Friday, March 22, 2013
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Neighbors | Natalie Scott.Austintown librarian Madline Dunchak performed a rhyme called "Two Little Blackbirds" using props at the story time March 4.
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Neighbors | Natalie Scott.Riley Maloney listened to the performance of "Hey Diddle Diddle" given by librarian Madline Dunchak at the Austintown library March 4.
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Neighbors | Natalie Scott.A group of children and their caregivers blow kisses during "If You're Happy and You Know It" at the Austintown library March 4.
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Neighbors | Natalie Scott.Wyatt Cline listened to Austintown librarian Madline Dunchak read "That's Not My Bunny" at the story time March 4.
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Neighbors | Natalie Scott.Austintown librarian Madline Dunchak is shown with a new addition to her story time - a puppet named Bob the Bunny - March 4.
By NATALIE SCOTT
Austintown librarian Nikki Puhalla hosted a story time full of color and nature for children aged 4-5 on March 6. The story time began with a song and dance followed by some stretching, which allowed more energized children to shed some of their pent up energy for the stories that would follow.
The first story Puhalla read was “A Color of His Own” by Leo Lionni. This book is about a chameleon that sees all of the animals in the wild and that they all have colors that only they have, but the chameleon changes color depending on his environment, so he never has just one color to call his own.
Puhalla also read “Butterfly, Butterfly” by Petr Horacek, which was the story of a little girl who found a butterfly while playing in the garden one day and the many colors she sees on her adventure to find the butterfly again.
Puhalla led children in several activities throughout the story time, including a color and shape rhyme song to the tune of “Brown Bear, Brown Bear,” a counting activity using different colored fish, pretending to be different types of animals, and a heart activity that encouraged color recognition.
The story time ended with a craft where children made and colored butterflies using a cutout and tissue paper or crayons.