Time for Two's Storytime
Opening: If You Want to Hear a Story
Opening: If You Want to Hear a Story
Book: Bunny Slopes
*I love this book! It's such a great interactive book, and I'm sad the two's didn't enjoy it like I thought they would. I'm going to try this with the preschoolers and hope it goes over better.
Fingerplay/Flannel: Snowman
Snowman, snowman, hat so red, pat your legs and nod your head.
Snowman, snowman, hat so blue, touch your knee, then your shoe.
Snowman, snowman, hat so white, clap your hands with all your might.
Snowman, snowman, hat so green, jump up like a jumping bean.
Snowman, snowman, hat so brown, reach up high then touch the ground.
Snowman, snowman, hat so black, rub your tummy, then touch your back.
Snowman, snowman turn around and sit back down!
*The two's loved telling me the colors of the snowman and doing the actions.
Book: Mitten
*I wasn't sure about telling this story to the two's, but they did really well with it. They enjoyed watching my animals disappear into my mitten and come flying out at the end.
Fingerplay/Puppets: “There’s Something in the Snow”
There’s something in the snow, now what can it be?
There’s something in the snow that I can’t really see.
Hear it’s funny sound…OINK OINK
A pig is what I found!
Contiunue with: Neigh, neigh, a horse is what I found.
Moo, moo, a cow is what I found.
Baa, baa, a sheep is what I found.
*This is my favorite fingerplay to do during the winter, and the kids loved it! On a whim, I fed the puppets snowflakes and it worked great. I found this fabulous idea here.
Book: Snowman Shuffle
*This is a precious board book, and a great read to get everyone moving. We didn't have time to read it today, but I definitely want to use it next time.
Fingerplay: Snowman On My Nose
*As always, the kids love dancing around with something! I found the words for this here.
Action: To end storytime, I made it snow on the kids! Of course, it wasn't real snow, just paper snowflakes, but they still loved it just the same.
Extra Books:
Baby Loves Winter
Bears in the Snow
Hibernation Station
Peekaboo in the Snow
The Snowball by Giuliano FerriOur craft today was a bear, hiding out in his cave underneath the snow. The kids got to glue on the snow and the moon. I couldn't get the website to load where I found this adorable craft, I apologize.
Today was our game day! To check out our winter games, please click here. The two's played snowman knockdown with cups and boxes, snowflake soup, and snowman beanbag toss. Lots of fun!
Preschool Storytime
Opening: Big Books
Action: Mitten Match-Up
*For this I hold up different mittens and have the kids tell me what’s wrong until I get the correct pair. The kids loved doing this!
Book: Mitten (With props)
*I love telling this story, and the kids really enjoyed telling me what animal I was holding up.
Fingerplay: “Snowman, Snowman”
Snowman, snowman, where are you at?
Snowman, snowman, show me your hat!
Snowman, snowman, touch the ground,
Snowman, snowman, turn around!
Snowman, snowman, pat your knees,
Snowman, snowman, sit down please.
Snowman, snowman, reach for the sky,
Snowman, snowman, wave goodbye!
Fingerplay/Flannel: Make a Snowman
*For this, I made a snowman, and placed him on my flannel, but he didn't have any arms or a hat. I asked the kids what he needed, and of course they told me! When they said hat, I would place a cowboy hat on him. Thankfully they told me that was wrong, so I replaced it with a pink hat, which they told me was wrong. Lastly I put up the right hat, a black top hat. I repeated this with the snowman's arms. The kids always love telling me what I've done wrong, and this was no exception.
Book: Bunny Slopes
*I love this book! It's such a great interactive book, and the preschoolers didn't enjoy it like I thought they would. The really liked the beginning a lot, with all the shaking and actions, but not so much the ending.
Fingerplay/Puppets: “There’s Something in the Snow”
There’s something in the snow, now what can it be?
There’s something in the snow that I can’t really see.
Hear it’s funny sound…OINK OINK
A pig is what I found!
Contiunue with: Neigh, neigh, a horse is what I found.
Moo, moo, a cow is what I found.
Baa, baa, a sheep is what I found.
*This is my favorite fingerplay to do during the winter, and the kids loved it! I found this fabulous idea here.
Cut and Tell: Snowman
*This was my first time doing the cut and tell snowman, and it was a lot of fun. I found the idea for it on this website, but I decided to change the story. Here's what I told the kids:
It was snowing on the farm, and the animals wanted to give something to the farmer. But what was it? Let’s find out! The wind blew a piece of paper onto the farm. And the goat picked it up and started to chew on it. After a while, the pig said, let me try! And he chewed for a while. Lastly, the dog said, that’s not right, let me try! And he chewed for a while. Finally, they were all done! Do you know what they made? Well, let’s open it up and see! A beautiful snowman! Great job animals, let’s give them a big clap! (This is a take on our cut-and-tell story Valentine’s Day on the farm.)
The kids enjoyed it, but not as much as when I do the Valentine's Day story.
Book: Winter is for Snow
*I really like this book, and I read it with my volunteer. I think the kids would have enjoyed it more, but they were too restless at this point.
Today was our game day! To check out our winter games, please click here. The preschoolers played penguin matchup, penguin color matching, snowman patterns, snowflake soup and snowman putt-putt.
Extra Books:
All You Need for a Snowman
Don’t Wake Up the Bear!
If It’s Snowy and You Know It
One-Dog Sleigh
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
Snowballs
There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow!
Wonderful Winter
