Happy Tuesday! A Super spooky, silly storytime!

Happy Tuesday! Friday is a very big day in a child's life. We celebrated today by wearing our costumes together, passing out treats, and reading some Halloween favorites!

Books:
The Book With No Pictures: B.J. Novak (Yeah, I know It's not a Halloween book)
Crankenstein:  Samantha Berger/Dan Santat
Room On the Broom: Julia Donaldson/Alex Scheffler

What We Did:
1.) Greeting song: The Storytime Train is coming!
(to the tune of "She'll be comin round the mountain)
Well the storytime train is coming. How are you? (all: Choo Choo!)
Oh the storytime train is coming. How are you? (all: Choo Choo!)
Oh the storytime train is coming, yes the storytime train is coming, well the storytime train is coming. How are you? (all: Choo Choo!)
Let's say hello to _____________. How are you? (Choo! Choo!)
Repeat this for each child in attendance.

2.) Get our bodies ready to read! This is the way...
This is the way we clap our hands, clap our hands, clap our hands.
This is the way we clap our hands, when we're at storytime!
Repeat this tune with different actions (Stomp feet, jump up and down, tap your head, whisper voice, and always end with sit in my spot)

3.) Flannelboard Story- Five Little Monsters Jumping on the Bed
I've done a number of flannelboard stories during my tenure as youth librarian. This one stands out because the kids wanted to play with it and re-tell the rhyme after storytime was over! You can see that the pieces are colorful and have a lot of character!

4.) Action Rhyme: What Do Monsters Do?
This is a simple and quiet way to give your kiddos a break in between books. I just prepare them by telling them that we're going to act like monsters.
What do monsters do?
They stretch and touch their toes.
What do monsters do?
They comb their purple hair
What do monsters do?
They stick out their green tongues.
What do monsters do?
They brush their teeth with a broom.
What do monsters do?
They rub their yellow eyes.
What do monsters do?
They wiggle their orange ears.
Boy, am I glad that I'm not a monster!

5.) Goodbye song: We Wave Goodbye Like this
(The Farmer in the Dell)
Oh we wave goodbye like this! We wave goodbye like this! We clap our hands for all our friends, we wave goodbye like this!
(Choose a few silly ways to wave and do the song three or four times)

6.) Playtime- I set up three stations for play time today.
a.) Silly Brush Painting- I went back to total process art. I put the materials out and the kids painted. They're getting so used to it by now that they just go into our painting room and get started.

b.) Play-Doh- The kids get so excited for Play-Doh. I could put it out every week and they would love it.

c.) Pin the face on the pumpkin- I bought three medium sized pumpkins. I had our desk staff cut out many different shapes of eyes, noses and mouths. I set the pumpkins in the hallway on small chairs and let the kiddos design their own crazy faces.

Thanks for checking this blog out. I always appreciate feedback. By the way, our ArtPrize competition has started! You may come to the library anytime and vote for your favorites. You may vote ONCE in each category (k-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12) ONCE per visit. Please be sure to take your time and stop to appreciate all the work that all 51 contestants put into their pieces. Every one of them shows a unique talent and they deserve to be noticed.
Finally, I hope to see you all here next Monday night for Family movie night. We'll be showing the unappreciated classic: