Did You Know? (Online Storytime)
I believe it was a snow day when I first discovered that Barnes & Noble has an online stoytime. The kids were going crazy in the house, and I was searching for something to keep them occupied for a bit. Voila! These online stories totally did the trick!
We now have the online storytime built into our Sunday morning routine. Sunday is T’s sleep-in day, so I’m on my own with Tiny and Buba from about 7 to 8:15am or so. T’s a pretty good sleeper, but I like to try to keep things quiet for him anyway. So, after I get the kids up and out of their diapers, I give Buba and Tiny their sippy cups of milk and a pre-breakfast snack of dry cereal, and we sit together on the little couch in their room (one kid on either side of me and my laptop) and listen to two or three stories together.
We’ve only done this a few times, but so far we’ve heard Pinkalicious (this month’s feature story), The Mitten, Olivia, Smash! Crash!, and Fancy Nancy: Bonjour, Butterfly. Pinkalicious (always first Tiny’s choice) and The Mitten (always Buba’s first choice) are the clear favorite’s, but they’ve enjoyed the others as well.
The whole online storytime thing reminds me of calling up the storyline at our local library when I was a kid to hear whatever story was recorded for the week (or was it the month?). It was always such a special treat when I was allowed to make the call, and I never got tired of hearing the same story over and over. The same seems to be true for Buba and Tiny.
I did not know they did this. I have to check it out! I am sure my 2 would love it too! Thanks for sharing! Happy V day!
I had no idea! I need to check this out. My daughters love all the “licious” books (there’s also Purplicious and Goldilicious. I think there’s another one, but I can’t remember the name).
I will be so checking this out. Storytime by myself is just too crazy, but this may be a great change for my 3. Thanks for the info!
Oh i used to love the mitten! I’m with Buba on this one all the way.