Dry bear humor

Turns out that there quite a few Benjamin Bears out there, but I don’t think there are many with the whimsy and charm of the […]

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Horses

Yeehaw!  This week our theme is on horses. Books: “Ride ’em Cowboy” by Stefan Czernecki “Clip-Clop” by Nicola Smee “Are You a Horse?” by Andy […]

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Dinosaurs

RAWR!  Aren’t Dinosaurs fascinating?  That’s why we’ve planned a special explorastory honoring these fierce creatures.  I even brought in a dino-puppet friend for the children […]

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Spiders

Eeek!  Creepy crawly spiders! Books: “The Eensy Weensy Spider” by Penny Dann “The Very Busy Spider” by Eric Carle “Aaaarrgghh! Spider!” by Lydia Monks Other […]

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Owls

Whooooo says we’re doing a storytime on owls?  I do! Books: Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton I’m Not Cute! by Jonathan Allen A Book of Sleep by Il […]

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Turtles

Our theme for this week was funny green turtles!  Before I even introduced our theme with the children, I read this book and had the […]

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Butterflies

C’mon.  You can’t think about springtime without thinking about fluttering butterflies.  So let’s learn about those beautiful winged creatures in this week’s storytime through books, […]

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Flowers

Happy Earth Day everyone!  We wanted to celebrate earth day this week, so we decided to put our focus on flowers.Books: “Sesame Street’s Let’s Help […]

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Pandas

Books: “Panda Kindergarten” by Joanne Ryder, photographs by Katherine Feng. “Pi-Shu the Little Panda” by John Butler While reading about Pi-Shu, I held a panda […]

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