Family Story Time - Thursday, October 27, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Attendance 68 (40 children, 28 adults).
This evening's program was truly a family story time. Entire families came out on a cold, rainy night. I had lots of dads this evening. Everyone seemed to have had a great time including the parents. I did not notice any restless children while telling the stories though a couple of the two-year-olds joined the older children up front when we were doing the "Big Pumpkin." Even the babies were good. Having a wide variety of stories worked well. (Even the twelve-year-old who came with younger siblings put down his book and listened.) Having easy and difficult crafts also worked well later. A staff member had donated several containers of Halloween foam pieces (Thank you Brenda!) which kept the younger children very happy and gave me time to pass out the other craft materials. The older children also enjoyed the fortune tellers.
Program:
Books: Brooms Are For Flying by Michael Rex
Ghosts in the House by Kazuno Kohara
Board Stories: "Snacks for Ghosts" (see post for 10/14/11)
"Juan and the Ghost" from Multicultural Folktales for the Feltboard and Readers' Theater by Judy Sierra
Board Rhyme: "One Little Ghost" (see post for 10/7/11)
Board Game: "Little Bat and the Witches' Hats" - a guessing game (see post for 10/14/11)
Paper Cutting Story: "The Little Orange House" from Paper Stories by Jean Stangl (Best collection of paper cutting stories ever!)
Draw & Tell Story: "The Ghost on Pedersen's Farm" from Frog's Riddle & Other Draw-and-Tell Stories by Richard Thompson (Highly recommended though the stories are not simple to draw)
Participation Story: "Big Pumpkin" based on Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman (see posts for 10/21/11 and 10/23/11)
Crafts: Halloween picture or card - Halloween themed foam pieces glued on purple construction paper
Halloween fortune teller
Jack-O-Lantern smile
Flapping Bat
This evening's program was truly a family story time. Entire families came out on a cold, rainy night. I had lots of dads this evening. Everyone seemed to have had a great time including the parents. I did not notice any restless children while telling the stories though a couple of the two-year-olds joined the older children up front when we were doing the "Big Pumpkin." Even the babies were good. Having a wide variety of stories worked well. (Even the twelve-year-old who came with younger siblings put down his book and listened.) Having easy and difficult crafts also worked well later. A staff member had donated several containers of Halloween foam pieces (Thank you Brenda!) which kept the younger children very happy and gave me time to pass out the other craft materials. The older children also enjoyed the fortune tellers.
Program:
Books: Brooms Are For Flying by Michael Rex
Ghosts in the House by Kazuno Kohara
Board Stories: "Snacks for Ghosts" (see post for 10/14/11)
"Juan and the Ghost" from Multicultural Folktales for the Feltboard and Readers' Theater by Judy Sierra
Board Rhyme: "One Little Ghost" (see post for 10/7/11)
Board Game: "Little Bat and the Witches' Hats" - a guessing game (see post for 10/14/11)
Paper Cutting Story: "The Little Orange House" from Paper Stories by Jean Stangl (Best collection of paper cutting stories ever!)
Draw & Tell Story: "The Ghost on Pedersen's Farm" from Frog's Riddle & Other Draw-and-Tell Stories by Richard Thompson (Highly recommended though the stories are not simple to draw)
Participation Story: "Big Pumpkin" based on Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman (see posts for 10/21/11 and 10/23/11)
Crafts: Halloween picture or card - Halloween themed foam pieces glued on purple construction paper
Halloween fortune teller
Jack-O-Lantern smile
Flapping Bat
(A quick shot of the crafts - the bat flaps upside down)
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