Friday, March 18, 2011

Sneak Peek at NLW Prizes

National Library Week is coming soon!

Enter to win these fabulous prizes for each item you check out on April 10-16th. We will also be giving away a $25 Barnes and Noble gift card to one of our Facebook friends, so follow us today!

Vtech Pink Tote and Go Laptop
Vtech Lightning McQueen Learning Laptop
Sony E-reader PRS-300 with case and built-in light

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

This week we read books about leprechauns and all things green at our St. Patrick's Day celebration.

Books: That's What Leprechauns Do by Eve Bunting, The Luckiest St. Patrick's Day Ever by Teddy Slater, Jump! by Scott Fischer, Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
Craft: Pot of gold and rainbow craft (similar to this one, only we used glue dots to stick "real" gold pieces on our pots, wrote our names on the pots in gold pen, and added a rainbow which the children colored)!
Activity: Try a green snack (shamrock cookies and apple juice with green food coloring) and watch Irish a clip of Irish dancers from Michael Flatley's Feet of Flames.

We also went on a gold hunt in the children's library! Everyone received a small pot for their gold. There were even a few chocolate coins mixed in as well. Those naughty leprechauns sure made a mess in the library, but the storytime children did a great job cleaning up after them!

Hope you all have a wonderful St. Patrick's Day and we'll see you next week as we start our animal unit. Sláinte (cheers)!

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Royal Storytimes

Theme: Dragons
Books: Who Wants a Dragon by James Mayhew, Where's the Dragon by Richard Hook, The Princess and the Dragon by Audrey Wood
Craft: Dragon puppets
Theme: Knights
Books: Good Night, Good Knight by Shelley Thomas, Do Knights Take Naps? by Kathy Tucker, Princess Knight by Cornelia Funke
Craft: Knight masks (ours were just cardstock covered with tinfoil, but here's a fancier version to make at home)
Theme: Princes and Princesses
Books: Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox, King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Don and Audrey Wood, The Prince Won't Go to Bed by Dayle Ann Dodds, Twenty-Six Princesses by Dave Horowitz
Craft: Decorate crowns

Next week we will be having a St. Patrick's Day celebration and then starting into storytimes about animals! Hope you can join us!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

January Story Hours

This month our programs were all about food!


Theme: Grocery Shopping
Books: Don't Forget the Bacon by Pat Hutchins, Sheep in a Shop by Nancy Shaw, Put It On the List by Kristen Darbyshire, Market Day by Carol Cordsen
Craft: Pasta and cereal necklaces
Activity: Go "shopping" with empty food containers, play money, and shopping baskets.
Theme: Pie
Books: All for Pie, Pie for All by David Martin, More Pies by Robert Munsch, Sweet Dream Pie by Audrey Wood, Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
Flannelboard: Pick berries and make a pie
Craft: Paper plate pies
Theme: Pizza
Books: Pete's a Pizza by William Steig, Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza by Philemon Sturgis, The Princess and the Pizza by Mary Jane Auch
Craft: Paper plate pizzas
Activity: Enjoy real pizzas thanks to Mr. Gatti's!
Theme: Sweets
Books: If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Numeroff, Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson, How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food by Jane Yolen
Craft: Decorate a cupcake
Activity:
Decorate a real cupcake with sprinkles!Theme: Valentine's Day
Books: How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You by Jane Yolen, Bloom by Maria Van Lieshout, Henry in Love by Peter McCarty, Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
Craft: Make a valentine
Activity: Exchange valentine treats