Storytime: Something NEW, Just for YOU! April edition
Unicorns, bees, dinosaurs, and frogs—oh my! We’ve added something new to the library just for you.
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Join us Tuesdays, and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. or Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room.
Ages 2-5
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
Tip
Encourage phonemic awareness by playing with sounds in words! Helping children recognize and manipulate sounds in spoken language lays the foundation for reading success.
Activity
Play a fun rhyming game by changing the first sound of words. Say a word like “cat” and ask your child, “What happens if we change the ‘c’ sound to ‘m’?” (They’ll say “mat!”) Keep going with other words, making it silly and playful. This helps your child develop listening skills and an awareness of how sounds work in words.
Books Presented
The Prince and the Frog ... And the Dog! by Nick Allison
Let's Be Bees by Shawn Harris
The only thing better than reading a good book together, is playing make believe with your favorite grown-up! Especially when that grown-up’s imagination is as big as yours, and you both get to make all kinds of funny sounds. A father and child play make-believe as a variety of animals, plants, and forces of nature. Chirp, thunder, and roar along with this joyously boisterous read-aloud picture book.
Dinosaurs Can Be Small by Darrin P. Lunde
The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn by Shawn Harris
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Unicorn, Unicorn
Unicorn, Unicorn, turn around
Unicorn, Unicorn, touch the ground
Unicorn, Unicorn, reach up high
Unicorn, Unicorn, touch the sky
Unicorn, Unicorn, bend down low
Unicorn, Unicorn, touch your toes
This is Big Big Big
This is big big big (Hold arms out to side)
This is small small small (Cup hands together)
This is short short short (Hold hands with palms facing each other)
This is tall tall tall (Reach one hand above head)
This is fast fast fast (Circle fists quickly)
This is slow slow slow (Circle fists slowly)
This is yes yes yes (Nod)
This is no no no (Shake head)
Source: Verona Story Time
Robot Rhymes
I am a rhyming robot,
I love to rhyme, you see.
Help me find a word that rhymes with BEE.
I am a rhyming robot,
I learned how from a frog.
Help me find a word that rhymes with LOG.
I am a rhyming robot,
It’s super-duper fun!
Help me find a word that rhymes with SUN.
I am a rhyming robot,
I love to count to ten.
Help me find a word that rhymes with HEN.
I am a rhyming robot,
I love to chit ‘n chat.
Help me find a word that rhymes with CAT.
Source: 123 Homeschool 4 Me
Shake My Sillies Out
I’ve gotta shake, shake, shake my sillies out
Shake, shake, shake my sillies out
Shake, shake, shake my sillies out
And wiggle my waggles away
I’ve gotta clap, clap, clap my crazies out…
I’ve gotta jump, jump, jump my jiggles out…
I’ve gotta yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out…
I’ve gotta shake, shake, shake my sillies out.
Source: Hope Harrison
Crafts and Activities
Something New Just For You
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