It's time for storytime, [Clap hands to the beat.]
It's time for storytime.
Height-ho, the derry-o,
It's time for storytime.
We listen to some stories, [Tug gently on ears.]
We listen to some stories,
Heigh-ho the derry-o,
We listen to some stories.
We sing some songs and rhymes, [Point to mouth.]
We sing some songs and rhymes,
Heigh-ho, the derry-o,
We sing some songs and rhymes.
And now we'll have some fun, [Pat legs and clap hands.]
And now we'll have some fun,
Heigh-ho the derry-o,
And now we'll have some fun.
This will be our opening song for each session from now on.
Our first book was a fun one titled I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont. It is the story of a naughty little boy who paints all over the house, himself and his dog... and of course, gets in trouble with his mom. We had many laughs while reading this story. It is also a good story for learning the basic parts of the body.
After reading the story we went to the craft table and cut out a paper person to glue on our sheet with the story title. Then we took turns selecting [and stating the name] a color of paint, passing it around and adding paint to our pictures. They ended up looking a lot like the pictures in the book, as you can see by Mirabella and her mom's paintings.
Now it was back to the chairs for two more stories. First we read White Rabbit's Color Book by Alan Baker. This was a great story about mixing colors and the results you get.
We immediately moved on to our third book, Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd. This is a very cute story about a little white dog with a black spot on his ear, who gets all sorts of things in different colors dripped on him throughout the day. Great book for color identification and counting to ten! Mirabella got the giggles over many of the things Dog had drip on him.
It was then time to go back to the craft table where we each had a bin with 10 crayons and a printout of Dog with circles on him. We took turns selecting the color to use to fill in a spot of our choice. After our ten crayons were used I brought out five special crayons with unusual names and we used those for five more spots. They had fun/funny-sounding names: Asparagus, Robin's Blue, Dandelion,
Mahogany and then there was White. [I wanted to see if the children would comment on putting white onto white paper, and Mirabella did not disappoint me!] She then also noticed that there were still five blank circles, She was pleased to know she could color them any color she chose. As you can see, Dog turned out quite cute!
Next week's theme is valentine's. Hope to see you then, and remember there is a 6:00 p.m. session in addition to the morning session now. Please sign up and join us for one of them [evening session is a repeat of the morning one].
Children's Librarian,
Mitzi
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