Early Literacy Kits

Our early literacy kits are now available!  Our kits were purchased through a Library Services and Technology Act Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Numbers Kit

Book: Monster Knows Numbers by Lori Capote

Book: Numbers by Orla Kiely 

Book: Counting in the Forest by Rebecca Rissman

Cd & Booklet: Wee Sing: Children’s Songs and Fingerplays

20 piece Monkey Sequencing Puzzle 

Alphabet Kit

Book: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.

26 Tactile Letters

Activity Tree & 26 letters

5 Large Stencils (apple, bear, car, star, heart)

10 Laminated Worksheets

Colors/Shapes Kit

Book: Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Book: Peek-A-Book Penguin Color and Shapes by Ruth Owen

Cd: Jim Gill sings Do Re Mi on his Toe Leg Knee

6 Color Paddles (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple)

Shape Memory Game (18 cards)

10 Laminated Worksheets

Game: Shape Sorting includes:

1 magnetic board

8 blue starter pieces

40 magnetic shape pieces

Feelings Kit

Book: How do Dinosaurs Say I’m Mad by Jane Yolen

Book: The Feelings Book by Todd Parr

Cd: Jim Gill Sneezing Songs

Faces Memory Game (18 cards)

10 Laminated Worksheets

Game: Feelings Chart includes:

1 chart

4 sets of eyebrows

12 eye pieces

2 noses

4 mouths

**Interested in checking these out?  Ask at the front desk!**

Elephants and Fish

THE PLAN

Playtime
We played with the gear toy today.

Two Little Hands

We stretched out our limbs and shook out our wiggles before doing our rhyme.  See this post for our Two Little Hands rhyme.

Beginning Song

See this post for our Beginning Song.

All About Today

Friday's weather was cool and sunny!  Although the high today is supposed to be 80.  

Read & Listen:

First we read We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems.  

Rhyme: “Up the Hill”

Here goes a turtle up a hill, creepy, creepy, creepy, creepy (crawl up arm)

Here goes a rabbit up a hill, boing, boing, boing, boing (bounce up arm)

Here goes a snake up the hill, slither, slither, slither, slither (slide up arm)

Here goes an elephant up the hill, thud, thud, thud, thud (clap up arm)

Here comes an elephant down the hill, boom, boom, boom, boom, CRASH! (bounce down, clap hands for crash)

via Storytime Katie

Read & Listen:

Then we read The Pout Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen.

Activity:

We colored a Fall coloring sheet today.  

Cars and Dogs

THE PLAN

Playtime
We played with different puzzles today.

Two Little Hands

We stretched out our limbs and shook out our wiggles before doing our rhyme.  See this post for our Two Little Hands rhyme.

Beginning Song

See this post for our Beginning Song.

All About Today

Friday's weather was cool and sunny!  Fall is here!

Read & Listen:

First we read The Racecar Alphabet by Brian Floca.  

Read & Listen:

Then we read Puddle Pug by Kim Norman.

Activity:

We played with toys today for our activity.  The kiddos sure loved that.  We then came out in the library and our oldest Storytime participant played with paint dabbers while the babies played around on the floor.  

Apples and Bears

THE PLAN

Playtime
We played with different puzzles today.

Two Little Hands

We stretched out our limbs and shook out our wiggles before doing our rhyme.  See this post for our Two Little Hands rhyme.

Beginning Song

See this post for our Beginning Song.

All About Today

Friday's weather was cool and windy!  Fall is here!

Read & Listen:

First we read Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson.  

Rhyme: “Apple Roll”

Five little apples in the bowl

One fell out and started to roll

It bumped the table and hit my feet

How many apples left to eat?

(count down to zero apples)

via Storytime Katie

Read & Listen:

Then we read Bear Feels Sick by Karma Wilson.

Activity:

We made apple wreaths today.  I cut out a bunch of apple shapes using Eau Claire Library's die cut machine.  Then our lovely volunteer, Jane, cut paper plates into a wreath shape.  And the end result:

The shapes didn't stick as well as I thought they were going to.  They had a blast though!

Hard at work constructing her wreath.