Preschool Newsletter
April 2025
In This Issue
Library Services for Preschool Teachers
Contact Us
Summer Reading!
Read more with TumbleBooks
Let's Read About: Spring Showers
Hello, Rain!
Sometimes rain
I don't like rain!
Peppa pig and the muddy puddles
A good day for ducks
Songs & Rhymes
Hands-on Fun
Library Services for Preschool Teachers
For more information, or to schedule a display or visit call us at 815-385-0036, email us, or contact us through our online form, and select whichever service you need from the drop-down subject menu.
Contact Us
Preschool Services
preschool@mchenrylibrary.org
 
Alie Stansbury
Youth Services Manager
astansbury@mchenrylibrary.org
 
Skye Kordistos
Early Literacy Librarian
skordistos@mchenrylibrary.org
 
Summer Reading!
Lets embrace the beauty of art in all its forms by preparing for our 2025 Summer Reading Program 2025! As you know, the summer learning gap is a real challenge that our students face. The Summer Reading Program (SRP) is a great way to keep kids engaged in reading throughout the summer, with some fun prizes along the way, including a free book when they finish! 
 
We are delighted to announce that the theme for this year’s program is Color Our World! We look forward to this journey of art and creativity while celebrating the many ways in which art enriches our lives. We are very excited about this year’s theme and hope you are, too!
 
In addition to SRP, we are planning engaging programs for children of all ages! 
 
You can sign up beginning June 1 here:  http://mchenrylibrary.beanstack.org
 
We are working on a promotional video that you can send out to your students. Look out for it in one of our future newsletters!
Read more with TumbleBooks
 
TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you. 
 Let's Read About:
 Spring Showers
Hello, Rain!
by Kyo Maclear

A young girl experiences a rain storm from seeing the storm roll in, to splashing in the puddles, and then finally watching the sun coming back out.
Sometimes rain
by Meg Fleming

A celebration of the four seasons of the year and all the fun that comes with them blends vibrant artwork with simple, straightforward text depicting seasonal outdoor activities, from a picnic in the rain and blowing frosty breath to sledding and building a snowman.
I don't like rain!
by Sarah Dillard

A sequel to I Wish It Would Snow finds Rabbit and his pals happily playing outdoors only to be interrupted by a rainstorm that challenges the animal friends to enjoy indoor activities. 
Peppa pig and the muddy puddles
by Candlewick Press

When it begins raining, Peppa is excited by the prospect of muddy puddles, but the rain soon turns into a flood and Peppa makes the most of it
A good day for ducks
by Jane Whittingham

A brother and sister enjoy a rainy day outside, jumping in puddles and watching ducks swimming, until a crack of thunder sends them home
Songs & Rhymes
Do you need a rhyme/fingerplay? 
Song: ” It Ain’t Gonna Rain No More, No More”
It ain’t gonna rain no more, no more
It ain’t gonna rain no more
Oh no, it’s up to my toe
But it ain’t gonna rain more.
 
Additional verses:
Oh gee, it’s up to my knee
Oh my, it’s up to my thigh
Oh fiddle, it’s up to my middle
Oh heck, it’s up to my neck
Oh dread, it’s up to my head, I’m just going to swim on home.
 
Do you need an action song? If all the Raindrops were Lemon drops and Gumdrops
 
  
 
Hands-on Fun
Beat those rainy day blues with these colorful Coffee Filter Umbrella Suncatchers! 
McHenry Public Library
809 Front St.
McHenry, Illinois 60050
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