Family Storytime: Opposites

We started off storytime with our opposites theme. I had mostly new faces to storytime and both younger and older kids with their siblings. I introduced myself and talked a little bit about storytime and our theme before we got started.

We did our bean bag song and the kids did a nice job following along. I started with our longest story, Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion. The group really enjoyed this book and they were good listeners throughout storytime.

After our story, we fed the crocodile opposites. They really enjoyed feeding the crocodile and we had practice with big and little opposites.

Next, we read Big Bear, Small Mouse by Karma Wilson. I love this book for the opposites theme and the group appreciated the cute pictures in the story.

We did a flannel board activity using different sized circles and their opposites. We went over big and small, colors, and counted each circle.

The group was still listening attentively so I read two more short books, The Greatest Opposites Book on Earth by Lee Singh and You Are (Not)Small by Anna Kang. They liked the pop up pictures in the first book and laughed about the big bears and small bears in the last story.

For our craft, we made a slinky dog using paper and pipe cleaners, showing the opposite of short and long. The kids really enjoyed playing with their crafts.

Other Books:

Swing High, Swing Low Fiona Coward

The Hueys in What's the Opposite? Oliver Jeffers

Outdoor Opposites Brenda Williams

Octopus Opposites Stella Blackstone

Stop, Go, Yes, No! Mike Twohy

Hero vs. Villain T. Nat Fuller

Opposite Things Anna Kovecses

Yummy Yucky Leslie Patricelli

Hot Dog Cold Dog Frann Preston-Gannon

Walk and See Opposites Rosalind Beardshaw