12-Month Programming Plan Assignment for INFO 260A
INFO 260A
12-month Programming Plan
Group 7
Caitlin McLean
Karla Umland
12- Month Programming Plan
Introduction
Welcome to the Children’s Department of the North Stonington Library! Miss Caitlin and Miss Karla have planned a variety of events for families to enjoy throughout the year. There is at least one special event scheduled each month. In addition, weekly storytimes are held for different age groups. Every activity is designed to be both fun and educational. A “Parent Tip” for early literacy is linked to each activity. Keep scrolling for more details about each program.
Community Demographics
North Stonington, Connecticut is a small rural town near the shoreline of southeastern Connecticut. On one side, the town is bordered by the state of Rhode Island. On the other side it is bordered by the town of Ledyard, Connecticut, which is home to the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and Foxwoods Resort and Casino. Most adults in North Stonington work in the construction or entertainment industries. Many residents keep “hobby farms” on their properties and raise some combination of chickens, goats, sheep, and vegetables. The town is also home to a family-run commercial dairy farm. Locals joke that there are more cows than people in North Stonington.
In 2010, the population of North Stonington was 5,297. The vast majority of the residents are white (92%). There are just over 100 residents who are Hispanic and about the same amount who identify themselves as multi-racial. The percentage of Black residents, American Indian/Native American residents, and Asian residents is the same: about 1% each. The presence of a Native American population is relevant, since the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation reservation is located in the town adjacent to North Stonington. The tribal nation operates Foxwoods Resort and Casino, which employs many people in the area. North Stonington residents are, on average, slightly older and have slightly higher incomes than the rest of Connecticut. About 21% of the population in town is under age 18. The only larger age bracket is those ages 45 to 54, at 22%. There are plenty of children--and parents--to welcome into the library. The library has an accessible location in the traditional New England town center along with the town hall, Congregational Church, Historical Society, and public schools.
Schedule for Story Hours
Baby Lapsit with Miss Caitlin is a time for babies 0-2 and their grown ups to play, laugh, and learn. We believe that it is never too early to learn to love reading! Grown ups are encouraged to participate by bouncing baby, dancing with baby, playing with scarves and noise makers with baby, and singing with baby. Babies will enjoy the special attention from their grown ups and also the puppets, large colorful books, and fun new words and songs that they will hear. Baby Lapsit with Miss Caitlin begins at 10:30 am on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Toddler Storytime with Miss Caitlin is a fun and exciting time for children ages 2-5 and their grown ups to sing, laugh, dance, and play together. Toddlers will get to experience new and exciting books, songs, dances, and interactive play with puppets, felt boards, bubbles, parachutes, and more. Toddlers also get to experiment with STEM and sensory activities. Toddlers will enjoy interacting with their grown ups as well as with other toddlers. Toddler Storytime with Miss Caitlin begins at 12 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Toddler Storytime with Miss Karla is a special time for children ages 2 to 5 and their grown-ups to enjoy together. Everyone will read, sing and laugh as we learn to love literacy. Young ones will feel proud of their participation in the storytime and also learn how to share the spotlight with others. Afternoon Toddler Storytime with Miss Karla meets at 2:30 p.m. on Thursdays so that families can come to the library after preschool or naps.
Miss Karla is your storyteller for Family Storytime. Children ages 0 to 8 years are welcome to attend Family Storytime with their grown-ups. We will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Friday evenings for Pajama Time! If you like, wear your PJs and bring a blanket, pillow or stuffed animal. Join us for a happy ending to the week. We will read bedtime stories, sing lullabyes, and do a quiet activity at the table. The presence of family members at this storytime will reinforce the importance of life-long learning. Singing and rhyming together will enhance the language abilities of all ages.
Conclusion
Our calendar of programs offers something for everyone. Whether you like celebrating quirky holidays or prefer more traditional children’s entertainment, you will find an event to suit your family in our line-up. Miss Caitlin has found a way to celebrate everything from bubble baths to doughnuts--right here in the library! She has assembled a wide variety of projects and games that both entertain and teach. Every activity enhances aspects of children’s development. Miss Karla has lined up old favorites like puppet shows and animal visits. Most of our events are suitable for the whole family. We have selected simple games and open-ended projects so that various ages can work at their own pace. For age-specific programs, we offer storytimes geared toward three different age brackets.
During the summer months, we have a special activity planned every week. These summer events help kids retain what they have learned during the school year. They also provide family “together time” and give you a chance to check out a fresh selection of books from our collection each week. During the summer, just as throughout the rest of the year, our activities bolster important developmental areas such as language acquisition, STEM experience, and socio-empathic skills.
We believe that literacy empowers people of all ages to explore the subjects that they are interested in. Therefore, we have created an Early Literacy Parent Tip for each program. These are simple ideas that you can use at home to enhance your children’s literacy skills. Listen for the Parent Tip at the opening of each program, and look for it on flyers and bookmarks from the library.
Monthly Programs
Caitlin
- January
- Event: Bubble Bath Day (January 8)
- Toysmith Bubble Party Machine & Bubble Juice
- Crayola Washable Blue Finger Paint
- Developmental aspect: gross and fine motor skill development, exercise, exploring new textures, creativity, sensory activity
- Early Literacy Parent Tip: Moving and dancing with children strengthens your bond, makes learning and reading fun, and gives children the opportunity to practice their gross and fine motor skills for when they begin to write
- Regular Staff Only
- Event: Winnie the Pooh Day - A. A. Milne’s Birthday (January 18)
- Winnie the Pooh Plush Hand Puppet
- Developmental aspect: celebration of friendship and sharing, imagination, fine motor skills development
- Early Literacy Parent Tip: Talk to your child about the importance of friendship and sharing and ask them lots of questions to practice verbal skills.
- Regular Staff Only
- Event: Chinese New Year Celebration (January 28)
- Li Liu, Chinese Acrobat
- Developmental aspect: cultural appreciation, celebration of diversity, exercise through dance, imagination, multiculturalism, music appreciation
- Early Literacy Parent Tip: Talk to your child about diversity, ask what he or she liked about the performance, and encourage your child to use new vocabulary learned during the event.
- Regular staff and three volunteers to help set up the stage and clean up after the event
- February
- Event: Black History Celebration (February 7)
- Crayola Washable Multi-Colored Finger Paint
- Developmental aspect: cultural appreciation, historical perspective, celebration of diversity, multiculturalism, sensory activity
- Early Literacy Parent Tip: Talk to your child about cultural appreciation and diversity and ask your child to describe the sensory activity and what he or she enjoyed about it.
- Regular Staff Only
- Event: Valentine’s Day Celebration (February 14)
- Recycled Milk Jug Heart Suncatcher
- Developmental aspect: fine motor skills development, encouraging the expression of feelings, creativity, imagination
- Early Literacy Parent Tip: Talk to your child and come up with a list together of different types of feelings and ways to show someone that you love them.
- Regular Staff Only
- Event: Polar Bear Day (February 27)
- Make snow slime
- Developmental aspect: STEM sensory touch activity, fine motor skills development, exploring new textures
- Early Literacy Parent Tip: Be involved and show your child how STEM activities are fun and interactive for all ages; encourage your child to describe the activity/result by using new words he or she learned.
- Regular Staff Only
- March
- Event: Plant A Flower Day (March 12)
- Buzzy Seeds Flower Growing Pots
- Developmental aspect: STEM nature experiment, learning about the life cycle of plants, responsibility, nature appreciation
- Early Literacy Parent Tip: Be involved and show your child how STEM activities are fun and interactive for all ages; encourage your child to describe the activity/result by using new words he or she learned.
- Regular staff and one volunteer to help clean up after the event
- Event: Saint Patrick’s Day Celebration (March 17)
- Fiesta Toys Lucky Leprechaun Plush Doll
- Scavenger Hunt Prizes
- Developmental aspect: cultural appreciation, celebration of diversity, historical perspective, exercise through dance, music appreciation, critical thinking skills
- Early Literacy Parent Tip: Talk to your child about diversity, ask what he or she liked about the event, and encourage your child to use new vocabulary learned during the event.
- Regular staff and one volunteer to help clean up after the event
- Event: Puppy Dog Tales Day (March 23)
- Puppy Friends Plush Hand Puppets
- Therapy Dogs International
- Developmental aspect: fine motor skills development, reading practice, children's literacy, animal appreciation, self-confidence, and socio-empathic skills
- Early Literacy Parent Tip: Talk to your child about what he or she enjoyed about the event and ask questions about the book that your child chose to read to the therapy dog.
- Regular staff only
- April
- Event: International Children’s Book Day (April 2)
- Developmental aspect: encouraging a love of reading, strengthening reading and writing skills, fine motor skills development
- Early Literacy Parent Tip: Encourage your child to continue reading, read to your child who cannot read yet to encourage a love of reading and teach new vocabulary.
- Regular Staff Only
- Event: Bat Appreciation Day (April 17)
- Folkmanis Brown Bat Hand Puppet
- Developmental aspect: appreciating nature, learning about sounds, creativity, exercise
- Early Literacy Parent Tip: Discuss new vocabulary that your child learned and move, dance, and sing with your child to practice new sounds and words.
- Regular Staff Only
- Event: Arbor Day Celebration (April 28)
- Pool noodles
- Jumbo Plastic Magnifiers
- Developmental aspect: STEM nature experiment, life cycles of trees, working together, appreciating nature, protecting the environment, imagination
- Early Literacy Parent Tip: Be involved and show your child how STEM activities are fun and interactive for all ages; encourage your child to describe the activity/result by using new words he or she learned.
- Regular Staff Only
- May
- Event: Brothers and Sisters Day
- Developmental aspect: gross motor skills development, sharing, learning positive social skills, appreciating and celebrating family, embracing differences
- Early Literacy Parent Tip: Ask your children about what they learned from this event and what they enjoyed most about it to practice using new vocabulary to describe feelings.
- Regular Staff Only
- Event: Ferrets and Friends Day (May 15)
- Ferrets and Friends Animal Entertainment
- Developmental aspect: animal appreciation, STEM experience with unusual animals, learning about nature, sharing, sensory experience, learning about diversity in the animal kingdom
- Early Literacy Parent Tip: Be involved and show your child how STEM activities are fun and interactive for all ages; encourage your child to describe the activity and the animals by using new words he or she learned.
- Regular staff and two volunteers to help monitor and clean up after the event
- Event: Musical Instrument Day (May 22)
- Percussion Set
- Click N' Play Gigantic Keyboard Play Mat
- Selectable Musical Instruments
- Developmental aspect: music appreciation, fine motor skills development, sharing, exercise through dancing, exploring sounds
- Early Literacy Parent Tip: Encourage your child to engage in activities that promote fine motor skill development to prepare him or her for writing, practice the names of each instrument, and sing and dance with your child to promote interest in songs and new vocabulary.
- Regular Staff Only
- June
- Event: Doughnut Day (June 2)
- Doughnuts
- Developmental Aspect: fine motor skills development, sharing, sensory experience
- Early Literacy Parent Tip: Discuss the importance of sharing, encourage your child to continue developing their fine motor skills, talk to your child about the words that describe the sensory experience
- Regular Staff Only
- Event: Eat Your Vegetables Day (June 17)
- Play-Time Produce Vegetables
- Developmental Aspect: encourages a healthy diet, fine motor skills development, singing, exercise through dance
- Early Literacy Parent Tip: Talk to your child about what he or she learned, the importance of a healthy diet, and sing and dance with your child to encourage use of new words.
- Regular Staff Only
- Event: Outer Space Day (June 30)
- Creatology Foam Stickers, Outer Space
- Developmental aspect: STEM activity, learning about the solar system, imagination, creativity
- Early Literacy Parent Tip: Be involved and show your child how STEM activities are fun and interactive for all ages; encourage your child to describe the activity by using new words he or she learned.
- Regular Staff Only
- July
- Summer Reading Programs
- Event: Pumpernickel Puppets Puppet Show
- Developmental aspects: Imagination, laughter, empathy, creativity.
- Early literacy parent tip: Using hand puppets or props for storytelling at home helps children interact with stories in a visual way.
- Regular Staff Only
- Event: Sciencetellers Science Program
- Developmental aspects: Retain school skills, positive experience with STEM.
- Early literacy parent tip: Science is all around us and can be fun. Parents and children can stay curious and learn about science together. In this way, parents models life-long learning.
- Regular Staff Only
- Event: Creature Teachers Animal Program
- Developmental aspects: Learn to appreciate the natural world, STEM exposure, positive experience with animals that people might not normally see.
- Early literacy parent tip: Many picture books feature animals. We can relate what we read about animals to real live creatures and vice versa.
- Regular Staff Only
- Event: Dancin’ with Hoops Movement Program
- Developmental aspects: Exercise, health, active lifestyle, gross motor skills, intergenerational.
- Early literacy parent tip: Getting up and moving around, and having fun while doing it, can help us take in new information. This is called kinesthetic learning.
- Regular Staff Only
- August
- Summer Reading Programs
- Event: Camp Read S’More
- Developmental aspects: Combines reading and being outdoors, adults model literacy by reading to kids.
- Early literacy parent tip: Children thrive on the attention that they receive from adults when adults are reading aloud to them. Parents do not have to be perfect readers. Simply the act of sitting together and reading boosts children’s experiences with literacy.
- Regular staff plus six volunteers needed to set up tents, read aloud, watch camp fire and supervise trail mix and s’mores tables.
- Event: Ice Cream Social with families, staff, Board of Trustees, and Friends of the Library
- Developmental aspects: Adults model how to enjoy the library, celebration of reading and library services.
- Early literacy parent tip: Libraries and life-long learning are causes for celebration. If children see you enjoying the library, they will learn that information is accessible to them now and in the future.
- Regular staff plus two volunteers each from the Board and the Friends to serve ice cream.
- September
- Event:Fun with Rhythms performer
- Developmental aspects: Music and rhythm aid in literacy and language acquisition.
- Early literacy parent tip: Saying nursery rhymes and singing with your children helps them identify patterns in language. As a result, children will be able to put sounds and letters together as they begin to read.
- Regular Staff Only
- October
- Event: Fall Family Nature Walk
- Developmental aspects: STEM experience, observe the natural world, exercise, intergenerational activity.
- Early literacy parent tip: Learning can happen anywhere. Even outside on a walk, parents can talk with children about what they observe around them. Children will learn names for things in the outside world. This builds vocabulary.
- Local volunteer hiking guide will lead the walk.
- Event: The Pequot Story: Celebrating Heritage
- Presentation by the Mashantucket Pequot Museum
- Developmental aspects: Teaches cultural diversity, empathy, local history.
- Early literacy parent tip: Read books with your children about your own heritage as well as that of other cultures, in order to show them that all people have traditions to celebrate.
- Regular Staff Only
- November
- Event: Harry Potter Trivia Show with the Magic of Christopher
- Developmental aspect: Nurture imagination and sense of wonder.
- Early literacy parent tip: Show children that stories, such as Harry Potter, can provide fun in various ways that expand beyond the book itself, such as: Games, imaginative play, or drawing scenes from the story.
- Regular Staff Only
- December
- Event: Drop-in Winter Craft Workshop using recycled materials
- Developmental aspect: Creativity, imagination, problem-solving.
- Early literacy parent tip: Open-ended projects help children learn how things work. Children see the cause and effect of their actions and can apply that to learning in other areas, such as decoding letters when reading.
- Regular Staff Only
Storytimes
Caitlin: Baby Lapsit
- Best for ages 0-2 and their grownups
- 10:30 am on Mondays and Wednesdays
- Storyteller: Miss Caitlin
- Lapsit__X__ Toddler____ All Ages___
STORYTIME OUTLINE
Theme: The Ocean
ACTIVITY
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TITLE/SONG/SCRIPT
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EARLY LITERACY ELEMENT
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Opening Song
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Wake Up Feet
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Word association with body parts through touch; lets baby know that storytime is beginning
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Welcome/Talking Point
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I say “Hello everyone! Welcome to storytime! Today we will be talking about the ocean! Parents, please sing along with me if you know the words to the songs.”
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Parents model active listening behavior and participation in library activities
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Book
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You Are My Baby: Ocean by Lorena Siminovich
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Word association with sea creatures through large pictures
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Song
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Baby Beluga – using a whale puppet and lap bounces
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Practice making unusual sounds (especially the letter U) and using repetition to strengthen language development
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Book
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Black & White: Ocean by Charles Reasoner
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Black & white illustrations are stimulating for baby’s eyes and helps baby with word association
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Song
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Down By The Bay – using scarves and egg shakers
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Repetition and rhyming help to strengthen language development; scarves and egg shakers keep baby involved and playing
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Book
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In the Ocean by Salina Yoon
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Large pictures of sea creatures help with baby with word association; shiny textures keep baby’s attention
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Song
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Six Little Fish – using finger play
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOk3Lw_2JO0
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Helps baby with visual and kinetic learning and fine and gross motor skills development
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Goodbye Song/Talking Point
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We Wave Goodbye Like This
I say “Thank you everyone for coming!” and wave goodbye to the babies.
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Lets baby know that storytime is over; encourages baby to mimic waving goodbye
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- Best for ages 2-5 and their grownups
- 12:00 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays
- Storyteller: Miss Caitlin
- Lapsit_____ Toddler__X noontime_All Ages___
STORYTIME OUTLINE
Theme: Farm Animals
ACTIVITY
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TITLE/SONG/SCRIPT
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EARLY LITERACY ELEMENT
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Opening Song
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Mr. Sun
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Lets toddlers know that storytime is beginning; repetition helps toddlers with word association
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Welcome/Talking Point
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I say “Hello everyone! Welcome to storytime! Today we will be talking about farm animals! Parents, please sing along with me if you know the words to the songs.”
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Parents model active listening behavior and participation in library activities
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Book
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Discovery Kids: Moo on the Farm by Parragon Books
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Large pictures and 10 sound buttons allow toddlers to recognize, hear, and mimic animal noises
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Song
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Old MacDonald Had A Farm – using finger puppets
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Repetition allows toddlers to predict what will happen next; helps toddlers to associate noises with each animal
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Book
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Cock-a-Doodle Quack! Quack! By Ivor Baddiel and Sophie Jubb
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Dialogic reading encourages toddlers to get involved in the story and prompts the child to predict what will happen next
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Song
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Six Little Ducks – using finger play
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Helps toddlers learn to count; repetition encourages toddlers to sing along
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Talking Point
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Use felt board animals to ask toddlers to name the animals and the sounds that each animal makes
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Visually stimulating for toddlers; invites the toddler to interact with the words and sounds
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Book
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Clip-Clop by Nicola Smee
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Rhythmic text is stimulating for toddlers and encourages word association
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Chant
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Ten Little Chicks – using finger play and clapping
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Helps toddlers learn to count; finger play encourages fine motor skill development
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Book
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Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy E. Shaw
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Rhythmic text is stimulating for toddlers; nonsense rhymes keep toddlers attention
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Song
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Baa, Baa Black Sheep – using puppet
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Introduces toddlers to uncommon words; helps toddlers to practice word association and animal noises
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Goodbye Song/Talking Point
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With My Little Hands – using finger play and whole body movement
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Lets toddlers know that storytime is over; encourages fine and gross motor skill development
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- Best for ages 2 to 5 and their grownups
- 2:30 p.m. on Thursday afternoons
- Storyteller: Miss Karla
- Lapsit_____ Toddler X afternoon All Ages___
STORYTIME OUTLINE
ACTIVITY
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TITLE/SONG/SCRIPT
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EARLY LITERACY ELEMENT
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Opening Song
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“Bow Wow” Song
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Children feel special and practice sharing the stuffed animal.
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Welcome/Talking Point
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I say, “Thank you for coming. Adults, please sing with me so that I am not the only one looking silly.”
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Presence of the adults models for children how to enjoy the library.
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Book
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Lost. Found. by Arnold
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Careful observation of animals in illustrations.
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Song
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“I’m a Little Teapot” with scarves
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Movement and thought process of choosing a scarf and helping put them away afterward.
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Book
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In November by Rylant
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Observing the seasons.
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Song
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“Polly Put the Kettle On”
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Repetition and rhythm for language building.
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Book
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Some Birds by Spink
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Words and movement.
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Chant
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Dance Your Fingers
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Rhyming, movement, listening.
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Goodbye Song/Talking Point
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“So Long, Farewell”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy9_lfjQopU Second verse only.
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Brings closure, ends session on a happy note.
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Activity
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Play Dough
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Tactile experience.
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Karla: Family
- Ages 0 to 8 years are welcome with their grown-ups
- 6:30 p.m. on Friday evenings
- Family Storytime Plan
- Storyteller: Miss Karla
- Lapsit_____ Toddler____ All Ages_X_
STORYTIME OUTLINE
Theme: Pajama Storytime
ACTIVITY
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TITLE/SONG/SCRIPT
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EARLY LITERACY ELEMENT
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Opening Song
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“Bow Wow” Song
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Children feel special and practice sharing the stuffed animal.
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Welcome/Talking Point
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I say, “Thank you for coming. Adults, please sing with me so that I am not the only one looking silly.”
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Presence of the adults models for children how to enjoy the library.
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Book
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Where the Wild Things Are by Sendak
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Observe the moon on each page. Roar like the Wild Things to link words and sounds.
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Song
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“Old Macdonald” with shaker eggs
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Kids choose animals to have some control in the storytime.
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Book
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Llama, Llama Red Pajama by Dewdney
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Yell and whine like baby llama to link words and sounds.
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Song
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“Ten in the Bed”
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Repetition and counting.
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Book
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The Going to Bed Book by Boynton
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Rhythmic language, children can relate to bedtime routine.
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Song
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“White Coral Bells” song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn_jZ2gZ508
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Rhyming and melodic language.
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Goodbye Song/Talking Point
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“So Long, Farewell”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy9_lfjQopU Second verse only.
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Brings closure, ends session on a happy note.
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Activity
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Draw a night sky using yellow and white crayons on black paper.
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Practice self-expression on paper.
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Programming Budget
Item
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Cost
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Pumpernickel Puppets Puppet Show
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$285
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Sciencetellers presenter
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$365
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Creature Teachers Program
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$250
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Dancin’ with Hoops program
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$200
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Camp Read S’more supplies: Trail mix and s’more ingredients
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$100
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Ice Cream Social supplies: Ice cream and paper goods
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$100
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Fun with Rhythms performer
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$200
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Harry Potter Trivia Show with the Magic of Christopher performer
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$350
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Drop-in Winter Craft Workshop using recycled materials: Glue, incidentals
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$10
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Mashantucket Pequot Museum presentation: The Pequot Story
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$250
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Bubble Bath Day Activity: Bubble Machine, Bubble Juice, Washable Blue Finger Paint
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$45.94
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Winnie the Pooh Day: Winnie the Pooh Plush Hand Puppet
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$8.00
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Chinese New Year Celebration Performance: Li Liu, Chinese Acrobat
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$450
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Black History Celebration Activity: Washable Multi-Colored Finger Paint
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$7.50
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Polar Bear Day Activity: Supplies to make snow slime
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$10.00
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Plant a Flower Day Activity: Buzzy Seeds Flower Growing Pots Pack of 30
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$35.00
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St. Patrick’s Day Celebration Activity: Lucky Leprechaun Plush Doll
Scavenger Hunt Prizes
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$30.70
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Puppy Dog Tales Day: Puppy Friends Plush Hand Puppets 4 Pack
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$12.27
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Bat Appreciation Day: Brown Bat Hand Puppet
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$23.39
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Arbor Day Celebration Activity: Pool noodles, Jumbo Plastic Magnifiers 6 pack
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$27.99
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Friends and Ferrets Day: Ferrets and Friends Animal Entertainment
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$500
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Musical Instrument Day: Percussion Set,
Gigantic 24 Keys Piano Mat, Musical Instruments Pack of 8 |
$81.71
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Doughnut Day: Doughnuts
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$15.00
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Eat Your Vegetables Day: Play-Time Produce Vegetables
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$13.99
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Outer Space Day: Creatology Foam Stickers, Outer Space
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$8.99
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TOTAL
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$3280.48
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