Happy summer reading! This is the first storytime of the summer. Below are my group and normal storytime plans. We are having Monday, Tuesday and Thursday morning storytimes. We have five storytimes a week, weather permitting the groups being able to walk to the library. Yeah for summer reading!!!
Group & Preschool Storytime
Opening: Big Books
Fingerplay: Things That Go
*This was such a fun flannelboard to do, and the kids loved telling me how I had my items in the wrong place. I found this delightful flannelboard here.
Book: Pete the Cat and the Five Little Ducks
*I tend to forget how much the kids love Pete the Cat! For this story, I had five ducks that I taped to rulers, and my volunteer propped them behind me, on our puppet stage. As I read the story, a little duck would disappear behind me. The kids went crazy hollering and squealing when the ducks disappeared! I had so much fun with this story, and am so happy that the kids really got into the story with me!
Fingerplay: Five Frogs
*The kids loved this! I've used this once before, and the kids went crazy over it, so I had to pull it out again. To see this hopping good fingerplay, visit this website.
Book/Puppet Show: It’s A Beautiful World
*A couple of years ago, a puppet show was made for the song "What a Wonderful World." Every time I hear this song, I want to cry, it's just so gorgeous. I only did this with the group at 9:30, and they were just so excited to see things pop up over the puppet stage, that it was hard for us to hear the music! But overall, it's a great thing to do for your group.
Fingerplay: Clifford, clifford, where’s your bone?
*Usually when I play hiding games on the flannelboard, I only hide the one item we are looking for. When I found this fingerplay, I loved the idea of hiding something different under each item. I used a dog and doghouses that I had made previously. Usually we just look for the dog bone. I didn't tell the kids there would be other items hidden. The kids loved seeing different items under the doghouses. We ended up finding a heart, pumpkin, and a cat! I found this wonderful idea here.
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes
*As you can tell, Pete the Cat is a big favorite of mine. What really made this book fun was the wonderful activity cards I found on this website. After I read the story, I held up more of the cards and asked the kids what color Pete's shoes would turn if he stepped in the different items. We had lots of fun naming the colors.
*As you can tell, Pete the Cat is a big favorite of mine. What really made this book fun was the wonderful activity cards I found on this website. After I read the story, I held up more of the cards and asked the kids what color Pete's shoes would turn if he stepped in the different items. We had lots of fun naming the colors.
Fingerplay: Birdhouse and Bird Matching Game
*I love having the kids tell me what I have wrong on my flannelboard, and I found a great birdhouse flannel on this website. I decided to make my own version, so I made red, yellow, green and blue birdhouses and the birds to match. I mixed them all up and showed the kids. Right away the kids told me that my birds were in the wrong house, and it took me a few tries before I got every bird in the correct house.
Action: Animal Dancing
Action: Animal Dancing
Book: Achoo! By Morgand
*I am heads over heels in love with this book, and the kids are too! Probably because I throw paper pieces out onto them as I read, but that's okay! All the animals in this book sneeze and loose their ears or eyes. I have the kids help me sneeze, and after I do that, I have the shape "rain" down onto the kids. They go crazy grabbing for the pieces as they fall down. It's organized chaos, but so much fun!
Our craft today was a paper tree. The kids glued down everything but the brown paper.
Our craft today was a paper tree. The kids glued down everything but the brown paper.
Time for Two’s Storytime
Opening: Big Books
Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story
Book: Book: Pete the Cat and the Five Little Ducks
*I tend to forget how much the kids love Pete the Cat! For this story, I had five ducks that I taped to rulers, and my volunteer propped them behind me, on our puppet stage. As I read the story, a little duck would disappear behind me. The kids went crazy hollering and squealing when the ducks disappeared! I had so much fun with this story, and am so happy that the kids really got into the story with me!
Fingerplay: Five frogs from Splish Splash storytime
*The kids loved this! I've used this once before, and the kids went crazy over it, so I had to pull it out again. To see this hopping good fingerplay, visit this website.
Book: Bottoms Up! (Board Book)
*I love the little pig butt on the front of this book! I switched out my book at the last minute, and I'm so glad I did! The two's loved guessing the animal hiding in the book. It really helped that this is a lift-the-flap book. The next time that I use this book, I will use puppets.
Fingerplay: Clifford, clifford, where’s your bone?
*Usually when I play hiding games on the flannelboard, I only hide the one item we are looking for. When I found this fingerplay, I loved the idea of hiding something different under each item. I used a dog and doghouses that I had made previously. Usually we just look for the dog bone. I didn't tell the kids there would be other items hidden. The kids loved seeing different items under the doghouses. We ended up finding a heart, pumpkin, and a cat! I found this wonderful idea here.
Book: Achoo! By Morgand
*I am heads over heels in love with this book, and the kids are too! Probably because I throw paper pieces out onto them as I read, but that's okay! All the animals in this book sneeze and loose their ears or eyes. I have the kids help me sneeze, and after I do that, I have the shape "rain" down onto the kids. They go crazy grabbing for the pieces as they fall down. It's organized chaos, but so much fun!
Our craft today was a paper tree. The kids glued down everything but the brown paper. The trees turned out looking adorable! I love picking out crafts were the kids can make it look however they want. To me that's what makes it their own, unique craft!
Our craft today was a paper tree. The kids glued down everything but the brown paper. The trees turned out looking adorable! I love picking out crafts were the kids can make it look however they want. To me that's what makes it their own, unique craft!
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