Fall Storytime

Fall    

1.      Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting,

Storytime is starting come listen with me.

2.      Read first story "Boo and Baa Have Company" or  "I Went Walking"

3.      Action Poem:  Leaves on the Ground

When the leaves are on the ground, [Point to ground.]

Instead of on the trees [Hold hands over head.]

I like to make a pile of them

Way up to my knees [Clasp knees.]

I like to run and jump in them [Jump once.]

And kick them all around [Kick with foot.]

I like the prickly feel of them

And the crickly, crackly sound. [Snap fingers.]

Leaves are Twirling Sing to "Frere Jacques"
Leaves are twirling
Leaves are twirling
all around
all around
They are falling softly
Very, Very softly
to the ground.

4.      Read second story "The Busy Little Squirrel" or "Mouse's First Fall"

5.      Fingerplay:  Five Red Leaves

Five red leaves, five and no more,                                                           hold up 5 fingers

The caterpillar ate one, now there are four.                                           thumb down

Four red leaves, that's easy to see.                                      

Along came a rainstorm, now there are three.                                      index down

Three red leaves, nothing much to do, 

A big wind blew, now two!                                                                       middle down

Two red leaves, that's not much fun,                                   

I glued one on my paper                                                                          ring down

Now there is one.                                                                                      hold up pinky

Hang on, pretty red leaf! Your branches won't break,     

You're one less leaf for me to rake!                                    

6.      Craft: Autumn Tree

Materials: blue and brown construction paper, red, yellow, orange scrap paper, glue, pencils, scissors.

Trace your arm and hand for the tree trunk on brown construction paper and cut out. Glue to blue paper. Tear, red, and yellow paper into square and glue on and around tree for the leaves.

Giller Longlist 2010

The Giller longlist for 2010 has been announced:



David Bergen for his novel THE MATTER WITH MORRIS, Phyllis Bruce Books/Harper Collins Publishers Ltd.
Douglas Coupland for his novel PLAYER ONE, House of Anansi Press
Michael Helm for his novel CITIES OF REFUGE, McClelland & Stewart
Alexander MacLeod for his short story collection LIGHT LIFTING, Biblioasis
Avner Mandelman for his novel THE DEBBA, Other Press/Random House of Canada
Tom Rachman for his novel THE IMPERFECTIONISTS, The Dial Press/Random House of Canada
Sarah Selecky for her short story collection THIS CAKE IS FOR THE PARTY, Thomas Allen Publishers
Johanna Skibsrud for her novel THE SENTIMENTALISTS, Gaspereau Press
Cordelia Strube for her novel LEMON, Coach House Books
Joan Thomas for her novel CURIOSITY, McClelland & Stewart
Jane Urquhart for her novel SANCTUARY LINE, McClelland & Stewart
Dianne Warren for her novel COOL WATER, Phyllis Bruce Books/Harper Collins Publishers Ltd.
Kathleen Winter for her novel ANNABEL, House of Anansi Press

A is for Apple

• Storytime – Welcome Song: 

Welcome, welcome everyone,
Now you're here lets have some fun.
First we'll clap our hands just so,
Then we'll bend and touch our toes.
Welcome, welcome everyone,
Now you're here lets have some fun.

Storytime:
Storytime is starting, starting, starting.
Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

• Read first story “Alphabet Rescue” or "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"

• Rhyme: “Five Little Monkeys” 

Five little monkeys swinging in a tree
Teasing Mr. Alligator,
Can’t catch me, you can’t catch me.
Along comes Mr. Alligator quiet as can be and
snapped that monkey right out of the tree.
(Continue with “Four little monkeys…”)

• Read second story “I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track" or "The Three Hedgehogs"

• Song: “Apples and Bananas” 

I like to eat, I like to eat
I like to eat, eat apples and bananas…
Repeat, substituting a, e, i, o, and u sounds for the vowels all through the song.

• Read third story "Snip Snap! What's That" 

• Song: “The Ants Go Marching” 

The ants go marching one by one
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The ants go marching one by one
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The ants go marching one by one
The little one stops to have some fun.
And they all go marching
Down to the ground to get out of the rain
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
(Continue to four, using “The little one stops to say ‘no more!’”)

• Craft: Apple Tree 

Materials: paper plates, scissors, markers, red dots.
Cut out tree shape using scissors. Colour top half green for the tree top and the trunk brown. Add red sticky dots or stamp red finger prints for the apples

Storytime

Storytime will be starting on the 14th of September. Storytime for 2's and 3's runs Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays from 10:15-11. Fun for 4's and 5's runs Friday at 1:15-2 pm. Call to register, all the library programs are FREE!

THANK YOU!!!

The 2010 TD Summer Reading program, "Destination Jungle" at the Sylvan Lake Municipal Library has been a splendid success, with a total of more than two-hundred participants taking part in the weekly draws, weekly clubs, or in other activities. The library is grateful for the enthusiasm of participants and for the generosity of these amazing sponsors:

Cabin Fever

Cobbs Foods

The Great Canadian Dollar Store

Lakewood Golf Course and Resort

McDonald's Restaurant

No Frills

Panago Pizza

Railside Bowl

Silverlake Cinema

Sobeys

Subway

Top 'O the Hill Golf Course

Walmart

Wild Things

6-8's and 9-12's

1. Craft: Wild Things (continued from week five)

Materials:

• Roll of mural paper

• Yarn

• Feathers

• Crepe paper, construction paper, wrapping paper

• Aluminum (tin) foil,

• Fabric

• Markers, crayons, coloured pencils, glue

• Sparkles and anything you have to add to the large cut out wild things

• Scissors

Instructions

1. Before the session cut off 1.1 and 1.3 meter sections of paper from the large roll thinking about the height of your participants.

2. Each child needs a giant piece of paper as tall as they are. Working in pairs children will trace around each other on the paper. Think about what position you would like your wild thing to be in (e.g., running, waving, flying etc.) Each child will then make the outline into a wild picture of themselves.

3. Draw on crazy hair or fangs or big ears and feet similar to Sendak’s illustrations. Let imaginations run wild. Make the pictures come alive with glued on wool for hair or a feather headdress, a tin foil sword or belt. When finished, they can cut it out.

4. This will be a messy project that will take some time. Can be done over two weeks by doing planning, tracing, colouring and cutting one week and all glue activities the second week.

Note: Finishing this craft may take up the whole of the hour, depending on how detailed the kids want to be.

2. Game: Pin the Nose on the Wild Thing

Materials:

• Blindfold

• Pompom

• Masking tape

• Sticky tack

Instructions:

Hang the cut out wild things on the wall – as low as they can go, so that the childr

en can still reach up to the face of their wild thing. Then, have the children pick out a pompom for a nose, and fold up a piece of masking tape to stick to one side of it. Blind fold the children one at a time in front of their wild thing, and spin them a couple of times. Then see if they can pin the pompom nose to the nose of their Wild Thing.

3. Activity: Wild Rumpus Musical Chairs

Materials:

• Chairs

• CD player or radio

• noise makers (popcorn seeds in empty pop cans work well)

Instructions:

Count how many children you have, and get one fewer chairs than you have children. Set the chairs up, back to back – if you have an even number of chairs, you can put one on each end of the line of chairs as well. Tell the kids that they are going to have a Wild Rumpus, and give each one of them a noise maker. When you play the music, they can walk around the chairs and make as much noise as they like – you may have to have the music playing fairly loud. When the music stops, though, each child must rush to find a chair. The child left standing is out. Remove one more chair, and start again.

4. Book: “Where the Wild Things Are”

All ages can enjoy this story. It’s a classic.

King of the Jungle

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

1. Storytime – Starting Song

Walking Through the Jungle (Have children pretend to be the animal seen!)

Walking through the jungle and what did I see? (walk around in circle)

Some green and scaly crocodiles were snapping at me!

Walking through the jungle and what did I see? (walk around in circle)

Some slippery, slimy snakes were hissing at me!

Walking through the jungle and what did I see? (walk around in circle)

Some funny little monkeys were laughing at me!

Walking through the jungle and what did I see? (walk around in circle)

Some great big lions were roaring at me!

Walking through the jungle and what did I see? (walk around in circle)

Some nice quiet children were waiting for me!

(Children sit quietly for next part of program!)

2. Read first story “Augustus and His Smile” or “Hippo has a Hat”

3. Poem: Guess Who?

Growl, growl

Thud, Thud (slap floor)

Roar, roar

Who's that knocking at the door?

Pound, pound (hit floor)

Stamp, stamp

Scratch, scratch (scratch floor)

Who's that wiggling my latch?

Can a pig be at my door?

No, pigs don't roar!

Can a cow be wiggling my latch?

No, cows can't scratch.

Roar, roar

Growl, growl

It's not an owl

I know who it can be

A friendly lion visiting me!

4. Read second story "The Lion and the Mouse" (This book doesn’t have many words, so you may have to fill in a bit of the story.)

5. Finger play: Hickory Dickory Dock

Hickory, dickory dock,

The mouse ran up the clock;

The clock struck one,

And down he run,

Hickory, dickory dock.

6. Read fourth story “Watch Out! Big Bro’s Coming!" or “Where the Wild Things Are”

7. Song: Row, Row, Row your Boat

Row, row, row, your boat,

Gently down the stream.

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

Life is but a dream

.

Rock, rock, rock your boat

Gently down the stream,

If you see a crocodile,

Don't forget to scream!

Row, row, row your boat,

Gently to the shore,

If you see a lion there,

Don't forget to roar!

8. Action Song: Lion Pokey

You put your mane in,

You put your mane out,

You put your mane in,

And you shake it all about.

You do the lion pokey,

and you turn yourself around,

that's what it's all about!

Repeat with: claws, tail, whole lion self.

9. Craft: Lion Mask

Instructions: Beforehand, cut the construction paper into strips. Use a pair of scissors to run down one side of the construction paper to make it curl – much like you would with gift ribbon. Then the kids can glue the curled pieces of construction paper on the outside of the back of the paper plates. They can use the markers to draw, and colour a face for the lion.

Supplies

-Paper plates (one per child)

-red, yellow and orange construction paper

-Scissors

-Glue

-markers

9. Craft: King/Queen of the Jungle Crown

Instructions: Fold a piece of construction paper, and cut triangles out of the folded side – like the peaks of a crown. Then pull apart the now separated halves of the paper (or if they are still attached at the points, you can cut along the folds to separate them). Then, glue the two pieces together in order to make a long enough crown to fit a child's head. The child can then decorate the crown, using markers, or if available, sparkles and gems.

Supplies

-construction paper

-Scissors

-Glue

-markers

-craft gems

-sparkles