Opening: Big Books
Fingerplay: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: “Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes”
*This book was so much fun to read! What I did was make ten cupcakes and place them on rulers. I had them propped up behind me on the puppet stage. As I read, my volunteer pulled them down when it was time. The kids let me know very quickly when my cupcakes disappeared. Then I would ask my kids, was it you who took my cupcakes? Priceless! We also used puppets which are always a big, big hit with the 2's. Definitely a great book to use with this theme.
Fingerplay/Flannel: “Who Wants a Pancake?”
Who wants a pancake, piping hot?
{Alligator} takes the one with butter on top.
Who wants a pancake, piping hot?
{Sheep} takes the one with blueberries on top.
Who wants a pancake, fresh off the griddle?
{Snake} takes the one with syrup in the middle.
Who wants a pancake, piping hot
{Monkey} takes the one with bananas on top
File Folder Storytelling/Book: “Very Hungry Pumpkin”
*I was really hoping that the kids would enjoy this great story more than they did. I think they were so excited about the puppets that their attention span was gone by this point. What I did was make pumpkins out of paper, and I placed a hidden pocket on the back of each pumpkin. When the pumpkin ate each piece of food, I tucked that piece of food into the back pocket to make it disappear. Then I held up the new pumpkin, and went on to the next line of the story. To see the full version of this and the website where I found it, click here.
Fingerplay/Flannel: “Turkey, Turkey”
Turkey, turkey, come and play.
What color house are you in today?
*We ran out of time today to hunt for our turkey, but click here to check out where I found this adorable game.
Action: “Feed Rabbit”
Rabbit, rabbit, crunch, crunch, crunch.
How about a carrot for your lunch?
*I had forgotten how much the kids love feeding the animals food! Normally I will feed our puppets food before we do this action, but the kids were already too restless at this point for that. What I did was hand out carrots and we danced around with our carrots. Then I showed them my bunny rabbit and they went crazy! I popped my carrot into the rabbit's mouth and held him while the kids rushed up to feed the rabbit. Besides the puppets, this was the kids favorite part, I do believe. Here is the website where I found this wonderful idea.
*For the craft today, we made pancakes! Out on the table was a plate, with four pancakes and a fork laid out. In the middle of the table, the kids could choose to add butter, syrup, blueberries, strawberries, and bananas to their pancake.
Extra Read-Alouds:
Lemons Are Not Red
What’s for Lunch? By Garrett
Who's Hungry?
Yum! Yum! By Yonezu
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