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

Bears Storytime

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

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr., illustrated by Eric Carle
• Activity – Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear (action rhyme)

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 – Five Honey Bears (I don't remember where I found this flannelboard rhyme)

One little honey bear, finding things to do —
Along came another, then there were two.
Two busy honey bears, climbing up a tree—
Along came another, then there were three.
Three lively honey bears liked to explore—
Along came another, then there were four.
Four hungry honey bears, eating honey from a hive—
Along came another, then there were five.
Five tired honey bears had fun today!
They’ll be back tomorrow, and you can see them play.

• Book #2 – Can I Have a Hug? by Debi Gliori (board book)
• Activity – "Baby Bumblebee" (action song) from Toddler Action Songs by Cedarmont Kids
• Closing - Rhythm sticks using "Goin' On a Bear Hunt from Kids In Action by Greg and Steve
• Craft – Coloring sheet