on the bed.  Always a hit!

Fingerplay: The Lights on the Robot (Tune: The Wheels on the Bus)

*Another great fingerplay to do, but we ran out of time for this one.  You can see it here!

Book: Big Bot Small Bot: A Book of Opposites

* I was a little worried about doing a book with opposites, but most of the group caught on super quick!  The illustrations in this book are awesome!

Our take home craft today was a robot! We just used a bunch of random shapes and put it all in a ziploc bag for the kids.

Extra Books:
If You're A Robot and You Know It