Toddler Time was so much fun today!  I had four little friends join me today and the room was filled with joy and fun!

 I was so impressed with the way all four played independently, with a friend or with an adult!
  "A" and "L" played with each other in the tent.

 "R" took out the alligator's teeth with his grandma after "J" was done with it. "A" even came to play with him!





                                "J" pulled out the cylinders and placed them on the board.

 This was our first book to go with our theme of Witches and Goblins. We really worked on saying big words like "mummy, vampire, goblin".  We either clapped out the syllables of the words as we said each one. (mumm-y, gob-lin, vam-pi-re) 
Clapping out words as we say them helps us to say the words slower and to say them correctly.  I encourage all of the adults in the room to do it too and to practice it in daily life.

Who Said Boo? was a fun book because the children got to take turns picking up the flaps in the book to reveal another picture.  We had to do some inferencing by using picture clues to determine who said boo.  We even read the word "Boo!" several times on when it was repeated on a page.

Letters B and W were our focus today.  I was surprised when both "A" and "L" correctly told me the names of letters even before I asked!  Wow! Smart girls!!!!  We used our "kissy lips" for the sound of W and popped our lips when we said the sound of B.

Pass the Witches Broom Stick was the movement game we played today.  It is similar to Musical Chairs except we passed the broom around the circle while the music played.  When the music stopped we cheered for the person that was holding the broom stick. (instead of making them "out") 

Preschool Pages

Barnyard Tales was the theme today! Both of my friends "B" and "J" came today!

                                                          

Our first story was The Cow Loves Cookies

After I read the title "J" used his questioning skills and asked "Why?".  So we had a purpose for reading the story, to find out why the cow loves cookies.  In the end we found out that the farmer and the cow share cookies and milk every day for lunch.  I wonder where the farmer gets the milk?

We worked on the letter Ff when we read and sang The Farmer in the Dell.

"B" and "J" worked with their grandparent to highlight the F and f within the text of the song.  We also payed attention to our top teeth sitting on our bottom lip when we say the sound of the letter F.

We were so interested in letters that we worked on B and C too. We talked about how letters are made of sticks, circles and curves. We "pop" our lips out when we say the name of B and when we say the sound of B.  We felt our tongue move on the roof of our mouth when we said the sound of C.

We did the chant Did You Feed my Cow?. The kids were supposed to answer with "Yes, ma'am" but "B" put a new twist on it by saying, "no, ma'am". 

After a half hour of fun the boys were ready to head upstairs to the library for play and to check books out.

 

Busy Book Babies Story Hour

Today was our second week. Unfortunately we didn't have any friends attend today.  Mitzi took my place last week as story reader and she had three friends.  One of those friends isn't feeling well so Mom called to let us know she couldn't make it today. (Thanks Mom)

I hope that next week we have lots of friends that are age birth to 24months join us!  It's no fun reading, rhyming and singing to an empty room! 

 

 Toddler Time Story Hour 

My friend "J" and his grandpa came again today.  This was our second week of Toddler Time. We missed our other two friends that came last week. We hope more friends join us next week!

Last week's theme was Animal Guessing Games
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This week our theme was Bears, Bears Everywhere!

• We read two books:          
  
  This was a fun story about three bear cubs that stray away from their Mama. We had fun finding the hidden animals that the cubs found.  We used directional words such as: up, under, in, over,  and down.  We even pretended to climb the wall like the cubs climbed the tree!

This book is a version of the old favorite "Goldilocks and the Three Bears".  It's always nice to hear other versions.  "J" was familiar with the story so he helped me out quite a bit when reading.


Since the word Bear begins with the letter B, we searched for all of the Bs in the book, wrote B on the dry erase board and practiced popping our lips to say the letter name B.

"J" retold the story on the flannel board after he sorted the pictures into their categories: bowls, chairs, beds & bears. He was really good at the sorting and awesome with the retelling. He knew the story in order and even changed his voice for the three different bears!

        

 All About Dogs was the theme for Preschool Pages storytime today! My friend from last week (we'll call him "J") was joined with a new friend "B"!  "J" brings his grandmother and "B" came with his great-grandmother.  

It sure is more fun when we have friends listening and interacting with us! (Hint, hint) It's never too late to come join the fun if you are available!!!!

We focused on two books today about dogs. 

Harry didn't like to take a bath so he hid the scrub brush. But after he had some fun getting dirty he had a hard time convincing his family that it was him.  "B" thought it was funny that Harry's bath at the end had so many bubbles that they were all over the bathroom floor.  "J" had fun finding Harry in the pictures. (the dirtier Harry got, the harder he was to find)

George is a dog that had trouble barking.  Each time his mom said "bark George" he came out with a different animal sound.  George's mom took him to the vet and the vet pulled all kinds of animals out of George.  At the end when George FINALLY barks something happens to start it all over again! This is called a CIRCLE BOOK. 

After listening to the story the boys were able to retell the story with me by manipulating the characters on the felt board.  The fun thing about acting out a circle book is we didn't have to worry about which order the animals went in or out of George.  

We worked on building vocabulary with the word, furiously. "B" even gave an example by acting it out! Nice job "B"!  

Our rhymes today were:

I've Got a Dog

Five Little Dogs - "J" knew  what the vet said each time we came to it in our rhyme. Great participation "J"!   "B" thought it was fun to be the dogs jumping on the bed.

Songs today were:

This Old Man

My Dog Rags          I sure am glad the grandmas help me sing!!!!

Tuesday, October 29, 2015

Today was our first Preschool Pages story hour! We had one very special preschool library friend in attendance!  He came with his grandma. 


Our theme for the day was All About Cats!

Books we read: 

• Drat That Fat Cat by Pat Thomson
• Pet the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Littwin
• Cat Goes Fiddle-I-Fee by Paul Galdone (we used the book to provide us with picture prompts as we sang the song)

We had fun listening to the stories, predicting what will come next, chiming in on parts of the story we knew and naming all of the animals as well as the sounds they make. We even found the letter O and the word "No".

• Poems/Chants we did:
• Open Them, Shut Them
• Old Fat Cat
  
   Our craft was a cat door hanger with 
• four groovy buttons

Hello! My name is Mrs. Dawn Swan. I am the children's librarian.  Story time is here and I NEED MORE FRIENDS TO READ TO!!! It's never too late to join us! 

     

     Preschool Pages (age 3-5) Tuesdays at 9:30-10:30

     Toddler Time (age 2-3) Wednesdays at 9:30-10:00

     Busy Babies (birth-24 mos) Wednesdays 10:15-10:45

Fall Story Hours beginning on September 29 and 30
Stop in to fill out a registration form!
Please preregister so we can be sure we have enough supplies for everyone
Come and meet our new Children's Librarian!

Busy Book Babies (birth to 24 months)
WEDNESDAY MORNINGS 10:15-10:45 A.M.

Toddler Time (ages 2-3)
WEDNESDAY MORNINGS 9:30-10:00 A.M.
(Doors will open at 9:15 for play time)

Preschool Pages (ages 3-5)
TUESDAY MORNINGS 9:30-10:30 A.M.
(Doors will open at 9:15 for play time)

The program will include stories, songs, and activities that encourage reading readiness skills and help develop a positive attitude toward books, reading and the library.

Hello library friends!
My name is Dawn Swan. I am honored to be the new Children's Librarian and can't wait to meet you!  I have been a teacher for 27 years and live in the Pardeeville area. I have been working closely with Cassandra to put together some new and exciting opportunities for our little library friends!  Please take time to preregister for the story hour you will be attending so that I have enough materials for everyone. 
Can't wait to meet you!