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Winter Wigglers: Dance Party

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Program Goals Offer an active program during winter Offer a program on Wednesday morning that will be open to toddlers and preschoolers Encourage parents to play with their children Attendance: 20 Playlist no. 1 Hand out shakers Victor Vito by Laurie Berkner Shakin' Everywhere by Jim Gill Sit Down The Little Bird by Elizabeth Mitchell (Blue Clouds) Put away shakers and stand up Hands are for clapping by Jim Gill Train beat song by the Sugar Free Allstars Loud/Quiet by Caspar Babypants Sit down and hand out strummies Samantha the Butterfly by Fox and Branch Put away strummies and stand up List of Dances by Jim Gill Sneezing song by Jim Gill Hand out shakers again Fruit Salad Salsa by Laurie Berkner Rattle my rattle by Elizabeth Mitchell Put away shakers Silly Dance Contest by Jim Gill Sunny Day by Elizabeth Mitchell Playlist no. 2 As kids come in Good Morning by Stacy Buehler "Songs for Wiggleworms" Dance around edge of rug Merry-go-round by Elizabeth Mitchell "Little...

Take Home Storytime: Animals in the Snow

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Program goals Pass on early literacy message and encourage families to continue early literacy at home Encourage circulation and storytime attendance Reach families who are unable to attend storytime Notes Last used January 2017 Miss storytime? You can practice many of the early literacy concepts we use in storytime at home! Don't forget to sign up for text alerts so you can make it to the next storytime! Theme: Animals in the snow Use the five early literacy practices; talking, singing, reading, playing and writing with these books and projects! TALK about the books. What animals do you see in the books? How do they behave in the snow? Are they real animals or pretend animals? Get ready to WRITE by using fine motor skills to make a rainbow snowflake. You will need scratch paper (newspaper or paper bags), paintbrush, and water Instructions - put your snowflakes on the scratch paper. Lay your bleeding art tissue on the snowflakes. "Paint" them with water and watch the colo...