"A library book, I imagine, is a happy book." Cornelia Funke

"Everything puts me in mind of a story." Ben Franklin

Monday, March 26, 2012

Bright Yellow Storytime


  • Chicks Run Wild by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, Illus. by Ward Jenkins
  • Big Yellow Sunflower by Frances Barry
  • Sam and the Tigers by Julius Lester, Illus. by Jerry Pinkney (probably too long for my group, but I desperately want to use it)
  • Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
  • My Race Car by Michael Rex
  • Yellow Everywhere by Kristen Sterling (non-fiction)
  • Banana! by Ed Vere
  • Max's Bunny Business by Rosemary Wells (lemonade)
Songs:

Mister Sun (as sung by Raffi)

Oh mister sun, sun, mister golden sun, (Place hands over head to form sun)
Please shine down on me. (Wiggle fingers while moving hands down)
Oh mister sun, sun, mister golden sun,(Place hands over head to form sun)
Hiding behind the tree. (Place hands over eyes)
These little children are asking you, (Points to children)
To please come out so we can play with you. (I don't know sign)
Oh mister sun, sun, mister golden sun,(Place hands over head to form sun)
Please shine down on,(Wiggle fingers while moving hands down)
Won't you shine down on,(Wiggle fingers while moving hands down)
Please shine down on me.(Point at self)

    Tuesday, March 20, 2012

    Color Blue Storytime


    • Not All Animals Are Blue: a Big Book of Little Differences by Beatrice Boutignon (workable with a small group)
    • Blue Chicken by Deborah Freedman
    • One Little Blueberry by Tammi Salzano, Illus. by Kat Whelan
    • Blue Goose by Nancy Tafuri
    • Little Blue Truck and Little Blue Truck Leads the Way by Alice Schertle, Illus. by Jill McElmurray
    • Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum by Lisa Wheeler, Illus. by Laura Huliska-Beith (features blue truck)
    The Blueberry Bush
    (Tune: The Mulberry Bush)

    Here we go round the blueberry bush,
    The blueberry bush, the blueberry bush.
    Here we go round the blueberry bush,
    So early in the morning.

    Pick the blueberries small and round,
    Small and round, small and round.
    Pick the blueberries small and round,
    So early in the morning.


    from Easy Fun School



    Tuesday, March 13, 2012

    Color Green Storytime


    Green Sheep Cupcakes from memfox.com

    • Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley
    • In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming
    • Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
    • Stanley Mows the Lawn by Craig Frazier
    • Too Many Frogs by Ann and John Hassett
    • Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Illus. by Jen Corace

    Green, Green All Around
    Green, green all around,
    Look at all the green things we have found.
    We found a green __________ under a tree.
    We found a green __________ drinking tea.
    We found a green __________ riding in a car.
    We found a green __________ playing a guitar.
    We found a green __________ floating in a boat.
    We found a green __________ wearing a coat.

    Things that Are Green Words apple, artichoke, avocado, broccoli, cactus, caterpillar, celery, cucumber, emerald, fern, frog, grass, grasshopper, iguana, ivy, leaf, luna moth, lettuce, lime, olive, parrot, peas, pickle, pine tree, praying mantis, shamrock, turtle, zucchini

    Both of the above are from: Kidsoup.

    5 Little Frogs

    5 green and speckled frogs
    Sat on a speckled log.
    Eating the most delicious bugs- yum yum!
    One jumped into the pool
    Where it was nice and cool
    Now there are 4 green speckled frogs- glub glub!

    4 Little speckled frogs
    .... (Continue until there are no frogs left)

    Wednesday, March 7, 2012

    Pink, Pink, Pink! Storytime



    • A Small Brown Dog with a Wet Pink Nose by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen & Linzie Hunter
    • Bear in Pink Underwear by Todd H. Doodler
    • Milo Armadillo by Jan Fearnley
    • Polly's Pink Pajamas by Vivian French, Illus. by Sue Heap
    • The Pink Party by Maryann Macdonald, Illus. by Judy Stead
    • Annie and Snowball and the Pink Surprise by Cynthia Rylant, Illus. by Sucie Stevenson (Early Reader)
    • Sylvie by Jennifer Sattler
    • Spots and Feathers and Curly Tales by Nancy Tafuri (pink pigs on the cover)

    I’M A LITTLE PIGGYTune: “I’m a Little Teapot”

    I’m a little piggy
    With a round pig nose.
    I’m all pink
    From my head to my toes.

    Here’s my piggy tail,
    As you can see,
    It’s pink and curly
    As it can be.

                Elizabeth Scofield

    Pink

    Sung to: "Are You Sleeping"

    P-I-N-K
    P-I-N-K
    That spells pink.
    That spells pink.
    Bubble gum is pink,
    Piggies can be pink,
    Pink, pink, pink.
    Pink, pink, pink.


    and the big hit of the day:

    The Color I See
    Pink, pink is the color I see. If you are wearing red then show it to me. Stand up, turn around. Show me your pink then sit back down.

    Yellow, Yellow is the color I see. If you are wearing Yellow then show it to me. Stand up, turn around. Show me your yellow then sit back down.

    Go through as many colors as you wish