Boats Story Time

Books that we read :

"On Noah's Ark" by Jan Brett
"Little Bear's Little Boat" by Eve Bunting
"This Boat" by Paul Collicutt
"One-Dog Canoe" by Mary Casanova
"Rub-a-dub Sub" by Linda Ashman

Songs that we sang :

Row, row, row your boat
Open Shut Them
Itsy Bitsy Spider
You are my sunshine
Head, shoulders, knees, toes
If you're happy and you know it
ABCs
Skidamarink

Craft : Boat made from foam, paper plate, and straw.

School Story Time / Eye Tests

Jerrod Nolan from North Central Sight Services came and performed free eye tests for the preschoolers during story time.

Books we read :

"Bus stop, bus go" by Daniel Kirk
"Jack's talent" by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
"School bus" by Donald Crews
"Don't let the pigeon drive the bus" by Mo Willems
"Timothy goes to school" by Rosemary Wells
"The bus stop" by Janet Morgan Stoeke

Songs that we sang :

Wheels on the Bus
5 red apples
We'll all join in a circle
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
Red Light, Green Light
Skidamarink

Craft : Yellow foam with buttons to make a school bus.

Beach Story Time

Books that we read :

"Six sandy sheep" by Judith Ross Enderle
"I saw the sea and the sea saw me" by Megan Montague Cash
"Sea, sand, me!" by Patricia Hubbell
"To the beach!" by Linda Ashman
"Bats at the Beach" by Brian Lies

Songs that we sang :

5 seashells
Wheels on the Bus
Open shut them
Jumping and Counting
ABCs
Skidamarink

Also, we looked at seashells and held them up to "hear the ocean."
Craft : Beach scene with paper plate and chenille stem and green mesh for palm tree.

Ducks Story Time

Books that we read :

"Duckie's Ducklings" by Frances Barry
"This way Ruby!" by Jonathan Emmett and Rebecca Harry
"Ducks don't wear socks" by John Nedwidek
"Quack, Daisy, Quack!" by Jane Simmons

Songs that we sang :

6 little ducks that I once knew
5 little ducks
Did you ever see a duckie?
Head, shoulders, knees and toes
2 little birds
ABCs
Skidamarink

"Shalock and the cloud of bad dreams"

Children's author and illustrator C.F. Lawrenson came to story hour to discuss his new book. Afterwards he signed copies for children.