Storytime: Halloween (2s)

With the younger kids I've often done just Pumpkins or Around the Town for Halloween, but this year my 2s storytime fell right on Halloween so we just had to have a party!

Books:
A co-worker found Brooms Are For Flying at another library and it's PERFECT for the little goblins.

Brooms Are For Flying by Michael Rex
Pete the Cat and the Five Little Pumpkins by James Dean
Five Little Pumpkins by Dan Yaccarino
If You're A Monster and You Know It by Ed & Rebecca Emberley
 
Songs/Fingerplays:

'If You're A Monster and You Know It'
'Itsy Bitsy Spider'
'I'm A Little Pumpkin'
'Where Is Thumbkin/Pumpkin/Ghostie'

Pumpkin Chant (found on 'Jbrary' - go watch it on Youtube for the hand motions!)
Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin - BREAD
Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin - HEAD
Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin - PIE
Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin - EYE
Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin - CAKE
Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin - SHAKE
Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin - STEW
Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin - BOO!

Activities: 
We used the 'clappers' to dance to some Halloween music!

Flannelboard:

Five Little Pumpkins

Craft:
Found this on Oriental Trading and prepped ahead of time. Super cute!

Storytime: Milk & Cookies

I'm currently doing a 2s Storytime at one library, and a 3-5 Storytime at another. So in order to maintain some sanity, I'm trying to pick one theme for both each week and adapt it for the different ages. Some of my 2s are REALLY little and some of my 5s are already in school.

Book Options:

 Who Stole the Cookies From the Cookie Jar? by Lass/Sturges
The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw
The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff

Songs/Fingerplays:

'The Cow Loves Grass'
'Five Round Cookies'
'Five Currant Buns'
'Milkshake, Milkshake'

2s Activity:

2 activities:
First, I 'hid' cookie and milk cut-outs around the room then had them find 1 of each. Then they got to 'feed' them to Cookie Monster!

We also used the shaker eggs to the tune of 'Milkshake' and a few others shaker songs


3-5s Craft:
We painted cookie shapes with brown paint and then added 'frosting' and 'sprinkles' of course!