Tag: early childhood literacy

Storytime: Bugs

DOOR 2 DOOR STORYTIME EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY SKILL: Narrative Skill BOOKS TO DISPLAY Bugs Galore by Peter Stein The Ant and the Grasshopper by Rebecca Emberley and Ed Emberley Roly-Polies  by Monica Carretero Very Little Venus and the Very Little Fly by Dawn Williams Ladybugs by Gail Gibbons  Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni Bugs!…

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Storytime: Polar Bears

DOOR TO DOOR STORYTIME EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY SKILL(S): Narrative Skills BOOKS TO DISPLAY Knut, The Baby Polar Bear by Isabella Hatkoff The Polar Bears’ Home: A Story About Global Warming by Lara Bergen P. Bear’s New Year’s Party: A Counting Book by Paul Owen Lewis Little Polar Bear by Hans De Beer Polar Bears by…

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Storytime: Snow

DOOR TO DOOR STORYTIME EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY SKILL: Narrative Skills BOOKS TO DISPLAY Tracks in the Snow by Wong Herbert Yee Snow is My Favorite and My Best by Lauren Child When the Snow Comes by Jonathan Allen Millions of Snow by Lerryn Korda Snow Happy! by Patricia Hubbell Snow! Snow! Snow! by Lee Harper…

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Storytime: Butterflies

DOOR 2 DOOR STORYTIME EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY SKILL(S): Narrative Skills BOOKS TO DISPLAY Olivia and the Butterfly Adventure adapted by Natalie Shaw Bye, Bye, Butterflies! by Andrew Larsen Bird, Butterfly, Eel by James Prosek Fancy Nancy: Bonjour, Butterfly by Jane O’Connor Uncle Monarch and the Day of the Dead by Judy Goldman Butterfly, Butterfly by…

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Storytime: S is for Spiders

DOOR 2 DOOR STORYTIME EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY SKILL(S): Letter Knowledge & Narrative Skills BOOKS TO DISPLAY Miss Spider’s ABC by David Kirk Itsy Bitsy Spider by Kate Toms Diary of a Spider [book & CD] by Doreen Cronin Sophie’s Masterpiece: A Spider’s Tale by Eileen Spinelli Spider and the Sky God retold by Deborah M.…

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Storytime: M is for Monsters

DOOR 2 DOOR STORYTIME EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY SKILL: Letter Knowledge BOOKS TO DISPLAY I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll Jumpy Jack & Googily by Meg Rosoff The Monstrous Book of Monsters by Libby Hamilton Ten Little Beasties by Rebecca Emberley Go Away, Big Green Monster! By Ed Emberley Goodnight Little Monster by Helen Ketteman…

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Storytime: P is for Pirates

DOOR 2 DOOR STORYTIME EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY SKILL: Letter Knowledge BOOKS TO DISPLAY Pirates by Mark Bergin Shiver me Timbers: Pirate Poems & Paintings by Florian Douglas Pirate Ship Adventure Crafts by Anna Llimós Small Saul by Ashley Spires Papa is a Pirate by Katharina Grossmann-Hensel The Pirate and the Penguin by Patricia Storms The…

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Workshop: Artfelt

I attended Judy Woodworth’s Artfelt Workshop at the MCL (main branch) this afternoon. Judy’s Artfelt puppets are adorable, and she gave an enthusiastic presentation. Her passion for early childhood literacy, warmth and creativity were apparent from the start, and her memory and recall of rhymes is phenomenal. (Photo: Judy performing Surprise Butterfly) Attendees received copies…

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