Category Archives: Digital Storytime

Digital Story Time Week 40

Welcome!

Stories

A Fox Found A Box
By: Ged Adamson
When his radio breaks, a little fox finds that the forest is filled with its own rhythm and music–drip drops and chirp chirps–in this picture book that gently introduces the concept of mindfulness.

Not A Box
By: Antoinette Portis
A box is just a box…unless it’s not a box. From mountain to rocket ship, a small rabbit shows that a box will go as far as the imagination allows.

Songs

Here is a Box

Jack in the Box

Open, Shut Them

Crafts & Activities

Can you guess today’s craft? That’s right! Boxes! Big boxes, little boxes, real boxes you can hold or imaginary boxes you shape with your hands (or draw on a page). Use your imagination and pay attention to what is around you! If you want a few “outside the box” ideas, check in with Happily Ever or Kid’s Craft.

Digital Story Time Week 39

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Stories

My Friends
By: Taro Gomi
A little girl learns to walk, climb, and study the earth from her friends.

The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
By: Dan Santat
This magical Caldecott medal winning story begins on an island far away where an imaginary friend waits his turn to be chosen by a real child. But after a while, he can’t wait any longer and he sets out to find a friend on his own.

Songs

The More We Get Together

See You Later Alligator

1, 2, 3, 4 Someone’s at the Kitchen Door

Crafts & Activities

A beaded bracelet or salt dough heart, a family finger painting or wreath made of handprints, a construction paper “quilt”of all the things you love about your friends and family…these are all wonderful crafts (and potential gifts) that even the littlest little can have fun creating!

Digital Story Time Week 38

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Stories

Snow!
By: Uri Shulevitz
A boy sees a snowflake, but everyone in the town ignores him. It won’t snow, it’s just one snowflake. But then, another snowflake appears. What will happen in this Caldecott medal winning story?

The Snowy Day
By: Ezra Jack Keats
The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. Another Caldecott medal winner that tells a universal story of winter snow and imagination.

Songs

Snowflake, Snowflake in the Sky

Bumping Up and Down in My Little Blue Sled

I’m a Little Snowman

Crafts & Activities

Glue and salt together make wonderful snowflakes and snowy landscapes (the adult can draw the design in glue, then the little can discover the design by adding salt…or the little can do it all!), or you can go outside and build a tiny snowman of your own! Check out this site and this site for more ideas.

Digital Story Time Week 37

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Stories

Mighty, Mighty Construction Site
By: Sherri Duskey Rinker
What can you do while the sun shines? All of our favorite trucks are back on the construction site, this time with a focus on team-building, friendship, and working together to make a big task seem small!

Hello Sun!
By: Sarah Jane Hinder
Beginning and ending with Mountain Pose, children follow a rhythmic and rhyming poem as they breathe, stretch, and greet the day through a child friendly adaptation of a classic sun salutation.

Songs

Gilly Gilly Gilly Good Morning

Early in the Morning

Wake Up My Hands

Crafts & Activities

There are so many winter Sun crafts to choose from! Pipe cleaners and beads become stars, paints and markers transform coffee filters or paper plates, and crayons melted between two pieces of wax paper glow! My favorite craft though is to decorate citrus with cloves to make sunny decorations that smell as good as they look!

School photo created by jcomp – www.freepik.com

Digital Story Time Week 36

Welcome!

Stories

Thank You Omu!
By: Oge Mora
Everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu’s delicious stew! And one by one, Omu offers a portion of her meal. Has she been so generous that she has nothing left for herself?

The Thankful Book
By: Todd Parr
I am thankful for music because it makes me want to dance. I am thankful for my feet because they help me run and play. I am thankful for kisses because they make me feel loved. There is so much to celebrate and be thankful for on every page!

Songs

Here’s a Cup of Tea

I Put My Hands Together (Heart Fingerplay)

I Have a Little Heart

Crafts & Activities

From a crafty attitude of gratitude or a simple wreath of leaves or handprints decorated with all the things we’re thankful for… have fun together this week, celebrating all the things we have to share!