Earlier this week, momstown Calgary had our first official "Tales for Tots" playdate in the sunny children's area of the Nose Hill Library. With fall here and Thanksgiving right around the corner, our theme for the morning was "all things autumn". We enjoyed songs and fingerplays about scarecrows, pumpkins, and falling leaves, and then it was time for stories. We gobbled along to the antics of the turkeys in "10 Fat Turkeys" by Tony Johnston, a cute counting book for toddlers.
"One Windy Wednesday" by Phyllis Root had lots of fun animal noises to make, and made us think about the things that wind can do, too:
We also enjoyed Bruce Degen's classic book "Jamberry", a fanciful story about a boy and his bear friend's romp through berryland. Written in fun rhyming text ("Quickberry! Quackberry! Pick me a blackberry! Trainberry, Trackberry Clickerty-clackberry!"), it has detailed, delightful pictures that are full of surprises like street lights made of jars of jam. It is a wonderful read aloud story at any of time year, but seems particularly appropriate in this season of preserving the harvest:
Next, it was time for crafts. We recycled paper tubes, packing paper, and bits of tissue paper to create autumn trees:
Exploring the feel of the tissue paper, practicing fine motor skills by taking the caps off the glue, and learning about spacial relationships by placing glue sticks into the paper tubes might have been more fun than the craft itself!
Our Thanksgiving tables will be adorned with beautiful decorations that speak of the things that I am most thankful for: the smiles of children, the sound of their laughter, the wonder in their eyes as they discover the world, and the incredible friends that I have the privilege of sharing these magical times with.
Love love love this adaptation of our apple trees - super simple and so cute! So thankful for the library partnership & support too!
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