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Story Time Mission

Our mission is to promote early literacy, pre-reading, and pre-school readiness for children of all ages. We encourage grown ups to sit with their children, participating in the activities as able. Storytime is lots of fun and children actively learn by watching modeled behavior. So, jump in and have fun with us!

Mailing Letters

4/24/2019

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Books Shared:

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Can I Be Your Dog?
​Troy Cummings
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Max & Milo
The Mixed-Up Message

Heather and Ethan Long
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Literacy Tip:

Children build on background knowledge in many ways.  Role play is one way to enhance a child's knowledge of his world and the way it works.  In the books shared this week, we explored a concept familiar to most - the delivery of mail.  We showed the children two types of letters, one in a traditional envelope and one in a large manila envelope.  Though most were not familiar with the manila envelope, they were able to see commonalities between the two. We took this to another level and discussed the parts of the letter - the address, the return address, and the stamp.  Once the children were exposed to this knowledge, we had fun with a role play activity, having the children pick a letter from the "mailbag", deliver it to the corresponding stuffed animal, pick up the return mail, and sort it into one of two mailboxes, "H" (for Miss Heather) and "J" (for Miss Janice). Since many children learn best by "doing" rather than "listening", this type of activity is a great way to promote learning in a fun way!

Songs & Activities

Song/Fingerplay
This is the Way We ... 
(pretend to write a letter)
This is the way we write a letter, write a letter, write a letter,
This is the way we write a letter, so early in the morning. 

 (alternate folding hands one on top of the other)
This is the way we fold a letter, fold a letter, fold a letter,
This is the way we fold a letter, so early in the morning.

(Press your thumb into the inside of your hand)
This is the way we stamp a letter, stamp a letter, stamp a letter,
This is the way we stamp a letter, so early in the morning.

(pretend to open the mailbox, and drop in a letter)
This is the way we mail a letter, mail a letter, mail a letter, 
This is the way we mail a letter, so early in the morning.

(pretend to read a letter)
This is the way we read a letter, read a letter, read a letter,
This is the way we read a letter, so early in the morning.
Role Play
See above in the Literacy Tip for activity description
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​Craft

Design a Stamp
The children were shown examples of stamp designs and and encouraged to design their own using the provided stamp outline.

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Feelings

4/17/2019

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Books Shared:

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My Many Colored Days
Dr. Seuss
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Allie All Along
​Sarah Lynne Reul
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Literacy Tip:

In the book, Allie All Along, we explored emotions, a topic that can be difficult to discuss/understand.  Concepts that are not physical in nature (abstract concepts) provide a unique challenge and this book does a good job of showing how anger can erupt and then dissipate in steps.  The shedding of each layer/color of fur physically represented the abstract concept of anger.  The children asked great questions that could be further explored on a one-to-one basis, creating a great follow up activity to our storytime discussion.

Songs & Activities

Song
​
If You're Happy and You Know It!
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands,
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands,
If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.

If you're angry and you know it, stomp your feet,
(continue as above)
If you're scared and you know it, hug yourself,
If you're sad and you know it, it's OK,  (rub eyes like you are crying)
If you're happy and you know it, shout HURRAH!
Emotion Exploration - Drawing Activity
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Draw a simple happy face, then change it to represent other emotions.  This is a good way to discuss how body language (nonverbal language) contributes to our understanding of a person's feelings/intentions.​
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Activity and image borrowed from www.literaryhoots.com 
Craft

Salt Dough Fidget Play
Using a simple recipe of 2 parts flour, 1 part salt, 1 part water, and some Kool Aid powder, you can create a fun, textured, playdough, perfect to fidget with when emotions are running high. Provide buttons, jewels, etc. that your child can press into the dough for more exploratory options.  Please see other recipes below.

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Books

4/10/2019

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Books Shared:

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The Book Hog
Greg Pizzoli
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This is My Book!
​Mark Pett

Other Fun Books About Books:

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A Child of Books
​Oliver Jeffers
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Miss Brooks Loves Books!
​(and I don't)

​Barbara Bottner
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It's a Book
​Lane Smith
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Literacy Tip:

It is fun to explore letters using toys, magnets, stencils, etc. but it's also fun to explore letters on the covers and within the pages of books.  The wide variety of fonts help children see that a letter can look different in style, but still convey a particular sound and shape.  At storytime this week, we held up our two featured titles to see if the children could predict what our stories would be about.  This week was tricky because the title, This is My Book!, did not have a picture of a book on the book. After a few tries, Miss Heather guided the children to discover a common word between the two titles - "BOOK." The discovery that the word "book" is made up of individual letters that combined spell "book" was a discovery for some and a reminder for others.

Songs & Activities

Song
The More We Read Together
The more we read together, together, together
The more we read together, the happier we'll be.
For your books are my books
And my books are your books,
The more we read together, the happier we'll be.
Fingerplay
Books
Big books, little books (hands spread wide apart, then together)
Short books, tall (turn hands so one is on top of the other, then spread them apart)
Thin books, fat books (thumb and pointer finger close together, then spread apart)
I love them all (place hand over heart)

Craft
Create a Book
Fold an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of paper in half to create a book cover.  Encourage your child to create a cover of a book.  Depending on the age/ability of your child, you might like to have him/her create an author/illustrator area with his/her name. 
To take this a step further, create end-papers on the inside of the cover, and a back cover with a description of the book.
To take this another step further, add inside pages, stapling in the seam.  Your child can dictate a story for you to write, or he/she can scribble out his/her own story.

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Rain

4/3/2019

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Books Shared:

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Who Likes Rain?
Wong Herbert Yee
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Who Likes the Rain?
Etta Kaner
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Literacy Tip:

To assist children in developing an appreciation and enjoyment of books, it is important to share a wide variety of books. If a child shows interest in a particular topic, try to find an age appropriate nonfiction book on the subject.  The book Who Likes the Rain? by Kaner, is a combination of fiction (story) and nonfiction (fact), and during the storytime reading of this book, we shared only a few pages of the factual material due to the length of the book and the need to keep things moving along.  At home, you could do the same, or you could explore the book in its entirety, depending on your child's attention span and interest.  It would also be fun to take a "field trip" outside after a rain storm to look for some of the things mentioned in the book, like worms!!

Songs & Activities:

Song
​Rain, Rain, Go Away!
(Adapted)
Rain, Rain go away,
Come again another day,
All the horses want to play! Neigh, Neigh!
(Substitute other animals and sounds)
Last Verse:
Rain, Rain go away,
Come again another day,
All the children want to play! Yay, Yay!

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Science
Demonstrate how rain works.  Fill a jar or bowl with water to represent air. Spray shaving cream on top to represent clouds.  Mix blue food coloring into another (smaller) container of water to represent rain. Using a dropper, drop rain onto the clouds.  (Be sure to push the dropper into the shaving cream for best results.) The goal is to get the clouds heavy with the rain, resulting in rain below the cloud level.
Craft
​See picture at the top of this post.

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    Hello friends,
    Hello friends,
    Hello friends,
    It's time to say hello.
    Goodbye Song
    Goodbye friends,
    Goodbye friends
    ​Goodbye friends,
    It's time to say goodbye

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