Owl Storytime

hoot! hoot!

this morning the babies and i got in touch with our wise old owl selves. 

we read the following picture books together:   

wow! said the owl, by tim hopgood

good for: color association, repetition

good-night, owl! by pat hutchins

good for: animal sounds, repetition, humor

in my opinion, good-night owl! by pat hutchins
goes by smoother during story time

 when you paper-clip some of the pages to shorten it.

i made this flannel to go along with the following rhyming game:

"barn owl, barn owl, where could you be? 

are you under the purple tree? 

let's see!"

   

i adapted the traditional 2 little black birds rhyme:

"two little barn owls 

sitting on a hill

one named jack, one named jill

fly away jack, fly away jill

come back jack, come back jill!

two little barn owls

sitting on a cloud

one flew quiet, one flew loud!

come back quiet, come back loud!"

i've finally learned a new song on the ukulele,

which i copied from the children's librarian
at greenwood public library.

here's are the lyrics w/ the chords, 

 using a simple island strum: 

                                             C

i'm in the mood for singing

                                            C                       G7

hey, how about you?

                                            C                           

i'm in the mood for singing,

                                            C                       G7

hey, how about you?

                                            C                                    

i'm in the mood for singing,

                                            C                            F

singing along with you!

                                                       C

hey, hey

                                           G7

what do you say?

                                            C                                 F

i'm in the mood for that today

                                                       C

hey, hey

                                              G7

what do you say?

                                            C

i'm in the mood for that!

here's her youtube video: 

happy storytime,

courtney

   

Transportation Storytime & Spring Displays

beep beep!

On Tuesday we did transportation story time with the babies.
I was inspired by the new picture book
by Kate Dopirak & Mary Peterson,
"Twinkle Twinkle Little Car" :

 

  

After surfing the web & finding a cute flannel song, I made the following truck to go along with the lyrics:

There were 5 in the truck and the little hen clucked 

"MOVE OVER! MOVE OVER!"

So they all moved over and one fell out...4...3...2...1...

There were none in the truck and the little hen clucked.... 

"I'VE GOT THE WHOLE TRUCK TO MYSELF, 

I'VE GOT THE WHOLE TRUCK TO MYSELF!"

This spring I am focusing my passive displays on local wildlife & conservation to promote my upcoming programs: Design Your Own Bird Nest, Make a Bee Hotel, and Where Do Birds Nest? - a talk with guests from the Native Songbird Care and Conservation nonprofit in Sebastopol.

           

To peak patron interest and stimulate introverts, I put together the following displays to promote these upcoming sustainability STEM programs for K-3rd & 3rd-5th:

                  

The Stick Together display for Read Across America was such a hit, that we've decided to keep some kind of passive activity in that area for middle grade kids & families. This season we are encouraging kids to trace their Laguna de Santa Rosa neighbors. I printed out and laminated illustrations/photos of local wildlife from Pixabay, referencing the "Field Guide to the Laguna de Santa Rosa." The purpose of this activity is to instill a deeper connection between resident and local wildlife. 

 

  

To compliment this activity I made a "Meet Your Laguna de Santa Rosa Neighbors" display, giving names and friendly gestures to various native plants, mammals, birds, and insects. My goal for this display is to make patrons aware and more conscientious of the diverse wildlife in their area.

       

This season's Early Literacy Scavenger Hunt bookmark was easy to make because of these displays:

All images used are fair use / public domain or given express permission to me to use for such purposes. I collected them from Wiki Commons and credited them as required, and Pixabay. We are maintaining a google spreadsheet to keep track of the images we use.

Happy Thursday,

Courtney Klein, Sebastopol