Family Storytime: Winter Animals

Despite the bad weather, the turnout was good for this storytime. I was able to register a new child who had dropped in with her parent.

The winter animal theme was a good theme that offered a lot of book and activities to choose from. Because I had mostly real little ones, I read four really short books and we used the flannel board so each child could bring up a different colored ball for polar bear. 

The four books that I was able to read were A Dot in the Snow by Corrinne Averiss, Virgil & Owen by Paulette Bogan, Grumpy Pants by Claire Messer, and A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom. 

We also used the flannel board to count penguins and then did a penguin dance to one of the songs on a Sesame Street cd. They liked doing the movement activity in addition to our bean bag song at the beginning of storytime. 

The kids had fun using cotton balls for their polar bear craft.

More Books:

Penguin Problems by Jory John and Lane Smith

Adrift by Jessica Olien

One Very Big Bear by Alice Briere-Haquet

Blown Away by Rob Biddulph

Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson

Sailing off to Sleep by Linda Ashman

Mom and Me by Miela Ford

Penguin's Hidden Talent by Alex Latimer

Archie the Daredevil Penguin by Andy Rash

Little Penguin and the Lollipop by Tadgh Bentley

Blue Penguin by Petr Horacek

Baby Polar by Yannick Murphy

The Lonesome Polar Bear by Jane Cabrera

Touch the Sky, My Little Bear by David Bedford

Daddy Honk Honk! by Rosalinde Bonnet

More activities:

If You're Happy and You Know It movement song

Time To Sleep Hibernation Bears Flannel Story

Polar Bear Wore His Red Shirt Flannel Colors