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Neighbors | Zack Shively.The Austintown library's Baby Brilliant: Pre-Kindergarten Story Time included a dance, story time and a craft. Librarian Nikki Puhalla read three stories to the children.
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Neighbors | Zack Shively.The children glued paper leaves to a circle to create a wreath at Baby Brilliant: Pre-Kindergarten Story Time. The story time and craft had a Thanksgiving theme.
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Neighbors | Zack Shively.Nikki Puhalla read "There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Turkey" at the Austintown library's Baby Brilliant: Pre-Kindergarten Story Time on Nov. 22.
By ZACK SHIVELY
A couple of children attended the Austintown library’s Baby Brilliant: Pre-Kindergarten Story Time on Nov. 22 in the library’s children activity room.
Austintown librarian Nikki Puhalla began the story time with a fun activity. She played a song by a children’s musician that gave the children instructions, such as putting their hands up or down. The activity got the children moving and energized.
Puhalla started the story time for the students. She first read “There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey“ by Lucille Colandro. The story took the commonly known “There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly“ story and based it around Thanksgiving. The old lady swallows things like a turkey, a football and a cornucopia during the story.
Then, she read “Turkey Trouble“ by Wendi J. Silvano, which focused on a turkey that tried to disguise itself on Thanksgiving. The turkey dressed as different farm animals so it would not get eaten. Puhalla asked the students what they thought the turkey would do next throughout the story.
She let one of the children choose their last story. The child chose “Gobble, Gobble, Tucker!“ by Leslie McGuirk. The story followed a dog on Thanksgiving that wanted food. The dog got food at the end for behaving.
After the stories, the children made a craft. They glued paper leaves onto a circle to make a wreath of leaves for Thanksgiving.
The Austintown library hosts a Pre-Kindergarten Story Time every week. The events usually have a theme to them, like the Thanksgiving theme.