Where the Wild Things Are

With the new movie out and interest peaking in the classic picture book by Maurice Sendak I decided to focus on wolves at our next Busy Hands and Feet Story Time. I love the story of Max as he travels for a year on his small sail boat to the Land of Wild Things.

I will also be reading Chicken Little by Rebecca and Ed Emberley. This is new and has exciting, colorful illustrations. Wolf's Coming by Joe Kukla is a story about a surprise for wolf. The funny book, Let's Play in the Forest by Claudia Rueda illustrates what the forest animals do when the wolf is not around. And another classic is The Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kaska where there is one smart chicken.

We will be donning our "wolf" costumes and howling. Stop on by for lots of fun!

Diana

Meeooww

With Halloween just around the corner what better time than to celebrate all things cat. Come join us Tuesday, October 20th for the Emergent Reader Storytime as we read picture books about cats and decorate cat masks.

Last Tuesday was recycle day. I put all my left over craft project supplies on the table and let the kids go crazy making whatever they could glue, tape, and/or color. We read the funny book Spoon by Amy Rosenthal and the kids snacked on banana slices and granola bars. I think the kids had a great time.

I look forward to seeing you at storytime!

Carol

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Well it turns out burlap is great material for making collages. I cut lots of fabric squares, put buttons in bowls, and grabbed some left over felt scraps. The kids really enjoyed this project. Since beginning the fall storytime schedule, the kids have made sewing cards, foam watches, paper mermaid dolls, and now burlap collages. I am still trying to decide what craft I'm going to use for next week, so please check back.

The Emergent Reader Storytime fall schedule is September 15th through November 17th. Tuesdays at 10 a.m. in the carnegie room. Ages 4-6. Please stop by!

Carol

Cooollage...

I got the idea for this week's preschool story time from an old craft book for kids that I had transferred to the McMinnville Library. Using burlap, buttons, felt, and anything else I can find, the kids are going to flex their creative muscles this Tuesday, October 6th as they glue, paste, and tape together everything to make a burlap collage.

Last week the kids made paper mermaid dolls. I had never seen an all red glitter mermaid before, but that's just one of the creative ways the children decorated their mermaids. We read a couple of picture books about mermaids and we snacked on bananas and graham crackers. I tell parents to please put their children in clothes that can get dirty because story time crafts can be a little messy sometimes.

If you have a preschooler that loves books and likes to make things then please stop by. The emergent reader storytime is also a great place to meet other parents. See you soon I hope!

Carol

Mermaids

Thanks for checking out the children's room blog. The Emergent Reader story time is for preschoolers ages 4-6. We kicked off our fall schedule on September 15th with a school theme. The kids worked on animal sewing cards, snacked on orange slices and crackers, and listened to several books about school, including Always In Trouble by Corinne Demas, a funny story about a dog named Toby that gets into trouble and has to go to dog-training school.

The theme for next week's storytime is Mermaids! We will be making paper mermaid dolls and reading books about mermaids, including the ones pictured above. If you love books and making things with your hands, please come join the fun at the McMinnville Public Library.

Carol

Fall Storytimes Resume

With a bit of crispness in the air and the leaves starting to change colors we will start storytimes next week. We are excited to bring back all the storytimes and have some great themes this year.

Here is the Fall schedule:

September 15 through November 20, 2009
Infant Toddler Story Time - for children 3 and younger. A 1/2 hour of fun with stories, songs and finger plays.Caregiver must remain with child.Wednesdays, 10:00 am & 10:45 am (EXCEPT no story timeNovember 11)
Emergent Reader Story Time - for children 4 - 6 years old. For kids getting ready to dive into the world of reading, story telling and literacy. Caregiver must remain in Library.Tuesdays, 10:00 am
Busy Hands and Feet - for children 6 and younger. For kids who like to move. This is a time for both parents and children 5 and younger to explore musical instruments, movement and books. Music, books, and signing! Thursdays, 10:30 am, September 24, October 1, 15 & 29 and November 12
Cuentos En Español - for the entire family. Stories, games, crafts and fun for the whole family - all in Spanish!Fridays, 2:30 pm (EXCEPT no story time November 13)

We hope that you will join us for one or more of these great storytimes!

Where has the summer gone?

It has been a long time between posts. We also haven't had any storytimes during the month of August so I haven't been posting. Storytimes resume again in September. Check out the website for the times and dates of our storytimes.

As our busy summer winds down we begin to think of books for Back to School. Here are a few of my favorites:

Hope to see you at storytime! Diana