Monsters

Sing: We Clap and Sing Hello!

Talk:  Letter of the week: M.  Kids brought things from home that begin with the letter M: Minnie Mouse, makeup, Mustang, moose, Magic pony, Mickey Mouse, M&Ms, magnifying glass.

Read:  

The Monsters Return - McCarty

Action Rhyme:  Monsters Galore – Storytime Katie

Monsters galore, can you roar? (Roar.)Monsters galore, can you soar? (Flying motions.)Monsters galore, please shut the door. (Clap.)Monsters galore, fall on the floor! (Sit/fall down.)

Read:  

You Are Not Small - Kang

Sing:  10 Little Monsters - Kididdles

One little, two little,

Three little monstersFour little, five little,Six little monstersSeven little, eight little,Nine little monstersTen of them can't scare me!

Ten little, nine little,Eight little monstersSeven little, six little,Five little monsters,Four little, three little,Two little monsters,One of them can't scare me!

None of them can scare me!

Read:  

There Are Monsters Everywhere - Mayer

Activity:  Paper bag monster puppets

What happened:  All went fairly well and we had a nice big group.  The kids had a lot of fun making the paper bag monsters.

Kings & Knights

Opening Song: We Clap and Sing Hello!

Talk: Letter of the week: K.  Kids brought things from home that begin with the letter K: keys, ketchup, (wrestler action figure), kiwi, kitten, kit (a baby fox), kangaroo.

We talked about Castles, Knights & Kings from the book “Discover Kids Knights & Castles”-Walker 940.1

Read:

King Jack & the Dragon – Bentley

Sing: Drawbridge Ditty – Mailbox magazine Aug/Sept 2010

See the drawbridge going up,

Going up, going up.

See the drawbridge going up,

We can’t cross.

See the drawbridge going down,

Going down, going down.

See the drawbridge going down,

Let’s all cross.

Read: 

The Knight & the Dragon - DePola

Activity: Show and tell - Lola, the falcon

What happened: We didn’t do a lot of different things in today’s storytime, but our song took a little while to do so that everyone could have a turn.  The kids with the drawbridge song were really funny to watch! I laid a blue sheet on the floor to be our “moat” and the kids reacted to it like it was really water!  When the drawbridge went down over the sheet and I told everyone they could walk across it, they all just stood there.  Some of the kids had to be guided by their parents across!  After a couple of times they decided it was okay and had fun with it.  Craig (our library director's husband) brought in his falcon, Lola.  I think the kids and the parents really enjoyed it and the kids were calm and listened carefully.  They were also really good to not try to pet the bird, which I was really afraid of.