This week we went under the sea and had a fish storytime.
We started with Not Norman by Kelly Bennett.
I have been wanting to do this in a storytime for a long time. It’s so cute and was very popular with the kids. It also opened up the conversation to discussing our pets.
Next we read Little Fish, Lost by Nancy Van Laan.This a great book about a little fish who loses his mom and meets all sorts of nice animals while he is looking for her. Of course they are reunited and it’s a happy ending.
We finished this week with Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni.
I really like Leo Lionni and had planned on reading another book by him, Swimmy, but then I saw this one on the shelf and decided to switch it up. It’s about a fish who is friend with a tadpole who learns that its ok be different. It’s a beautiful book and was a good way to end storytime.
For our craft this week, we put scales on fish!
Gluing is very popular with the kids, they could glue all day long. So I made lots of colored circles for them to glue and they had a ball.
For your information, I am stealing this craft.
You can steal any and all crafts. I know that’s sometimes the hardest part of planning storytimes!
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