Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Easter Story Hour

Theme: Easter
Book: Little Bunny Foo Foo Illustrated by Paul Brett Johnson
Activity: Sing Little Bunny Foo Foo
Craft: Bunny picture frames or Easter egg wreaths from Oriental Trading
Activity: Easter egg hunt in the children's library and pictures with the Easter Bunny!

Have a happy Easter!

Monday, March 29, 2010

The Great Unsung YA 2010 Giveaway

Check out this awesome giveaway at http://yannabe.com/2010/03/22/unsung-ya-giveaway/

While you're there, use the rest of the site for some great YA suggestions!

Thursday, March 25, 2010

3/22, 3/23 Story Hour

Theme: Easter
Book: Milo the Really Big Bunny by Stephen Krensky
Sign Language: Bunny, Jump, and Egg
Song: Little Bunny Foo Foo
Click here for lyrics
Use sign language for bunny and hopping.
Activity: Bunny Twister
Craft: Decorate Easter Eggs

We will take pictures with the Easter Bunny at Story Hour on Monday, 3/29 and Tuesday, 3/30. Come ready to have fun and hunt for eggs!

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

3/15, 3/16 Story Hour

Theme: St. Patrick's Day
Book: Hooray for St. Patrick's Day by Joan Holub
Sign Language: review jump and hat, learn dance. Kids act out these actions when shown different signs.
Activity: play Who's the Leprechaun? One child is picked to stand in front of the group and close their eyes while another child gets a piece of "gold." All children hide their hands behind their back and the first child gets 3 guesses to figure out who's hiding the gold. The child who held the gold then gets to be the next guesser.
Song: talk about rainbows and sing "If Your Clothes Have Any Red," to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It"
If your clothes have any red, pat your head...
If you clothes have any yellow, touch your elbow...
If your clothes have any black, pat your back...
If your clothes have any brown, turn around...
If your clothes have any blue, touch your shoe...
If your clothes have any green, touch your knees...
Craft: tissue paper rainbows or St. Patrick's Day hats

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

3/8, 3/9 Story Hour

Theme: Frogs
Book: Jump, Frog, Jump! by Robert Kalan
Sign language words: Jump, frog
Song: 5 Green and Speckled Frogs
"5 green and speckled frogs (hold up 5 fingers)
Sat on a hollow log (bounce 5 fingers on arm held parallel to body)
Eating the most delicious bugs, YUM, YUM! (pat stomach)
One jumped into the pool (jump)
Where it was nice and cool.
Now there are 4 speckled frogs."
Repeat until there are no frogs left!
Activity: Play leap frog
Craft: Paper plate frogs with party blower tongues (similar craft instructions here)

Next week we will be celebrating St. Patrick's Day by hunting for gold, making leprechaun hats, and watching clips of Irish dancers.

Monday, March 1, 2010

3/1, 3/2 Story Hour

Theme: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
Book: Green Eggs and Ham
Sign Language Words: green, egg, cat, hat
Song: Happy Birthday to Dr. Seuss
Activity: Play Cat in the Hat, I Can Do That! game
Activity: Green egg relay
Craft: Decorate hats and have a picture taken with our Horton decoration

Story Hour has resumed on both Mondays and Tuesdays. Both programs are identical and begin at 10:30AM in the Annex. Hope to see you next week when we learn about another green thing- frogs!

2/22 Story Hour

Theme: Bath time
Book: King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood
Rhyme: Scrub a Dub Dub
Song: This is the Way We Wash Our Face
Activity: Blow bubbles
Craft: Make a boat from a sponge, straw, and foam sail. Try it out in a tub of water!