Storytimes

Books:

Dancin' in the Kitchen by Wendy Gelsanliter & Frank Christian © 1998
The Runawy Dinner by Allan Ahlberg  © 2006
Thanksgiving Rules by Laurie Goodman © 2009

Activity:

STEAM Activity: Dancing Raisins

Related Videos:

Books

Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

Don't Push the Button by Bill Cotter © 2013
Go, Go Grapes: A Fruit Chant by April Pulley Sayre © 2012
Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue © 2012

STEAM Activities 

Monster Math: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/207658232793632316/
Dancing Raisins (Science): http://www.pinterest.com/pin/207658232793627443/
Sleep Calculators (Math): http://www.pinterest.com/pin/207658232793627244/

Songs

Welcome, Welcome everyone [tune: Twinkle, Twinkle]

Welcome, Welcome everyone,
to STEAM-y Storytime you've come.
We’ll read and sing and play and do.
We should have fun, I hope that’s true.
Welcome, welcome everyone,
to STEAM-y Storytime you've come.

Let’s Go Explore Our World ~ S-T-E-A-M [tune: BINGO]...

1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS
Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

Before We Eat From Farm to Table by Pat Brisson © 2014
The Simples Love a Picnic by J.C. Phillipps © 2014
Jack and the Hungry Giant: Eat Right with MyPlate byLoreen Leedy © 2013
Chloe by Peter McCarty © 2012

Book Lists
JoCoLibrary-Kids-Food
JoCoLibrary-Kids-Family

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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
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Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

The Pigeon Needs a Bath by Mo Willems © 2014
Kid Tea by Elizabeth Ficocelli © 2007
How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth by Michelle Robinson © 2014
Dini Dinosaur by Karen Beaumont ©  2012

Book List
JoCoLibrary-Kids-Bathtime

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
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4. TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING ​
Have you tried TumbleBooks, an online...

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Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

A Birthday for Cow by  Jan Thomas © 2014
Happy Birthday Hamster by Cynthia Lord © 2011
The Gingerbread Girl Goes Animal Crackers by  Lisa Campbell Ernst © 2011
The Birthday Queen by Audrey and Don Wood © 2013 

Book List:
JoCoLibrary - Kids - Birthdays

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
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4. TELL...

BOOKS

How to Bicycle to the Moon and Plant Sunflowers  by Mordicai Gerstein © 2013
Vanilla Ice Cream by Bob Graham © 2014
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman © 1994

ACTIVITIES

Simple Science Using Apples

A Chemical Apple Pie

Books:

The Midnight Library by Kazuno Kohara © 2014
Musk Ox Counts by Erin Cabatingan © 2013
Wild Child by Lynn Plourde © 1999

Activities:

Math: Owl Counting and sequencing printables​
Math: Counting Me activity sheet
Science: Art & Science of Leaf Rubbings

Songs:
Welcome, Welcome everyone [tune: "Twinkle, Twinkle" ]

Welcome, Welcome everyone,
to STEAM-y Storytime you've come.
We’ll read and sing and think and do.
We should have fun, I hope that’s true.
Welcome, welcome everyone,
to STEAM-y Storytime you've come.

Let’s Go Explore Our World ~ S-T-E-A-M [tune: "BINGO" ]

With Science, Engineering, Arts,
Math and Technology.
S-T-E-A-M, S-T-E-A-M, S-T-E-A-M...

1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS

Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

Penguin and Pumpkin by Salina Yoon © 2014 
Earl the Squirrel by  Don Freeman © 2005  
Acorns Everywhere! by Kevin Sherry 
Baby Bear Counts One by Ashley Wolff © 2013 

Booklist:
JoCoLibrary - Kids - Autumn

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU

Make a list with your child of some things you might be able to find on an autumn scavenger hunt walk through the park.
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3...

Books:

One Kansas Farmer: A Kansas Number Book by Devin & Corey Scillian © 2009
Musk Ox Counts by Erin Cabatingan © 2013
The Warlord's Beads by Virginia Walton Pilegard © 2001

Activity:

STEAM Activity: Click for directions to Create a Cereal Abacus​

SlideShare PowerPoint for this storytime:

http://www.slideshare.net/secret/dmwoTLdv0cVKsa

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1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS 
Here are the books we read at storytime:

Open This LIttle Book by Jesse Klausmeier © 2013
Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin © 2013
Pete the Cat I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin  © 2010
It's an Orange Aardvark! by Michael Hall © 2014

Recommended Books:
 JoCoLibrary-Kids-Color  

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU

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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​

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4. TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING ​

Have you tried TumbleBooks, an...

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Here are the books we read at storytime:

Bugs Galore by Peter Stein  © 2012
Buglette the Messy Sleeper by Bethanie Deeney Murguia  © 2011
Mimi by Carol Baicker-McKee © 2008
Superworm by Julia Donaldson © 2014

Recommended Books:
 JoCoLibrary-Kids- Bugs 

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
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4. TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING ​

Have you tried TumbleBooks, an online library of read-along stories, videos and...

Books

Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

Warlord's Beads by Virginia Walton Pilegard © 2001 
The Colors of Us by Karen Katz © 1999
Boom Snot Twitty by Doreen Cronin © 2014

Activities

STEAM Activity: Click for directions to Create a Cereal Abacus:

STEAM Activity: Click for an activity on Exploring Different Skin Tones with Paint

STEAM Activity: Click for an activity with Yarn Collages

Songs

Welcome, Welcome everyone [tune: Twinkle, Twinkle]

Welcome, Welcome everyone,
to STEAM-y Storytime you've come.
We’ll read and sing and play and do.
We should have fun, I hope...

Books:

Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw © 2011
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson © 2012
The Colors of Us by Karen Katz  © 1999

Activity:

STEAM Activity: Click for an activity on Exploring Different Skin Tones with Paint

1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS
Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

Thank You For Me! by Marion Dane Bauer © 2010 [E Picture Bauer]
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont © 2005 [E Fiction Beaumont]
The Colors of Us by Karen Katz © 1999 [E Fiction Katz]

Booklists:
​JoCoLibrary - Kids - Body Parts
JoCoLibrary - Kids - Diversity and Race Relations, Picture Books

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU 
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
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Books

Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd ©2001
Round is a Tortilla by Roseanne Thong ©2013
Warthogs Paint by Pamela Edwards ©2001 
Shape of My Heart by Mark Sperring ©2012 

Activities

STEAM Activity(Science): Color Identification
STEAM Activity (Math): Sorting Shapes with Food
STEAM Activity (Science): Water Walking Experiment
STEAM Activity (Math): Learning Shapes with Spaghetti Noodles
 

Songs

Welcome, Welcome everyone [tune: "Twinkle, Twinkle" ]

Welcome, Welcome everyone,
to STEAM-y Storytime you've come.
We’ll read and sing and play and do.
We should have fun, I...

Books

Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Price ©1994 [E Fiction Price]
Where the Sunrise Begins by Douglas Wood © 2010 [E Fiction Wood]
A Beach Tail by Karen William ©2010 [E Fiction Williams] 
Dolphins on the Sand by Jim Arnosky © 2008 [E Fiction Arnosky] 

Activities

Math: Apple Pie and Apple Slice Fractions

Science: Sunrise/Sunset Experiment

Science: Echolocation Game

Math: Homemade Moon Sand

Songs

Welcome, Welcome Everyone [tune: "Twinkle, Twinkle" ]

Welcome, Welcome everyone, to STEAM-y Storytime for you.

We'll...

Books

Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

Bunny Day: Telling Time from Breakfast to Bedtime by Rick Walton ©2002 
Gobble, Gobble, Crash: A Barnyard Counting Book by Julie Stiegemeyer ©2004 
Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum by Lisa Wheeler ©2004 
A Very Curious Bear by Tony Mitton ©2009 

Activities:

STEAM Activity: Math - Click for directions for the Clock Race

STEAM Activity: Math - Click for the Gumball Guesstimation Graph

STEAM Activity: Science - Click for directions on the Sound and Noise Experiment 

STEAM Activity: Math/Art - Click for the Bedtime Math Activities

 ...

1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS
Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories:

Questions, Questions by Marcus Pfister © 2011
Chalk by Bill Thomson © 2010 
Harry and Horsie by Katie Van Camp © 2009  
A Very Curious Bear by Tony Mitton © 2009

Recommended Books:
Jocolibrary - Kids - Bubbles, Chalk and Wondering Why 

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK 
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4. TELL STORIES ABOUT...

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Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories? 

Please Pick Me Up, Mama! by Robin Luebs © 2009 [E Picture Luebs]
T-Rex and the Mother's Day Hug by Lois G Grambling © 2008 [E Fiction Grambling]
Where's My Mommy? by Carol Roth © 2012 [E Picture Roth]
Night Before Mother's Day by Natasha Wing © 2010 [E Fiction Wing]

Recommended Books:
JoCoLibrary - Kids - Mothers

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK...

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Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

It's a Tiger! by David LaRochelle © 2012  
I'm the Scariest Thing in the Jungle by David G. Derrick, Jr. © 2013  
Close Your Eyes by Kate Banks © 2002 
Tiger Can't Sleep by S. J. Fore © 2006 

Recommended Books:
 Jocolibrary - Kids - Tigers

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
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 ...

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Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

Bob by Tracey Campbell Pearson © 2002 [E Fiction Pearson] 
Scary Mary by Paula Bowles © 2012 [E Fiction Bowles] 
Chicks Run Wild by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen © 2011 [E Fiction Bardhan] 
Higgledy-Piggledy Chicks by Barbara Joosse © 2010 [E Fiction Joosse] 

Recommended Books:
Jocolibrary - Kids - Chickens

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
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4. TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING ​
Have...

1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS

Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina © 1985 [E Fiction Slobodkina] 
Counting Crocodiles by Judy Sierra ©1997 [E Fiction Sierra] 
Be Quiet, Mike! by Leslie Patricelli © 2011 [E Fiction Patricelli] 
Where's My Mom? by © 2008 [E Picture Donaldson]

Recommended Books:
JoCoLibrary-Kids-Monkeys

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU 
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​

Check out our Staff Picks for Talk, Talk, Talk.

4. TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING ​
Have you tried TumbleBooks...

1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories:

April Foolishness by Teresa Bateman ©2004 [EP Picture Bateman] 
Waking Beauty by Leah Wilcox ©2008 [E Fiction Wilcox] 
Are You a Horse by Andy Rash ©2009 [E Fiction Rash] 
Sailor Moo: Cow at Sea by Lisa Wheeler ©2002 [E Fiction Wheeler] 

Recommended Books:
JoCoLibrary - Kids - Foolishness

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU

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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
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1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS
Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories:

And Then It's Spring by Julie fngliano © 2012 [E Fic Fogliano]
Ava's Poppy by Marcus Pfister © 2012 [E Fic Pfister]
Spring is Here by Will Hillenbrand © 2011 [E Fic Hillenbrand]
What Does Bunny See by Linda Sue Park © 2005 [EP Picture Park]

Recommended Books:
JoColibrary-Kids-Seeds, Flowers, Gardens 
JoCoLibrary-Kids-Spring

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
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1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS
Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories:

Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld © 2011
Daft Bat by Jeanne Willis © 2006 
Cat and Mouse in the Rain © 1997
Puddles by Janathan London © 1997 

Recommended Books:
 Jocolibrary - Kids - Rain

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
Check out our Staff Picks for Talk, Talk, Talk.

4. TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING ​

Have you tried TumbleBooks, an...

1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS
Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories:

Dr. Seuss's A B C by Dr Seuss © 1963 [ER Reader Seuss]
If I Ran the Zoo by Dr Seuss © 1950 [E Fiction Seuss]
Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss © 1954 [E Fiction Seuss]
Mr Brown can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss © 1970 [ER Seuss]

Recommended Books:
 Jocolibrary - Kids - Dr. Seuss

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK...

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Hello, My Name is Ruby by Philip C. Stead © 2013
Harold Finds a Voice by Courtney Dicmas ©2013
Caterina and the Perfect Party by Erin Eitter Kono © 2013
Puffin Peter by Petr Horáček ©2013

Recommended Books:
JoCoLibrary - Kids - Birds

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
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4. TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING ​

Have you tried TumbleBooks, an online library of read-along stories...

1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS
Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories:

I Love You! A Bushel & A Peck by Rosemary Wells ©2008
Foxy in Love by Emma Dodd ©2013
Sweet Hearts by Jan Carr ©2003
Bear in Love by Lauren Thompson ©2002

Recommended Books:
Jocolibrary - Kids - Love
JoCoLibrary - Kids - Valentine's Day

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
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4. TELL...

1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS 
Here are the books we read at storytime:

10 Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel ©2012
Carrot Soup by John Segal ©2006
Tiger in My Soup by Kashmira Sheth ©2013
Perfect Soup by Lisa Moser ©2010
 

Recommended Books:
Jocolibrary - Kids - Soup
JoCoLibrary - Kids - Food

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
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4. TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING ​
Have you tried TumbleBooks...

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Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories from storytime:

Red Hat by Lita Judge © 2013
Winter is the Warmest Season by Lauren Stringer © 2006
The Hat by Jan Brett © 1997
Little Bear's Big Sweater by David Bedford © 2009

Recommended Books:
Jocolibrary - Kids - clothes

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
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4. TELL STORIES ABOUT...