Family Storytime ~ Our Last Session...

  I cannot believe that our fall Storytime session is now over. What a fast 8 weeks that was!  I am so happy to have had the opportunity to once again do what I love to do.  Thank you all for coming and singing and being silly with me. I had fun! 

      Here is our last session in review...

Peek-a-Zoo!

 by Marie Torres Cimarusti

Kids play peek-a-boo with a different animal found at the zoo, guessing what it is, 

then lifting the flap to find out.  Each animal has a different sound

 that becomes part of the peek-a-boo game.

Guess who? "Peek-a-roar!"

If You're Happy and You Know It!

by Jane Cabrera

Clap along with a silly monkey, stamp your feet with an elephant and roar out loud with a lion!

This popular song comes alive with Jane Cabrera's beautiful and lively illustrations.  

I am a big fan of her books!

Do Crocs Kiss?

by Salina Yoon

Do crocs cry? 

Do crocs clap?

All I know is crocs go SNAP!

This is a fun book with easy text and colourful illustrations.  Children will delight in 

lifting the flap to discover what sounds the animals make (and happily make them out loud!).

Next we did the flannel board to this children's classic ....

And finally, we got up and sang this one...

     Once again, thank you all for joining me in this adventure.  I truly enjoyed meeting all of you and having fun at the Library together. I will continue to write and update this blog with book recommendations, reviews and literary tips. I hope I can inspire you to continue to read with your children.

Until next time,

Happy Reading!

~Miss Cathi

      

    

Family Storytime #6 ~ Animal Fun!

    Hickety Pickety Bumble Bee

I do this song/activity using a bee puppet and a large ball.

Have the children sit in a large circle and take turns calling out names

 and rolling the ball.  Be sure that everyone gets a turn to roll the ball back!

Hickety Pickety Bumble Bee,

{child's name} roll the ball back to me!

Our First Story...

This book is simple, rhythmic and lots of fun!

 It will have your little ones imitating the animals as they lift each colourful flap.

Our Second Story...

With the help of fun clues and adorable pictures, children will learn about animals as they discover who is hiding behind each flap.

We also did this story on the felt board...

We ended our session today by doing the Hokey Pokey. Always a crowd favourite!

Thanks for joining me, I'll see you next time.

Until then,

Happy Reading!

~ Miss Cathi

Family Storytime #5

Welcome, welcome everyone.

Now you're here let's have some fun!

     This is what happened at our Halloween Storytime last week.  It was wonderful to see all of the little ones in their costumes! I hope everyone had fun trick or treating!

We Clap and Sing Hello!

(tune: Farmer in the Dell)

We clap and sing hello!

We clap and sing hello!

With our friends at storytime,

we clap and sing hello!

We stomp and say hello!

We stomp and say hello!

With our friends at storytime,

we stomp and say hello!

We wave and say hello!

We wave and say hello!

With our friends at storytime,

we wave and say hello!

Our first story:

 Is the pumpkin under the leaves, behind the curtain, under the bed? NO! But Baby finds many other surprises as a ghost, a witch's hat, cute-as-a-button bats, and candy apples are found beneath each flap. Finally after Baby finds her pumpkin, she's ready to go trick-or-treating and the final flap reveals a Halloween extravaganza!

We then sang 5 Little Pumpkins together...

Our Second Story:

Duck and Goose, where is your pumpkin? Is it in the log? Is it under the leaves? Is it in the apple tree?

After reading these cute Halloween stories it was time to get up and dance!

We did  Halloween versions of the Hokey Pokey and If You're Happy and You Know it. 

 Such fun!

The Hooky Spooky

You put your pumpkin head in,

you take your pumpkin head out.

You put your pumpkin head in 

and you shake it all about.

You do the hooky spooky

and you turn yourself around.

That's what it's all about...BOO!

You put your witchy nails in,

you take your witchy nails out.

You put your witchy nails in

and you shake them all about.

You do the hooky spooky

and you turn yourself around.

That's what it's all about... BOO!

Continue on with the following (or make up some of your own!)

~zombie arms

~ghost self

If You're a Ghost and You Know it

If you’re a ghost and you know it, just say BOO!

If you’re a ghost and you know it, just say BOO!

If you’re a ghost and you know it and you really want to show it,

If you’re a ghost and you know it, just say BOO!

If you’re a black cat and you know it, say MEOW……

If you’re a skeleton and you know it, Shake your bones……

If you love Halloween and you know it, clap your hands…….

Our Third Story:

At the edge of town lives a clever girl with a spooky problem: Her house is haunted! Luckily, she happens to be a witch and knows a little something about taking care of ghosts.

We ended our session by singing a spooky version of Old MacDonald Had a Farm...

Old MacMonster Had a House

Old MacMonster had a house

oo-ee-oo-ee-o!

And in that house there lived a witch

oo-ee-oo-ee-o!

With a cackle, cackle here,

and a cackle, cackle there,

here a cackle, 

there a cackle,

everywhere a cackle, cackle.

Old MacMonster had a house

oo-ee-oo-ee-o!

Additional Verses:

~Skeleton- rattle, rattle

~Bat- screech, screech

~Ghost- Boo, Boo

I had fun reading to and singing with all of you.  Until next week;

Happy Reading!

~Miss Cathi