"Ready or Not, Here I Come!" - February 21, 2013

Cancelled due to library being closed -  Snow Storm Blizzard 2013 - that never really occurred, but we still had icky weather this day.... :)

"We Are Fam-i-ly" - February 14, 2013

The Family Book, by Todd Parr


I Wish My Brother Was A Dog, by Carol Shields

Here Is My Family
(tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat)

Grandma, Mom, & Dad,
I love them all, you see,
Each and every one of them,
They are my family.

*Substitute  family members' names for the three members in the first line.

With My Family
(Tune: The Muffin Man)
Tell me what you like to do
Like to do, Like to do,
Tell me what you like to do
With your family.
Edward likes to rake the leaves
Rake the leaves, rake the leaves.
Edward likes to rake the leaves
With his family.

Substitute things you like to do.

My Family
Here is Daddy (thumb)
Here is Mommy. (index)
Here I am for three. (pinky)
Together we're a family,
As happy as can be! (clap!)

I Love Mommy
(or Daddy, Brother, Sister, etc.)
(tune: Frere Jacques)

I love Mommy, I love Mommy,
Yes I do, yes I do.
And my mommy loves me.
Yes, my mommy loves me,
Loves me too, loves me too.

"Can I Keep Him?" - February 7, 2013

There are TONS of pet books that are just wonderful.  I must admit though that I was really bad about remembering which books we used for this storytime, as we had visitors from our local Kiwanis Club come and read the books, so I was busy doing other 'housekeeping' items when they were reading, so I didn't burn the image in my mind :(

Here is the list of books that our library has that I pulled to have available for the kids, so the books that we read are in here somewhere :)

My Rhinoceros, by Agee
About Pets - McKay
Can I Keep Him? - Kellogg
Children Make Terrible Pets - Brown
The Prince's New Pet - Anderson
The Birthday Pet - Javernick
The New Girl - Robbins
The Pet Wash - Hooks
Guinea Pigs - Cuyler
Duck & Cover - Urbanovic
Don't Take Your Snake - Ireland
Me and My Dragon - Biedrzcki
Gilbert Goldfish wants a Pet - DiPucchio
Little Pink Pup - Kirby
The Pet Dragon - Niemann
What Pet to Get? - Dodd
Before You Were Mine - Boelts
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash - Noble
Mrs. Crump's Cat - Smith
10-Step Guide to Living with Your Monster - Numeroff
Pinky & Rex and the Just Right Pet - Howe
Hondo & Fabian - McCarty
Dear Mrs. LaRue - Teague
Who Wants a Cheap Rhinocerous - Silverstein



Dog Envelope Craft

The Pets Go...
(Tune: The Ants Go Marching...)

The dogs go running one by one,
hurrah, hurrah
The dogs go running one by one,
hurrah, hurrah
The dogs go running one by one,
The little one stops to suck his thumb
And they all go running round and round
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Love Your Pets
(tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat)

Love, love
Love your pets,
Love them
Every day.
Give them food
and water, too.
Then let them
Run and play.

Jack Frost/Hibernation/Groundhog Day - January 31, 2013

Hibernation Station, by Michelle Meadows & Kurt Cyrus




Bear Has a Story to Tell, by Phillip Stead


Five Little Groundhogs  (template for flannel board figures)

The first little groundhog digs a home in the fall,
And curls up all winter rolled up like a ball.

The second little groundhog comes out of his lair,
On February second to get some fresh air.

The third little groundhog looks up at the sun,
He then sees his shadow and goes on the run.

The fourth little groundhog at his dark shadow peeks,
He goes back to his burrow for six more weeks.

The fifth little groundhog hopes that skies will be gray,
So that he will know that spring is on its way.

Hibernation Song
(tune: Frere Jacques)

Bear is sleeping,
Bear is sleeping.
In a cave,
In a cave.
I wonder when he'll come out,
I wonder when he'll come out.
In the spring,
In the spring.

Mr. Groundhog
(tune: Frere Jacques)

Mr. Groundhog, Mr. Groundhog
Are you there?  Are you there?
Will you see your shadow?
We all want to know.
On this day, Groundhog Day.

I See a Little Groundhog
(tune: I'm a Little Teapot)

I see a little groundhog, furry and brown,
He's popping up to look around.
If he sees his shadow, down he'll go,
Six more weeks of winter -- oh no!

Shadows Big and Shadows Small
(tune: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)

Shadows big and shadows small
I see shadows on the wall.
Shadows here and shadows there
Lots of shadows everywhere
All the shadows that I see
Big or small they don't scare me.
Shadows, shadows -- oh what fun,
I can make them in the sun
I will make soem big and small
I make shadows by the light
In my room so late at night.