Reader's Advisory - Sarah Dessen

• Teenage girls
• Teenage boy/girl relations
• Self-discovery
• Guilt
• Realistic fiction
  

READALIKES:
The boyfriend list: (15 guys, 11 shrink appointments, 4 ceramic frogs, and me, Ruby Oliver) by E. Lockhart
Things Hoped For by Andrew Clements
This is all: the pillow book of Cordelia Kenn by Aidan Chambers
Amazing Grace by Megan Shull
Girl of the Moment by Lizabeth Zindel

Thanksgiving Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Biscuit Is Thankful written by Alyssa Satin Capacilli, illustrated by Pat Schories (board book)
• Activity –If You're Happy and You Know It (action song from Songs for Wiggleworms)
• Flannelboard/Puppets - Turkey Hide and Seek (A fingerplay that I changed into a stick puppet rhyme. I found it at http://www.susanmdailey/fingerplays.html as of 19 May 2007.)
• Book #2 - Five Silly Turkeys by Salina Yoon (board book)
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• Activity - I'm a Little Turkey (action song to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot" that I found in a Mailbox magazine)
• Closing - Tambourines using "Kookaburra" from Where Is Thumbkin?: Action Songs for Every Month by Kimbo
• Craft – Glue feathers to turkey cut-out

Frogs & Toads Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Toad by Ruth Brown
• Activity – Can You Growl Like a Tiger? (action rhyme found in Family Storytime: Twenty-four Creative Programs for All Ages by Rob Reid)
• Flannelboard - 5 Green and Speckled Frogs (song)
• Book #2 - *** Hop Jump by Ellen Stoll Walsh
• Closing - Tamborines using "Kookaburra" from Where Is Thumbkin?: Action Songs for Every Month by Kimbo
• Craft – Use round bingo style paint dabbers on a frog drawing to create speckled frogs

*** Parent enhancement - You can run your finger under the words of the title as you say it. This helps kids understand that you are reading the text, not the pictures. Do this only with the title or a repeated phrase so it does not get in the way of sharing the story.

Peekaboo Teddy Bear Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum***
• Book #1 – Peekaboo Bedtime by Rachel Isadora
• Activity – Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear turn around.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear touch the ground.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear dance on your toes.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear touch your nose.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear reach up high.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear jump to the sky.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear find your feet.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear find your seat.

• Flannelboard - Colored bears in a row pattern
• Book #2 - *** Peek-A-Baby by Karen Katz (board book)
• Activity – A Teddy Bear (action rhyme I found in some Mailbox Magazine)
• Closing - Tamborines using "Kookaburra" from Where Is Thumbkin?: Action Songs for Every Month by Kimbo
• Craft – Decorate bears on a stick with stickers

*** Parent enhancement - This book is a "lift-the-flap" book. At home, it is well suited to children who are learning fine motor control in their fingers and are able to lift up the flaps, which is just one of many ways to engage children in a book.

Halloween Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum***
• Book #1 – Snappy Little Halloween written by Dugald Steer, illustrated by Derek Matthews (Pop-Up)
• Activity – This Little Pumpkin (action rhyme I found in some Mailbox Magazine)
• Flannelboard - Three Little Pumpkins (not sure where I found this one)

Three little pumpkins, sitting very still
In a pumpkin patch on a great big hill
The first one said, "I'm very green,"
(show green side)
"But I'll be orange on Halloween."
(show orange side)
The second one said, "Oh me, oh my,"
(show orange pumpkin side)
"Today I'll be a pumpkin pie."
(show pumpkin pie side)
The third one said, "I'm on my way,"
(show pumpkin side)
To be a Jack-O-Lantern today."
(show face side)

• Book #2 - Five Little Pumpkins pictures by Dan Yaccarino (board book)
• Activity – Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern (action rhyme based on Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear)

Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern turn around.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern touch the ground.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern dance on your toes.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern touch your nose.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern reach up high.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern jump to the sky.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern find your feet.
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern have a seat.

• Closing - Tamborines using "Kookaburra" from Where Is Thumbkin?: Action Songs for Every Month by Kimbo
• Craft – Chalk coloring on construction paper pumpkin cut-outs

***Parent enhancement - Researchers have noted 6 areas of early literacy that kids need to experience to be ready to learn to read. One of these areas is print motivation. Print motivation is an interest in and the enjoyment of books and reading. Reading books aloud to your kids at home, coming to storytime; these are all activities that increase print motivation. So lets give everyone a hand for doing something great for your children!

Bugs Storytime - Preschool

Preschool Storytime for 3-1/2 to 5 year olds:

• Opening – Row, Row, Row Your Boat (from Songs for Wiggleworms)
  
• Book #1 - Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• Activity - Little Wiggle Worm (action rhyme that I picked up from some Mailbox magazine)
  
• Book #2 - Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle
  
• Book #3 - Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle
• Activity – Night Flyers (fingerplay that I found in The Mailbox Preschool June/July 2004, page 41)
  
• Closing – Round of Applause (action rhyme adapted from one told by Rob Reid)
• Craft - Dot stickers on a caterpillar coloring sheet

Spiders Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
• Activity – Movin' and Groovin' (action song to the tune of "The Farmer In the Dell" found in the The Mailbox Preschool Oct./Nov. 2003, page 31))
• Flannelboard - One Little Elephant Went Out to Play Upon a Spider Web One Day
• Book #2 - Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! by Bob Barner
• Activity – Itsy Bitsy Spider (fingerplay)
• Closing - Tamborines using "Kookaburra" from Where Is Thumbkin?: Action Songs for Every Month by Kimbo
• Craft – Glue spider legs to a spider body and decorate with crayons

Ways To Go Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Ways To Go by Dana Meachen Rau, illustrated by Jane Conteh-Morgan
• Activity – A Walking We Will Go (action song, an adaptation to "A-hunting We Will Go")

A walking we will go
A walking we will go
Hi ho the derry oh
A walking we will go
(do actions accordingly; do other actions words in place of walking)

A hopping...
A jumping...
A running...
A stomping...
A sitting...

• Flannelboard - Hippopotamus on Skates (I got this one from King County Library System)

You see:
Wheels on a car,
And on a train,
Wheels on a truck,
And a jumbo plane.
You see:
Wheels on a van,
A bike, a bus,
But you don't see wheels on a hippopotamus...
UNLESS SHE'S ROLLERSKATING!

• Book #2 - Maisy Drives the Bus by Lucy Cousins***
• Activity – Wheels On the Bus (fingerplay/action song from Rise and Shine by Raffi)
• Closing - Tamborines using "Kookaburra" from Where Is Thumbkin?: Action Songs for Every Month by Kimbo
• Craft – Graham cracker traffic light (spread frosting on a graham cracker and then place a red, yellow, and green M&M on the frosting to resemble a traffic light)

***Parent enhancement: Songs have different notes for different syllables. This is one way we help children hear the parts of words... and it's fun too!

Firefighters Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum***
• Book #1 – Fire Fighter Piggywiggy by Christyan and Diane Fox
• Activity – I'm a Little Firefighter (action song to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot," I originally found this rhyme at http://www.perpetualpreschool.com but have since found it elsewhere)

I'm a little firefighter on the go
Here is my helmet (put hands on head)
Here is my hose (put hands at side as if holding a hose)
When I see a fire hear me shout
Turn on the water and put the fire out! (move hands back and forth)

• Flannelboard - Five Firefighters (found in Mailbox Preschool, Oct./Nov. 2007 page 40)
• Book #2 - Maisy's Fire Engine by Lucy Cousins (board book)
• Activity – Drive the Fire Truck (action song from Songs for Wiggleworms)
• Closing - Tamborines using "Kookaburra" from Where Is Thumbkin?: Action Songs for Every Month by Kimbo
• Craft – Color firefighter hat cut-outs with color marker pens

***Enhancement: Children learn by repetition. The more stimulation they receive from their environment (what they hear, see, touch, taste, and smell) the more connections they make between brain cells. After awhile there are so many connections that the ones not being used are pruned. It is repetition that keeps these connections between brain cells and make them strong.

Silly Journeys Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Mr. Grumpy's Outing by John Burningham (BIG BOOK)
• Activity – Noble Duke of York (action song)
• Flannelboard - A-hunting We Will Go (song)

A-hunting we will go,
A-hunting we will go,
We'll catch a fox
And put him in a box,
And then we'll let him go.

Other verses:
Mouse...house
Frog...log
Goat...boat
Bear...chair

• Book #2 – Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
• Activity – Shake My Sillies Out (action song from More Singable Songs by Raffi)
• Closing - Tamborines using "Kookaburra" from Where Is Thumbkin?: Action Songs for Every Month by Kimbo
• Craft – Coloring sheet

Gear School (the graphic novel)

The last time the Teen Librarian went shopping at the comic book shop I got the chance to go with her. We both brought back plenty of comics and graphic novels for the library. The comic shop owner suggested the purchase of Gear School by Adam Gallardo. I checked it out as soon as it was ready and loved it! Futuristic high school, fighting robots, and a war with aliens...

The story focuses on Teresa, a student at the futuristic military academy called “Gear School,” where all of the students are learning how to operate ballistic robot weapons. Unfortunately, she is best known for her spectacular flameout crashes in the flight simulator. During her first flight in a real “Gear” an alien spacecraft appears in her airspace. What’s a girl to do? Should she defend her classmate and best friend? And how can she do this? She can barely pass the simulator test and her robot has no weapons. The full color graphics and the short length made this book a fun graphic novel to read. I hope this book becomes a full-fledged series soon.

Silly Farm Chickens Storytime - Preschool

Preschool Storytime for 3-1/2 to 5 year olds:
(I actually created this storytime when I thought I would have to substitute for another librarian. Things worked out that I was not needed, but I still think it was a good storytime plan.)

• Opening – We Dove In the Ocean from Dippin' In the Paintbox by Gail and Trisha
• Alphabet activity - Pull a letter card out of a Dr. Seuss hat and then put them back in the hat as the letter is called
  
• Book #1 -I Bought A Baby Chicken by Kelly Milner Halls, illustrated by Karen Stormer Brooks
• Activity - Here's a Little Egg (action rhyme I have seen in a number of places, but I first found at http://www.geocities.com/mystorytime/chickens/htm#Fingerplays)

Here's a little egg, so smooth and white
(sit criss cross, head down, arms in lap)
Peck, peck, peck, there's something inside!
Peck, peck, peck, here comes a little beak.
(move head up and make beak with fingers)
Peck, peck, peck here come two little feet.
(extend feet)
Peck, peck, peck, here come the wings.
(flap arms as wings)
Peck, peck, peck, and a pick, pick, pick,
(move to squatting position)
And crack, crack, CRACK!
Out pops the baby chick!
(stand up, arms above head)

• Book #2 - Snappy Little Farmyard (pop-up)
• Book #3 - Mr. Grumpy's Outing by John Burningham (BIG BOOK)
  
• Activity – A Walking We Will Go (action song)

A walking we will go
A walking we will go
Hi ho the derry oh
A walking we will go

A hopping...
A jumping...
A running...
A stomping...
A shacking...
A sitting...

• Closing – Round of Applause (action rhyme adapted from one told by Rob Reid)
• Craft - Coloring sheet
  

Birds Storytime - Preschool

Preschool Storytime for 3-1/2 to 5 year olds:

• Opening – We Dove In the Ocean from Dippin' In the Paintbox by Gail and Trisha
• Alphabet activity - Pull a letter card out of a Dr. Seuss hat and then put them back in the hat as the letter is called
  
• Book #1 – Birdsongs by Betsy Franco and Steve Jenkins
• Activity – This Little Bird (action rhyme that I picked up somewhere)
• Flannelboard - Bluebird, Bluebird Through My Window
  
• Book #2 – Pigeon Wants a Puppy by Mo Willems
• Book #3 -I Bought A Baby Chicken by Kelly Milner Halls, illustrated by Karen Stormer Brooks
• Activity – Here's a Little Egg (action rhyme I have seen in a number of places, but I first found at http://www.geocities.com/mystorytime/chickens/htm#Fingerplays)

Here's a little egg, so smooth and white
(sit criss cross, head down, arms in lap)
Peck, peck, peck, there's something inside!
Peck, peck, peck, here comes a little beak.
(move head up and make beak with fingers)
Peck, peck, peck here come two little feet.
(extend feet)
Peck, peck, peck, here come the wings.
(flap arms as wings)
Peck, peck, peck, and a pick, pick, pick,
(move to squatting position)
And crack, crack, CRACK!
Out pops the baby chick!
(stand up, arms above head)

• Closing – Round of Applause (action rhyme adapted from one told by Rob Reid)
• Craft - Triangle body birds with tissue paper wings through slit, with circle head, beak, and color markers to decorate

Lapsit - Birds

Storytime for 0 to 24 months old:

• Opening: "Baby Hop" from Diaper Gym by Priscilla Hegner and Rose Grasselli
• Body part rhyme: Everybody Knows I Love My Toes (adapted from a rhyme I saw performed by Margaret Read Macdonald)
  

Everybody knows I love my toes!
Everybody knows I love my toes!
I love my ear,
My eyes,
My elbows and my nose.
Everybody knows I love my toes!
(repeat and name other body parts)

• Lap bounce: Hanky Panky
  

(have your child sitting on your lap and bounce along to the song)
Down by the banks of the Hanky Panky,
Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to bank,
With a hip, hop, hippity hop,
Jump off the lilypad,
(lift baby up)
And kerplop!
(lower baby between your legs)

• Tickle: Round and Round the Garden

Round and round the garden
(with index finger, make a circle on baby's tummy)
Like a teddy bear
One step, two step
(walk fingers up chest)
Tickle under there!
(tickle under chin)
Round and round the garden
(with index finger, make a circle on baby's tummy)
Goes the little mouse
Up, up, up he creeps
(walk fingers up arm)
Up into his house
(tickle baby under arm)

• Book #1: What Is Pink: A Poem About Colors by Christina Rosetti, pictures by Judith Hoffman Corwin (board book)
• Theme rhyme: Two Little Blackbirds
• Nursery rhyme: Hickety Pickety
  

Hickety Pickety, my black hen,
She lays eggs for gentlemen.
Gentlemen come every day,
To see what my black hen doth lay.
Sometimes nine and sometimes ten.
Hickety Pickety, my black hen.

• Clap rhyme: Miss, Miss

(clap)
Miss Miss, little Miss Miss,
When she misses,
She misses like this!
(hug baby)

• Book #2: Where's the Baby? by Cherly Christian, photographs by Laura Dwight (board book)
• Animal sound song: When (animal) Gets Up In the Morning...

When cows get up in the morning, they always say "Good day."
When cows get up in the morning, they always say "Good day."
"Moo! Moo!" this is what they say.
"Moo! Moo! Moo! Moo!" this is what they say.
(substitute other animals and animal sounds)

• Lap bounce: Tick Tock

(bounce baby from leg to leg)
Tick tock, tick tock,
I'm a little cuckoo clock.
Tick tock, tick tock,
Now it is one o'clock... Cuckoo!
(raise baby up for each cuckoo)

Now it is two o'clock... Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

Now it is three o'clock... Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

• Closing: "If You're Happy And You Know It" from Songs for Wiggleworms

Extra book: Usborne Touchy-feely 1,2,3 (board book)

Birds Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Pie In the Sky by Lois Ehlert
• Activity – Little Bird (action rhyme I picked up in the book Toddle On Over by Robin Works Davis, but I have since seen in other sources)

I saw a little bird go hop, hop, hop.
(jump up and down)
I told the little bird to stop, stop, stop.
(hold up hand, palm out)
I went to the window to say "How do you do?"
(bow)
He wagged his little tail and away he flew.
(wiggle but, and then flap arms in flying motion)

• Flannelboard - Bluebird, Bluebird Through My Window (song)
• Book #2 – Birds by Kevin Henkes, illustrated by Laura Dronzek
• Activity – Two Little Blackbirds Sitting On a Fence
• Closing - Rhythm sticks using "Goin' On a Bear Hunt" from Kids In Action by Greg and Steve
• Craft – Triangle bird body with tissue paper wings through a slit in the body, with circle head, a little triangle beak, and color markers to decorate with.

Hats Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – The Magic Hat by Mem Fox, illustrated by Tricia Tusa
• Activity – Shake My Sillies Out (action song from More Singable Songs by Raffi)
• Math/Science Activity - Graph favorite color hat: Hand out different colored hat pictures. Then tape these pictures on the wall in the form of a simple pictorial bar graph.
• Book #2 – Hats, Hats, Hats by Ann Morris, photographs by Ken Heyman (big book)
• Activity – Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (action rhyme)
• Closing - Rhythm sticks using "Goin' On a Bear Hunt" from Kids In Action by Greg and Steve
• Craft – Glue buttons onto paper plate crown hats

Counting Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – The Ants Go Marching edited by Ann Owen, illustrated by Sandra D'Antonio
• Activity – Hickory Dickory Dock (fingerplay)

Hickory dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
(run fingers up arm to high overhead)
The clock struck one.
(clap once)
The mouse ran down.
(run fingers down arm and down body)
Hickory dickory dock.

Repeat with:
...the clock struck two, the mouse said boo!
...the clock struck three, the mouse said whee!
...the clock struck four, there is no more.

• Book #2 – Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
• Activity – Two Little Hands (action rhyme)

Two little hands go clap, clap, clap.
Two little feet go tap, tap, tap.
Two little fists go thump, thump, thump.
Two little legs go jump, jump, jump.
One little body turns around.
And everyone sits quietly down.

• Closing - Rhythm sticks using "Goin' On a Bear Hunt" from Kids In Action by Greg and Steve
• Craft – Make a count to 5 book with stapled pieces of paper

Berry Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Jamberry by Bruce Degen (Big Book)
• Activity – Like An Animal (action rhyme I found somewhere)

Can you fly like an owl?
Can you jump like a frog?
Can you walk like a duck?
Can you strr-eetch like a cat?
Can you bark like a dog?
Can you sit like a kid at storytime?

• Flannelboard – Count the berry circles on top of a canoe (like the canoe in Jamberry)
• Book #2 – Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood
• Activity – Ladybug (adaptation to a fingerplay I found in a book about baby lapsit storytimes, sorry I don't remember which book)

Ladybug, ladybug fly out of the farm
and land right on my little arm.
Ladybug, ladybug fly out fo the tree
and land right on my little knee.
Ladybug, ladybug fly out of the rose
and land right on my little nose.
Ladybug, ladybug fly out of the chair
and land right on my own sweet hair.
Ladybug, ladybug fly all around,
and quietly fly down to the ground.

• Closing - Rhythm sticks using "Goin' On a Bear Hunt" from Kids In Action by Greg and Steve
• Craft – Glue foam cirlce "berries" onto a canoe drawing

Chickens Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Big Fat Hen illustrated by Keith Baker
• Activity – Here's A Little Egg (action rhyme adapted from http://www.geocities.com/mystorytime/chickens.htm#Fingerplays)

Here's a little egg, so smooth and white
(sit criss-cross, head down, arms in lap)
Peck, peck,peck, there's something inside!
Peck, peck, peck here comes a little beak,
(move head up and make beak with fingers in front of mouth)
Peck, peck peck, here come two little feet.
(extend feet)
Peck, peck, peck here come the wings.
(shake wing arms)
Peck, peck, peck and a pick, pick, pick, and crack, crack, CRACK!
(move to a squatting position)
Out pops the baby chick!
(stand up, arms above head)

• Flannelboard – Hens Of A Different Color (I lost my notes as to which website I found this fun color flannelboard)
• Book #2 – Charlie Chick by Nick Denchfield and Ant Parker (pop-up)
• Activity – Two Little Chickens Sitting On A Fence (fingerplay adapted from the classic "Two Little Blackbirds")

Two little chickens sitting on a fence,
One named Jack, the other named Jill.
Fly away Jack.
Fly away Jill.
Come back Jack.
Come back Jill.
Two little chickens sitting on a fence.

• Closing - Rhythm sticks using "Goin' On a Bear Hunt" from Kids In Action by Greg and Steve
• Craft – Coloring sheet

Colors & Patterns Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes: Patterns In Nature by Stephen R. Swinburne
• Activity – Colorful World (action rhyme adapted from Let's Read! Storytime Crafts by Kathryn Totten)

Blue sky up above
(arms up over head)
White snow on the ground
(touch the ground)
Yellow sun overhead
(arms circle over head)
Pink and brown and beige toes on our feet
(touch toes)
Green plants all around
(turn in a circle)
Many colored butterflies
(flap arms for butterfly wings)
All sit down
(flap arms as you slowly sit down on floor)

• Flannelboard/Activity – Place colored squares into a pattern on the magnetic side of the flannelboard, be sure to have the children help you make the pattern as it repeats
• Book #2 – Snappy Little Colors by Kate Lee, et al. (pop-up)
• Activity – Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum See My Fingers, See My Thumbs (fingerplay from Mother Goose Time by Jane Marino)
• Closing - Rhythm sticks using "Goin' On a Bear Hunt" from Kids In Action by Greg and Steve
• Craft –Glue color squares into a pattern line (the same squares and colors used in the flannelboard activity)

Reader's Advisory - Women's Western

• Women -- The West (United States)
• Western stories
• Men/women relations
• History -- Women's history
• Frontier and pioneer life -- The West (United States)

READALIKES:
Heart of the West: A Novel by Penelope Williamson
An Ordinary Woman: A Dramatized Biography of Nancy Kelsey by Cecelia Holland
The Jump-off Creek by Molly Gloss
The Living by Annie Dillard
When Hope Springs New by Janette Oke

Fathers Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Just Like Daddy by Frank Asch
• Activity – Do It For Your Father (action rhyme to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," I'm not sure where I picked this one up)

Roll, roll, roll your hands
As fast as fast can be.
Do it now, let me see,
Do it for your father.
Clap, clap, clap your hands
As loud as loud can be.
Do it now, let me see,
Do it for your father.
Stomp, stomp, stomp your feet
As hard as hard can be.
Do it now, let me see,
Do it for your father.
Jump, jump, jump your feet
As high as high can be.
Do it now, let me see,
Do it for your father.
Roll, roll, roll your hands
As fast as fast can be.
Do it now, let me see,
Do it for your father.

• Flannelboard/Activity – Fish and shapes matching: Introduced the circle, triangle, and square shapes on the board, talking about how many lines/sides each shape has. Then I handed out fish cut-outs with these shapes on them. I called out a shape and the children with this shape brought it back to the bucket.
• Book #2 – My Dad Is Brilliant by Nick Butterworth
• Activity – If You're Happy And You Know It (action song from Songs For Wiggleworms)
• Closing - Rhythm sticks using "Goin' On a Bear Hunt" from Kids In Action by Greg and Steve
• Craft – Glue tissue paper fish scales onto fish cut-outs (the same cut-outs used earlier)

Fathers Storytime - Preschool

Preschool Storytime for 3-1/2 to 5 year olds:

• Opening – "We Dove In the Ocean" from Dippin' In the Paintbox by Gail & Trisha; Children pull letters of the alphabet out of the Dr. Seuss hat and then go through the alphabet on the board to put the letters back in the hat
  
• Book #1 – Just Like Daddy by Frank Asch
• Activity – Do It For Your Father (action rhyme to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," I'm not sure where I picked this one up)
  

Roll, roll, roll your hands
As fast as fast can be.
Do it now, let me see,
Do it for your father.

Clap, clap, clap your hands
As loud as loud can be.
Do it now, let me see,
Do it for your father.

Stomp, stomp, stomp your feet
As hard as hard can be.
Do it now, let me see,
Do it for your father.

Jump, jump, jump your feet
As high as high can be.
Do it now, let me see,
Do it for your father.

Roll, roll, roll your hands
As fast as fast can be.
Do it now, let me see,
Do it for your father.

• Book #2 –Snappy Little Families (pop-up)
• Book #3 - Daddy Hug by Tim Warnes, illustrated by Jane Chapman
  
• Activity – If You're Happy And You Know It (action song from Baby's First Happy Songs by Music For the Developing Mind)
  
• Closing – Round of Applause (action rhyme adapted from one told by Rob Reid)
• Craft - Glue tissue paper fish scales onto fish cut-outs
  

Music Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – The Little Band by James Sage, illustrated by Keiko Narahashi
• Activity – Wiggles (an action song to the tune of "Shoo Fly" found in Mailbox Preschool August/September 2006, page 34)
• Flannelboard – A-Hunting We Will Go

A-hunting we will go,
A-hunting we will go,
We'll catch a fox
And put him in a box,
And then we'll let him go.

Other verses:
Mouse...house
Frog...log
Goat...boat
Bear...chair

• Book #2 – Pots and Pans by Patricia Hubbell, illustrated by Diane deGroat
• Activity – Ten Fingers (fingerplay, I'm not sure where I got this one)

I have ten little fingers
And they all belong to me.
I can make them do things.
Would you like to see?
I can shut them up tight
Or open them wide.
I can put them together
Or make them all hide.
I can make them jump high.
I can make them jump low.
I can fold them quietly
And hold them just so.

• Closing - Rhythm sticks using "Goin' On a Bear Hunt" from Kids In Action by Greg and Steve
• Craft – Decorate paper plate maracas with stickers and crepe-paper streamers

Reader's Advisory - Laurell K. Hamilton

• Werewolves
• Vampire slayers
• Blake, Anita -- Fictional character
  
• Paranormal romances

READALIKES:
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Lilith's Dream by Whitley Strieber
Minion: A Vampire Huntress Legend by L.A. Banks
Undead and Unemployed by MaryJanice Davidson
Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-hunting Soccer Mom by Julie Kenner