Storytime Winter 08 - Feb. 19 - PENGUINS, MITTENS & WINTER

Books:
The Mitten by Jan Brett
Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester
Raindrop, Plop! by Wendy Lewison
Maisy Makes Gingerbread by Lucy Cousins
Snow Inside the House by Sean Diviny

Action Rhymes & Songs:
Five Red Apples
I Hear Thunder
Rain on the Green Grass

Nursery Rhyme:
Little Boy Blue

Flannelboard Story:
"Peace and Quiet" from The Flannel Board Storytelling Book by Judy Sierra

Storytime Winter 08 - Feb. 5 - VALENTINE'S DAY

Books:
Porcupining: A Prickly Love Story by Lisa Wheeler
If You'll Be My Valentine by Cynthia Rylant
Secret Valentine by Catherin Stock
Valentine Mice! by Bethany Roberts
The Ballad of Valentine by Alison Jackson
The Little Red Hen by Byron Barton

Flannelboard Rhyme:
I'll Make You a Valentine

Action Rhyme:
Way Up High in the Apple Tree

Song:
I'm Thinking of Something Red

Flannelboard Story:
"The Cucaracha Martina" from The Flannel Board Storytelling Book by Judy Sierra

Storytime Winter 08 - Jan. 29 - SNOW SNOW SNOW!

Books:
Snow by Manya Stojic
Benjamin's Balloon by Alan Baker
Snowballs by Lois Ehlert
Snow Day! by Lester Laminack
Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner
Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonanthan London

Flannel Board Rhymes:
Here is a Nest
Five Green & Speckled Frogs

Fingerplay:
Rain on the Green Grass

Songs:
Come Sing a Song of Winter
I Hear Thunder

Fold & Cut Story:
Will It Ever Snow? (from Fold and Cut Stories by Jerry Mallett and Timothy Ervin)

Storytime Winter 08 - Jan. 22 - BIRTHDAYS

Books:
The Secret Birthday Message/ Carle, Eric
Happy Birthday, Jesse Bear!/ Carlstrom, Nancy
It's MY Birthday!/ Hutchins, Pat
Surprise Party/ Carter, David (pop-up)
Spot's Birthday Party/ Hill, Eric
Happy Birthday, Sam/ Hutchins, Pat
The Very Hungry Caterpillar/ Carle, Eric
Lola at the Library/ McQuinn, Anna

Fingerplays:
Five Birthday Candles
Balloon

Flannelboard Rhymes:
Five Little Cupcakes
Color Train

Action Song:
If You're Wearing Red Today

Craft:
birthday banner

Storytime @ the Shops at Rossmoor! - Dec. 19, 2007

Bundle up and join us this Wednesday afternoon at 4pm at the Shops at Rossmoor for a special "Winter Treats" storytime! We'll devour fun cookie books, cozy up with wintry tales, and even make a darling gingerbread man garland to take home. We'll be near the fountain in front of Peet's Coffee and Complexion Day Spa. If it rains, meet us at CPK!

Which Pooh character are you?

Apparently, I am.....


Take the 100 Acre Personality Quiz!
I happened upon this little quiz today and thought you might want to find out if you might be a Kanga or Piglet or another of the Hundred Acre family. Frankly, I've always thought of myself as more of an Eeyore.....

FALL 07 Storytime - Nov. 20 - THANKSGIVING

Books:
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie/ Jackson, Allison
The Firefighters' Thanksgiving/ Boelts, Maribeth
Thanksgiving Mice!/ Roberts, Bethany
Over the River: A Turkey's Tale/ Anderson, Derek
Turkey on the Loose!/ Wickstrom, Sylvie

Fingerplays:
Way Up High in the Apple Tree
Five Little Apples

Songs:
The Turkey Ran Away (tune: Farmer in the Dell)
Turkey! Turkey! (tune: Skip to My Lou)
I'm Thankful For (tune: The Bear Went Over the Mountain)

Flannelboard Story:
The Enormous Turnip

Craft:
paper plate fall wreath