Halloween, October 27th and 28th, 2010

Begin by singing Shake Your Sillies Out by Raffi.

Book: There’s No Such Thing by Tony Mitton

Song: Green Monster.

Book: Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley.

Rhyme: Five Little Pumpkins
Five little pumpkins sitting on the gate.
The first one said, “Oh my! It’s getting late!”
The second one said, “There are witches in the air!”
The third one said, “Oh, I don’t care.”
The fourth one said, “Let’s run, run, run!”
The fifth one said, “It’s Halloween fun!”
Then, whooooo went the wind.
And, out went the lights.
And five little pumpkins rolled out of site.
(add whatever action you feel fit)

Book: Peek-a-Booo! By Marie Torres Cimarusti.

Song: Walking Home on Halloween from Songs for All Seasons by Geof Johnson.

Book: Brooms are for Flying by Michael Rex

Song: Monster Mash with instruments.

Final Activity: We gave the children trick-or-treat bags and let them trick-or-treat at the children’s reference desk, the welcome desk and circulation.

by Deanna and Robyn

Friends, October 20th and 21st, 2010

Begin by singing Raffi’s Shake My Sillies Out.

Book: Hi, Harry! by Martin Waddell; illustrated by Barbara Firth.

Poem: Mr. Smeds and Mr. Spats from the Shel Silverstein book A Light in the Attic. (We have drawings of both men that can be used on a flannel board while telling this poem.)

Book: Swim! Swim! by James Proimos.

Song: A Bushel and a Peck, from the compact disc Junior’s Bedtime Songs.

Book: I’m the Best by Lucy Cousins.

Poem: The Little Boy and the Old Man, from the Shel Silverstein book A Light in the Attic. (We used an old man and a boy puppet to perform this very touching poem).

Book/Puppet Show: How Joe the Bear and Sam the Mouse Got Together by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers; illustrated by Bernice Myers. (We used puppets, magnetic pictures, and the magnetic chalk board to tell this story).

Song: Shake Hands with Friends from the compact disc Growing Up with Ella Jenkins. (While this song played, we walked around the room with two giant puppets, shaking hands with each child).

Final Activity: As part of A Week Without Violence, representatives from the YWCA gave the children bracelets, stickers, coloring pages, and balloons.

by Deanna and Paul

The Letter O, October 13th and 14th, 2010

Begin by singing Raffi’s “Shake My Sillies Out”

Book: (OWL) Wow! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood.

Activity: (OPPOSITE) Fast/Slow,
Loud / Quiet,
Up / Down,
Happy / Sad,
Laugh / Cry,
Left / Right

Book: (OUT, OFF, OVER) Around the House the Fox Chased the Mouse: A Prepositional Tale by Rick Walton. We demonstrated the words over, out/in, off and emphasized the words in the story.

Song: (OLD, OINK) Old MacDonald.

Book: (ODD) The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett.

Song: (O, ORANGE, ORANGUTAN) Orangutango from Bananas in Pajamas. We passed out orange letter Os.

Song: (OPEN) Open Shut Them.

Puppet Show: (ON) There is a Bird on Your Head by Mo Willems. We used Piggie and Elephant stuffed animals and made cute stick puppets as well. Note: can this puppet show can be done with one or two people (two is optimal, but one is possible).

Activity: OREOS!

by Deanna and Robyn