Food

Our 13th, and final, week of storytime was also the week of Thanksgiving. Since that holiday revolves around eating lots of food, our theme of the week was food!

Books:

Toddler Books:

Orange Pear Apple Bear - Emily Gravett

Monsters Don't Eat Broccoli - Barbara Jean Hicks

Lemons Are Not Red - Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Preschool Books:

Orange Pear Apple Bear - Emily Gravett

Monsters Don't Eat Broccoli - Barbara Jean Hicks

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - Laura Joffe Numeroff

Lemons Are Not Red - Laura Vaccaro Seeger

The Cow Loves Cookies - Karma Wilson

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

Flannel - "Hi, Pizza Man":

*One of my library assistants made a flannel for the book "Hi, Pizza Man" by Virginia Walter. We do not have the book in our library system, so I used our InterLibrary Loan service to acquire a copy. It is a very simple book that asks the kids what they would say if different people and animals delivered pizza to their home. For example, if a 'Pizza Cat' delivered the pizza, you would respond with "Meow, Meow, Pizza Cat". It's interactive, has animal sounds, and keeps the kids guessing on what silly animal they'll find behind the door next!

Song: Hot Potato - The Wiggles

*There is also a fun dance that The Wiggles do to go along with the lyrics. You can find it here, and have the kids dance to the song with you at storytime!

Bananas Unite!

Bananas unite!

Peel bananas, peel, peel bananas (Repeat 1x)

Chop bananas, chop, chop bananas (Repeat 1x)

Mash bananas, mash, mash bananas (Repeat 1x)

Eat bananas, eat, eat bananas (Repeat 1x)

Gooooooo Bananas!!!!

Source: Jbrary

*I LOVE this food-related activity. The kids may have thought I was a little nuts the first time I made them do it, but they enjoyed themselves once they got the hang of it.