Rabbits for Babies Welcome song: “Hello Everybody, Yes Indeed” Mother Goose rhyme: “Hop Like a Bunny” Get ready song: “Open, Shut Them” First book: 10 Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel. Using counting and colors, a [continue reading]
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Clothing Design Storytime
Clothing Design For an activity fitting the Clothing Design theme, make simple paper dolls, or let children color and decorate newspaper hats. Beaumont, Karen. Hats Off to You! Four friends try on different types of [continue reading]
Painting Storytime (revised)
Painting (revised) The 2017 summer reading/learning program themes of “Build a Better World,” from CSLP, and “Reading by Design,” from iREAD and the California State Library, both focus on building, construction, and design. Over the [continue reading]
Parents for Babies Storytime
Parents for Babies Storytimes for babies and toddlers offer an opportunity to model great read-aloud techniques for parents, and gives them the confidence to read to their children every day. A baby-toddler storytime can be [continue reading]
Construction Storytime
Construction The 2017 summer reading/learning program themes of “Build a Better World,” from CSLP, and “Reading by Design,” from iREAD and the California State Library, both focus on building, construction, and design. Over the next [continue reading]
Tools Storytime
Tools The 2017 summer reading/learning program themes of “Build a Better World,” from CSLP, and “Reading by Design,” from iREAD and the California State Library, both focus on building, construction, and design. Over the next [continue reading]
Blocks Storytime
Building with blocks is often the first time a child explores the concept of building. This theme is good for a wide age range, from babies, to toddlers, to preschoolers. For older children, offer [continue reading]
Architects Storytime
The 2017 summer reading/learning program themes of “Build a Better World,” from CSLP, and “Reading by Design,” from iREAD and the California State Library, both focus on building, construction, and design. Over the next [continue reading]