Storytime Theme: Imagination Station

This is the second Saturday storytime I’ve tried this fall and it’s great to see some regular faces, but also some new faces who can’t come in during the week! I had about 20 kids show up which worked really well and before we began I explained to parents the importance of participating and they did a great job. I focused on imagination as a theme and it went over well with the kids and adults.

Throughout the storytime, I gave parents information about the importance of imaginative play, music and dancing, gross and fine motor skills, and even pulled 15 other books from the collection that focused on imagination and all were checked out by the end of storytime! 

I also gave each of the kids a small sandwich-size sensory bag and gave parents the recipe and tips for using them. All you need are Ziploc bags, a little clear hair gel and whatever you want to add – glitter, googly eyes, little plastic animals, etc. Everyone had a great time and I really enjoyed it too.

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Storytime Theme: Imagination Station

Opening & Closing

• Put Your Hands Up In the Air
• Open Shut Them
• ASL sign: play (shake “y” hands twice in front of body)
• Meet Woolly, our monkey puppet and give high fives

• Shake Your Sillies Out Puppet Show

Books

• The Box Turtle by Vanessa Roedera
• Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas
• Higher! Higher! by Leslie Patricelli
• It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw
• Magic Box by Katie Cleminson
• Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
• Shark in the Park by Nick Sharratt
• Sitting In My Box by Dee Lillegard, illustrated by Jon Agee
• That’s How! by Christoph Niemann

Songs & Rhymes

• Tooty-Ta – The Kiboomers
• Can You Move with Me? – Storytime Hooligans
• See the Little Bunnies Sleeping – Jbrary

Activities

• Felt Board App (create a farm scene with animals by asking children what belongs on a farm)
• It Looked Like Spilt Milk (flannel board) – Storytime Katie’s blog
• Free arts & craft time – This is a perfect time to get rid of odds and ends – just put out anything you want and let the kids create their own process art project!

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