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Family Storytime: Winter & Snow

12/17/2019

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Today's storytime was a little different from my usual family storytimes because I was joined by a guest reader from our community. This was my first storytime co-presenting with a community member.

Here are a few suggestions for facilitating a storytime with a guest:

Choose several books for them to read - if you have a document camera make sure that you have duplicates of your book choices so that they can hold the book and read it while you project the pages up on the screen
Send the book choices and storytime plan to your guest before the "big day" so that your guest has time to look over what you will be doing
Have your guest come a couple of minutes before storytime starting so that you can go over the plan

The Plan

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Clipart by Krista Wallden of Creative Clips

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Family Storytime: Snow & Snowmen

1/24/2018

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Clipart by Krista Wallden of Creative Clips. Graphic designed on PicMonkey.

Today's storytime theme was about snow and snowmen. We had a pretty good turnout this morning despite some icy road conditions. My favorite part of storytime this morning was pulling scarves out of my pockets for Carole Peterson's "I Built a Snowman" song. I felt a bit like David Copperfield when all of the little people gasped with delight. Perhaps I have a future career as a magician?

Books

Find out what bears, owls, geese, and hares do in the wintertime.

Mouse and Papa have some fun in the snow!

A family has a fun filled night-time romp in the snow!

Action Rhymes

Two of the action rhymes that I used today came from one of my favorite Children's Librarian blogs, Storytime Katie. I typed up the words and projected them so that caregivers could say the action rhymes with me.

Here's a Hill
Here’s a hill (tilt left arm so that it forms a hill)
And here’s a hill (tilt right arm so that it forms a hill)
All covered with snow (raise hands up, bring down in snow motion)
I’ll put on my coat, (put coat on)
And jump on my sled (hold the rope of a sled)
And ZOOM, down the hill I will go! (clap hands, slid hands down)
Credit: The Holiday Zone via Storytime Katie

I Built a Snowman
I built a little snowman (make large circle with arms)
He had a carrot nose (point to nose)
Along came a bunny (hold up to bent fingers)
And what do you suppose? (shrug)
That hungry little bunny (make bunny again)
Looking for his lunch (hop bunny around)
Ate the snowman’s nose (pretend bunny is eating nose)
Nibble! Nibble! Crunch! (pretend to be eating a carrot)
Credit: Everything Preschool via Storytime Katie

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Clipart is by Krista Wallden of Creative Clips

Recorded Music

These are the songs that we listened or danced to in storytime. If you are interested in checking out these songs, there are links to Amazon where you can listen to a sample and purchase these great songs!

Pre-storytime music: Snowman in the Summer

Good morning song: Can't Wait to Celebrate

Moved to: I Can Make a Snowman & Snowflake, Snowflake

Moved to & Sang: I'm a Little Snowflake

Danced to: If You're Happy & You Know It

Goodbye Song: Say Goodbye

Post-storytime music: Hello Goodbye

Post-storytime music: La Bamba

Other Activities

Pre-Storytime Activity: Winter I-Spy from Life Over C's Blog

Letter of the Week: The letter of the week this week is the letter S. We talked about each of the pictures in the collage. I purchased the clipart for this collage from the amazing Krista Wallden of Creative Clips and Little Red of Little Red's Schoolhouse.