A Collection of Finger Puppets for Spring

 We've started planning for Spring! Yay! We like to end our storytime with a finger puppet rhyme. The repetition of the technique doesn't get old because we change up the shape and the names of the two littles! Here are my ducks, frogs and trees! These are addictive to make! LOL!

Two yellow Ducks paddling in the pond. one named Daphne and one named Don.

Swim away Daphne. Swim away Don...

Two little frogs croaking in the swamp. One named Ribbit and one named Jump.

Hop away Ribbit! Hop away Jump! ...

Two happy trees, waving in the wind. One named Fancy and one named Finn.

Wave your leaves Fancy. Wave your leaves Finn!

Stand up tall Fancy. Stand up tall Finn!

Two happy trees, waving in the wind. One named Fancy and one named Finn.

We are having so much Fun with Friends at Storytime!

Froggies R Playing it Cool!

I love doing a frog theme because there are so many cute frog books!  We just did frogs again at my library and it was a blast!  I read one of my favorites ever, The Wide Mouthed Frog: A Pop-Up Book by Keith Faulkner. The caregivers always laugh too when I purse up my lips very small to read the last line from the frog right before he jumps into the water, "SPLASH"!  I also used 2 other popup books;  Ten Tiny Tadpoles by Debbie Tarbett and Mo Willems', Big Frog Can't Fit In: A Pop Out Book. Of course, I did 5 Green and Speckled Frogs and Little Frog Are You Hiding.  I know someone has done Little Frog with paper?  but I can't remember who? *update...found it here! My version is made of pellon (the little frog) and different colored felt 'logs'*   Anyway, I wanted something new and interactive so...I cut out a bunch of different colored felt frog Ellison diecuts and made up a simple rhyme.  As I snapped  my fingers for the beat, and said the rhyme in a cool and groovy way (as cool and groovy as a white-haired librarian assistant/grandmother type can be; HA!)  the children brought their froggy to the flannelboard 'pool'.

Froggies in the Pool

by Kathryn Roach

Little Froggies *red, if you want to be cool,

Come right up and jump into the pool!

*blue, green, orange, yellow, purple, pink

Next time I'll have to wear sunglasses to help with the coolness factor.  Have a 'hoppy' time at Storytime with froggies!