Storytime at the library

First off, I need to say "Why didn't I start going to storytime sooner?" What fun it is!

The Apache Junction library has 3 different storytimes each Thursday: baby, toddler, and preschool. About 7 weeks ago I started bringing Eva (and Sophia) to the toddler one, which is "Mother Goose" storytime! Even though Eva tends to sit and watch more than she participates, when we get home we sing every song, and even have to read like Mother Goose does! (By the way, Mother Goose was walking in the Lost Dutchman Days parade and Eva thought that was pretty neat!)

Every storytime we start the same: Mother Goose brings around her goose for the kids to pet...

Then we sing "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear" and "Two Little Blackbirds", read a book, and have a story with the flannel board (do you remember those?)...

Then we read another book, sing more songs (like "The Wheels on the Bus, "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider", and others where we listen and do as the song says), and read a third book.

At the end of each week, we sing the same song with actions and wave good-bye. The children get a picture to color that relates to the topic of books we listened to.

Sadly, the woman who does the storytimes is retiring, so when storytime starts up again in a month, it will be someone else leading them. The toddler time will not be Mother Goose storytime, either!

She was a great Mother Goose and got to know the names of the children. I am sad that she is leaving and that we had such a sort time with her! : ( So, we had Eva get her picture taken with Mother Goose and her goose.