Family Storytime: Children's Book Week

For our last week of storytimes, we celebrated our favorite books and different cultures in honor of Children's Book Week. This was the first time we tried this theme and I really enjoyed it. It's a great opportunity to share our favorite picture books with our groups and introduce them to some cultural picture books. 

I started off explaining our theme using the book Book Fiesta! by Pat Mora. This colorful book celebrates children and reading, showing all the ways a child can enjoy reading a book. 

 Since our theme is about loving to read, I used the flannel board story, A Boy and His Box. This is a story about a boy who loved to read in his box. All different animals stroll by and ask to come inside the box to hear the story. The group is introduced to different types of animals and a bee gets all the animals out of the cramped box. This always seems to be a hit with any group. 

Our next story kept their interest throughout and is very fun and interactive. There's a Monster in Your Book by Tom Fletcher lets us do fun things with the monster in the book, like tickling him or turning the book to shake him out. 

 We practiced our colors and matching by matching some flannel kites and then it was time for our next book, I'll Wait, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony. What will Mr. Panda's surprise be and who will be willing to wait and see?

Our final book was Fiesta Babies by Carmen Tafolla, a short and rhyming cultural read. 

For our craft, we made pinata horses using construction paper, tissue paper, and yarn for its tail. 

 Happy Children's Book Week, Dia de los ninos!