- Books: Will You Be My Friend?, Frogs Jump, Pumpkin Day, Pumpkin Night
- Songs: If You’d Like to Read a Book, Sing a Happy Song, Chickadee, Brown Squirrel, These Are My Glasses
- Rhyme: Way Up High in the Apple Tree
- Notes: Will You Be My Friend? is really an easy reader. Weird for Tafuri. Frogs Jump is too repetitive - I got sick of repeating myself. Brown Squirrel is not a hit this year. Might be time to scrap it.
- Books: Extra Yarn, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, Jennie’s Hat, Pete the Cat: Rocking in my School Shoes
- Songs: If You’re Like To Read a Book, Hat, Coat, Pants, and Shoes, These Are My Glasses
Rhyme: Hats on Everyone - Notes: Extra Yarn is my new favorite book. Hat, Coat, Pants, and Shoes was a huge hit. I have never seen kids laugh so hard. They also loved Hats on Everyone.
- Books: Extra Yarn, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, Jennie’s Hat, Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes
- Songs: If You’d Like to Read a Book, Hat, Coat, Pants, and Shoes, These Are My Glasses
- Rhyme: Hats on Everyone
- Notes: This was not a very memorable visit. I need to get into a more interesting routine!
- Reader's Theater: The Hidden One
- Notes: The kids loved this, though it was a bit below their reading levels. They all wanted to look at The Rough-face Girl afterward, since it's a picture book of the same folk tale.
Catholic School 1st Grade: Friday, 10/19
- Books: Let’s Go For a Drive, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons, The Eensy Weensy Spider Freaks Out Big Time!
- Songs: Hat, Coat, Pants and Shoes, These Are My Glasses
- Rhyme: This is Big, Big, Big
- Notes: Let's Go For a Drive has the flattest ending, which is a shame because the rest of it is really great for story time.
- Short Story: “Will” by Adam Rex (from Guys Read: Funny Business)
- Notes: This is the second time I've read this story to this grade level. This time, after I closed the book, one of the boys shouted, "That was awesome!"
- Books: Yoko, Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?, The Pirate of Kindergarten
- Songs: Hat, Coat, Pants, and Shoes, These Are My Glasses
- Notes: This is a lovely group. Their teacher requested five senses books, so that's how I chose these titles. All were great successes, though The Pirate of Kindergarten was harder for them to understand than I realized.
