Mining For Treasure

 Openers:
Oh Hey, Oh Hi!

Agate (Joy Morgan Dey) 3-5
I just found this gem of a book and now it's one of my favorites!  Young and older readers, alike, will respond to the message that although it may SEEM like others may be better than you, often our unique treasures are on the INSIDE.  Agate finds his way through this amazing watercolor story that teaches us (on the sly) about many precious stones and about how precious we are as individuals.

Song:  Jenny (Mines) with One Hammer

A Rock Is Lively (Aston and Long) 2-6
Another of my favorite books (favorite series, in fact, including amazing works like An Egg Is Quiet, A Seed Is Sleepy, and A Butterfly is Patient),  A Rock is Lively is a beautiful tour of the rock and mineral world, both enthralling us with it's simple beauty while teaching us a great deal about the natural science of rock hunting!  This is a marvelous introduction to young readers that fancy themselves rock collectors.


Prop:  Rock Collection
Felt Board:  Gem Shapes
Take Home: Agate coloring page

Our buried Treasure Bottles will start off with the treasures we find in our home made geodes!

More Books!
Rocks, Gems, and Minerals
Groovy Gems
The Shape Jewel Hunt
The Best Book of Fossils, Rocks, and Minerals
Stone Soup (Muth)
The Little Dump Truck (Cuyler)
Rock and Gem (Bonewitz)
Rocks and Minerals (Parker)
Rocks: Hard, Soft, Smooth, and Rough (Rosinsky)
Rocks, Rocks, Rocks (Wallace)
Rocks: Creating Fun and Fascinating Collections (Kompelien)

Wiggling w/ Bookworms

DIG INTO READING! SUMMER READING 2013
STORY TIME

Openers:
Oh Hey, Oh Hi!

And Then It's Spring (Fogliano) 3-5
A delightfully familiar story of waiting for spring to...spring!  The author does a wonderful job of revisiting the long weeks of late winter.  Our summer reading wiggly worms make an appearance in this book.






Garden Wigglers (Nancy Loewen) 4-6

Super-packed with great information about worms, this vividly colored book entices us to become wormologists!

Felt Board:  Five Little Chickens

Activity:  Build a Library Worm Farm!
Snack Activity:  Dirt Pudding
Worm Handouts: Fun in the Mud
Hands-On:  Worm Sort

Other Books:
Wiggling Worms At Work (Pfeffer)
Wonderful Worms (Glaser)
Yucky Worms (French)
Compost Stew (McKenna Siddals)
An Earthworm's Life (Himmelman)

Websites:
A great resource for building a worm farm with pre-k's
And another YouTube version
a wiggle worm skill game

Dig Into a Good Book This Summer!

Summer Reading, 2013, is just around the corner...
DIG INTO A GOOD BOOK at the Naples Library!
Don't miss our special Summer Reading Pre-K Story Times:

Fridays, 10:30-11:15
Naples Library
Register at the Front Desk

June 21st:  Wiggling w/ Bookworms

June 28th: Mining for Treasure

July 5th: I Dig Big Machines!

July 12th: BIG Dino Dig

July 19th:  Burrow Into a Good Book

July 26:  Dig In!  Yummy Things We Love

Storytime includes stories, songs, games, a craft, and take-home extras!  Bring your friends for some summer fun!

Sticky, Sweet Honey

Openers:

Oh Hey, Oh Hi!

PBJ Stretch

Honey, Honey, Lion (Brett) 3-5

Set around the true-to-life relationship between the honey guide and the honey badger in Africa, Brett explores Africa's natural history as honey guide hatches a devious plan to punish greedy badger for eating all the honey!  Brett's invites us to the savanah by appealing to our senses-- with detailed illustrations and repeating sounds.  

Song:  Sticky, Sticky Honey Sweet

Where There's a Bear, There's Trouble (Catchpool) 2-4

Sweet Bear and friends bumble into trouble while following bee.  Children can join in the fun with repeating animal sounds.

Finger Play: The Beehive
Wiggler:  Walking, Walking

The Beeman (Crebs and Cis) 2-6

Told from the viewpoint of a child whose grandpa is a beekeeper, rhyming text offers an engaging over of the life of bees including where they life, how honey is made, and what a beekeeper does.  A delicious muffin recipe awaits on the final page!

Felt Board:  Find the Pollen
Closer:  Wave Goodbye

Treat:  Honey Sticks
Hand Out:  Coloring Page

Naughty!

 Openers:
Oh Hey, Hi!

Where the Wild Things Are (Sendak) 2-5
Maurice Sendaks classic story of a boy caught red- handed in his own "wild rumpus."  Heading off in his own private boat,  Max takes on the journey of Every Child to master his own inner beasties before coming home to warmth and family.

Wiggler:  Go Bananas
Song:  Five Little Monkeys



The Chocolate-Covered-Cookie Tantrum (Blumenthal) 2-4
Parents will all relate to this as strongly as their children...it's just hard, when your little, to put off getting what you want, isn't it?

Chant: Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar
Song:  If You're Happy and You Know It








No, David! (Shannon) 2-4   Mr. Shannon is a bundle of trouble, in this book of a day in the life of a zealous boy.  Thank goodness Mom's sweet arms are still there at the end of the day.

Song:  Sticky Bubblegum
Magnet Board: Five Little Cookies in a Baker's Shop

Closer:  Wave Goodbye Poem

Rainy Day

Openers:
Oh Hey, Oh Hi

The Umbrella (Jan Brett) 3-5
Not unlike another Jan Brett favorite, The Mitten, little Carlos' umbrella slowly fills with creatures from the tropical rain forest until...well, you find out.  Richly colored and detailed drawings in Ms. Brett's classic style adorn this delightful little story and introduce those of us in N. America to some creatures we may not have encountered before.
Song:  We're Stomping in the Rain

Big Rain Coming (Germein) 2-5 
Katrina Germein masterfully employs colorful Australian art forms to embellish a sweltering week in the outback.  You will almost feel the heat hanging over this story and relief when the big rain comes.
Finger Play:  Thunder Storm
Chant: Rain, Rain Go Away


Here Comes the Rain (Mary Murphy) 2-4
Cats hate water...or do they?  Follow kitty as he finds out that the things we fear are often not so bad after all.  Young children will appreciate the colorful illustrations and simple text.
Finger Play:  The Itsy Bitsy Spider

Felt Board:

More Books!  (From Story Time Source Page)
Toddler Read Alouds
Duckie's Rainbow by Frances Barry
Ducks Like to Swim by Agnes Verboven
Here Comes the Rain by Mary Murphy
Maisy's Rainbow Dream by Lucy Cousins
Ned's Rainbow by Melanie Walsh
One Rainy Day by Tammi Salzano 
Rain by Robert Kalan
Raindrops: A Shower of Colors by Chieu Anh Urban
Taste the Raindrops by Anna Grossnickle Hines
What Can You Do in the Rain? by Anna Grossnickle Hines

Preschool Read Alouds
A Drop of Rain by Wong Herbert Yee
April Showers by George ShannonIn the Rain With Baby Duck by Amy Hest
Little Brown Hen's Shower by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Rain by Manya Stojic
Rain Dance by Kathi Appelt
Raindrop Plop! by Wendy Lewison
Red Rubber Boot Day by Mary Lyn Ray\
Thingamabob by Il Sung Na
Thirsty Thursday by Phyllis Root
The Way the Storm Stops by Michelle Meadows

School Age Read Alouds
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema
I Love the Rain by Margaret ParkBridges
Lila and the Secret of the Rain by David Conway
Rainbow Of My Own by Don Freeman
Rain Came Down by David Shannon
Rain Romp by Jane Kurtz
Soggy Saturday by Phyllis Root
This is the Rain by Lola Schaeffer

Monkey Business

Openers:
Oh Hey, Oh Hi!

Monkey (Gerald McDermott) 3-5
Many cultures have tales of 'The Trickster.'  This vibrant tale from India sets a monkey's wits against an crocodile's teeth!
Finger Play:  Here is a Little Crocodile
Song:  Row, Row, Row Your Boat (with crocodile ending)





Caps for Sale (Slobodkina) 3-5
A traveling salesman loses his caps.  Find out just what happens in this simple tale that helps children methodically explore colors, numbers, money, and monkey business!
Game:  Monkey See, Monkey Do (Skizamaroo and Timbuk Tu)
Song:  My thumbs are starting to wiggle (Hand out hats from previous book and see if children can balance their hat on their head while singing this song!)
Free Printable Monkey Masks:
http://www.craftjr.com/printable-animal-masks-monkey-mask/printable-monkey-mask-color/






Monkey and Me (Emily Gravett) 2-4
Do you have a favorite toy?  Does your toy go everywhere you go?  Join a little girl and her monkey as they explore animal friends together.
Song:  Go Bananas

Felt Board:
Teasing Mr. Alligator

Closer:
Wave Goodbye (Rob Reid)



Toddler Read Alouds
Five Little Monkey Jumping On the Bed by Eileen Christelow
Hug by Jez Alborough
Little Gorilla by Ruth Bornstein
Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett
Monkey See, Look at Me!  by Lorena Siminovoch
Monkey Soup by Louis Sachar
Peek-A-Zoo by Marie Torres Cimarusti
Ten Little Sock Monkies by William Winburn
Two Little Monkeys by Mem Fox 
Yes by Jez Alborough

Preschool Read Alouds
Banana! by Jonathan Allen
Big Little Monkey by Carole Lexa Schaefer
Gary and Ray by Sarah Adams
Good Night, Monkey Boy by Jarrett Krosocska
Just the Thing by Damien Harvey
Kiki's Blankie by Janie Bynum
Little Beauty by Anthony Brown
Monkey's Friends by Ruth Brown
Mo's Stinky Sweater by David Bedford
Seals On the Bus by Lenny Hort
Where's My Mom? by Julia Donaldson

Kindergarten Read Alouds
Bitter Bananas by Isaac Olaleye
Boy Who Loved Bananas by George Elliot
Caps for Sale by Esphr Slobodkina
Gladys Goes to Lunch by Derek Anderson
Little Red Monkey by Jonathan London
Monkey: A Trickster Tale from India by Gerald McDermott 
Monkey Who Wanted the Moon by Anne Mangan
Soon, Baboon, Soon by Dave Horowitz
So Say the Little Monkeys by Nancy Van Laan

Oversize Book
Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann