tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58384191819825053802024-03-05T23:51:07.103-08:00The Art and Craft of Storytime: Musings and IdeasA place for a prospective youth services librarian to post her ideas for future storytimes and reactions to ones she has done. Feel free to poke around and share your thoughts with her!kawaiibookloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17541191822656955692noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838419181982505380.post-45539675352221394832012-05-15T15:30:00.002-07:002012-05-15T15:52:30.613-07:00Inspiration<span style="color: #e06666;">These two storytime blogs from amazing children's librarians in Chicago really put my blog to shame ;)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;"> They have great ideas for flannel boards, including something they call "Flannel Friday." They also make their own boards and include resources, tips, and templates. Included are action rhymes, activities, songs, stories, and books to pair with the flannel boards. </span><br />
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<a href="http://awesomestorytime.wordpress.com/">http://awesomestorytime.wordpress.com/</a>
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<a href="http://storytimekatie.com/">http://storytimekatie.com/</a>
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<a href="http://www.abbythelibrarian.com/2008/09/how-to-make-felt-flannel-board-story.html">http://www.abbythelibrarian.com/2008/09/how-to-make-felt-flannel-board-story.html</a>
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<br />kawaiibookloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17541191822656955692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838419181982505380.post-73354949415398337142012-05-14T16:56:00.001-07:002012-05-14T16:56:56.919-07:00Craft Website<a href="http://ourcraftsnthings.com/">http://ourcraftsnthings.com/</a><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">This website is a great resource for craft projects for toddlers and preschool age children. The blogger is a former preschool teacher turned stay-at-home mom. She has a whole curriculum of lesson plans and does a craft with her daughter every day. They cover letters, transportation, holidays, weather, etc. using an assortment of stuff. </span>kawaiibookloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17541191822656955692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838419181982505380.post-22499674255516955922012-04-11T12:39:00.000-07:002012-04-11T12:39:57.375-07:00Ideas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikA8D14px_ZCivDc165aosgMxFuCuNPA0Mtlrrvx4ETK1ODALB1o9p-Vi0Kv2Fgso4ABgX-oMaaSNi96UBx3l7CshWMPkuITmsQ3JcAsrxvGFzKFdYPgsL5ti4Y6APEa7G-0NyDmM9RJY/s1600/Jacket.aspx" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikA8D14px_ZCivDc165aosgMxFuCuNPA0Mtlrrvx4ETK1ODALB1o9p-Vi0Kv2Fgso4ABgX-oMaaSNi96UBx3l7CshWMPkuITmsQ3JcAsrxvGFzKFdYPgsL5ti4Y6APEa7G-0NyDmM9RJY/s1600/Jacket.aspx" /></a></div><div style="color: #e06666;">A patron at Peninsula told me about this book yesterday. I just read it. It's really cute! It's about two kids who have done everything and are so bored. Finally, they decide to do....nothing! But nothing always turns into something. There's a lot of fun illustrations that shows them using their imagination. It would make a fun read-a-loud and I'm sure would get the kids laughing. It's also easy to relate to. </div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Another idea I just had would be to do a remake of Stone Soup, one of my favorite tales. While there are many good picture books illustrating the tale, it would be fun to do on our own, with the kids acting out. One idea would be to have a big pot and cut-outs of ingredients that each kid could drop in. They can then come up with their own ingredients, using their imagination. Or, maybe make a flannel board and do it that way. It could also be a good memory exercise, to have everyone reiterate what each kid put in before putting in their own. Hopefully I'll get to try it one day!</div>kawaiibookloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17541191822656955692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838419181982505380.post-76647418170721227102012-04-10T14:58:00.000-07:002012-04-10T14:58:17.614-07:00How Many Ways Can You Wiggle?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6aFZlADJwVLXjtOak5nLoIJYDTNZkRYu999eG1rPzkdhlJGg4mur4b2YwFvyxcsdpB26PS9e7F5j-D4YCEMLLNnxN1XpByOwLTv173V0jkfU-Bv0ha40VUwMcWtgnxtOVKD2v4XJ8fEQ/s1600/JacketCAD08LUK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6aFZlADJwVLXjtOak5nLoIJYDTNZkRYu999eG1rPzkdhlJGg4mur4b2YwFvyxcsdpB26PS9e7F5j-D4YCEMLLNnxN1XpByOwLTv173V0jkfU-Bv0ha40VUwMcWtgnxtOVKD2v4XJ8fEQ/s1600/JacketCAD08LUK.jpg" /></a></div><span style="color: #e06666;">A patron at work was just reading this to her two boys and it sounded adorable! It shows all different ways you can wiggle. This would be great for storytime, as it gets the kids moving! :)</span>kawaiibookloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17541191822656955692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838419181982505380.post-18868948410830122102012-04-03T10:03:00.000-07:002012-04-03T10:03:00.034-07:00Cute Cat Back<span style="color: #e06666;">This book looks very promising for storytime, though I haven't gotten a chance to read it yet. It's a book of opposites with rhyming text. Apparently, parts of the sentence are actually left off to leave room for the kids to jump in. Normally the librarian would have to pause and let kids jump in, but this really does the work for you :p</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Mary Ellen just told me about this book. I read it at the desk and it was soooo cute! She used it at her school; I believe the teachers helped act it out for the elementary school kids as she read it aloud. The Principal of her school, who has a good voice, sang in the background. She said it was a huge hit! I would love to do this with a group of kids sometime and maybe even have them take turns acting it out if we have time.</span> </span>kawaiibookloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17541191822656955692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838419181982505380.post-42706008296307425622012-03-26T16:44:00.002-07:002012-03-26T16:48:22.088-07:00RLY K<span style="color: #e06666;">The kids had a special treat when Janet invited me to do storytime with her on Friday! Some of the kids remembered me from the times I've filled in for Erin, and now that Janet is back at RVC, this is her regular group. It was a slow day with everyone in Children's in Philly for PLA, so Janet thought it would be fun for the kids to have to readers! It was fun for me to of course, since I love doing it and I got to watch Janet lead storytime (Janet is such a pro). I even picked up some good lines to use to get their attention before starting like "show me that your ready: sit up straight, pretzel legs, eyes front, mouth closed, but maybe, just maybe, your lips can form a smile" </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">I started out with my usual "If you Want to Hear a Story" for both groups. We did animal songs. Since they are more used to me now they knew I would start off with that and they actually joined in with the main song, which was wonderful!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">The best moment of the day was when I taught the pre-k group "soft kitty," the adorable lullaby from The Big Bang Theory and one of the teacher's smiles and calls out that she loves that song and show! No one ever thought to use it with kids, but the first time I heard it on BBT I knew I wanted to use it in my storytimes! I read both classes <i>Kitten's First Full Moon </i>by Kevin Henkes and then taught them the song. It was so cute hearing them sing it. They seemed to like it, too ;)</span><br />
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</div>kawaiibookloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17541191822656955692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838419181982505380.post-47928441484852670632011-12-16T10:40:00.000-08:002011-12-16T10:40:16.890-08:00Pre-K and K from Rosalie Young<div style="color: #e06666;">Today I did two groups from Rosalie Young. I've filled in for Erin about 3 or 4 times and each group did remember me. The pre-k group had 7 and the K group had 13.</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">For the pre-k group I did:</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Cookie's Week</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Is Everyone Ready for Fun? (they loved this so much that they asked me to do it twice!)</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Wow, said Owl</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #e06666;">If you Want to Hear a Story</div><div style="color: #e06666;">The Chicken Dance</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Dinosaur Song</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Freeze Dance</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Notes: They LOVED Is Everyone Ready for Fun? This was the response I was hoping to get with the 2-year-old group and didn't. They loved standing for the story, getting to jump up and down, dance, wiggle, etc. By the second reading (which was like 2 books and 2 songs later) they were joining along with me for chicken and the cows' lines.</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">I gave the 7 kids the leftover owl masks from the Jacob's Ladder group and they held them for the owl song. They were so happy to have something to use as a prop and couldn't believe I was going to let them keep it.</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Cookie's Week got many laughs, and though the kids heard Pete the Cat before, they loved it nonetheless.</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">At the end, they all got up and gave me hugs. It was the best ending to a great storytime!</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">For the K group, we read:</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Cookie's Week</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Pete the Cat</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Dinosaurs Roar!</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Snowy Day</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Wow, said Owl</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">They had never heard Dinosaurs Roar or Wow, said Owl before; it was nice to do something new for a change. They joined in for the colors in Pete the Cat and Wow, said Owl. Dinosaurs Roar was a hit, of course, since all RVC Library storytime kids love Laurie Berkner's Dinosaur Song. They all loved Snowy Day and most owned a copy at home. Cookie's week also got many laughs.</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Songs:</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Dinosaur Song</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Chicken Dance</div><div style="color: #e06666;">Freeze Dance</div><div style="color: #e06666;"><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="color: #e06666;">The first one is <em>Pete the Cat: I love My White Shoes</em> by Eric Litwin. The story is about a cat who takes a walk in his white shoes, but as he steps in different things (ie: water, strawberries, etc.) his white shoes change colors to reflect what he's been in. There's also a song refrain "I love my ___ shoes" for each color.</span> </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #e06666;">The other book is called<em> Cookie's Week</em> by Cindy Ward, which is about a cat named Cookie who gets into all sorts of trouble every day of the week. It's a good book to introduce days of the week. Joann used it for her two-year-olds, so even though they didn't get the days of the week, they really loved Cookie and the chaos he got himself in to. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><em>Five Green and Speckled Frogs </em>by Priscilla Burris. (I used to love this song when I was younger, so you can imagine how much fun it was to lead them in the song. I had them join in with the "yum yum." The book, however, has different text than the song that most people know--I've seen this written in other reviews of this particular version. I used the book mostly for visual effect, with its sparkling speckles and fun beach-time theme.I also created a paper version of the story. I had blue paper for the pond and cut out a log and 5 speckled frogs. I used tape on the back of each frog and took one off as the song/story progressed)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><em>Is Everyone Ready for Fun? </em>by Jan Thomas. (Found this book sitting on the new and prospective storytime shelf. It is a gold mine! The book format is similar to the style of <em>Don't Let the Pigeon Ride the Bus</em> by Mo Willems, in that the text and illustrations start before page 1. It's a fast-paced book involving 3 cows who annoy their friend chicken by jumping on his couch, wiggling on his couch, etc. I had them stand up and do all of the actions. Highly recommended!) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><em>Can You Growl Like a Bear?</em> by John Butler. (A cute book that elicits readers to join in and make the various animal sounds. About half the group actually made the sounds, as did all the parents.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><em>I Hear</em> by Rachel Isadora. (Another audience participation book for making noises.) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">"I Know a Chicken" by Laurie Berkner. (Always a fun song to do with any age group. I noticed that unlike the pre-k groups I've done this song with, the 2-year-olds mainly liked to dance with the shaky eggs we give out and had a harder time following the "shake your egg fast/slow/up and down/in a circle" Still, they seemed to have fun with it).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">"Rock-a-Bye Bear" by The Wiggles. (Suggested by one of the children's librarian. A cute 1 minute song that tells listeners to do different motions. I took one of the bear stuffed animals that had little bears on it and danced with it.) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;">"Here Comes Bear" by the Wiggles. (Another cute dance/motion song that worked well. Thanks Jen for the great suggestions!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><strong>End song:</strong> "The More We Get Together" I led the song and the parents joined in. Some parents rocked their kids back and forth, which was cute. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><strong>Things I learned:</strong> Usually a better idea to do short, simple books. This age group responds extremely well to action/motion books that get them involved. If doing a longer book, better to start with it.</span>kawaiibookloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17541191822656955692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838419181982505380.post-36314151303393561152011-11-19T13:04:00.000-08:002011-11-20T10:06:03.021-08:00It's a Hoot: Owl Storytime<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPENpPeWheXXXsRBGofe0LKENFv1J45TsNj7ZazB98TNKhm4DZOsQoQjzqP-HwfiaiqFuqJglUA2hyphenhyphenkBRXXRjqp54yn0Ier9oqybMVModbOXPX2qRl6-5Bo6kolWQuZB0teQl1qawYS34/s1600/owl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" hda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPENpPeWheXXXsRBGofe0LKENFv1J45TsNj7ZazB98TNKhm4DZOsQoQjzqP-HwfiaiqFuqJglUA2hyphenhyphenkBRXXRjqp54yn0Ier9oqybMVModbOXPX2qRl6-5Bo6kolWQuZB0teQl1qawYS34/s1600/owl.jpg" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="color: black;"></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666;">Last week I did a storytime for one of the Jacob's Ladder pre-k groups. There were about 10 kids and adults. I decided to plan an owl-themed storytime for them, including books, a finger play, and a dance. I also found a great owl cut-out mask online, which I printed, colored, and glued popsicle sticks to. The kids absolutely LOVED the owl masks. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666;">Here's the book line up I used. The kids were getting a little ancy by the end, so I decided to do another song with them instead of <em>Owl Babies</em>. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><em>I'm Not Cute!</em> by Jonathan Allen. (The kids liked this a lot. All the animals tell baby Owl he is "so cute" and baby Owl gets upset. Easily relatable to kids. They were laughing and joining in with the repetitive line, "I'm not cute!" The illustrations are simple and fun. I also made little puppets for the various animals from pictures online, brown paper bags, and even little word bubble cut-outs that had "You're so cute baby Owl" on them.) </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><em>I'm Not Scared! </em>by Jonathan Allen. (Very similar to the premise of "I'm Not Cute," except this time, they all accuse Owl of being scared. This book got the same reaction. I started out by asking them if they were ever scared. I've used these books numerous times and they are always a big hit!)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><em>Wow, said Owl!</em> by Tim Hopgood. (Great book about colors. A curious Owl decides to stay up during the day and is amazed by all the pretty colors. I paused during each page and had the kids yell out the colors.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><em>Owl Babies</em> by Martin Waddell. (An adorble book with equally adorable illustrations about 3 young owls who worry that their mother won't come back after she leaves for a few moments. I'm hoping to do this the next time I do a storytime that is pre-k or older.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666;">There's a wide eye owl (make fingers in large circles and cup over eyes)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666;">With a pointed nose (use fingers to make a triangle & point out for nose)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666;">2 pointed ears (use fingers for ears)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666;">and claws for toes (wiggle fingers like toes)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666;">he lives way up in the tree (point up to tree top)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666;">and when he looks at you (point at kids)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666;">This went over very well. I taught it to them first by having them repeat the lines and actions before we did it together straight through. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666;">Check out: </span><a href="http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/preschool_themes/owls/owl_songs.htm"><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666;">http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/preschool_themes/owls/owl_songs.htm</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666;"> for more cute Owl finger plays and songs!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #e06666;">We did "Do the Owl" by the Wiggles. They all danced around with their Owl masks.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><strong>End Song:</strong> "The More We Get Together" (Almost all the children knew this song and sang it along with me.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><strong>What I learned:</strong> Next time I do a parent-child storytime and the parents are talking, I will say something--or even better, say something up front that explains if parents want to socialize or talk on the phone they should do so outside or after. </span>kawaiibookloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17541191822656955692noreply@blogger.com0