Miss Christi's Storytime Blog

1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS
Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

The Midnight Library by Kazuno Kohara © 2014
Little Owl's Orange Scarf by Tatyana Feeney ©  2012
Wow! Said the Owl by Time Hopgood © 2009
I'm Not Sleepy! by Jane Chapman © 2012

Book List:
JoCoLibrary - Kids - Owls

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
Check out our Staff Picks for Talk, Talk, Talk.

4. TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING ​
Have you tried TumbleBooks, an online library of...

1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS
Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

The Pigeon Needs a Bath by Mo Willems © 2014
Kid Tea by Elizabeth Ficocelli © 2007
How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth by Michelle Robinson © 2014
Dini Dinosaur by Karen Beaumont ©  2012

Book List
JoCoLibrary-Kids-Bathtime

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
Check out our Staff Picks for Notice Print All Around You.

3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
Check out our Staff Picks for Talk, Talk, Talk.

4. TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING ​
Have you tried TumbleBooks, an online...

1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS
Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

A Birthday for Cow by  Jan Thomas © 2014
Happy Birthday Hamster by Cynthia Lord © 2011
The Gingerbread Girl Goes Animal Crackers by  Lisa Campbell Ernst © 2011
The Birthday Queen by Audrey and Don Wood © 2013 

Book List:
JoCoLibrary - Kids - Birthdays

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
Check out our Staff Picks for Notice Print All Around You.

3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
Check out our Staff Picks for Talk, Talk, Talk.

4. TELL...

BOOKS

How to Bicycle to the Moon and Plant Sunflowers  by Mordicai Gerstein © 2013
Vanilla Ice Cream by Bob Graham © 2014
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman © 1994

ACTIVITIES

Simple Science Using Apples

A Chemical Apple Pie

Books:

The Midnight Library by Kazuno Kohara © 2014
Musk Ox Counts by Erin Cabatingan © 2013
Wild Child by Lynn Plourde © 1999

Activities:

Math: Owl Counting and sequencing printables​
Math: Counting Me activity sheet
Science: Art & Science of Leaf Rubbings

Songs:
Welcome, Welcome everyone [tune: "Twinkle, Twinkle" ]

Welcome, Welcome everyone,
to STEAM-y Storytime you've come.
We’ll read and sing and think and do.
We should have fun, I hope that’s true.
Welcome, welcome everyone,
to STEAM-y Storytime you've come.

Let’s Go Explore Our World ~ S-T-E-A-M [tune: "BINGO" ]

With Science, Engineering, Arts,
Math and Technology.
S-T-E-A-M, S-T-E-A-M, S-T-E-A-M...

1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS

Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

Penguin and Pumpkin by Salina Yoon © 2014 
Earl the Squirrel by  Don Freeman © 2005  
Acorns Everywhere! by Kevin Sherry 
Baby Bear Counts One by Ashley Wolff © 2013 

Booklist:
JoCoLibrary - Kids - Autumn

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU

Make a list with your child of some things you might be able to find on an autumn scavenger hunt walk through the park.
Check out our Staff Picks for Notice Print All Around You.

3...

Books:

One Kansas Farmer: A Kansas Number Book by Devin & Corey Scillian © 2009
Musk Ox Counts by Erin Cabatingan © 2013
The Warlord's Beads by Virginia Walton Pilegard © 2001

Activity:

STEAM Activity: Click for directions to Create a Cereal Abacus​

SlideShare PowerPoint for this storytime:

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1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS 
Here are the books we read at storytime:

Open This LIttle Book by Jesse Klausmeier © 2013
Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin © 2013
Pete the Cat I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin  © 2010
It's an Orange Aardvark! by Michael Hall © 2014

Recommended Books:
 JoCoLibrary-Kids-Color  

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU

Check out our Staff Picks for Notice Print All Around You.

3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​

Check out our Staff Picks for Talk, Talk, Talk.

4. TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING ​

Have you tried TumbleBooks, an...

1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS 

Here are the books we read at storytime:

Bugs Galore by Peter Stein  © 2012
Buglette the Messy Sleeper by Bethanie Deeney Murguia  © 2011
Mimi by Carol Baicker-McKee © 2008
Superworm by Julia Donaldson © 2014

Recommended Books:
 JoCoLibrary-Kids- Bugs 

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
Check out our Staff Picks for Notice Print All Around You.

3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
Check out our Staff Picks for Talk, Talk, Talk.
 

4. TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING ​

Have you tried TumbleBooks, an online library of read-along stories, videos and...

Books

Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories: 

Warlord's Beads by Virginia Walton Pilegard © 2001 
The Colors of Us by Karen Katz © 1999
Boom Snot Twitty by Doreen Cronin © 2014

Activities

STEAM Activity: Click for directions to Create a Cereal Abacus:

STEAM Activity: Click for an activity on Exploring Different Skin Tones with Paint

STEAM Activity: Click for an activity with Yarn Collages

Songs

Welcome, Welcome everyone [tune: Twinkle, Twinkle]

Welcome, Welcome everyone,
to STEAM-y Storytime you've come.
We’ll read and sing and play and do.
We should have fun, I hope...