J is for Jump

This week is the letter J is for jump.  Below are the books I read (for all three storytimes-preschool, two's, lapsit), fingerplays and crafts we made.

Book: Nuts Keep Rolling

Book: Pouch 

Book: Elephants Cannot Dance

Book: If You're Hoppy

Book: Roo Knows Blue

Fingerplays:

Clap, clap, clap your hands.
As slowly as you can.
Clap, clap, clap your hands.
As quickly as you can.
Continue:
Stomp your feet
Stretch your arms

Fingerplays:

Ten little kittens, standing in a row.

They bow their heads to the kids just so.

They run to the left, they run to the right.

They run real fast and then real slow.

They run real high and then real low.

Along comes a puppy dog, looking for some fun.

Woof, woof, woof!  Away the kittens run.

Fingerplays:

Walking, walking, walking, walking.  Hop, hop, hop.  Hop, hop, hop.

Running, running, running.  

Running, running, running.

Now we stop!  Now we stop!

Continue: Stomping, stomping….

Preschool Craft:

Two's Craft:

Ice Cream Storytime

 

This week is the letter I is for ice cream.  Below are the books I read (for all three storytimes-preschool, two's, lapsit), fingerplays and craft we made.

Book: Good Luck, Ice Cream Truck

Book: The Ice Cream Vanishes

Book: Pete the Cat Screams for Ice Cream

Book: The Cookie Fiasco

Fingerplay:

Five yummy lemons sitting in a bowl,

One fell out and it started to roll.  (Roll hands)

It bumped the table (Clap hands)

And hit my toe (Tap foot)

How many lemons left in the bowl?

Preschool Craft:

Two's Craft:

Letter H Storytime

  

This week is the letter H is for horses.  Below are the books I read (for all three storytimes-preschool, two's, lapsit), fingerplays and craft we made.

Book: I Spy on the Farm

Book: Cindy Moo

Book: Don't Push the Button Farm Edition

Book: Do Cows Meow?

Book: Barnyard Banter

Fingerplay:

All the pigs are rolling around,

Rolling around, rolling around.

All the pigs are rolling around,

All through the farm.

Continue:

Spinning around.

Jumping around.

Preschool Craft:

Two's Craft:

 

This week is the letter G is for gardens.  Below are the books I read (for all three storytimes-preschool, two's, lapsit), fingerplays and craft we made.

Book: That's Not Bunny!

Book:  Little Mouse's Big Breakfast

Book:  Pete's Big Lunch

*For this I printed out clip-art of the food.  As I read the book my volunteer put up the food on the flannelboard.  The kids loved it!

Book: Plant the Tiny Seed

Fingerplay:

Clap, clap, clap your hands.

As slowly as you can.

Clap, clap, clap your hands.

As quickly as you can.

Continue: 

Stomp your feet

Flap your arms

Roll your hands

Preschool Craft:

Two's Craft:

Letter F Storytime

 This week is the letter F for fish.  Below are the books I read (for all three storytimes-preschool, two's, lapsit), fingerplays and craft we made.

Book: I Spy Under the Sea

Book: Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark

Book: Nat the Cat Finds a Map

Book: Heads & Tails Underwater

Book: Gator, Gator, Gator

Book:  Swallow the Leader

Book: Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Fingerplay:

The waves in the ocean go up and down,

Up and down, up and down.

The waves in the ocean go up and down,

Al through the day.

Continue:

Crabs…pinch, pinch, pinch

Sails on the mast…swish, swish, swish

Cannons on the ship…boom, boom, boom

Fish…jump up and down

Fingerplay: Tune of Frere Jacques

Fish are swimming,

Fish are swimming,

In the sea, in the sea.

Splishing and splashing (wave arms)

Splishing and splashing

Look and see, look and see.

Continue: Fish are jumping. Fish are spinning.

Video: Kiboomers Ocean Freeze Dance

Preschool Craft:

Two's Craft:

Letter E Storytime

 This week is the letter E for elephant.  Below are the books I read (for all three storytimes-preschool, two's, lapsit), fingerplays and craft we made.

Book: What To Do If an Elephant Stands on Your Foot

Book: Doris

Book: Elephant's Guide to Hide and Seek

Preschool Craft:

Two's Craft:

Letter D Storytime

  

This week is the letter D for dinosaur.  Below are the books I read (for all three storytimes-preschool, two's, lapsit), fingerplays and craft we made.

Book: Crunch the Shy Dinosaur

Fingerplay:

(tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The green dinosaur went, “Roar, roar, roar!”
“Roar, roar, roar!”
“Roar, roar, roar!”
The green dinosaur went, “Roar, roar, roar!”
All around the swamp.

Repeat with the following verses:
The dinosaurs wings went flap, flap, flap…
The dinosaurs feet went stomp, stomp, stomp

Book: There's a Dinosaur In Your Book

Fingerplay:

Walking, walking, walking, walking.

Hop, hop, hop.  Hop, hop, hop.

Running, running, running.

Running, running, running.

Now we stop!  Now we stop!

Book: 1,2,3 Do the Dinosaur

Preschool Craft:

Two's Craft:

Letter B Storytime

 

This week is the letter B for bears.  Below are the books I read (for all three storytimes-preschool, two's, lapsit), fingerplays and craft we made.

Book: A Bear, a Bee and a Honey Tree

Fingerplay:

If you’re a panda bear and you know it, clap your paws.

If you’re a panda bear and you know it, clap your paws.
If you’re a panda bear and you know it, 
And your face will surely show it,
If you’re a panda bear and you know it, clap your paws.
Continue:
If you’re a polar bear and you know it, stomp your feet
If you’re a grizzly bear and you know it, growl real loud

Book:   A Bear Sat on My Porch Today

Book: Where Is Bear?

Preschool Craft:

Two's Craft: