A LOVE-ly Morning!

Mirabella, her mom and I, had a good Story Hour again today.

We began with our opening song [see last week's post] and then talked about upcoming Valentine's Day... its red color, that it honors love, and we talked about who/what we love. We then began reading our first book, Penguin in Love by Salina Yoon. Mirabella thought some of the things were very silly, such as the penguins knitting things for other creatures, especially the nose cozys and a sweater for a whale.

We stopped half way through the book, at the mysterious part where two penguins find all their yarn has disappeared from their containers, and went to the table to make our own penguins-- out of heart shapes, of course!  Mirabella's penguin is taking a nap, but his heart shows he has lots of love to share.

After that we went back to the book to see if the penguins solved the mystery. Of course it had a happy ending with the new friendships and love. It was now time to go back to the craft table and make a valentine for someone we love [or to keep if we wanted]. We used ink and rubber stamps, a heart-shaped doily and a heart sticker to create a pretty card.

Our second book was Love Monster by Rachel Bright. It was the story of a little monster who lived among a town of cute, fluffy things: dogs, cats, and bunnies that everyone loved. So Monster set out to search the world and find love. His search was not very successful, but just as he was about to give up a nice surprise happened. A very cute book to look for at your library.

We ended the morning by completing a monster worksheet where we had to find the one that was different in each row. Then I gave Mirabella her own folder to bring back to Story Hour each week and we put in a monster counting sheet, a writing readiness sheet where she could trace dotted lines and a cut-apart monster that would then be put back together like a puzzle. We also had a snack of colored Goldfish crackers and some water.

Next week's theme is winter/snow. It would be nice if you could join us for the morning [9:15] or evening [5:45] session.

Children's Librarian,
Mitzi