1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS
Here are the books we read at storytime:
If You're a Monster and You Know It! by Rebecca Emberley ©2010
Monsters on Machines by Deb Lund ©2008
Even Monsters Need Haircuts by Matthew McElligott ©2010
The Monster Returns by Peter McCarty ©2012
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 language games for use on computer, Ipad and mobile devices?
5. LOOK FOR LETTERS EVERYWHERE
Try some fun alphabet activities from the Johnson County Library's 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.
I'm a Little Monster Dressed in Blue
I'm a little monster dressed in blue.
Here are some things I can do with my shoe.
I can do a tap dance, and slide along the ground.
I can turn myself around and around.
I can lift my shoe high, and I can point my toe.
I can hop up and down, and sit down low.
Monster on the Floor [Tune: "If Your Happy and You Know It" ]
There's a monster on the floor, on the floor ~ Sing 2 x's
It just scuttled in the door, that hairy monster on the floor,
There's a monster on the floor, on the floor.
Now the monster's on my leg, on my leg ~ Sing 2 x's
Oh, I wish I had some Raid for this monster on my leg!
Now the monster's on my leg, on my leg.
Now the monster's on my neck, on my neck ~ sing 2 x's
Oh, I'm gonna be a wreck, I've got a monster on my neck!
Now the monster's on my neck, on my neck!
Now the monster's on my face, on my face ~ sing 2 x's
Oh, what a big disgrace, I've got a monster on my face!
Now the monster's on my face, on my face!
Now the monster's on my head, on my head ~ sing 2 x's
Oh, I wish that he were dead. I've got a monster on my head!
Now the monster's on my head, on my head! "But he jumped off..."
One Little Monster [tune: "Ten Little Indians" ]
One little, two little, three little monsters
four little, five little, six little monsters
seven little, eight little, nine little monsters
ten little monsters playing in the dark.
Monster Stomp
If you want to be a monster, now's your chance
'cause everybody's doing the monster dance.
You just 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! [rawwrrr rawwwr]
There's a monster in my closet, and it's green! [rawwrrr rawwwr]
There's a monster in my closet, and it's very, very green.
There's a monster in my closet and it's green! [rawwrrr rawwwr]
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's 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!
There's a monster in my closet and just keeps on snorting!
There's a monster in my closet and it snorts!
There's a monster in my closet and it jumps!
There's a monster in my closet and it jumps!
There's a monster in my closet and will not stop jumping!
There's a monster in my closet and it jumps!
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 them all about.
You do the monster pokey and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about..Boo!
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.