Mommy & Me Storytime
January 28, 2008

Today’s Mommy & Me Storytime was all about visiting. First we read Bear at Home by Stella Blackstone where we visited with Bear and got to see all the rooms in his house. We especially liked seeing his playroom with the big toy chest! Then we went to visit with Miss Mouse on the flannelboard. Only we couldn’t remember which house she lived in so we checked one by one calling “Miss Mouse, Miss Mouse, are you in the blue (green, yellow, etc.) house” until we went through most of the colors, finally finding her in the red house. We followed that by reading Baby Loves Visiting by Michael Lawrence. Baby loves visiting lots of places especially the library where there are many fun things to see and do! We pretended we were going visiting and sang and did the motions to the song “I’m Going to Kentucky”. Then we read Let’s Go Visiting by Sue Williams counting all the colorful farmyard friends. In the end, we decided what we like most about visiting is playing with our friends so we ended our storytime by playing the freeze game with our scarves and music by Greg & Steve. It was so fun!

NEWS TO KNOW! The library recently added a couple hundred new books to our Board Book collection. You’ll want to check them out after storytime. They’re located in the Wickiup just off the main children’s area.

Early Literacy Tip of the Week
Nursery rhymes make wonderful choices when reading aloud to your child. The rhythm and the rhyme make them enjoyable to even the youngest of children. The library has a wonderful selection of Mother Goose books and other classic nursery rhyme collections. We’d be happy to show them to you next time you visit.