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PreK Bits - "R" is for RABBITS

by ryanikoglu

Ms. Rachel brought stories about RABBITS to Malletts Creek Library.
WHO'S IN RABBIT'S HOUSE is told by Verna Aardema and illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon, all who are famous for winning more than one Caldecott Award.
We played "Kye Kye Kule" ... a west African type of "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" activity chant.
DUCK! RABBIT! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal ... an exercise in "perception".

For more RABBIT tales try these favorites:
The WONDERFUL HABITS Of RABBITS by Douglas Florian.
The TALE Of PETER RABBITS by Beatrix Potter.
TOO MANY CARROTS by Katy Hudson.
MUNCHA! MUNCHA! MUNCHA! by Candace Fleming ... look for the rabbits in every picture!
WOLFIE The BUNNY by Ame Dyckman.
BUSY BUNNY DAYS by Britta Teckentrup.
HUGE HAROLD by Bill Peet.
Now ... do you feel in the mood for cabbages and carrots?

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PreK Bits - "P" is for POCKETS !

by ryanikoglu

Ms. Rachel had stories and poems about POCKETS for Preschool Storytime this week .
A SOCK IS A POCKET FOR YOUR TOES ... many more pockets than you think you know.
WHAT DID YOU PUT IN A POCKET? ... a poem by Beatrice Schenk De Regnier. You can participate in the rhymes.
A POCKET For CORDUROY ... the story of how Corduroy got his pocket.

For more Pocket Stories try these favorites:
A POEM IN YOUR POCKET .. a poem.
A POCKET FULL Of KISSES ... Mother Raccoon reassures little raccoon while he is away from her for a while.
POCKET DOGS ... A man carries his dogs in his pockets.
HEART IN The POCKET ... where a heartbeat is.
KATY NO-POCKET... Katy needs a pocket to carry her baby Joey.
POUCH! ... two baby kangaroos love their mommy's pockets.
BLACK ALL AROUND … like the inside of a pocket, where surprises hide.

Now ... find a pocket to keep your precious things in.

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PreK Bits - “O” is for Owl

by ryanikoglu

Ms. Rachel presented stories with Owls in Preschool Storytime.

LITTLE OWL LOST ... fell out of her tree and lost her mommy. Squirrel came to help out ....
Banjo Betsy accompanied the action song "Wake Up You Sleepy Heads"
OL' MAMA SQUIRREL ... is an experienced mama and she does not let anything near her nest. Especially not the owl!

For more Owl stories try these favorites:
I’M NOT READY! and I’M NOT CUTE! by Jonathan Allen … a baby owl who expresses definite opinions.
OWL BABIES ... sit in a tree waiting for mama to come home .... and she always does.
GOOD NIGHT OWL ... a story full of bird songs as owl tries to sleep.
HOOT And PEEP ... a big sibling owl shows the younger sibling how things work ...
OWL BOY ... wants to live like an owl and do what owls do.
HOOT OWL: Master Of Disguise ... you need to try many things to catch a meal.
LITTLE OWL'S DAY ... and how to spend a day.
TOO TALL HOUSES ... a parable.
BARN OWLS ... a book of true facts.
Hoot!

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PreK Bits - "N" is for "No" and "not" and "now" ... but can you get to "Yes!"

by ryanikoglu

Ms. Rachel presented stories of “NO!” in Preschool Storytime @ Malletts Creek.
Oh NO! I MADE A MISTAKE ... a sequence of rhyming words.
Oh NO! “I Dropped My Nose” ... what do you do? Pick it up! ... and put it back on your face!
Oh NO! THERE’S A MOUSE IN The HOUSE ... "Can it stay?"

For more seriously “NO” stories try these favorites:
OH, NO! ... one by one the animals fall into a big hole. Can They get out?
OH NO, GEORGE! ... George, the dog, makes many mistakes.
NO DOGS ALLOWED!
NO BATH! NO CAKE! Polly’s Pirate Party
NO JUMPING ON THE BED ... and the consequences from jumping!
ALAN’S BIG SCARY TEETH
THE BOOK WITH NO PICTURES
YES DAY ! ... for a very good day after all those NOs.

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Questions Asked and Answered!

by manz

This week at storytime Ms. Amanda told tales that asked so many questions! Who, what, when, where, why?

Have you Seen My New Blue Socks? features a duck who has lost his socks and cannot find them! In this rhyming book he asks around and eventually the socks are found.

Guess Who Haiku has a variety of "guess who" clues in haiku form and we are to guess who is writing the haiku. It’s a great introduction to this poetry format and is still fun for young ones.

Whose Hat is That? has a hat that is blowing in the wind trying to find its owner. Whose hat is that?

And to end it all we chanted the Who Took the Cookies Rhyme and found out just which puppet took the cookies from the cookie jar. Here is an adorable book to go along with it!

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PreK Bits - "M" is for Mouse

by ryanikoglu

Ms. Rachel presented mouse stories at Preschool Storytime.
IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE … It’s a lo-o-o-ong way back … to the beginning.
Ms. Betsy played mountain dulimer and led "Here We Go Zoodio" for an action event.
15 ANIMALS … and there IS a mouse in it!

For more mouse adventures try these favorites:
MOUSE MESS … a story of snacks.
MOUSE PAINT … and more classic mice from Ellen Stoll Walsh.
MOUSE WAS MAD … a story of temper.
THE MOUSE WHO REACHED THE SKY … a story of teamwork and unexpected reward.
CHRYSANTHEMUM ... and more classic mice from Kevin Henkes.
OOPS! POUNCE! QUICK! RUN! … an alphabet caper.
BUILDER MOUSE … an engineering story.
HERMELIN THE DETECTIVE MOUSE … a story of lost items.
THE MOUSE MANSION … a story illustrated in great detail.
A LIBRARY BOOK FOR BEAR … and more stories of the Bear + Mouse pair from Bonny Becker.
ALEXANDER AND THE WIND-UP MOUSE ... a classic story from Leo Lionni.

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PreK Bits - "L" is for little (and LARGE)

by ryanikoglu

Ms. Rachel and Ms. Allison brought to Preschool Storytime ... little creatures you may never see.
BIG little is a sorting activity to show size differences. After all ... you need to know what little is before you can look for it!
A BED JUST SO has a "Hudgin" who won’t let the Tailor sleep.
“The Goblin Story” is one story in the beginning Reader LITTLE BEAR’S VISIT.

For more stories of teeny tiny very little creatures try these favorites (note: where there is something little, there is also something LARGE):
The HINKY PINK ... a different version of the "Hudgin story" above.
TEENY TINY by Jill Bennett.
DIG IN! … for little things you find when you dig down in the ground.
HORTON HEARS A WHO by Dr. Seuss ... after all ... a Who needs to be heard too.
The WOMAN WHO FLUMMOXED The FAIRIES by Heather Forest.
IMAGINE YOU’RE A FAIRY ... don't forget your wings!
The TIPTOE GUIDE TO TRACKING FAIRIES by Ammi-Joan Paquette.
HOME SWEET HOME: a little book of fairy dwellings that have been made by people.
The ELVES And The SHOEMAKER ... when you need a bit of magic.
LITTLE HOUSES: a counting book by Helen Musselwhite.
SUCH A LITTLE MOUSE by Alice Schertle.

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Carrots! Rabbits!

by manz

Today at storytime Ms. Amanda told the story of Carrot Soup! It’s a favorite to tell. And if you give a storyteller some carrots, chances are she’ll think of rabbits and other rabbit stories. Here are a few new gems!

Too Many Carrots features more carrots than you’ve ever seen in a picture book. But the rabbit in the story LOVED carrots, so much in fact, that they took over his house and he couldn’t fit in! He called on some friends to help and things end up in a heap up of trouble that's taller than the carrots. It’s a cute story about friends and sharing with lovely pictures and LOTS of carrots that kids will enjoy reading.

Another sweet new picture book is The Wonderful Habits of Rabbits. This one is a bit gentler, with a rhyming story all about rabbit’s favorite things to do. Like seeing the sunrise, smelling flowers, swimming, hopping, eating carrots, and more. It’s purely delightful with delicate images to match the words.

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PreK Bits - "G" is for GO ... but always be ready to stop.

by ryanikoglu

Ms. Rachel did stories about “Go” this week at Malletts Creek Storytime.
A Mouse went on “A Journey” to his Mother's house for a visit … a story from MOUSE TALES by Arnold Lobel.
We rhymed props with the song A-HUNTING WE WILL GO ...
We practiced driving IN The DRIVER’S SEAT. It got pretty crazy at times.

For more stories with “GO” try these favorites:
GO! GO! GO! STOP! … the difference between “go” and “stop”.
DON’T LET The PIGEON DRIVE The BUS … don’t let him “go!”
RICHARD SCARRY’S CARS And TRUCKS And THINGS THAT GO and RICHARD SCARRY’S HOP ABOARD! HERE WE GO!
OK GO … you don’t need a motor to be able to “go”.
MOO! … look who’s driving!
NEW RED BIKE!
AND AWAY WE GO ... how many ways can you go?
You can choose more titles from the public list Planes And Trains And Things That Go
AND … you can check out 6 stories at once in the Stories To Go set on TRANSPORTATION.
Remember ... some times you need to read the signs ... and sometimes you need to STOP!
Be safe out there.

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PreK Bits - "E" is for EXCELLENT snow day!

by ryanikoglu

Snow is Exciting !! When it snows, there are Excellent new things to do !!!
TEN ON THE SLED … slid, swerved, sped, squirted out, popped up, flipped over ... down the hill.
Ms. Rachel and Banjo Betsy led the action song “This Is The Way We Play In The Snow”. We made snow angels, snow people, footprints and skated.
PERFECT DAY showed an entire day of snow play … until the lamps went on at dusk.

If you want to get more ideas from EXCELLENT snow stories ... try the following favorites:
RED SLED … an almost wordless book with a clear story to tell in pictures.
The SNOWY DAY … the day Peter goes for a walk in the snow.
INTO The SNOW … sensory joys of winter
BEAR & HARE: SNOW …friends Bear and Hare go out and play in the snow.
The LITTLE SNOWPLOW … reminiscent of The LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD.
KATY And The BIG SNOW SNOW …a classic story of a big snow day.
SUPER SNOW DAY SEEK AND FIND … find the clues in the pictures.
IF IT’S SNOWY AND YOU KNOW IT CLAP YOUR PAWS … you know this song.
KUMAK’S HOUSE … an Inuit story of too much noise in the house.
OVER And UNDER The SNOW … beautiful illustrations show where wildlife lives in winter.
The HAT … Jan Brett’s marvelous illustrated version of a classic tale.
UNDER MY HOOD I HAVE A HAT … a sequential winter story.
Be sure to honor winter with a family watch together of … The SNOWMAN on DVD.
This short animation film is appropriate for all audiences including very young children; it has beautiful music; and the best non-Disney animation ever.