Post-Thanksgiving, we had a big group again, with more than ten kids (plus baby siblings) at the beginning of our Step Into Storytime program for 2- and 3-year-olds. Given these numbers, we skipped the name song that we often sing after the hello song if there are fewer than ten kids.

I started off with a long-ish book, Toys Meet Snow by Emily Jenkins, because it’s one of my favorites and because we did have snow recently (and our craft was to do with snowflakes). It went okay, but may be better for a preschool group. The favorites today were (I think) Oh No, George! and Monkey and Me.

• Hello song with ASL
• Toys Meet Snow by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
• Yoga cube (three poses)
• Oh No, George! by Chris Haughton
• Song cube: “I Had A Little Turtle”
• Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
• Yoga cube (three poses)
• People Don’t Bite People by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Molly Idle
• Song cube: “I’m A Little Teapot”
• Matilda’s Cat by Emily Gravett
• Yoga cube (three poses)
• Still Stuck by Shinsuke Yoshitake
• Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett
• Goodbye song with ASL
• Snowflake craft: White butcher paper taped to the floor, die-cut snowflakes in light blue and dark blue, glue sticks, blue/purple/white/silver crayons, blue and gray markers. Nine kids stayed for the craft and a few stayed for a long time!

I had thought about reading Cub’s Big World after Toys Meet Snow, but I think I’ll save that for next week’s lead-off book, especially if we have snow between now and then. They All Saw A Cat and A Greyhound, A Groundhog are on deck too. Often the most successful books are the ones with some humor in them (like The Wonky Donkey and Grumpy Pants from last week). Do you have any favorite funny books for this age group? Please share!