Wee Read - Summer

Early Literacy Tip: Develop your baby’s listening skills by using puppets and props to tell a story instead of reading it.

Books

Baby Loves Summer by Karen Katz

Flip, Flap, Fly by Phyllis Root

Peek-a-Baby by Karen Katz
Read-Together Book








 

Songs

Up, Down, Turn Around

Up, down, turn around.

Touch the sky and touch the ground.

Tickle your tummy, tickle your nose,

Blow a kiss and say, "Hello!"

--Jim Thomas

Mr. Sun 
Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Won’t you please shine down on me?
Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Hiding behind a tree.

These little children are asking you

To please come out so they can

Play with you.
Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Won’t you please shine down on me?

--Traditional

They’re a Part of Me

­--from Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Here’s a Ball

-- from Lapsit Services for the Very Young by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

*Check out my Flannel Friday post on this rhyme.

Humpty Dumpty Up

Humpty Dumpty up and Humpty Dumpty down.

Humpty Dumpty left and Humpty Dumpty right.

Humpty Dumpty all around!

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

Poor Humpty Dumpty!
--Jim Thomas 

Clap Hands, Clap Hands 
--from Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Storytime - Ice Cream

Books

Baby Loves Summer by Karen Katz

Toddler and Preschool

I had the preschoolers take a more active role in guessing what was behind the flaps.

Should I Share My Ice Cream by Mo Willems

Toddler and Preschool

I wasn't sure if the toddlers would sit for the entire book, but they were entranced with the story.

Songs/Rhymes 

We All Want An Ice Cream Cone
Sung to: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
We all want an ice cream cone,
Ice cream cone, ice cream cone
We all want an ice cream cone, we'll eat it every day.

(Flavor) is our favorite kind, favorite kind, favorite kind

(Flavor) is our favorite kind, we'll eat it every day.
--Storytime Source Page

*I played this song on my keyboard and the children sang along. The preschoolers were excited to shout out flavors and hear their suggestions in the song.

Down Around the Corner at the Ice Cream Shop

Down around the corner at the ice cream shop

Were five ice cream cones with some sprinkles on top.

Along came a child with a dollar to pay.

He bought one and took it away.

--Miss Mollie

*Check out my Flannel Friday page for this rhyme. 

Craft

Ice Cream Cones with Sprinkles. Materials: die cut card stock ice cream cones, construction paper, crayons, glue, and glitter. The children glued their cones to the paper and decorated them. When they were all finished, they added more glue and I sprinkled glitter over their creations.

Display - Blind Date with a Book

Our teen summer reading theme this year is Realm of the Unknown. While trying to come up with a display idea, I stumbled on a post written by the Calcasieu Parish Public Library in Lake Charles, LA (their blog is now defunct). They tried out a Blind Date with a Book display, and had quite a bit of success with it. My interest piqued, I looked for other libraries who did the same thing.

I picked out teen books that I knew were good, but for some reason or another had been collecting dust. Each book's bar code was scanned and another was made. I then wrapped each book in brown paper, placed the bar code and instruction label on it. Some libraries chose to keep the genre a secret, but I wrote it on the label to ensure a better match-up.

The labels say: Check out this book, take it home, and unwrap it. Show it your favorite spots to read, share your favorite snacks, or show it off to your friends. Who knows, maybe there’s a future for the two of you? This book seeks (genre) lovers.

Within an hour of the display going up, more than half of the books were checked out. I hadn't anticipated such an occurrence, so I happily scrambled around for more books to wrap up and display. I now have a stack ready to go, just in case.

I had toyed with making a pocket to leave the comment card in for each book, but that would have required making a cover that would stay on, notifying other branches of the program, and trying to find a way to get the book back without the card falling out. Those options would work for a single-building system or if multiple branches did the same program.

If all continues to go well, I might just do it again for Valentine's Day next year!

Here are the PDFs of my files:
Sign
Labels
Rate Your Date Card

Check out these other librarians who have tried this display:

• Little Thoughts About Books
• Miss Bibliophile
• Maplewood Library

Flannel Friday - Having a Ball

Friday has come back to us once again! I hope those of you who have started your Summer Reading Programs are having a great time so far!

With the Olympics coming up, I wanted to do a sports themed flannel. I always use this rhyme with my Wee Read group and hope to introduce my preschoolers and toddlers to it this summer.

Here’s a Ball

-- from Lapsit Services for the Very Young by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

Sarah at Read It Again is the host for this week's roundup. For past roundups and more information about Flannel Friday, see our website. Check us out on Facebook and Pinterest, too.

Storytime - Mom's the Best

I know it's a bit late, but I wanted to share what we did for our Mother's Day storytime this year.

Books

Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too? by Eric Carle 
Toddler

Mama Cat Has Three Kittens by Denise Fleming
Toddler

Llama Llama Misses Mama by Anna Dewdney
Preschool

My Mother is So Smart! by Tomie dePaola
Preschool

Songs/Rhymes

Mommy Takes Good Care of Me
Sung to: "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
Mommy takes good care of me,
Care of me, care of me,
Mommy takes good care of me,
Because she loves me so.

--PreschoolEducation

*I played this song on my keyboard while the children sang along.

M-O-M-M-Y

Sung to: "Bingo"
I have a very special friend
And Mommy is her name-o.
M-O-M-M-Y, M-O-M-M-Y, M-O-M-M-Y,
And Mommy is her name-o!

--PreschoolEducation



Craft

I ordered this project from Oriental Trading. Sadly, it looks like they no longer carry it.  

Flannel Friday - An Experiment with Pinterest

Hello all of you Flannel Friday friends! This week I'd like to tell you a little bit about what's happening with our Pinterest page.

Amy (a faithful Flannel Friday follower) and I have been working on organizing the FF Pinterest boards. To start, we both chose one board to work with. Amy decided on Animals and I went with Seasons. We then made new boards to make the page more detailed. Our plan with this project was to make it easier on users to find exactly what they're looking for.

For example, the pins on the Seasons board were divided up by what season/holiday they would be used for. Any Easter flannel boards can be found in Easter, Spring Holidays, Holidays, Spring, AND Seasons. Amy made new boards for Zoo Animals, Polar Animals, Forest Animals, etc.

Before we move forward with the project, we'd like to know what you think about this change. Is it too detailed or not enough? What other changes would you like to see on the Pinterest page? We are welcoming all suggestions and constructive criticisms. The Pinterest page is for you, after all, so help us turn it into an even more helpful resource.

Thank you in advance for your feedback!

Don't forget to visit Katie's roundup for this week at Recipe For Reading. See past roundups and find more information about Flannel Friday at our new website and chat with us on Facebook. See everyone next week!

Flannel Friday - Ice Cream

Happy Summer to you, Flannel Friday goers! In celebration of the upcoming season, I offer you this delightful treat: "Down Around the Corner at the Ice Cream Shop". 

I came up with this song after I was trying to find some short ice cream rhymes to use. The ice cream cones were made using clip art as a template. The sprinkles are made out of puffy paint.

Down Around the Corner at the Ice Cream Shop

Down around the corner at the ice cream shop

Were five ice cream cones with some sprinkles on top.

Along came a child with a dollar to pay.

He bought one and took it away.

--Miss Mollie

It's my goal to make a set of my own, too. Instead of using paint to make the sprinkles, though, I'll most likely sew them on instead.

Lisa is hosting the roundup today at her blog, Libraryland. Stop by and see our awesome new website for Flannel Friday! We're chatting about all things storytime on our Facebook page and getting pinning happy on Pinterest.