Friendship Storytime

Everyday is a great day to celebrate friends!

Opening Song: The More We Get Together

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

 

Book: A Friend Like You by Tanja Askani

 

Rhyme: Friends at Play

 

Book: The Bear Who Shared by Catherine Rayner

 

Song: If You're Friendly... (sung to If you're happy and you know it)

 

Book: Make a Wish Bear by Greg Foley

 

Craft: Make a card to send to a friend. Our card showed a picture of two friends holding hands.

Beyond Storytime: Head to a playground around Stillwater and make a new friend.

 

Other Books to Checkout:

When No One is Watching by Eileen Spinelli

Waddles by David McPhail

How to Be Friends with a Dragon by Valeri Gorbachev

Chicken, Pig, Cow Horse Around by Ruth Ohi

 

And for adults: 

The Friendship Crisis: finding, making, and keeping friends when you're not a kid anymore by Marla Paul (302.3 PAU)

How to start a conversation and make friends by Don Gabor (153.6 GAB)

Time/ Days of the Week Storytime

Understanding time, days of the week, and months in the year can be a difficult concept for kids.  Talking about time and ways we measure time (clocks and calendars) can start helping kids learn about such an intangible topic.

Opening Song: The More We Get Together

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

Book: Bats Around the Clock by Kathi Appelt

Song: Hickory Dickory Dock

Book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Song: Addams Family Days of the Week song

Book: One Lighthouse One Moon by Anita Lobel

Craft: Mouse ran up the clock- using a mouse on a string.

Beyond Storytime: http://www.timemonsters.com/

Other Books to Checkout:

Cluck O'Clock by Kes Gray

Chickens to the Rescue by John Himmelman

Why I Will Never ever ever ever have enough time to Read This Book by Remy Charlip

And for adults: 

Time management from the inside out: the foolproof system for taking control of your schedule-- and your life by Julie Morgenstern (650.1 MOR)

Time management for dummies by Jeffery Mayer (658.4 MAY)

   
 

Dr. Seuss Storytime

Dr. Seuss is a very important author in children's literature.  To celebrate Dr. Seuss and children's literature the National Educational Association promotes Read Across America.  Learn more here.

Do you have a favorite Dr. Seuss book?

Opening Song: The More We Get Together 

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

Book: The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss

Extra: Explore the library's Dr. Seuss pop up book

Book: I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! by Dr. Seuss

Song: I'm gonna shake my sillies out

Book: My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss

Craft: Create your own paper Dr. Seuss hat.  The children can color the stripes in the Dr. Seuss hat and then attach a paper head band to create the hat.

Beyond Storytime: Find out more about Dr. Seuss and play games!

 Other Books to Checkout:

Anything by Dr. Seuss! Look in the picture book and easy reader sections.

Biographies found under B SEU

And for adults:

The Parables of Dr. Seuss by Short, Robert (813 SHO)

The Annotated Cat: under the hats of Seuss and his cats by Nel, Philip (813 NEL)

The Seuss, the whole Seuss, and nothing but the Seuss: a visual biography of Theodor Seuss Geisel by Cohen, Charles (B SEU)

The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss by Geisel, Theodor Seuss (759.13 GEI)