Storytime for 2 and 3 yr olds: Sweet Dreams My Love

At today's 2 and 3 program, we had a bit of a day-over ( sleepover in the daytime). We made a  picture of the cow jumping over the moon ( with " moondust" that thankfully did not create a mess!!), rang some bells to "Twinkle Twinkle" and "Hey Diddle Diddle" and listened to Cindy Moo by Lori Mortensen and Goodnight Moon by Margaret W. Brown.

Here are some of   the songs that we did -


Owl in the Tree
Owl in the Tree goes Who, Who, Who
Owl in the Tree goes Who, Who, Who
Owl in the Tree goes Who, Who, Who
Owl says Who are You?

( This is usually done with an owl puppet. From past experience, some kids may by shy in greeting the owl, other will hug him, which the owl will say " Thank you, but I have to see the other boys and girls now. Bye)



Five Little Sausages

Five Little Sausages
Sittin in a pan
All of a sudden, it went BAM 
( Count down from 4 to 1 sausage)

Hey Diddle Diddle
Hey Diddle Diddle, the cat and the fiddle
The cow jumped over the moon
The little dog laughed to see such sport
And the dish ran away with the spoon.


Our next 2 and 3 story times will be Monday,  March 4 and  Monday,March 18 at 10am in the NEW children's programming room.

See You Soon!

Upcoming Programs in March

 Here are some programs that will happening next month in the Children's Dept at the Central Library. Please visit Library Events for information and register.

Story Time for 2 and 3 yr olds- Monday, March 4 and 18 at 10 am- Audience: 2 and 3 year olds and caregivers.

Mother Goose on the Loose-Tuesday, March 5 and 19 at 10 am-Audience: Infants Birth to
23 months and caregiver (s).

Story Time for 4 and 5 yr olds- Tuesday,March  12 and 26  at 10 am - Audience: 4 and 5 year olds.


Lego Club-Monday, March 11 at 4 pm-Audience: Grades 2-6

Gaming Night- Wednesday, March 20 at 6 pm- Audience: 12 to 17 years old.



Journey to The Land of Stories-Thursday, March 21 at 4 pm-Audience: K-5 and families


Scrabble Fun-Wednesday, March 27 at 6:30 pm- Audience: 2-6


See you soon!

Book Review: Goldie and the Three Bears- Diane Stanley

 

Most people know the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. A little girl wanders into an empty house, eats some porridge, falls asleep and waken by a bear family ( Mama, Papa, and Baby.) In Goldie and the Three Bears, we meet a Goldie who knows what she likes ( peanut butter sandwich with no jelly and bears) and what she doesn't ( hats that are too big and shoes that are too tight) Goldie is even particular about finding a friend because she wants one she could love with all heart. But one day, she gets off the school bus at the wrong stop, enters an empty house... and you'll be surprised on what happens next.

This is a cute, updated take on a story everyone knows so well. The Goldilocks character in this book is quite a delight as are the bears ( Baby Bear is a little girl, aww. ) The ending is really cute and sweet.

Goldie and the Three Bears by Diane Stanley
Age Range: 4-8
Lexile: 380
***** ( 5 Stars)

Storytime for 2 and 3-yr olds:I Love You!

Today's 2 and 3 yr old storytime was getting ready for Valentine's Day! Besides making a "LOVE" sign ( love in big words, decorated with small hearts) and getting Elmo valentines, the kids listen to Mouse First Valentine by Lauren Thompson and A Kiss Means I Love You by Kathryn M. Allen. We also did a few Valentine's Day fingerplays ( plus winter) and practiced our shapes.

Here are some of the songs we did today.

Five Pretty Valentines Fingerplay added 8-7-97 Original Author Unknown

Five Pretty Valentines waiting at the store.
(name) bought one and then there were four.
Four pretty Valentines shaped like a "V"
(name) bought one and then there were three.
Three pretty Valentines said "I love you"
(name) bought one then there were two.
Two pretty Valentines, this was so much fun.
(name) Bought one and then there was one.
One pretty Valentine sitting on the shelf.
I felt sorry for it, So I bought it for myself

The Love Bug added 8-7-97 Original Author Unknown

It begins with a grin (smile Broadly)
It turns to giggle (put both hands on mouth and giggle)
You start to laugh (throw head back and laugh out loud)
Your legs start to wiggle (put feet in the air and shake)
You look all around for someone to hug (move eyes back and forth)
What can you do (shrug shoulders)
You've caught the love bug (hug another child or yourself)
ACHOOO!


Our next Storytime for 2 and 3 yr olds is February 18 at 10 am ( in the NEW children's programming room all the way in the back of the NEW children's department. We're still downstairs, but in the former Audio-Visual section.  Please pardon our dust because we are still under construction and we only have the elevator as our mode of getting from here to there.)

Happy Valentine's Day and keep reading!

Upcoming Programs in February 2013

Here are some programs that will happening next month in the Children's Dept at the Central Library. Please visit Library Events for information and register.

 Note- All programs will now be held in the NEW Children's programing room, located in the NEW Children's Department on the lower level.


Story Time for 2 and 3 yr olds- Monday, February 4 and 18 at 10 am- Audience: 2 and 3 year olds and caregivers.

Mother Goose on the Loose-Tuesday, February 5 and 19 at 10 am-Audience: Infants Birth to
23 months and caregiver (s).

Story Time for 4 and 5 yr olds- Tuesday, February 12 and 26 at 10 am- Audience: 4 and 5 year olds.

Scrabble F-U-N!- Wednesday, February 13 at 6:30 pm-Audience: 2nd to 6th grade. ( Children may bring a parent or caregiver to be a team if they would like.)

Valentine's Day  Party-Thursday, February 7 at 4pm-Audience: K-5

 Lego Club- Monday,February 11 at 4pm- Audience: 2nd to 6th grade.

Happy Birthday, Abe Lincoln- Tuesday, February 12 at 4 pm- Audience: K-5

Gaming Night- Wednesday, February 20 at 6 pm- Audience: 12 to 17 years old.


See You Soon!!

Book Review: Who Could That Be at this Hour? ( All The Wrong Questions 1)- Lemony Snicket ( aka Daniel Handler)

There was a town, there was a girl, and there was a theft.

And so begins Who Could That At This Hour?, the first of four books in Lemony Snicket ( real name Daniel Handler)'s new series All the Wrong Questions ( or ATWQ).  Meant to be a prequel series to A Series of Unfortunate Events ( ASOUE), the first book introduces to a twelve and a half year-old Snicket, who is recruited by a mysterious detective agency to serve as an apprentice to S. Theodora Markson. The two go a town called Stain’d-by-the-Sea (  which ironically has no sea anymore, having been drained a long time ago)  and are hired by Mrs Murphy Sallis to find a black and creepy statue known as the Bombinating Beast. But young Lemony learns that is a mystery of many clues and no solutions.

I am bombinating ( which means buzzing) with happiness. I loved everything, even the beastie ( which we are making Bombinating Beast bookmarks in our upcoming creepy the funny book program next Thursday at 4 pm) and am so looking forward to the rest of the series. ( Book two comes out later this year, the other two to be announced.) It is a hilarous and mysterious read full of interesting characters, such as Moxie Mallahan, the budding journalist who wants to know the full story, and Pip and Squeak, two little kids who are subbing for their dad's taxi job ( one is stting on books to reach the steering wheel, the other is down below operating the brakes.) I love Dashiell Qwerty, the strange  but helpful sub-librarian ( the town cannot afford a full-time librarian). There's also the usual Snicketism of defining large words youngters may not understand and reference-dropping to literature and whatnot that encourages one to look up what it is.( Example: The last name of the sub-librarian is a reference to the top left row of the keyboard. Raise your hand if you are looking at your computer keyboard right now to see if I am correct.) I also love that the blue, grey,and white illustrations of  artist Seth, are appropriate and add to the retro-ness of the mystery.

I do have one small complaint about how it ends. I'm not really a fan of cliffhangers ( and it's kind of a eh end), and Snicket leaves a lot of questions unaswered. But I'm going to forgive him because this is the first book and obviously not everything is going to be answered in the first book. Still, I am keeping my fingers crossed that the rest of the books will be good, and perhaps not only answer the questions of Hour but also finally  answered questions left unanswered seven years ago from ASOUE. ( I'm betting the beastie, who everyone is also saying may/ maynot be the Great Unknown, ends up in ... the suguar bowl. But I could... be wrong.)

Who Could That Be at this Hour? ( All The Wrong Questions 1)- Lemony Snicket ( aka Daniel Handler)
Ages:9-11
Lexile: 850
**** 1/2 ( 4 and a half stars)



 

Storytime for 2 and 3-yr olds: Welcome Winter

Today was the first storytime for 2 and 3 yr old, where winter was welcomed with two stories ( Winter is the Warmest Season by Lauren Stringer and Snowball Fight by Jimmy Fallon) and a few fingerplays. They also got to meet some of the Color Birds and decorated a snowman picture with "snow" ( really fluff, don't know what the exact name is).

Here are a few songs we did:




 Snowflake, Snowflake Falling Down

Sung to: " teddy bear teddy bear"



Snowflake, snowflake falling down,
 (flutter hands down)
Twirling, twirling to the ground.
 (twirl to the ground)
Softly, lightly on my nose,
 (touching nose)
Snowflake, snowflake icy cold!
 (fold arms and shiver)

The Love Bug added 8-7-97 Original Author Unknown

It begins with a grin (smile Broadly)
It turns to giggle (put both hands on mouth and giggle)
You start to laugh (throw head back and laugh out loud)
Your legs start to wiggle (put feet in the air and shake)
You look all around for someone to hug (move eyes back and forth)
What can you do (shrug shoulders)
You've caught the love bug (hug another child or yourself)
ACHOOO!

 

Our next Storytime for 2 and 3 yr olds are February 4 and 18 at 10 am ( in the NEW children's programming room all the way in the back of the NEW children's department. We're still downstairs, but in the former Audio-Visual section.  Please pardon our dust because we are still under construction and we only have the elevator as our mode of getting from here to there. )

Happy Winter and keep reading!! 

Happy New Year !

It's the last  day of 2012!! It's been fun, but we're really exciting about all the new stuff coming to the library in 2013. So, from all of us at Lake County Public Library (including your lovely blogger)....



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Bookworm List: Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

It's snowing outside and it's snowing in Children's. Okay,it's  not literally snowing in the department but we have winter and snowman books on display for you to check out.

Here are some recommended titles-

•  The Snowman by Raymond Briggs- When his snowman comes to life, a little boy invites him home and in return is taken on a flight high above the countryside. 
• Snowmen All Year by Caralyn Buehler-  A child imagines what it would be like if a snowman, made of magical snow, could be a companion throughout the year.     
•  A Kitten Tale by Eric Rohmann- As four kittens who have never seen winter watch the seasons pass, three of them declare the reasons they will dislike snow when it arrives, while the fourth cannot wait to experience it for himself. 
• Snow by Manya Stojic- As snow approaches and begins to fall, Moose, Bear, Fox, and other forest creatures prepare for winter.      
• Winter Lullaby by Barbara Seuling- Depicts the ways various animals spend the cold months of winter, from bats sleeping in caverns to fish swimming deeper in lakes where the water is warmer.     

Want more? Here are some keywords to use on our catalog ( or ask a librarian):

• Winter
• Snowmen
• Snow
• Seasons

Correction- For those signing up for next month's events ( and I think I mention in the comments next to the posting about January programs), we have a new calender.Click on Library Events and check it out ( and come to the programs!!)

Keep warm and keep reading!!

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From all of us at Lake County Public Library.....


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