Miss Christi's Storytime Blog

Check our calendar for the next Antioch or other JCL Location Storytime, hope to see you there!

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

What Pet to Get? by Emma Dodd  © 2006
The Grumpy Pets by Kristine A Lombardi  © 2016
Emerson Barks by Liza Woodruff © 2016
If I Had A Gryphon by Vikki VanSickle © 2016

Booklist: JoCoLibrary - Preschool - Pets

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
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6 by 6 Spotlight: HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS 

Having fun produces chemicals in the brain that actually aid in the forming of synapses – learning.
That is one of the reasons why having fun is so important.

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The books we read:

1 Big Salad: A Delicious Counting Book by Juana Medina © 2016
Cat Nap by Toni Yuly © 2016
Bear and Hare: Share! by Emily Gravett © 2016

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The songs and rhymes we sang:

Welcome, Welcome [Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle]

Welcome, welcome everyone...

Check our calendar for the next Antioch or other JCL Location Storytime, hope to see you there!

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

Whoo! Whoo! Goes the Train by Anne Rockwell © 2009
Down by the Station by Will Hillenbrand  © 1999
I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track by Joshua Prince © 2006
How to Train a Train by Jason Carter Eaton © 2012

Booklist: JoCoLibrary - Preschool - Trains

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

Check our calendar for the next Antioch or other JCL Location Storytime, hope to see you there!

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

Excellent Ed by Stacy McAnulty © 2016
Alfie Is Not Afraid by Patricia Carlin © 2012
Mister Bud Wears the Cone by Carter Goodrich © 
Hickory Dickory Dog by Alison Murray © 2014

Booklist: JoCoLibrary - Preschool -  Dogs

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
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LOOK FOR LETTERS EVERYWHERE
Try some fun alphabet activities from our Pinterest page.

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The books we read:

The Good Morning Game by Herve Tullet © 2015
Sleepy A B C by Margaret Wise Brown © 2016
Triangles by Yusuke Yonezu © 2015

The songs and rhymes we sang:

Welcome, Welcome [Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle]

Welcome, welcome everyone
Now you're here let's have some fun.
First we'll clap our hands just so.
Then let's reach and touch our toes.
Welcome, welcome everyone.
Now you're here let's...

Check our calendar for the next Antioch or other JCL Location Storytime, hope to see you there!

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

Breathe by Scott Magoon © 2014
I'm the Best Artist in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry © 2008
Going on a Sea Bath by Andree Poulin© 2016 
Beachy and Me by Bob Staake © 2016

Booklist: JoCoLibrary - Preschool - Ocean Fun

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
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Check our calendar for the next Antioch or other JCL Location Storytime, hope to see you there!

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

Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner   © 2015
Jo MacDonald Had a Garden by Mary Quattlebaum  © 2012
Nibbles: A Green Tale by Charlotte Middleton © 2009
E-I-E-I -O How Old MacDonald Got His Farm by  Judy Sierra © 2014

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Check our calendar for the next Antioch or other JCL Location Storytime, hope to see you there!

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

Frog on a Log?  by Kes Gray & Jim Field © 2014
Tad and Dad by David Ezra Stein © 2015
Prince of a Frog by  Jackie Urbanovic © 2015
The Croaky Pokey! by Ethan Long © 2011

                                                   Booklist: JoCoLibrary - Preschool - Frogs

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6 by 6 Spotlight:  

TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING ​
It's great to ask your child open ended questions while reading.  This encourages fun, involvement, thinking about stories,
understanding cause and effect, and it helps build vocabulary.

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The books we read:

I Went Walking by Sue Williams © 1990
All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon © 2009
Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells © 1997

The songs and rhymes we sang:

Welcome, Welcome  [Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle]

Welcome, welcome everyone
Now you're here...

6 by 6 Spotlight:  

TALK, TALK, TALK ​
You are three times as likely to hear rare and unusual words while reading a book as you are in regular conversation: so
read together often, and look for books with great words in them, and concepts that are relatable to baby.

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The books we read:

Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems © 2012
Grey Mouse by Anke de Vries © 2002
Peep Leap by  Barbara Bottner © 2015

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