Story Window Storytime Blog: July 2008
Peek inside for storytime ideas! Wilmette Librarians share suggestions for age-appropriate books, rhymes, songs, and crafts.
July 30, 2008
Colors Are Everywhere!
(For 1.5-2.5 Year Olds)
The storytime kids enjoy learning about colors. We enjoyed identifying both the insects and their colors in Creepy Crawly Colors, by Robin Koontz. Cat has difficulty choosing his favorite color in the vibrant Cat's Colors, by Jane Cabrera. In the classic title by Ellen Walsh called Mouse Paint, three white mice explore three jars of paint as they discover that colors mixed together create new colors. As I read the flannel story, "Dog's Colorful Day", we identified the various colors that fell on Dog's fur, changing the amount of colorful spots on him along the way.
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July 23, 2008
Days and Seasons
(For 1.5-2.5 Year Olds)
We often talk about the weather at storytime and whether it is sunny or rainy outside. Popular author Lucy Cousins explores weather and seasons in Maisy's Wonderful Weather Book. Various animals make their noises as they watch the sun go down in Hello, Day!, by Anita Lobel, a notable picture book author. Learning how to share something nice such as delicious cookies is humorously depicted in the large book The Doorbell Rang, by Pat Hutchins. We enjoyed counting the squirrels in the flannel board story "Five Little Squirrels".
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July 17, 2008
Trucking About
(For 1.5-2.5 Year Olds)
Trucks are familar and exciting to the storytime kids and therefore, truck books are popular! It's nice to discover all the cool things that trucks can do. In Tip Tip Dig Dig ,by Emma Garcia, trucks clear some messy looking land to make a playground. In Red Truck, by Kersten Hamilton, a red tow truck helps pull a stuck school bus out of the mud. Both are colorful books. In I Love Animals, by Flora McDonnell, the large pictures of farm animals inspired the kids to make animal sounds. We counted the frogs as I sang the Raffi song along with the flannel board story, "Five Green and Speckled Frogs".
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July 2, 2008
Hooray for the Fourth of July!
(For 1.5-2.5 Year Olds)
The storytime kids are very excited about the Fourth of July. We anticipate this fun day by reading Happy 4th of July, Jenny Sweeney!, by Leslie Kimmelman. Jenny sees her neighborhood get ready for the festivities of the holiday by having picnics and going to a parade. The children always enjoy the beloved classic, Where's Spot?, by Eric Hill, as we seek Spot the dog behind flaps that show many kinds of animals until at last we find him. Lucy Cousins is another popular classic author for our group, and the toy book Maisy on the Farm, shows us the various types of animals on the farm that hide behind the flaps to the children's amusement. We did our annual march around the room with musical instruments to the song, "Stars and Stripes Forever" from the CD, Patriotic Songs and Marches.
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