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I'm doing Caldecott themed storytime for preschool storytime in January-April. Check out all my Caldecott Storytime plans here . So I did two storytimes with this years winner, but silly me forgot to keep my full plan for Week 14. That week I introduced the winners from this year and read Green  by Laura Vaccaro Seeger , Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett , and Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds . My group was a little young, so I abridged some of Extra Yarn . I also wasn't sure if they really liked Creepy Carrots , but we made our own carrots for a craft and after I heard them playing in the department saying "my creepy carrot will get you!" so it must have been a hit! For Week 15, I saved this year's winner for last. It was lots of fun and a great way to end our Caldecott series. Here's what I did: Open : Where Is Thumbkin and Shake My Sillies Out by The Wiggles Read :  Swimmy by Leo Lionni  -A couple of the kids new this one because they had rea...

I'm doing Caldecott themed storytime for preschool storytime in January-April. Check out all my Caldecott Storytime plans here . Theme : Making friends Open : Shake Your Sillies Out by The Wiggles Skill : Tell Stories  Read:   Play With Me by Marie Hall Ets -I opened this book by asking the kids if they ever wanted to play with animals. I told them about how the little girl in this book just wanted to make some new friends, but the animals would run away or hide. As I read the book, one little girl kept repeating after each page "but she just wants to play!!" She got the rest of the kids giving a call and response as well and they loved the book because of it. Song : These Are My Glasses by Laurie Berkner Read :  Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni -I opened this book by talking about measuring and talking about how the inchworm was very small and made very small movements. The kids really liked this one too, but I did have to point out wher...

I didn't get a chance to get this posted yesterday, so now Monday is storytime day! :) I'm doing Caldecott themed storytime for preschool storytime in January-April. Check out all my Caldecott Storytime plans here . Theme : Wordless Picture Books Skill : Tell Stories Open : Where is Thumbkin by The Wiggles I decided to use all wordless picture books in this storytime. I opened the storytime by talking about the Caldecott Award and how it is given for illustrations, like I do every week. Then I asked the kids what we would do if a book had no words-how could we tell the story? They said we could read the title and after a bit more asking them to look inside the book I was holding, I pointed out that the pictures help us tell the story. I told them to look at the pictures and see if they  could help tell the stories of our books this week. I wasn't sure how this would work out, but I thought I would try it and see how it went! Read :  The Lion and the Mouse...

I'm doing Caldecott themed storytime for preschool storytime in January-April. Check out all my Caldecott Storytime plans here . Theme : Precocious Preschoolers  I decided this week I was going to do all songs, rhymes and books and no crafts and activities.  Open : Where Is Thumbkin and Shake My Sillies Out by The Wiggles  Skill : Tell Stories & Sing and Rhyme I introduced our books as "precocious preschoolers" and I also mentioned how this week, the books had lots of humor for adults as well as the kids, which I think helped get the parents interested in the stories and laughing along with the kids. Read :  Owen by Kevin Henkes   -Since my kids were pretty young, I talked to them a lot about Owen and his blanket and what was happening in the story. I had one older brother who had read this book before and loved talking about it and telling the kids about Owen's blanket-very fun! Song : These Are My Glasses by Laurie Berkn...

I'm doing Caldecott themed storytime for preschool storytime in January-April. Check out all my Caldecott Storytime plans here . Theme : Emotions Opening Song: Where Is Thumbkin? by The Wiggles Literacy Skill: Talk & Read Read : When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry... by Molly Bang -My preschoolers really liked this one and we talked about being mad and being happy and the pictures that showed Sophie as happy and angry. Song : These Are My Glasses by Laurie Berkner Read : No, David! by David Shannon -Well, sometimes storytime doesn't go as planned. I went to get my storytime books from my storytime basket and realized that my copy of No, David had gotten checked out by a patron and the only copy available at the library that day was the Spanish version! So I made due and we had a nice lesson about how books are translated into other languages but we could still look at the pictures of the book to help us tell the story. I translated th...

I'm doing Caldecott themed storytime for preschool storytime in January-April. Check out all my Caldecott Storytime plans here. Theme : Concept Storytime Early Literacy Skill: Play With Letters Opening Song: Shake Your Sillies Out by The Wiggles Read : First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger -The kids loved guessing what was next in this book. I also loved that the kids pointed out how the book had two stickers on the cover, which gave me a chance to talk about other ALA awards. Song : These Are My Glasses by Laurie Berkner Read : Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert -Lois Ehlert books are always a hit in storytime anyway, but this one has cut touts and animals, so what's not to love? Plus, the kids loved shouting out what animal they saw in the pictures. Song : ABCs-since our next book was an alphabet book, I asked the kids if the knew their ABCs and could sing the alphabet song. Of course they took me up on the challenge! Read : Alphabet City by Stephen T. Jo...

I'm doing Caldecott themed storytime for preschool storytime in January-April. Check out all my Caldecott Storytime plans here.  Theme : Songs and Rhymes Early Literacy Skill: Sing & Rhyme Opening Song: Where is Thumbkin? by The Wiggles Read : Frog Went A-Courtin' by John Langstaff, Illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky -Before I read this book I talked about how there are some songs that tell silly stories that are very old songs and have been passed down to kids over the years. I also told the kids that going courtin meant that Froggy was looking for a wife and he wanted to get married. I asked if they had ever seen a frog marry a mouse and they all giggled and said "NO!!" I told them that we would have to look at each the pictures to see what happens and if they did get married and what happened at the wedding. This helped keep them really engaged in the book and they liked it a lot more than I thought they would. They kept pointing out the va...

I'm doing Caldecott themed storytime for preschool storytime in January-April. Check out all my Caldecott Storytime plans here.  Theme: Animal Friends Opening Song : Shake Your Sillies Out and Where is Thumbkin by the Wiggles (both were requested this week!) Literacy Skill: Tell Stories-our crafts especially focused on telling stories Read :   Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann -Before I started this one, I talked about what safety rules are, what some rules we follow are (one of the older siblings had read the book and shared the tip from the book "don't stand on swivel chairs!") I also talked about how we had to look at both the pictures and listen to the words of this book to tell the whole story. It was cute, but my group was a bit too young for this one. Song : These Are My Glasses by Laurie Berkner Read :  A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead, illustrated by Erin E. Stead This is one of my favorites and I lo...

I'm doing Caldecott themed storytime for preschool storytime in January-April. Check out all my Caldecott Storytime plans here.  Theme : Transportation/Rhythm Opening Song: Shake Your Sillies Out by The Wiggles Early Literacy Skill: Sing and Rhyme Read : Drummer Hoff by Ed Emberley -I wasn't sure how this one would go over, since it's an older winner and the pictures are very 60's but luckily we had a new copy ordered and the pictures were very bright. The kids loved this book and had so much fun with the repetitive phrases. As the book went on, I would ask, "what's next?" and they would reply, "Drummer Hoff fired it off." Song : These Are My Glasses by Laurie Berkner (we sing this every week and the kids love it!) Read : Freight Train  by Donald Crews -My library owns a big book copy of this one and the kids are always awed by the size and naming all the colors of the train. Song :   The Mice Go Mar...

For the Winter storytimes, I've themed all of my preschool storytimes around Caldecott winners and honor books. You can read all my Caldecott storytime plans here . For week five, I did a bathtime/water storytime. Opening Song: Where is Thumbkin by The Wiggles Literacy Skill: Love Books (especially because one of the books this week is my favorite!) Read:  Read :    In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming The kids really enjoyed this book and I had great interaction from them as we named all the animals we saw and made animal sounds. They all agreed the pictures in this book were very good. Song : These Are My Glasses by Laurie Berkner King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood, illustrated by Don Wood This is one of my all time favorite books and maybe my top Caldecott winning book. As a kid I would pour over the pages looking at all the details in the illustrations. I'm lucky that my library owns a big book copy of this one so it's ...

In honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Caldecott Medal, I am doing Caldecott themed storytimes with my preschool storytime group this semester.  Read about my previous Caldecott storytimes here. Theme : For week four I decided to go with a getting dressed/snow theme hoping that by this far into the Winter months, snow might have fallen. Sadly, we still haven't gotten much snow in Missouri, but we still had fun in storytime! Opening Song: Where is Thumbkin by The Wiggles Literacy Skill:  Talk & Read Read :   Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine -The kids liked this book as it has a repetitive line about what Ella Sarah wants to wear. They caught on and told the story along with me. Song : These Are My Glasses by Laurie Berkner (we sing this every week) Read :  The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats -This is one of my favorites and the kids loved it. They really liked figuring out that Peter's snowball melted in his pock...