Preschoolers in the Library

2007-2008

Morning and afternoon preschoolers visit the library twice during the six-day rotation. Parents are scheduled to read to the classes during most of their visits. The librarian presents a story program at least once each month. Preschoolers also check out books during their visit.

SEPTEMBER

Library Orientation:
1. Introductions: Who are you? Who am I?
2. Book care
3. Borrowing responsibilities
4. Physical arrangement of library
5. Fiction, nonfiction
6. Book selection

STORYTIME: “Meet Bert”
Adventures of Bert. Alan Ahlberg
Bit More Bert. Alan Ahlberg
“After My Bath” (poem)

STORYTIME: “Colors
Lemons Are Not Red. Laura V. Seeger
One Red Dot. David A. Carter (pop-up)


OCTOBER

STORYTIME: “Scarecrows”
Scarecrow. Cynthia Rylant
Professor Aesop’s The Crow and the Pitcher. Stephanie G. Brown (crow puppet)
Fingerplay: “Two Little Blackbirds”

STORYTIME: “Fun with Food”
Yuck. Mick Manning
Mouse Mess. Linnea Riley
Munching, Crunching, Sniffing and Snooping. Brian Moses (nonfiction)

PARENT READERS share favorite stories.
Book checkout

November

STORYTIME: “All You Need for a Snowman”
All You Need for a Snowman. Alice Schertle
The Missing Mitten Mystery. Steven Kellogg
First Snow. Bernette Ford
Fingerplay: “ Six Little Snowmen”


December

STORYTIME: “Cookies”
Mr. Cookie Baker. Monica Wellington
The Christmas Cookie Sprinkle Snitcher. Vip
Tracing cookie cutters

STORYTIME: “Tinsel”
Cobweb Christmas: The Tradition of Tinsel. Shirley Climo
What is tinsel?

STORYTIME: “Where Are You”
Morris’s Disappearing Bag. Rosemary Wells
Where in the Wild? Camouflage Creatures Concealed and Revealed.
 David Schwartz

STORYTIME: “Baby, You Can Drive My Car”
The Rattletrap Car. Phyllis Root
The Wheels on the Racecar. Alexander Zane
Flannelboard: Stoplight movements