Storytime Programs - Summer 2016, Week Four

Welcome to the fourth week of of our summer storytimes.  In addition to our weekly storytimes, there are numerous special events happening so be sure to check our Events Calendar http://gailbweb.gailborden.info/evanced/lib/eventcalendar.asp, give us a call, or stop by the desk in the Early Learning Center if you would like more information.  We hope that you'll be joining us and continue to make a visit to the library part of  your summer routine.   Don't forget to pick up your summer reading log if you haven't done so already!  Below you will find some of the books, rhymes, and fingerplays we are presenting this week.

Tiny Tales  (For babies 0-23 months and an adult caregiver)

Books
I Love Planes by Sturges
Click here to link to the book at the library.
Hello Airplane! by Cotter
Click here to link to the book at the library.

Action Rhyme: I'm A Big Airplane

I’m a big airplane

Now watch me fly!

Here are my instruments

From down low to high (reach from down low to above heads)

First I get all revved up (make engine noises)

Then I can fly

Lift off the runaway 

Up into the sky!

This week we enjoyed parachute play in Tiny Tales.  We talked about the colors of the parachute, felt the wind as we waved it up and down, played peekaboo under it, and more!  Enjoy this activity at home using a tablecloth or other piece of light fabric.  Use words like "up" and "down", wave it "fast" and "slow".  Can you play peekaboo with it too?

Starry Time Stories (For children 2 years -Kindergarten with adult caregiver)

Books
Up, Down, and Around by Ayres 
Click here to link to the book at the library.

Puppet Story
Mr. Floop's Lunch (based on the book by Novak)

Movie
Picnic (based on the book by McCully)
Click here to link to the book at the library.

Have a picnic with your child!  It doesn't have to be outside.  What things will you need for your picnic?  Make a list.    

Ten Summer Activities You Can Do Together: Reading is SO Delicious Part 2

Reading is SO Delicious!  Have you signed up for the Summer Reading Program at the library?  Children from birth through 35 months are encouraged to sign up to become a "Little Listener."  This is a great program for parents and caregivers to incorporate the 5 essential early literacy skills into your everyday routine!

We have even more food-based ideas in this part two of our Reading is SO Delicious Summer Activities to Do Together. Check out a book to read together and then share some delicious fun with these food games.  Don't forget to color in the shapes of your reading log when you complete the activity. You can do these at the library, at home, at the park, at the pool, or wherever you find time together!
 

1. V is for vegetable – list your favorites
2. Make DIRT with pudding, Oreo cookies and gummy worms
3. Draw a flower for Mom or Grandma
4. Sing the "Ten Red Apples" song (From our friends at King County Library System)
5. Visit a farmstand
6. Take a taste test and determine which is better:  cooked or raw carrots
7. Make ants on a log using celery, peanut butter and raisins
8. Count the seeds in a slice of watermelon
9. Read a book that describes how a plant grows then talk about what you learn
10. Help weed or dig up a new garden OR plant a seed in a paper cup

Ten Summer Activities You Can Do Together: Reading is SO Delicious!

Reading is SO Delicious!  Have you signed up for the Summer Reading Program at the library?  Children from birth through 35 months are encouraged to sign up to become a "Little Listener."  This is a great program for parents and caregivers to incorporate the 5 essential early literacy skills into your everyday routine!

Check out a book to read together and then share some delicious fun with these food games.  Don't forget to color in the shapes of your reading log when you complete the activity. You can do these at the library, at home, at the park, at the pool, or wherever you find time together!

1. Visit a grocery store
2. Make a list of your favorite foods
3. Pack and enjoy a picnic
4. Write a recipe for a sandwich
5. Make play dough or clay food
6. Spell out your name in cereal
7. Put a vegetable into a brown bag and let the grown up reach in and guess
8. Count the fruit at your house or a store
9. Try a new flavor of ice cream or dessert
10. Sing the "Ten Vegetables" rhyme (From our friends at King County Library System)

Story Mix for Three to Six: Yummy Yummy in my Tummy

This week's Story Mix class was full of wonderful tasty treats, including these two rhymes!  The repetition in the rhymes allows children to understand sounds and develop phonological awareness.  Being able to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words is essential to learning larger words and increasing vocabulary.

While reading the stories together, encourage conversation between you and your child.  Talking about favorite foods and mealtimes help children not only understand personal preferences, but also helps them understand what is being read.  Be sure to take turns when having a conversation, as it's important for children to learn how to listen to a question and have a response. 

Little Mouse Song
Are you hungry? 
Are you hungry?
Little Mouse
Little Mouse
It is time for dinner
It is time for dinner
Eat right now
Eat right now

Watch My Feet Rhyme
Watch my feet, they’re coming to play
My two feet are hopping today
Watch my feet… they’re tiptoeing today
Watch my feet… they’re stamping today
Watch my feet… they’re marching today
Watch my feet… they’re sitting today

Hungry for more? Try these delicious tales we read at today's class:

Full, Full, Full of Love by Trish Cooke
For Jay Jay, Sunday dinner at Gran's house is full of hugs and kisses, tasty dishes, all kinds of fishes, happy faces, and love.
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"Hi, Pizza Man!" by Virginia Walter
While a young girl waits for the delivery of a hot pizza, she provides the appropriate animal sounds for a variety of pretend animal pizza deliverers.
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The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood
Little Mouse worries that the big, hungry bear will take his freshly picked ripe, red strawberry for himself.
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El ratoncito, la fresa roja y madura y el gran oso hambriento by Don and Audrey Wood
"̃̃¡Al menos esta es una fresa roja y madura que el gran oso hambriento no probará jamás!"
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Story Mix for Three to Six: Lunchtime Laughter

This week in Story Mix, our theme was lunchtime! Below are rhymes and stories we shared at this week's class.  Talking and sharing lunch with your child is a great way to start a conversation.  What does your child like to eat?  Has your family ever been on a picnic?  Is there anything you remember about lunchtime you can share with your child, like your favorite lunch box or snack?   Talking about food and the different mealtimes of the day, such as lunchtime, can help introduce new words to your child. 

To become skilled readers, children need rich language and broad vocabulary to understand messages conveyed in print.  Word knowledge can be developed through exposure to new words, such as 'lunchbox' or 'munch', and also new experiences, such as having a picnic.

Try these rhymes for lunchtime laughter that your 3-6 year old is sure to enjoy.  For even more fun, share them over a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Picnic Basket Rhyme
A-tisket A-tasket
Let’s pack a picnic basket
We’ll fill it up with food to munch
What should be in our lunch?

Little Mouse Rhyme  
(Sung to the tune of "Where is Thumbkin?")
Are you hungry?  Are you hungry?
Little Mouse, Little Mouse
It is time for lunch, It is time for lunch
Eat right now, Eat right now

Counting Baby Mice Rhyme
Where are the baby mice?
Squeak squeak squeak
I cannot see them
Peek peek peek
Here they come out of their hole in the wall
1,2,3,4,5, That’s all!


If you're hungry for more lunchtime laughter, check out these books we read at Story Mix.

Gladys Goes Out to Lunch by Derek Anderson
Gladys the gorilla is tired of eating nothing but bananas, until the day she smells something wonderful that lures her from the zoo in search of a new treat. 
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I Need a Lunch Box by Jeannette Caines
A little boy yearns for a lunch box, even though he hasn't started school yet. 
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Worms for Lunch by Leonid Gore
Easy-to-read text and die-cut illustrations allow various creatures to reveal what they like to eat. 
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