Superheroes

Of course, since the Summer Reading Program CSLP theme is Every Hero Has a Story, we had to do a superhero storytime.  Surprisingly this was also harder to plan than I thought.  Luckily the online storytime community had my back and had unearthed some gems.

BOOKS:

We read Baron von Baddie and the Ice Ray Incident by George McClements and SuperTruck by Stephen Savage.

I cannot say enough good things about Baron von Baddie.  He's evil and devious and cute as hell.  Also there are some really good adult jokes mixed in with the kid ones.  Before we read SuperTruck we talked about secret identities and named a few popular superhero secret identities.  SuperTruck is cute, just short.  Not a whole lot of content there.

FLANNELBOARD:

I used "Five Superheroes" from Jbrary, but added in flannelboard superheroes.

The rhyme goes as follows:

Five superheroes ready to fly,
Here comes a villain.  Stop that guy!
This superhero can save the day.
Off he/she flies - up, up and away!

I spent some of my hard earned moolah to purchase Cloud Street Lab's superhero creator kits which are clip art kits that allow you to create different superheroes.  I created them, printed them off, and laminated them.  The guy in black with the black mask is the villain and the other superheroes flew off of the flannelboard to get him.

SONG:

We rocked out to "Superhero Song" by Pancake Manor.  You should totally watch the video.  It's adorable.  We did a few actions along with the song.

CRAFT:

Our craft for this week was creating our own superheroes.  I did this craft in a summer reading program workshop put on by the North Dakota State Library, and I believe the workshop leader got it from Frugal Fun For Boys.  It's a superhero made from pipecleaners, cut up pieces of straw, pony beads, wooden beads, and a construction paper cape.  Here's my superhero.

I was a little worried that it would be too difficult for little toddler hands, but everyone seemed to do okay with it.  A storytime success!