Today was my last storytime of 2019! It was a smaller group, and I’m on the way to losing my voice, so it was quieter too. Completely different vibe from last week! So much depends on who shows up.
- Welcome and announcements
- “Hello Friends” song with ASL (Jbrary)
- Name song (“___ is here today”)
- Hello Hello by Brendan Wenzel
- Yoga stretches
- There’s A Bear on My Chair by Ross Collins
- Song cube: “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” (three times through: regular speed, slow, fast)
- I Can Only Draw Worms by Will Mabbitt: We found this book yesterday browsing at the Robbins Library. It has bright (neon!), simple illustrations which stand out well, and it also functions as a counting book (“…seven, eight, eight and a half, nine…”)
- Stretch and wiggle
- Mouse house game
- Traffic light game
- Now by Antoinette Portis: I usually save this one for the last storytime in a session, when several of the kids and their grown-ups have been coming at least semi-regularly, so when we hit the last line (“And this is my favorite now / because it’s the one I am having / with you”) there’s some feeling in it.
- Touch the Brightest Star by Christie Matheson: I requested about a dozen of these, more than enough for everyone to have a copy to read along. It’s interactive, so I wanted all the kids to be able to touch, tap, press, etc.
- “Goodbye Friends” song with ASL (Jbrary)
- Craft: Coloring and gluing paper stars (small and large die-cut stars, markers, glue sticks)
Jenny Arch 