Storytime

Storytime Kits Available from the Central Library
Here are the themes and basic content for the Summer Reading Storytime kits. Remember we will have two copies of each kit circulating to any branch that wants it. If you have any questions feel free to call or email. (Laurie, Central)

Kit #1: Rain
Books:

Sector 7. David Wiesner

Listen to the Rain. Bill Martin

Rain Player. David Wisniewski

Rain Feet. Angela Johnson (board book)

Rain. Manya Stojic

Umbrella. Taro Yashima

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain. Verna Aardema

Music/Movement CD:

"Can a Jumbo Jet Sing the Alphabet" by Hap Palmer

Puppet

Fold and Cut Story

Two Rhymes

Felt Story

Kit #2: Ocean
Books:

Good Thing you’re Not an Octopus! Julie Markes

This is the Ocean. Kersten Hamilton

Into the A, B, Sea. Deborah Lee Rose

Surprising Sharks. Nicola Davies (NON FIC)

Fish Eyes. Lois Ehlert

Undersea Animals. Jane H. Buxton (pop up)

Music/Movement CD:

"One Light, One Sun" by Raffi

Two Puppets

Two Tell and Draw Stories

Two Fingerplays

Felt Story

Kit #3: Pirates
Books:

How I became a pirate. Melinda Long

Pirates don’t change diapers. Melinda Long

Edward and the pirates. David McPhail

The Castaway pirates. Ray Marshall (pop up)

Pirate Girl. Cornelia Funke

Roger the Jolly pirate. Brett Helquist

Pirates: Robbers of the High Seas. Gail Gibbons (NON FIC)

Music/Movement CD:

"Pegleg Tango" by Captain Bogg & Salty

Puppet

Tell and Draw Story

Fingerplay

Felt Story

Kit #4: Bath Time
Books:

Bath time for Biscuit. Alyssa Capucilli

Rub-a-Dub Sub. Linda Ashman

No More water in the tub. Tedd Arnold

Bath time. Jane Gerver

10 Little Rubber Ducks. Eric Carle

The Scrubbly-bubbly car wash. Irene O’Garden

Music/Movement:

CD- "Platinum Favorites" by Sesame Street

Rubber Duckies (30)

Rhyme

Two Fingerplays

Felt Story

Kit #5: Beach Day (note: we only have 1 kit for this theme)
Books:

Sea, Sand, Me! Patricia Hubbell

Beach Day! Patricia Lakin

Hello Ocean! Pam Muñoz Ryan (Hello ocean=Hola mar for Spanish version)

Beach Day. Karen Roosa

Bats at the Beach. Brian Lies

Flotsam. David Wiesner

Music/Movement CD:

"You make me feel like dancing" by The Wiggles

Tell and Draw Story

Two Rhymes

Fingerplay

Two Felt Stories

Kit #6: Freshwater and Wetlands
Books:

The Wide-mouthed frog. Keith Faulkner

''Kiss! Kiss! Margaret Wild Turtle Splash! Cathryn Falwell''

Hilda must be dancing. Karma Wilson

Babies in the Bayou. Jim Arnosky

Alligator boy. Cynthia Rylant

Music/Movement CD:

"Kids in Action" by Greg and Steve

Puppet

Tell and Draw Story

Two Fingerplays

Felt Story

Kit #7: Water~ the “mashup”
Books:

The Water Hole. Graeme Base

Parrotfish. Jody Sullivan Rake (NON FIC)

Water Dance. Thomas Locker

Baby Animals of the Ocean. Carmen Bredeson (NON FIC)

The Drop goes Plop. Sam Godwin (NON FIC)

Wet Dog. Elise Broach

Music/Movement CD:

"Splash Zone: Singable sea songs just for kids" by Linda Arnold

Puppet

Poem

Rhyme

Three Felt Stories

Kit #8: In the Water
Books:

Froggy Learns to Swim. Jonathan London

Duck Dunks. Lynne Berry

The Hiccupping Hippo. Keith Faulkner (pop up)

How Do I love you? Leslie Kimmelman

Sail Away. Donald Crews

Over in the Ocean in a Coral Reef. Marianne Berkes (counting)

Music/Movement CD:

"Victor Vito" by Laurie Berkner

Puppet

Rhyme

Fingerplay

Two Felt Stories

Baby/Toddler
I had a baby lapsit storytime in my last position, and the real focus for that storytime is on the parents. Baby storytimes are great ways to get the parents to develop reading routines with their kids, and essential to help kids learn to love reading early on. We had board books for every baby/parent (or adult...I had a lot of grandmas) so that the baby could follow along while I was reading. Music of course was really popular, as were finger puppets (great ones available from Folkmanis). (Kirby, Central)

The most popular items in my baby/toddler story time have been the egg shakers and the felt board. The babies love to shake the eggs, and the toddlers are fascinated with taking the felts off the board and putting them back on. You can make your own using felt and either sandpaper or velcro on the back, or laminating shapes and attaching them with sandpaper or velcro (Leslie, Rancho Penasquitos Library)

After attending a recent Infopeople training: "Simply Irresistible, story times for newborns to two years", I realized that it is not really effective to have a story time for babies and toddlers. Developmentally, children are very different at different ages. Babies need a lot of interaction close to them, while 24 month olds need to be doing a lot of activity. I decided to split up my story times. Starting in May, I will have 3 story times:

"Hug-a-By Baby", for babies 0-12 months

"Stepping Up", for ages 12-24 months

"Toddler" for ages 24-36 months.

They all occur back-to-back. I am doing the first 2, and a volunteer will do the 3rd. I will have adult volunteers in the room to play with and/or occupy the children that are not in the targeted age group, since many families have more than one child under 5. I'll let you know how it goes! (Leslie, MX)

Preschool
One thing I've started is a draw-a-story opening, where I use a whiteboard to introduce the theme of the storytime by drawing out the figure while telling an accompanying story. For instance, for a frog theme I used an old book called Tell & Draw Stories by Margaret Olson [1] where it begins with two bugs (the frog eyes) flying around a lake (the frog's body) and so on until by the end of the story I've drawn out the image of a frog. The book's stories are suggestions, of course, and you can come up with your own as you draw out the images. Recommended for Pre-K - 1st grade. (Erwin)