Chirping, Buzzing, Croaking

I am very fortunate to have a professional collection of books at the library to use exclusively for story time. Sometimes these are duplicate copies of books in the children’s room which ensures I will have one at my fingertips when I need it. Other times, they are books that for one reason or another might not stand up well to circulation. Although I find a number of books to use in both my personal library and our circulating collection, I always take a peek at the professional collection before I make my monthly lesson plans. I found a few gems this month!

 

Children love pop-up books. It is so much fun to interact with the story by pulling tabs or spinning wheels or just watching incredible pictures unfold just by turning the page.

I took off my shoes and sat on the floor so the children could really see the pictures. It was wonderful watching their eyes grow wide when the big flower surrounded by bees bloomed in front of them. They giggled at the tangle of worms that was creeping off the page. One little boy even knew what the dung beetles were rolling, and he and I had a private chuckle! We also talked about colors and numbers. We counted animal legs and imitated the animal sounds.

Don’t shy away from pop-up books. They aren’t as fragile as we adults assume them to be---and the wonder children express as those books spring to life is well worth the care we take in showing them.

Be sure to look for pop-up books in the collection!

 

 

The Very Busy Bugs by Jack Tickle

How Many Legs?: A Counting Book by Lori Foreb

Little Cricket’s Song by Joanne Barkan

 

Songs

“”Five Green and Speckled Frogs

“Five Little Monkeys”

“The Ants Go Marching”