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August 30th, 2011 Story Time

 The great dragon rescue by M.P. Robertson

George and his dragon are reunited. One morning George is moping around the chicken coop, daydreaming of adventure, when suddenly his dragon friend swoops out of the sky and carries him off . . . to a deep, dark forest. There they spy on a wicked witch who has captured a baby dragon! Papa dragon needs George's help, and it's up to him to think of a clever rescue--and fast. Luckily, when it comes to fighting bad magic, George has a few tricks up his sleeve.

Reading Skill: Print Awareness: "Children with print awareness understand that print has different functions depending on the context in which it appears – for example, menus list food choices, a book tells a story, a sign can announce a favorite restaurant or warn of danger. Print awareness is understanding that print is organized in a particular way – for example, knowing that print is read from left to right and top to bottom. It is knowing that words consist of letters and that spaces appear between words. Print awareness is a child's earliest introduction to literacy." http://www.readingrockets.org/teaching/reading101/printawareness 

Songs 

All around the castle

Five Green Dragons

Submitted by Lisa (song to five little pumpkins rhyme)

 

Five green dragons making such a roar.
One danced away and then there were four.
Four green dragons dancing around a tree.
One danced away and then there were three.
Three green dragons dancing around you.
One danced away and then there were two.
Two green dragons dancing in the sun.
One danced away and then there was one.
One green dragon having lots of fun
She danced away and then there were none.

Fly Dragon Fly

(Sung To: Skip To My Lou)

Fly, fly dragon fly, fly, fly dragon fly,
Fly, fly dragon fly, way up in the sky.

Hop, hop dragon hop, hop, hop, dragon hop
Hop, hop dragon hop, hop, hop, dragon stop

Craft: Children will be making dragon masks.

Pond Walk Story Time in the Richard Lavallee Storyteller Garden

 Pond Walk by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace

Gr. PreK-3 Buddy and Mama Bear head for Pete s Pond, where they enjoy observing the animals and plants. Like any good naturalist, Buddy makes drawings in his notebook and labels them. Armed with a handy field guide, Mama answers Buddy s questions, offers facts about pond life, and exchanges riddles with her son. The colorful collage illustrations combine elements of cut paper, photos, and colored pencils. A simple craft project is appended. Written with an understanding of what will interest children this picture book from Buddy Bear series provides an accessible introduction to ponds and their inhabitants. 

Moms enjoying the morning sunshine.

Children got to explore the garden with magnifying glasses. Guess what they found in our little pond?

Two frogs.

A lovely morning to have story time in the Richard Lavallee Storyteller Garden Keene Public Library.

One of the many sun flowers in the garden.