Story Time: Something NEW, Just for YOU! in January
Story Time: Something NEW, Just for YOU! in January
New books are great! If you haven’t had a chance to visit the library lately, you should come in and check out our section of New Non-fiction Books in the Children’s section. Non-fiction fuels curiosity, answers questions, is easily relatable to life, and builds confidence in a young reader. Also, recently published non-fiction books are full of illustrations and pictures which can appeal to many children. See you at the library!
Join us Tuesdays, and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. in the Community Room or Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Activity Room.
Ages 3-5
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
Tip
Children with print awareness understand that print has different functions; such as, menus list food choices, a book tells a story, a sign can point to a favorite restaurant or warn of danger. Understanding that letters are symbols that create words and that words represent things will take time and practice. – Idaho Commission for Libraries
Activity
Model for your child how to hold a book and that you read a sentence from left to right. Running your finger under the words as you read shows them to read from the top to the bottom of the page, then play the Grocery List Game! Write a simple shopping list with words and pictures. Have your child find items at the store that match the words on your list.
Books Presented
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone by Gideon Sterer
A Quick Trip to the Store by Sam Wedelich
When her family runs out of bananas, a young girl goes on a quick trip to the grocery store, and while Mom is distracted, the boring banana run turns into a wild adventure through the aisles.
So Rude!: Animals Behaving Badly by Jessica Fries-Gaither
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Bread and Butter
Bread and butter, bananas and jam,
Let’s tap our sticks as nice as we can!
Verses: quick, slow, quiet, loud
Source: Jbrary
The Wheels on the Bus
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
Round and round, round and round,
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
All through the town.
The money on the bus goes clank, clank, clank…
The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish…
The driver on the bus says, “Move on back”…
The people on the bus go up and down…
The babies on the bus go waa, waa, waa…
The parents on the bus go shh, shh, shh…
Source: Jbrary
This is the Way We Tap Our Sticks
This is the way we tap our sticks,
tap our sticks, tap our sticks,
This is the way we tap our sticks,
so early in the morning.
(Tap sticks to the beat while singing.)
This is the way we scrape our sticks…
This is the way we hammer our sticks…
This is the way we drum our sticks…
Source: Jbrary
Crafts and Activities
Gorilla Coloring Page
