April 7, 2020: Virtual Storytime #3

Eggs, Chicks, and Hatching

If you have plastic eggs, fill them with rice, and tape them shut to use as shakers.  In addition, before viewing the storytime, if you have a printer, download and print out the lyrics to the songs and the clip art of five chicks.

Please let others know that there are three virtual storytimes that may not be following me on Facebook or checking back on the blog.

I am planning to a storytime about Easter later this week. 

Selected picture books about eggs, new life, and Easter for 4-6 year olds

Selected picture books for this planned storytime:

Nonfiction to introduce topic:"Chick Life Cycle" by Elizabeth Bennett" or "From Egg to Chicken" by Robin Nelson
    (For preschool storytime, it is appropriate to use a short informational text to introduce a topic. I rarely read every word to the children.)

or 

1. "There is a Bird on Your Head" by Mo Willems

2. "Hank Finds an Egg" by Rebecca Dudley

3. "Flap Your Wings" by P. D. Eastman

4. "The Easter Egg" by Jan Brett

5. "Easter Bunny's Assistant" by Jan Thomas

6. "Otter Loves Easter!" by Sam Garton

7. "Turkey's Eggcellent Easter" by Wendi Silvano

8. "The Story of the Easter Bunny" by Katherine Tegen

9. "The Easter Bunny That Overslept" by Priscilla and Otto Friedrich 

10. "Betty Bunny Loves Easter" by Michael B. Kaplan

11. "The Best Easter Egg Hunt Ever" by Dawn Casey 

12. "Milo the Really Big Bunny" by Stephen Krensky

Extra one that I have used in the past:"Roly Poly Egg" by Kali Stileman  (No longer available in my library system)
            

Selected picture books about eggs, new life, and Easter for two to three year olds:

Picture books selected for planned toddler storytime about eggs, new life and Easter:

1. Happy Easter, Curious George!" by Margaret and H. A. Rey
                 

2.  "Happy Easter, Little Hoo! by Brenda Ponnay

3. "Minerva Louise and the Colorful Eggs" by Janet Stoeke

4. "Don't Push the Button! An Easter Surprise" by Bill Cutter

5. "Hurry, Hurry" by Eve Bunting

                        

6. "Peppa Pig and the Easter Rainbow" by Candlewick Press

7. "Shake  a Leg, Egg!" by Kurt Cyrus

8. "Egg" by Kevin Henkes