Early Lit & Stuff

 

 

  Cookies December 2023   Welcome, welcome everyone, Now you’re here lets have some fun. First we clap our hand just so, Then we bend and touch our toes. Welcome, welcome everyone, Now we’re here lets have some FUN! Hello Song Hello, Hello! What’s your name? ____ (child answers) (Together say) “Hello ___________” Books If you give a mouse a cookie by   Laura Joffe Numeroff The Best Mouse Cookie by Laura Numeroff Rhyme Feed Cookie Monster with 5 Little Cookie Gingerbread Baby By Jan Brett Big Book Crunchy Munchy Cookies Movement : Making cookies is fun to do, fun to do, fun to do …..Song with actions Santa’s Cookie is Missing Santa Had a Christmas Tree (Rhyme of the month) (Tune of Old MacDonald) Santa had a Christmas Tree Ho, ho, ho, ho ho. And on that tree there was a star Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho. With a twinkle, twinkle, here, And a twinkle, twinkle there, Here a twinkle, there a twinkle Everywhere a twinkle Twinkle ...

 November Newsletter

 

Names November 2003 Welcome, welcome everyone, Now you’re here lets have some fun. First we clap our hand just so, Then we bend and touch our toes. Welcome, welcome everyone, Now we’re here lets have some FUN! Hello Song Hello, Hello! What’s your name? ____ (child answers) (Together say) “Hello ___________” Books Matthew ABC by Peter Catalanotto Tanka Tanka Skunk! By Steve Webb Big Book All I can by Eileen Roe Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? By Jane Manning Colorful Feast (Rhyme of the month ) Orange is the pumpkin we made into a pie Red are the cranberries I might want to try Green are the beans in the casserole dish White are the mashed potatoes I’ll have more if you wish Yellow is the corn. It’s my favorite… I can’t wait! Brown is the turkey I have on my plate. Book I Don’t Know What to Call my Cat by Simon Philip The Very Silly Safari Collection (Pop-up) Ending (farmer in the Dell) It’s time to say goodbye It’s time to say goodbye , Wave to your friends like this (wave)...

 I thought it would be nice for parents to have a newsletter dedicated to storytimes. We have a library newsletter that has all programming information. But I wanted to provide parents with upcoming themes, songs they could learn and the new schedule.

 Take and make are projects for the children and their families to take home and do. This was started when COVID limited the programs that we did at the library. I chose to continue the Make & Take packs. These packets stay out all week. Children do not need to attend a storytime to have a packet. We did get a grant of book to give away so I thought this would be one of the best ways to get the books into the children's homes. I also try to have the packets fit with the themes we are doing in storytime. The leaves on this tree are torn up bits of paper. Rocks were painted and ready for the children to glue eyes, yarn, and pipe cleaners. They chose their colored rock and then got a zip-lock bag fill with items need to make their monsters at home.

Leaves October 2003  Welcome, welcome everyone, Now you’re here lets have some fun. First we clap our hand just so, Then we bend and touch our toes. Welcome, welcome everyone, Now we’re here lets have some FUN!   Finger play I wiggle, wiggle my fingers, I wiggle, wiggle my toes. I wiggle, wiggle my shoulders, I wiggle, wiggle my nose, Now no more wiggles are left in me, and I’ll be as quiet as I can be. Book Fall Leaves Fall! By Zoe Hall Song Autumn Leaves Are Falling Down (Sung to: London Bridge is Falling Down) Autumn leaves are falling down, (children stand, hold arms high and wiggle fingers like leaves falling from branches) Falling down, falling down. Autumn leaves are falling down, Down down on the ground. (crouch low) Rake them up and make a pile, (pretend to rake leaves) Make a pile, make a pile. Rake them up and make a pile, Guaranteed to make you smile. (smile broadly) Books There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves! By Luc...