Preschool Storytime
Opening: Big Books
Guessing Game: Clouds
*I've got a flannel that is of different shaped clouds. For example, one is a teddy bear, another is a candy cane. I told my kids that I was going to show them different clouds, but I wanted them to tell me what they looked like. They had fun telling me what they saw.
Book/Flannel: Little Cloud
*The kids loved this book! I think the favorite part was telling me what each cloud was as I turned the page in the book.
Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Umbrellas
Five umbrellas waiting for rain to pour,
One was picked by Penguin, and now there are four.
Four umbrellas, saying pick me, pick me!
One was taken by Owl, and now there are three.
Three umbrellas, wondering what to do,
One was chosen by Bunnies, and now there are two.
Two umbrellas waiting for some fun,
One was picked by Alligator and now there is one.
One little umbrella, the rain is all done,
He went home with a cute little girl and now there are none.
*I love feeding items to my puppets, and today it was umbrellas! The kids went crazy over this! I found this fingerplay here.
Book: Mud Puddle
*This book is a classic story about mud! What I love to do with this is take brown fabric, and tell my kids that's the mud puddle. I have my volunteer stand near me, holding my pretend mud puddle. As I read the book, the mud puddle will creep over to me. When the mud puddle jumps onto the character in the book, my volunteer throws the brown fabric over my head, completely covering me up. The kids started squealing, and every time we did this they got more excited!
Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Cloud Hiding Game
This is just like the little mouse hiding game, but with big and little clouds. I have different colored clouds, and I hid behind them a little tiny cloud for the kids to hunt. I have seen this done with a moon hidden behind a cloud also.
This is just like the little mouse hiding game, but with big and little clouds. I have different colored clouds, and I hid behind them a little tiny cloud for the kids to hunt. I have seen this done with a moon hidden behind a cloud also.
Fingerplay: Wishy Washy Song (Tune: London Bridge)
The cow jumped in the mud, in the mud,
in the mud. The cow jumped in the mud.
Now he’s dirty.
…pig rolled, …duck paddled.
WHO DO WE CALL TO WASH THE ANIMALS? MRS WISHY-WASHY! (ADDED THIS)
The cow washed in the tub, in the tub, in the tub. The cow washed in the tub.
Wishy, Washy.
…pig…duck.
The all jumped in the mud, in the mud,
in the mud. They all jumped in the mud
they are dirty again.
*The kids loved this! I usually always read Mrs-Wishy, but didn't have time for it. When I found this fingerplay here, I knew I had to use it. The only thing I changed was I added one line, which is in caps. We had loads of fun jumping, rolling and paddling our hands. Of course, our puppets had to help us along with this fingerplay by jumping in our pretend mud puddle!
Fingerplay: Spiders Up the Spout (Tune: Farmer in the Dell)
{Five} spiders up the spout. (Wiggle five fingers)
{Five} spiders up the spout. (Wiggle five fingers)
It rained and rained and washed one out! (Wiggle all fingers downward)
{Four} spiders up the spout. (Wiggle five fingers)
*I love this wonderful fingerplay, but I can't find the link for it, I apologize. But I wanted to do something different with it, and I had an idea. I turned it into the picture below, and my inspiration was from a firefighter fingerplay and their wonderful idea, which I found here. I took fishing line and velcro so that all my spiders could be attached and removed at random. But I ran this fishing line all around my posterboard, so that my volunteer holding this up could move the spiders up and down the spout. I was so excited to use this with the kids, but they didn't seem as excited with this as I was. I think it was just too late in the storytime for this. Next time I will do this near the beginning.
*I love to make it rain on the kids, and I do this by throwing paper raindrops on them. In all the excitement of showing them their craft and explaining the games, I forgot!
*Our craft today was a torn paper cloud with streamers attached. The kids glued down the torn paper and raindrops. I found this idea here.
Extra Books:
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Hogwash
Little Blue Truck
Little Blue Truck
Stuck in the Mud
Today was game day! Click here to see all the games and sensory bins we had today.
Time for Two’s Storytime
Opening: Big Books
Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story
Book: Little Cloud
*The kids loved this book! I think the favorite part was telling me what each cloud was as I turned the page in the book.
Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Umbrellas
Five umbrellas waiting for rain to pour,
One was picked by Penguin, and now there are four.
Four umbrellas, saying pick me, pick me!
One was taken by Owl, and now there are three.
Three umbrellas, wondering what to do,
One was chosen by Bunnies, and now there are two.
Two umbrellas waiting for some fun,
One was picked by Alligator and now there is one.
One little umbrella, the rain is all done,
He went home with a cute little girl and now there are none.
*I love feeding items to my puppets, and today it was umbrellas! The kids went crazy over this! I found this fingerplay here.
Fingerplay: In the Rain (Tune of: “Farmer in the Dell”)
We’re stomping in the rain
We’re stomping in the rain
We can’t go yet, we must get wet!
We’re stomping in the rain
Repeat with: clapping, hopping
*We had fun stomping, clapping and hopping! You can find this fingerplay here along with some great other ones!
Book: Move Over, Rover!
*I love reading this book, especially because we have a pop-up house we place all our puppets in! Lots of fun!
*I love reading this book, especially because we have a pop-up house we place all our puppets in! Lots of fun!
Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Cloud Hiding Game
This is just like the little mouse hiding game, but with big and little clouds. I have different colored clouds, and I hide behind them a little tiny cloud for the kids to hunt. I have seen this done with a moon hidden behind a cloud also.
Fingerplay: Wishy Washy Song (Tune: London Bridge) USE PUPPETS
The cow jumped in the mud, in the mud,
in the mud. The cow jumped in the mud.
Now he’s dirty.
…pig rolled, …duck paddled.
WHO DO WE CALL TO WASH THE ANIMALS? MRS WISH-WASHY!!!!
(ADDED THIS)
The cow washed in the tub, in the tub, in the tub. The cow washed in the tub.
Wishy, Washy.
…pig…duck.
The all jumped in the mud, in the mud,
in the mud. They all jumped in the mud
they are dirty again.
*The kids loved this! I usually always read Mrs-Wishy, but didn't have time for it. When I found thsi fingerplay here, I knew I had to use it. The only thing I changed was I added one line to this, which is in caps. We had loads of fun jumping, rolling and paddling our hands. Of course, our puppets had to help us along with this fingerplay by jumping in our pretend mud puddle!
Extra Books:
Raindrop-A Book of Colors
*Our craft today was a torn paper cloud with streamers attached. The kids glued down the torn paper and raindrops. I found this idea here.
Extra Books:
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Hogwash
Little Blue Truck
Little Blue Truck
Stuck in the Mud
Today was game day! Click here to see all the games and sensory bins we had today.
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