Halloween Storytime

Halloween
2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s
45 minutes

Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting,
Storytime is starting come listen with me.

Read first story

Sing: Five Little Ghosts
Five little ghosts flying through the door, One flew away and then there were four.
Four little ghosts spooky as can be, One flew away and then there were three.
Three little ghosts drinking Halloween brew, One flew away and then there were two.
Two little ghosts having lots of fun, One went home and then there was one.
One little ghost's a real superhero, Went to help a friend and then there were zero!

Read second story

Sing: Three Little Witches (tune: Ten Little Indians)

One little, two little, three little witches, (hold up fingers)
Fly over haystacks, fly over ditches, (make hands fly high in the air)
Slide down moon beams without any hitches, (hands glide downward)
Hi-ho! Halloween's here! (clap hands two times on "Hi-ho!)

Horned owl's hooting, it's time to go riding, (hold hands for ears)

Deep in the shadows are black cats hiding, (make cat face)

With gay little goblins, sliding, gliding, (slide and glide hands)

Hi-ho! Halloween's here! (clap hands two times on “Hi-ho”)

Stand on your head with a lopsided wiggle, (touch head and wiggle)

Tickle your little black cats till they giggle, (tickles and laugh)

Swish through clouds with a higgedy, piggle, (fly hands)
Hi-ho! Halloween's here! (Clap hands two times on hi-ho”

Cut and Tell Story-The Little Orange House by Ms. Stangl

Craft: Spooky Hands
Directions: - Trace the child's hands on black paper with chalk, extending the drawings of the fingers to look long and pointy. Let them cut the hands out and decorating them with markers, stickers, paints, etc. Can make bones on hands with the chalk.

Halloween Trick or Treat Party

Halloween is coming!
On October 31st we will celebrate with a Trick or Treat Party from 3-4:30 pm. Drop-in any time and participate in the happenings.
There will be Marshmallow Dunking, a Doughnut on a String Eating game, Mummy Bowling, Pin the Face on the Pumpkin, Ghost painting, and some Mad Scientist Examinations. There may also be some candy.
Call ahead so we know how many goblins to expect!!

Game On!

Junior Book Club is starting again on October 30th. Game On! is our theme for this session. It runs for 6 weeks, every Thursday from 4-5pm.
For those who have never attended, Junior Book Club is a program for 7-12 yr olds.
Since the kids are coming to the library right after school if out, we give them a snack and I read to them while they munch.
Sometime I choose the novel and sometimes we have a vote. After the snack, which usually takes about 30 minutes, we do an activity or craft.
Since the theme this time is Game On! most of the activities will be game related.
Themes for each week include: banana jousting, chocolate tasting, video games, board games, and mind games. We may also do a role playing game like Runescape.
There is no charge for this program but it does require registration.

Extreme Wii and Crafts

The second session of Rockband and Wii will be held on October 27th from 6-8pm. This free program is for kids aged 10+. We will also be making some origami mummies to coincide with Halloween Week.

The last Rockband we held was very well attended with over 25 kids singing and munching popcorn. We made pop-up cards that proved to be more difficult than anticipated and even required us to read the directions!!

Change in dates

The first fall session of storytime will be ending on October 17th, there will be a new session starting the week of October 27th. This session will run for 7 weeks instead of the usual 6 weeks. Call to register 403.997.2130.

Pumpkins Storytime

Pumpkins
Age 2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s
Duration 45 minutes

Storytime – Welcome Song
Storytime is starting, starting, starting,
Storytime is starting come listen with me.

Read first story "Sheep Trick or Treat" by Nancy Shaw.

Sing: Five Little Pumpkins
Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate

The first one said, "Oh, my it's getting late."

The second one said, "There are witches in the air".
The third one said, "But we don't care!"

The fourth one said, "Let's run and run and run".
The fifth one said, "I'm ready for some fun!"
Wooooo, went the wind
And out went the light
And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight!


Read second story "This is not a pumpkin" by Bob Staake, then "Spot's Halloween", and finally "Plumply, Dumply, Pumpkin"



Sing: Five Little Pumpkins

Five little pumpkins at my door,

A neighbor took one and then there were four.

Four little pumpkins under a tree,

Along came a farmer and then there were three.

Three little pumpkins that looked so new

I gave one away and then there were two.

Two little pumpkins out in the sun,

Mother made a pie and then there was one.

Of all the pumpkins, there was just one.

So I made a jack-o-lantern, and that was fun!

Sing: Pumpkin, Pumpkin

Pumpkin, Pumpkin
sitting on a wall,
Pumpkin, Pumpkin
tip and fall,
Pumpkin, Pumpkin
Rolling down the street
Pumpkin, Pumpkin
Trick or treat


Craft: Jack-o’-lantern pumpkin patch

Directions: Foam pumpkins and faces stickers. Make own pumpkin patch for Halloween.