About Our Preschool Blog

The Shaler North Hills Library preschool blog is designed specifically for Preschoolers, generally ages 3-6! Our page includes our weekly Preschool Express Storytime books read and songs sang, as well as new and fun preschool books, great websites for preschoolers and more to come! So often, children, parents and caregivers want to remember either stories we've read or songs/rhymes we've sung, so we thought it would be cool to have one source where everything is located! We hope you enjoy this site!

Hope to see you soon!

Miss Dolores :)

Preschool Storytime - Letter o

Today's "o is for owl" craft

The stomach bug caught up with me, so I wasn't at work last Friday for Letter n week, but glad to be back for a great Letter o week! We read a story about a snake and had fun with opposites and read a fun story about what it would be like if we had eight arms like an octopus! Here is a recap of what we read, sang and created today! Feel free to have your child bring an item to each week's program...search your house with your child for items that begin with the letter "p" for next week's program!

Books we read today:

 "Opposnakes: A Lift-the-Flap Book About Opposites," by Salina Yoon
 "My Octopus Arms," by Keith Baker

Songs we sang today:

The Opposite Song by Dr. Jean (we used shaker eggs with this song)

We can do opposites, opposites, opposites.
We can do opposites follow me.
Top and bottom...(act out motions)
Front and back...
Happy and sad...
Left and right...
Up and down...
Loud and soft...
Open and shut...
Stand and sit...
and put them in your lap!

We also played a fun opposites matching game, which I found on this site: http://www.playdoughtoplato.com/2013/02/13/the-opposite-game/ Each child was given a card, then they took turns putting them on the flannel board and whoever had the opposite card would come up to make a match!

Preschool Storytime - Letter m

Today's 'm is for mittens' craft

It was so great to be back to our Preschool Express storytime! We picked back up with letter 'm' and read a story about an impatient moose who had a hard time waiting for the letter 'm' and a story about a woman who would knit mittens and hang them on a spruce tree by the school bus stop. Here is a recap of what we read, sang and created today! Feel free to have your child bring an item to each week's program...search your house with your child for items that begin with the letter "n" for next week's program!

Books we read today:

"Z is for Moose," by Kelly Bingham
"The Mitten Tree," by Candace Christiansen

Songs we sang today:
"Making Muffins" (Laura Numeroff)

Want to make muffins a special way?
Then do what I do and say what I say!
Ready? (ready!)
(repeat each phrase)
Scoop, scoop, in goes the flour
Crack, crack, in go the eggs
Sprinkle, in goes the sugar
And a splash of milk, and a pinch of salt
Oh no! We forgot the berries!
Have to go pick them so let's get dressed!
Zip, zip, zip up your jacket
Pull, pull, pull on your books
Run, run, out to the bush
And pick, pick, pick, pick.
Scoot, scoot, back to the house
Zip off your jacket
Slip off your boots
Plop, plop in go the berries
Stir it up, stir it up, stir it up
Drop, drop, drop in the batter
Put it in the oven
Tick, tock, set the timer
And wait, and wait
Ding, ding, ready!
Blow, blow, cool 'em off
Yum, yum eat 'em up!
Ah...muffins!

"Each Mitten Has a Mate" (Carole Peterson)

Each mitten has a mate, has a mate (clap, clap)
Each mitten has a mate, has a mate (clap, clap)
It's part of our game, find the one that looks the same
Each mitten has a mate, has a mate.