Pajama Storytime: Puppies, Puppies, Puppies!

Some of you may know that aside from just being a blogger, I'm also a Librarian. Just before the new year, I started a new job as a Youth Services Librarian, which means that aside from just doing teen services, I'm also doing two weekly storytimes (for ages 3-5) and a monthly pajama storytime.

Since I've started doing these storytimes, I've found it immensely helpful to read the "set-up" from other storytimes on other blogs to get ideas...so I want to "pay it forward." I'm going to try to put up as many storytimes as I can so that maybe someone else will get ideas for their storytimes!

Let me know if you have any format suggestions, etc!!

This was the Pajama Storytime I did in February.

Theme: Puppies, Puppies, Puppies!

Opening Song: BINGO (clapping hands rhythmically)

                           There was a man who had a dog and
                           BINGO was his name-o,
                           B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O,
                           and BINGO was his name-o.

Read:
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
The Patterson Puppies and the Midnight Monster Party by Leslie Patricelli

Action Rhyme: Little Puppies and Little Kittens

                           One, two, three little kittens,

                           were napping in the sun,

                           (hold up 3 fingers of left hand)

                           One, two, three little puppies said,

                           "let's have some fun,"

                           (hold up 3 fingers of right hand)

                           Up to the kittens the puppies crept

                           as quiet as could be

                           (creep right hand up to the left)

                           One, two, three little kittens went

                           scampering up a tree.

                           (climb left fingers up arm)

Action Song:  Puppy Care ("Skip to my Lou")

                        Walk, walk, walk your puppy,

                        (repeat twice)

                        Take him for a walk.

                                     Brush, brush, brush your puppy

                                     ....til' he's neat and clean.

                                     Feed, feed, feed your puppy

                                    ...he sure likes to eat!

Flannelboard: "The Little Dog Who Forgot How to Bark"

Read:

Traffic Pups by Michelle Meadows

Action Rhyme: 10 Little Puppy Dogs

                  One little, two little, three little puppy dogs,

                   four little, five little, six little puppy dogs,

                   seven little, eight little, nine little puppy dogs,

                   ten little puppy dogs barking.

                                                 ...licking. ...jumping. ...running.

Read:

Nobody's Diggier Than a Dog by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Craft: Accordian Dog

Supplies Needed:

brown construction paper (cut in half the long way)

dog head/rear end/ear (pre-cut)

gluesticks 

crayons

The kids had so much fun trying to fold the middle piece to make their accordian bellies and then coloring and gluing their dogs.  :)

Snack Craft: Puppy Paws

Supplies Needed:

White bread

Chocolate Chips

Fluff

Choc. Cookies

paper plates/plastic knives

Place bread on plate, spread with fluff

place one choc. cookie in center of bread

put five choc. chips above choc. cookie to make "claws"

Pajama Storytime: Wolf Moon

So, I've decided to try something new. Some of you may know that aside from just being a blogger, I'm  also a Librarian.  Just before the new year, I started a new job as a Youth Services Librarian, which means that aside from just doing teen services, I'm also doing two weekly storytimes (for ages 3-5) and a monthly pajama storytime. 

Since I've started doing these storytimes, I've found it immensely helpful to read the "set-up" from other storytimes on other blogs to get ideas...so I want to "pay it forward." I'm going to try to put up as many storytimes as I can so that maybe someone else will get ideas for their storytimes!

Let me know if you have any format suggestions, etc!!

This was the Pajama Storytime I did in January. 

Theme: Wolf Moon

(The Wolf Moon is the name given by Native Americans to a full moon that occurs in January.)

Opening Song: If You're a Wolf and You Know It

If you're a wolf and you know it, howl at the moon...

If you're a wolf and you know it, growl at the night...

If you're a wolf and you know it, scratch your fleas...

If you're a wolf and you know it, do all three...  

Read:

Wolf! Wolf! by John Rocco

Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza



Action Song: 10 Little Gray Wolves

1 little, 2 little, 3 little gray wolves...

4 little, 5 little, 6 little gray wolves...

7 little, 8 little, 9 little gray wolves...

10 little gray wolves rolling in the snow

(Repeat - running through the woods... howling at the moon)

Flannelboard: The Three Little Pigs

Read:

The Dog Who Cried Wolf by Keiko Kasza

Footprints in the Snow by Mei Matsuoka

Dance: "Mister Moon" from CD, Where is Thumbkin?

Craft: Wolf Howling in the Night Sky

Supplies Needed:

blue construction paper

white construction paper (pre-cut moons)

brown construction paper (pre-cut howling wolves)

gluesticks 

chalk

The kids had a blast glueing on their wolves and moons, but I think they had the most fun drawing their stars in the night sky with the chalk!!