2nd Grade Visit to the Library (March 2013)
I read them Clever Jack Takes the Cake by Candace Fleming. I gave them a tour of the children's section. They each picked out a book to read for the remainder of their visit.
Fairy Tales (March 2013) For 1st and 2nd Grade
Book: Goldilocks and Just One Bear by Leigh Hodgkinson
Game with Flannel Board: Fairy Tales Guessing Game (identify the fairy tales that the objects represent and then find the duck.)
Book: Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox
Poems: “Rapunzel’s Locks,” “Bears in the News,” and “Longing for Beauty” from Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse by Marilyn Singer
Fairy Tales (March 2013) for PreK & K
Book: Ivan the Terrier by Peter Catalanotto
Game with Flannel Board: Fairy Tales Guessing Game (identify the fairy tales that the objects represent and then find the duck.)
Book: 1 2 3: A Child’s First Counting Book by Alison Jay
2nd Grade Visit to the Library (April 2013)
I read them Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grape by Margie Palatini and a selection of poems from Jack Prelutsky's collection My Dog May Be a Genuis (My Dog May Be a Genius, The View From Here, If You Were a Rhinoceros, One Day in the Woods, A Fox Has Caught the Chickens, Some Chickens, The Average Hippopotamus, and I'm Dancing with My Elephants). I gave them a tour of the children's section. They each picked out a book to read for the remainder of their visit.
Poetry (April 2013) for 1st & 2nd Grade
Selections from
I’ve Lost My Hippopotamus by Jack Prelutsky
Shopping at the Dragon Store
I Planted a Whistle
The Agile Hopalotamus
I Laugh at My Hyena
The Elegant Bowtiger
The Underwear Salesman and Other Jobs for Better or Verse by J. Patrick Lewis
Librarian
Poet
Baby Chick Inspector
Birdwatcher
Please Bury Me in the Library by J. Patrick Lewis
What If Books Had Different Names?
Reading in the Dark
Using I’ve Lost My Hippopotamus by Jack Prelutsky, ask for volunteers to pick numbers between 6 and 137. Read the poems they pick.
Farm Poetry (April 2013) for Pre-K & K
On the Farm by David Elliott
Activity: “I Took a Walk” (Perry Public Library)
The Little Rabbit Who Liked to Say Moo by Jonathan Allen
Duck, Duck, Goose by Karen Beaumont
Dogs (October 2013) for PreK & K
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Larry Groce (Disney Children’s Favorite Songs Volume 4) [It’s time to get on the bus and go to story time!]
Movement Song: “Can’t Sit Still” by Greg & Steve (Kids in Action)
Announce Theme: Dogs
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Ivan the Terrier by Peter Catalanotto
Game with Flannel Board: Doggy, Doggy, Where’s Your Bone?
Book: The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems
Movement Rhyme: Some Dogs
Book: Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
October 2013
For PreK/K: Pirates Storytime or Dogs Outreach Storytime
For 1st/2nd: If Not for the Cat by Jack Prelutsky, Actual Size by Steve Jenkins, selections from My Dog May Be a Genius by Jack Prelutsky
November 2013
For PreK/K/1st: Bears Storytime
For 2nd: A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker, No Bears by Meg McKinlay, Lousy, Rotten Stinkin' Grapes by Margie Palatini