By Anita Jeram This is a sweet, beautiful illustrated book. Perfect for “love” week. The children got very concerned about the lost bunny: And are SO happy about this: Who will you whisper “I love you” to? After the story we all acted like bunnies with the help of this song: Sleeping bunnies… “Hop little… More BUNNY, MY HONEY
“Who’s that tramping over my bridge?”… More THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF
By Grace Lin IT IS THE YEAR OF THE TIGER! We started off our week of celebrating the Lunar New Year, or in our case the Chinese New Year, with a parade! The Kindergarten class made this amazing dragon, and the TK class made this fantastic Chinese lion. Impressive right? The whole school really enjoyed… More BRINGING IN THE NEW YEAR…
This week, all of the students worked on part of a collaborative dragon for the Chinese New Year, which we will be learning about next week. So we read about dragons this week! THE PAPER BAG PRINCESS by Robert Munch, Illustrated by Michael Martchenko and IF I HAD A DRAGON by Tom and Amanda Ellery.… More Dragon Fun in the Library…
By Jonathan London, Illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz We had snow in the library… Find cutouts here: http://www.kizclub.com/storypatterns/froggy.pdf We made snow! Lots of fun with frogs and snow! Go here for more ideas to go with this book:
By Claire Messer What does a bad mood look like or feel like? We stomped our feet too! We tried to shake it off too… Grumpy underpants? Hahah – you know the children love this page. Then we all take a deep breath. Reading always makes Miss Library feel better! What do you do when… More GRUMPY PANTS
By Margaret Wise Brown During this busy time, this story is always calming and focuses on the wonder of Christmas. I love how these illustrations challenge the “traditional” Jesus, Mary and Joseph, and so beautiful. The children really love to play with this nativity set. This is what was playing on the projector: Super secret… More A CHILD IS BORN
By Anna Dewdney Make sure to watch until the end – where you will get to say hi to Moses! 🙂 I am going to admit I can relate to Llama, llama. I sometimes find it hard to wait, and have had meltdowns too. Hahah – we probably all have! This is a great book… More LLAMA LLAMA HOLIDAY DRAMA
By Leslea Newman, illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker We had so much fun learning all about Hanukkah this week. This book is a clever story about a runway dreidel similar to The Night Before Christmas. It has wonderful rhymes and colorful illustrations. I dear friend lent me one of her menorah’s – how cute is this?… More RUNAWAY DREIDEL!
By Margaret Sutherland, illustrated by Sonja Lamut “Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to remind children of gratitude. Who makes you laugh? We love our teachers. We are also thankful to pet Beatrix Of course… More THANKSGIVING IS FOR GIVING THANKS!
Henny Penny by Paul Galdone This book is so wonderful for preschool. Just getting the children to repeat the names of the characters is so great for their speech. It is also repetitive, which helps the children remember the story. Even nonsensical rhyming is helpful for emerging readers and for language. What does it feel… More THE SKY IS FALLING!!
By Stan and Jan Berenstain never gets old! There are so many reasons to love this book for preschool children. Easy text for early readers – they love the fact that they can “read” the first page after we talk about how many bears and if they are little or big. It is also a… More THE SPOOKY OLD TREE…
by Mercer Mayer Haven’t we all been afraid of a monsters at some point in our lives? I wonder if Mercer Mayer knew what was in my head when I was a child? These illustrations are the best. But what I really love about this book is the power this little boy gains over the… More THERE ARE MONSTERS EVERYWHERE
by Linda Hayward This is a wonderful book to use to talk about our community helpers, the firefighters. And about fire safety… Do you know where to find a fire extinguisher? We practiced staying near the floor “crawling under the smoke”: Our heroes rescuing a dog: We reviewed this wonderful worksheet from https://www.thingstoshareandremember.com/preschool-fire-safety-booklet-printables/ We were… More A Day in the Life of a Firefighter…
by Linda Hayward, for POLICE WEEK in the library. We had fun putting on “our safety vests” and trying to direct traffic in the library: We also thought about what mode of transportation we would like to use if we were police officers: This part of the book always gets their attention, they all want… More A Day in the Life of a Police Officer…
Retold by Ronne Randall, Illustrated by Gavin Scott Now that we are back in the library, so many of the children have asked me what (or who) this is… I quickly realized that I needed to read Jack and the Beanstalk again! We always have fun stomping our feet and yelling “Fee-fi-fo-fum” like the Giant:… More JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
by Susan Middleton Elya, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal Hispanic Heritage Month is a wonderful way to introduce Spanish and Spanish speaking cultures to preschool children. The books and ideas are endless. I really love this classic fairy tale, with a dash of Spanish and hint of a different culture. After reading the book, the children… More LA PRINCESA AND THE PEA
By Lauren Thompson and Buket Erdogan We are all so excited to be back in the library this year! I seriously think B the Book Bunny might be the happiest. He loves all of the attention from the children. Mouse’s First Day is a colorful book about all the things that mouse finds in a… More MOUSE’S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Of course we had to surf… We surfed to this song: https://youtu.be/2s4slliAtQU And we played with beach balls… And we looked at a few shells… Some of us have a beach trip planned, some don’t, but it sure is fun to pretend like you are at the beach – even in the classroom! For some… More BEACH FUN IN THE CLASSROOM…
This book is an entertaining read aloud. There are lots of opportunities to make fun noises, and to have the children join in with you. An engaging, entertaining, and interactive book. Perfect for the end of the year excitement that seems to be radiating out of every classroom. Of course, we all washed out our… More “Hey, Mud Puddle!”…
Our chicks have hatched! We read about chicks and chickens in this book by Joyce Markovics: Beatrix loved meeting the chicks as much as the children did (watch more of B with the chicks at the end of the above video): The children had to learn how to pick up and touch the chicks gently.… More Meet Our New Chicks!
OPVIPAROUS! This week we read CHICKENS AREN’T THE ONLY ONES by Ruth Heller and found out what oviparous means! The perfect book to go along with the hatching of our eggs and our spring science table. I brought in a few eggs to compare sizes: This year our chicks were right on time! Day 21:… More OVIPARO WHAT?
By Mo Willems Who doesn’t like a bit of Mo Willems? He really does make reading fun. The children loved this song. A easy way to introduce them to the word Bonjour: I myself can relate to Nanette. I have picked up a warm baguette in Paris, and managed to eat ALL of it…who can… More Nanette’s Baguette
by Christie Matheson. A fun, interactive book for the children. Perfect for any kind of planting activity for the spring. After we read the book, we planted zinnias. We are hoping to see some sprouts soon. We talked about the importance of butterflies, bees and the birds that enjoy the flowers. We also talked about… More PLANT THE TINY SEED…
Bunny Bus by Ammi-Joan Paquette, Illustrated by Lesley Green Withrow This Easter book has colorful pictures, and some nice rhyming words for the children to listen for. It is an easy book to incorporate some physical activities to go with it. During the week before Easter, Easter egg hunts and lots of excitement, it is… More Hop on the BUNNY BUS!
This week, Miss Library’s sister Mother Goose flew in on her goose to read Mother Goose Rhymes to the children. Look at this book! Mother Goose and Friends by Ruth Sanderson. Such beautiful illustrations. It really seems to capture the imaginations of the children. We use a little stool for a tuffet to act out… More Mother Goose Fun!
By Brendan Wenzel This book is a 2017 Caldecott Medal award winner. What a lovely book to introduce perception, perspective and different points of view. This book is so creative and beautifully illustrated. It really captures the children’s attention. This phrase occurs throughout the book, a great way to pull the children back in (if… More They All Saw A Cat
This week we had fun with Red Riding Hood by James Marshall. A colorful and somewhat silly version of Little Red Riding Hood. In this picture Red Riding Hood’s mother is making custard for Red’s Granny. We always stop and count the cats in the picture. NINE!! In the kitchen? (Hahah! How much cat fur… More And Granny, What Big Teeth You Have…
For Dr. Seuss week! We love to CELEBRATE READING with Dr. Seuss week! MONDAY: We started the week off with a parade. The Transitional Kindergarten class made a wonderful “birthday cake” for Dr. Seuss during their maker space time in the classroom. To see the parade go here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CLMnEszH8–/ Look at all of the green… More GREEN EGGS AND HAM
A story about emotions by Anna Llenas This book is a simple, bright and easy to follow story about feelings. Perfect for preschoolers. Yellow is happy. Blue is sad. I made a little “feelings walk” with some felt. The children loved it, and it was a fun way to play with some of the feelings.… More The Color Monster