Check our calendar for the next Antioch or other JCL Location Storytime, hope to see you there!
1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS
Here are the books we read at storytime:
Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley © 1992
Love Monster and the Scary Something by Rachel Bright © 2016
There's a Monster in Your Book by Tom Fletcher © 2017
Monster Boogie by Laurie Berkner © 2018
Booklist: JoCoLibrary - Preschool - Monsters
2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK
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4. TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING
Read and watch charming classic stories with Bookflix!
5. LOOK FOR LETTERS EVERYWHERE
Try some fun alphabet activities from the Antioch Youth Services Pinterest page.
6. TAKE TIME TO RHYME, SING AND PLAY WORD GAMES
Here are the rhymes and songs from today:
Welcome To Storytime! [tune: Twinkle, Twinkle]
Welcome, welcome everyone,
Now we're here, let's have some fun.
First we'll sing the ABC's,
then we'll read and sing with me.
Welcome, welcome, everyone,
Now we're here let's have some fun.
Monster Pokey [Tune: Hokey Pokey]
You put your right claw in, you put your right claw out.
You put your right claw in and you shake it all about.
You do the monster pokey and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about! Boo!You put your left claw in, you put your left claw out.
You put your left claw in and you shake it all about.
You do the monster pokey and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about! Boo!You put your sharp fangs in, you put your sharp fangs out.
You put your sharp fangs in and you shake it all about.
You do the monster pokey and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about! Boo!
Monster Stomp
If you want to be a monster, now's your chance.
'cause everybody's doing the monster dance.
You stamp your feet, and wave your arms around.
Stretch 'em up. and stretch 'em down.
Then put them on the ground.
'Cause you're doing the Monster Stomp!
Ooh-ah-ooh-ah-ooh-ah!
Ooh-ah-ooh-ah-ooh-ah!
There's a Monster in my Closet [Tune: If Your Happy and You Know It ]
There's a monster in my closet, and it's green! (Rawwwr, Rawwr)
There's a monster in my closet, and it's green! (Rawwwr, Rawwr)
There's a monster in my closet and it's very, very, green.
There's a monster in my closet, and it's green! (Rawwwr, Rawwr)There's a monster in my closet and it smells! (Pew, Pew!)
There's a monster in my closet and it smells! (Pew, Pew!)
There's a monster in my closet and it really, really, smells!
There's a monster in my closet and it smells! (Pew, Pew!)There's a monster in my closet and it snorts! (Snort, Snort!)
There's a monster in my closet and it snorts! (Snort, Snort!)
There's a monster in my closet and it really, really, snorts!
There's a monster in my closet and it snorts! (Snort, Snort!)There's a monster in my closet and it jumps! (jump, jump)
There's a monster in my closet and it jumps! (jump, jump)
There's a monster in my closet and it really, really jumps.
There's a monster in my closet and it jumps! (jump, jump)
The More We Read Together [Tune: The More We Get Together]
The more we read together, together, together,
The more we read together, the better it is!
'Cause reading and singing and talking together,
Is how you learn the six skills for reading by six.