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Baby Storytime, 0-12 months, Friday, December 19
All the babies were happy today as we sang songs, chanted rhymes and read a book together.
We read
Books for 4-6 year olds on Thursday, December 18
Our first story today was about some unusual friends:
We talked about whether cats and mice are usually friends, and what might happen if they were. I’m relieved to report the story has a happy ending!
With this story, we could have counted a million jelly beans if we’d had the time! We discovered that a million is a big, big number– the book has a giant foldout page with a million jelly beans in all different colors.
Books for Preschoolers on Wednesday, December 17
Today we warmed up a dreary day with books about soup! We practiced stirring the pot, bouncing like boiling bubbles, and we swam along with the song “I Feel Crazy So I Jump in the Soup” by the Laurie Berkner Band. These are the stories we read today:
The joy of reading
Learning to read can be very difficult for a child. Children need to learn letters – both upper and lower case. They need to learn the sound(s) a letter makes. They need to blend those sounds together, and they need to blend the words into sentences. Motivation really helps!
It is a child’s interest and enjoyment of books that provides most of the motivation. When children hear many stories, are encouraged to make up stories, and want to listen to favorite stories over and over, they will want to read all by themselves.
Did you know that Go, Dog. Go! by P. D. Eastman has very easy vocabulary even though it is 64 pages long? It is certainly one of my favorite books. I love the dogs, the colors, the opposites, the cars and the party hat! Give it a try. ~Maureen
Preschool books on Monday, December 15
Llama Llama is dramatic on lots of occasions, so it should be no surprise that there is a lot of drama during the holiday season. But as always, the little llama is comforted by mom at the end of the story.
Dinosaur on Hanukkah tells the story of a dinosaur who visits a boy and participates in many activities during Hanukkah.
The other 3 books I read provided comforting stories for children and parents. They were soothing for all of us.
~Maureen
Toddler story on Monday, December 15
I read Goodnight Moon today. I thought that a good night’s sleep would be a wonderful gift for everyone at this time of year. 🙂
We will be taking a break from our storytime schedule until the last week of January! Please visit the library often while you wait for storytimes to begin again.
Baby Storytime, 12-18 months, Friday, December 12
It was Sandra Boynton morning at older baby storytime! There were many Sandra Boynton books spread all over the rug for babies and caregivers to look at and read. We read two different Sandra Boynton books together today, with lots of laughs and smiles over the silly antics of the characters in her books.
We read these books today:
Baby Storytime, 0-12 months, Friday, December 12
This morning we read another fun and silly book by Sandra Boynton. There were animal noises everywhere!
We read
Books for Preschoolers on Thursday, December 11
Today we learned about how some animals stay warm and cozy in the winter;
And we explored the fascinating world of blops! What is a blop? What do you do with a blop? We had a lot of fun with this book, and we made our own blops, too!
Preschool books on Monday, December 8
We read about things that were STUCK and things that were not a STICK (even though they looked like a stick.) We closed with a story of animals who were opposites in a lot of ways, but they ended up very good friends by the end this short story.