Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Heading to the Beach!

What do you like to do on a trip to the beach?

Collect colorful shells? Build huge sand castles? Take a swim in the ocean? Look for fish in the water?

We pretended to do all of these things in storytime this week!


Books for Babies and Toddlers
Baby Beluga by Raffi
Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins
Moving Day by Robert Kalan
Blue Sea by Robert Kalan
Rub-a-Dub Sub by Linda Ashman
Octopus, Oyster, Hermit Crab, Snail by Sara Anderson
Fish Wish by Bob Barner

Books for Preschoolers
Sand Cake by Frank Asch
Big Al by Andrew Clements
All You Need For A Beach by Alice Schertle
I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry
How Will We Get to the Beach? by Brigitte Luciani
Swimming with Dolphins by Lambert Davis

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Farms



The story room was filled with all sorts of fun farm animal sounds this week!



Why not try visiting a REAL farm!! Check out this
link from the Loudoun County Government web page for some places to visit now and in the future!


Books for Babies and Toddlers:
I Kissed the Baby by Mary Murphy
Sitting on the Farm by Bob King
The Cow That Went Oink by Bernard Most
Cock-a-Moo-Moo by Juliet Dallas-Conté
Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker
This Little Chick by John Lawrence
Daisy and the Beastie by Jane Simmons
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
I Went Walking by Sue Williams

Books for Preschoolers:
The Cow That Went Oink by Bernard Most
Storm Is Coming by Heather Tekavec
There's a Billy Goat in the Garden by Laurel Gugler
Does a Cow Say Boo? by Judy Hindley
Bob by Tracey Pearson
The Noisy Way to Bed by Ian Whybrow