Gingerbread Man storytime

  • Program Goals
    • Offer a neutral holiday program
    • Offer a program on no 4K day
    • Introduce children to different versions of a folktale
  • Evaluation
    • 12-16-15
      • Attendance: 15
      • Notes: I'm writing this up a month after the fact. I don't know that I'll do it next year.
    • 12-17-14
      • Attendance: 25
      • Connections/feedback: A couple regular attendees and some new families showed up. They really loved the scavenger hunt. 
      • Notes: I don't normally offer a program after the big Santa's Kitchen ending program the previous Saturday, but this year I wanted to keep up having programs on the no 4K Wednesday. I adapted my We Explore format for this and it was a casual, fun storytime. However, this was stressful in conjunction with my end of year projects. I don't know that I would do it again. The flip books weren't really used b/c they didn't get put together correctly.
Storytime
I end with Catch that Cookie and then the kids can go find the decorated (paper) gingerbread people around the children's area. They can also make their own. Some teens decorated a bunch of paper gingerbread people and I had a staff person hide them around the library during storytime.

Books
  • Gingerbread boy by Beatrice Rodriguez
  • Pancake boy by Lorinda Cauley
  • Senorita Gordita
  • Catch that cookie by Hallie Durand
Flannelboard/Movement
Vocabulary and early literacy skills
  • Folktale
  • Gingerbread Man and variations (cultural knowledge)
  • Pancake, Gingerbread
  • Different animal names
  • Recognizing the tale and changes made to it
Supplies
  • Large gingerbread man die cuts
  • Markers, glitter

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Outreach Storytime: Get up and move!

Image
Program Goals  Encourage library visits during the winter Introduce some active books to teachers and students Build relationships with students and teachers Toddlers (*Nonfiction) Don't push the button by Bill Cotter (T 2019) Get out of my bath by Britta Teckentrup Preschool & Kindergartener (*Nonfiction) *Guess who, Haiku by Deanna Caswell This book is magic by Ashley Evanson It's a tiger by David LaRochelle (T 2019) What's next door by Nicola O'Byrne (T 2019) Mix it up by Herve Tullet (J 2019) Long stories (*Nonfiction) Firefighter duckies by Frank Dormer (J 2019) *Move! by Steve Jenkins Sea monkey and Bob by Aaron Reynolds (J 2019) Movement and Music Opening and closing songs Hop little bunnies Jumping Beans   Five fat peas Previously used titles Chicken story time by Sandy Asher Brownie Groundhog and the February Fox by Susan Blackaby Jump by Scott Fischer Read the book, lemmings by Ame Dyckman I'm awake by Maxwell Eaton Dog on a frog by Kes Gray Can you mo...
Read more

Mad Scientists Club: What floats, what flies

Image
Program Goals Encourage kids to think about how and why things float and fly Encourage creative thinking and problem solving Attendance: 35 Project: Making Boats Styrofoam plates and bowls Ribbon, straws Paper, foil, wax paper, tape, markers Project: Making paper airplanes Paper Rulers, pencils, scissors Tape, Foil, wax paper, rubber bands, popsicle sticks Ladder and masking tape for the floor Paper airplane books Evaluation 7-21-16 Attendance: 31 Notes: I did not have styrofoam or straws and decided to just use what we had in the cupboard. It was a super hot day and I did not expect a ton of people. 6-25-15 Attendance:  45 Notes : I threw a bunch of the plastic balls in the pools and that was fun. The styrofoam plates are not as exciting, because they're guaranteed to float, but we weren't feeling super creative today anyways. 10-16-14 (combined with force and motion) Attendance:  18 Notes:  I could use a more sturdy ladder. 2014 Attendance:  40 Notes for the future...
Read more

Mad Scientists Club: Animal Adaptations

Image
Program Goals Learn about animal adaptions and the science behind them Attendance: 25 Project: Gliding Supplies Paper (misc. and tissue paper) Pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks Scissors, tape, staples Ladder Learn about gliding animals by creating your own and launching it from the ladder Project: Feathers Supplies feathers popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners paper scissors, tape, staples markers Create and explore with feathers. (I could add oil and dip them in water, but I didn't want to.) Project: Build a Reptile Beads, pipe cleaners Experiment: Am I a tortoise or a turtle? pools (outside weather permitting) filled with water Make turtles and tortoises -test them in the water Supplies Styrofoam plates Popsicle sticks Cardstock (scrap paper) glass beads (weight) Scissors, packing tape, duct tape Permanent markers Poster - turtles vs. tortoises, whiteboard to add more facts Evaluation 2-20-18 (Gliding) Attendance: 25 Notes: I split the room with the teen parents group. There was a lot of ...
Read more