2019 Library

Our back-to-school story time was a very basic introduction to the routines of the library.  

Lots of your students have never been to or seen a library! 

Welcome Song:
 Welcome to the library, library, library. 
 Welcome to the library, please come inside and read. (to the tune of London Bridge)

Finger Play:  This is Big (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkZOxpgmJVE)

Word of the Week:
  Library
  Biblioteca
  ASL https://www.handspeak.com/word/search/index.php?id=2974

Books:  
  The Pigeon Has to Go to School! by Mo Willems
  We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan Higgins
  
I brought my guitar to start teaching students the songs we sing (classic children's and camp songs, as well as some old folk and pop!)  Repetition helps build confidence!

We took pictures of our students for their library cards (believe me, some of them don't recognize their names so the picture greatly helps them... and it helps us to learn names faster!) and colored some favorite coloring pages while listening to music on the radio.

Looks like this is going to be a great year!

2019 Dinosaurs

Word of the Week:
Dinosaur
Dinosaurio
ASL Sign Language: https://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/d/dinosaur.htm


So many good dinosaur books out there:
*Edwina, The Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems
There's a Dinosaur on the 13th Floor by Wade Bradford
Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
Dino Bites by Algy Craig Hall (A GREAT combination with the next book)
*We Don't Eat Our Classmates (Paul Higgins)
The "How Do Dinosaurs" series by Jane Yolen
...and of course all the non-fiction dino books you can find!


Video:
Storybots T Rex Dinosaur Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZzPLdAWKOE

Dinosaur Jokes for kids: https://funkidsjokes.com/dinosaur-jokes-for-kids/

We didn't have time for a craft because we were teaching how to look for books and check out: we played the music video and kids just filed over to watch it when they'd checked out.