1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS
Here are the books we read at storytime:
If You're a Monster and You Know It by Ed Emberley ©2010
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak ©1984 ~~Caldecott Award Winner~~~
The Baby That Roared by Simon Puttock ©2012
Goodnight, Little Monster by Helen Ketteman ©2010
Recommended Books:
Jocolibrary - Kids - Monsters
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.
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!
One Little Monster [tune: "10 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 on the Floor [Tune: "If Your Happy and You Know It" ]
There's a monster on the floor, on the floor ~ sing 2x'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 2x'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 ~ sing 2x'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 2x's
Oh, what a big discrace, 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 2x'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....."
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.