Fall: Light Storytime

Today kicked off the Fall season of my family storytime series. We focused on light today - sun, moon, stars, lights outside and inside. 

Welcome to storytime at the library. My name is Miss Pippi and I'm so glad you're here!

SONG: Hello Song
Storytime Reminders: Be Ready, Be Seated, Be Involved, Be Respectful
 
Snowbie, our storytime puppet friends
Flannel: Bookworm, Bookworm, we'll find you soon! Are you behind the (color) Moon?
Three fireflies, one star, one bookworm - ASL for the colors (green, white, yellow, purple, blue)
 
BOOK: Living Things Need Light by Karen Aleo (Little Pebble [Capstone], 2020) 
 
FINGERPLAY: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

American Sign Language: twinkle, stars, world, diamond (shape)
 
BOOK: Night Lights by Susan Gal (Alfred A. Knopf, 2009)
 
Two Little Fireflies from https://thelionisabookworm.blogspot.com/2014/08/storytime-light.html
Two little fireflies land on my hand
One named Sally. One named Sam.
Lights ON Sally! Lights ON Sam!
Lights off Sally. Lights off Sam.

Fingerplay: Zoom, Zoom, Zoom
Zoom, zoom, zoom We're going to the moon.
Zoom, zoom, zoom We're going to the moon.
Climb aboard my rocketship, we will take a little trip.
Zoom, zoom, zoom We're going to the moon.
In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Blast off!
            Far, far, far, we're going to the stars (x 2)

            Fun, fun, fun, we’re going to the sun (x 2) 
 
BOOK: When the Sky Glows by Nell Cross Beckerman, illustrated by David Litchfield (Beach Lane Books, 2022)

"The sky glows" is a repeated phrase in the book and I invited everyone to say it with me (with a sweeping hand gesture). A beautiful book but I could feel the autdience getting antsy so this was the last readaloud today.
 
SONG: Rocketship Run by Laurie Berkner
 
BOOK: Flash and Gleam: Light in Our World by Sue Fliess, illustrated by Khoa Le (Millbrook Press, 2020) We didn't read this one today, but it's an excellent light book that covers indoor and outdoor lights with minimal text.
 
Announcements: 
Craft Instructions: Construction Paper Suns - process over product
SONG: Goodbye So-Long Farewell Toodle-oo by Hap Palmer

This was a fun session of storytime. We did sign moon, stars, and sun throughout storytime. I did share the sign for light as well. My resource for ASL is www.handspeak.com.