Bibliobop 4/28/17

I had a really successful Bibliobop yesterday. There were about 90 people there! It was a lot of fun. Thank you, Tiffany and Charity, for helping me with planning/advice.

 Here's the outline I used:

Good Morning (Songs for Wiggleworms) 
Introduction: explain what we are doing today

Hands Are for Clapping (Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song)
Walking, Walking (Songs for Wiggleworms)

Shakers: Shake My Sillies Out (Raffi, Giggling & Laughing)
No More Monkeys (Asheba, No More Monkeys)

The Airplane Song (Laurie Berkner, Whaddya Think of That?)

Book:

Groovy Joe: Ice Cream and Dinosaurs (Eric Litwin)

This is the greatest storytime book. You can download the songs that go with the story from the Scholastic website. All the kids were singing along and shouting out the words by the end of the book.






Scarves: Spider on the Floor (Raffi, Singable Songs for the Very Young)
Bananas (Jim Gill, Music Play for Folks of All Stripes)
Bubbles: Bubbles (Laurie Berkner, Superhero)
The More We Get Together (Raffi, Singable Songs for the Very Young)

Doggies: A Counting and Barking Book by Sandra Boynton

Count—and bark—with a fun pack of pups in this 
Sandra Boynton classic.
Serious silliness for all ages.

I Can't Fly on CD When you are 2

I Can't Fly

My preschoolers LOVE doing this dance! 
Before I start the music, I go through all the animal 
movements so they will know what to expect. 
Fly - or try to anyway...
Jump like a kangaroo
Run like a zebra
Climb like a monkey
Swim like a fish
Crawl like a lizard
Eat like an elephant
And, DANCE like you've never danced before!

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A Bouncing We Will Go

A bouncing we will go, a bouncing we will go,
High-ho the dairy oh, a bouncing we will go.

A rocking we will go, a rocking we will go,
High-ho the dairy oh, a rocking we will go.

A tickling we will go, a tickling we will go,
High-ho the dairy oh, a tickling we will go. 

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Preschool storytime: The Letter W

Books:

The Crocodile Who Didn't Like Water by Gemma Merino

The kids enjoyed this one. They were able to guess why the crocodile didn't like water before the end.

The Whale in My Swimming Pool by Joyce Wan

This one was okay. I love the pictures, but I don't remember getting much response from the kids.







Songs and Chants:

• Welcome, Welcome, Everyone
• Alphabet song
• Buenos Dias/Frere Jacques
• The Itsy Bitsy Spider
• Dance Your Fingers
• Peanut Butter and Jelly
• If You're Happy and You Know It
• Dinosaur, Dinosaur, Turn Around
• Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
• Rocketship Run
• The More We Get Together

Flannel:

 The Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza

The kids enjoyed this, but I messed it up a few times. There are a lot of pieces to this one! (It is a purchased one, not a homemade flannel.)








Craft:
Watermelons and whales with paper plates

Digger Dog

Digger Dog by William Bee

The moment I read "Digger Dog" I knew this one would be a hit and I bring it to almost all my outreach groups at least once a year.  It's important to have a reference copy of this book though, the pages will be torn after multiple circulations.  I like to point out how the word "dig" is repeated over and over in the text.  A hit!

Hi, Pizza Man

  Hi, Pizza Man by Virginia Walter

I do a lot outreach storytimes for the Windsor community.  Today I went to a preschool group for the first time.  I decided to reach into the "oldie but goodie" pile and read "Hi, Pizza Man!" by Virginia Walter.  I forgot how much kids love and respond to this book.  After the sentence "What if it's a pizza snake?  Then what will you say?" we guessed how a snake can hold a pizza box.  You can also discuss/point out the different attire the animals are wearing.  A hit among the kids today!

Whose Nest? by Victoria Cochrane

I read Whose Nest? to the preschool group and they focused right in trying to guess what creatures built the nests. All the kids sitting next to their parents in the back ended up on the rug to actively participate. It was great fun. It is an easy non fiction picture book read for storytimes.

There Are No Scary Wolves! by Hyewon Yum

I read There Are No Scary Wolves by Hyewon Yum at yesterday's Toddler Time. The kids loved it! They actually got quieter as the story went on, and you could hear a pin drop by the time I got to the end. It was amazing; they were all absolutely enthralled by this book.

A is for Alligator

A is for Alligator, chop, chop, chop!

B is for Bouncing, hop, hop, hop!
C is for Circle, round and round!
D is for Dizzy, all sit down!

Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep! by Todd Tarpley

Quiet at last. Not a peep. Three little robots are... BEEP! BEEP!

When his three rambunctious robots give every possible excuse not to go to sleep, what's a little boy to do? With a fun refrain that will have readers of all ages chanting along, here's a book that kids will be begging to read every night before bed.

Everyone is Yawning by Anita Bijsterbosch

It’s time for bed! The kitten yawns. Look. I think it is tired. All the little animals yawn. And the little kid? Does the little kid yawn too? You’ll find out as you lift-the-flaps in this surprising book.