Pre-School Storytime
Schedule
We Will Have a "Mixed Bag" of Storytime Themes This August!
The Cortland Summer Reading Program Scare Up A Good Book continues until August 6th. We will continue with our "not so scary" stories, fingerplays, and flannelboards (to view the lists of stories and activities, click on the Scare Up A Good Book link on the Children's Page
PLEASE NOTE: There will be NO STORYTIMES on Wednesday, August 18th and Thursday, August 19th. Ms Laura is taking a vacation! :)
For the remaining storytimes in August, we will be reading about the creatures that live in and around the sea.
- Hooray for Fish! By Lucy Cousins
- Sea Squares by Joy N. Hulme, illustrated by Carol Schwartz (E HUL)
- Swimmy by Leo Lionni (E LIO)
- Animals of the Ocean by Kathleen Pohl (J591.77 POH)
- Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle (E CAR)
- Senses at the Seashore by Shelley Rotner (E ROT)
- Incredible Ocean! (J578.77 INC)
FINGERPLAYS
Have you ever been fishing on a bright and sunny day? (pretend to cast fishing rod)
When all the little fishies swimmin' up and down the bay? (swim with hands)
With your hands in your pockets, (put hands in front of hips like in pockets)
And your pockets in your pants, (slap thighs)
And all the little fishies do the Hootchy Kootchy dance! (dance and wiggle)
The Waves On The Sea....(to the wheels on the bus tune)
The waves on the sea go up and down
up and down
up and down
the waves on the sea go up and down
all day long
The shark in the sea goes snap snap snap
snap snap snap
snap snap snap
The shark in the sea goes snap snap snap
all day long
The fish in the sea go swish swish swish
swish swish swish
swish swish swish
The fish in the sea go swish swish swish
all day long
The boats in the sea go toot toot toot
toot toot toot
toot toot toot
all day long
The boats in the sea go toot toot toot
all day long
One, two, three, four, five (Hold up fingers while counting)
Once I caught a fish alive.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten (hold up additional fingers)
Then I let it go again.
Why did I let it go? (shrug shoulders)
Because it bit my finger so. (pout)
Which finger did it bite? (shrug shoulders)
The little finger on the right.
(hold up pinky on the right hand)
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream
Rock, rock, rock your boat
Gently down the stream
If you see a great big shark
Down forget to scream
Also, each week we present a new letter of the alphabet and do a simple craft.
Storytime at the Cortland Library is drop-in, and most appropriate for pre-school children, ages three to five.
Younger children are welcome, so that all may enjoy the program, parents are to stay in the storytime area with children younger than three.
Laura Mesjak