Baby & Toddler Storytimes

Prop: My color umbrella, a beautiful rainbow colored umbrella with all the colors of the rainbow in ribbons hanging down from it. Thanks Donarita! The kids were amazed/silenced/a little scared!!! I love making an entrance! Book: Duckie's Rainbow by Frances Barry is high on my list of all time great storyhour books.  Duckie waddles and paddles and jumps, so you can go through all those motions, plus the book opens to reveal all the colors of the rainbow in great gorgeousity. Book:   Move Over, Rover by Karen Beaumont. I hauled in my puppet theater and did this on the floor, to the moms and the kids amazement. I thought my toddlers might be old enough to start "pretend" play so I wanted to model playing with puppets. I'm not sure if they were or not, but the moms were great about coralling the kids on their laps, and I had some very impressive puppets from PPLC they got to see close up. This funny book is a variation on the "Is there room for just one more?&qu

Hmmmm, why are there so many children's books about mommies?  Is it because YOU'RE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD? The most magical, the hardest working, the most fun, the most inventive, the readiest to learn?  Don't kid yourselves!  You really are the greatest and I consider myself lucky to see you and your children each week.