Miss Christi's Storytime Blog

Books:

Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw © 2011
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson © 2012
The Colors of Us by Karen Katz  © 1999

Activity:

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

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

Thank You For Me! by Marion Dane Bauer © 2010 [E Picture Bauer]
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont © 2005 [E Fiction Beaumont]
The Colors of Us by Karen Katz © 1999 [E Fiction Katz]

Booklists:
​JoCoLibrary - Kids - Body Parts
JoCoLibrary - Kids - Diversity and Race Relations, Picture Books

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU 
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
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Books

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

Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd ©2001
Round is a Tortilla by Roseanne Thong ©2013
Warthogs Paint by Pamela Edwards ©2001 
Shape of My Heart by Mark Sperring ©2012 

Activities

STEAM Activity(Science): Color Identification
STEAM Activity (Math): Sorting Shapes with Food
STEAM Activity (Science): Water Walking Experiment
STEAM Activity (Math): Learning Shapes with Spaghetti Noodles
 

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...

Books

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

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Price ©1994 [E Fiction Price]
Where the Sunrise Begins by Douglas Wood © 2010 [E Fiction Wood]
A Beach Tail by Karen William ©2010 [E Fiction Williams] 
Dolphins on the Sand by Jim Arnosky © 2008 [E Fiction Arnosky] 

Activities

Math: Apple Pie and Apple Slice Fractions

Science: Sunrise/Sunset Experiment

Science: Echolocation Game

Math: Homemade Moon Sand

Songs

Welcome, Welcome Everyone [tune: "Twinkle, Twinkle" ]

Welcome, Welcome everyone, to STEAM-y Storytime for you.

We'll...

Books

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

Bunny Day: Telling Time from Breakfast to Bedtime by Rick Walton ©2002 
Gobble, Gobble, Crash: A Barnyard Counting Book by Julie Stiegemeyer ©2004 
Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum by Lisa Wheeler ©2004 
A Very Curious Bear by Tony Mitton ©2009 

Activities:

STEAM Activity: Math - Click for directions for the Clock Race

STEAM Activity: Math - Click for the Gumball Guesstimation Graph

STEAM Activity: Science - Click for directions on the Sound and Noise Experiment 

STEAM Activity: Math/Art - Click for the Bedtime Math Activities

 ...

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

Questions, Questions by Marcus Pfister © 2011
Chalk by Bill Thomson © 2010 
Harry and Horsie by Katie Van Camp © 2009  
A Very Curious Bear by Tony Mitton © 2009

Recommended Books:
Jocolibrary - Kids - Bubbles, Chalk and Wondering Why 

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...

1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS?

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

Please Pick Me Up, Mama! by Robin Luebs © 2009 [E Picture Luebs]
T-Rex and the Mother's Day Hug by Lois G Grambling © 2008 [E Fiction Grambling]
Where's My Mommy? by Carol Roth © 2012 [E Picture Roth]
Night Before Mother's Day by Natasha Wing © 2010 [E Fiction Wing]

Recommended Books:
JoCoLibrary - Kids - Mothers

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK...

1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS

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

It's a Tiger! by David LaRochelle © 2012  
I'm the Scariest Thing in the Jungle by David G. Derrick, Jr. © 2013  
Close Your Eyes by Kate Banks © 2002 
Tiger Can't Sleep by S. J. Fore © 2006 

Recommended Books:
 Jocolibrary - Kids - Tigers

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.

 ...

1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS

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

Bob by Tracey Campbell Pearson © 2002 [E Fiction Pearson] 
Scary Mary by Paula Bowles © 2012 [E Fiction Bowles] 
Chicks Run Wild by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen © 2011 [E Fiction Bardhan] 
Higgledy-Piggledy Chicks by Barbara Joosse © 2010 [E Fiction Joosse] 

Recommended Books:
Jocolibrary - Kids - Chickens

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...

1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS

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

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina © 1985 [E Fiction Slobodkina] 
Counting Crocodiles by Judy Sierra ©1997 [E Fiction Sierra] 
Be Quiet, Mike! by Leslie Patricelli © 2011 [E Fiction Patricelli] 
Where's My Mom? by © 2008 [E Picture Donaldson]

Recommended Books:
JoCoLibrary-Kids-Monkeys

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 ​
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