Build a Better Zoo
Opening: Big Books
Action: Guess Zoo Animal
*I used some zoo animal rhymes from a board book and had the kids guess what animal I was describing. Then I held up the animal I printed from clip art to show them.
Book: Mouse Count
*I love telling this story! I use ten finger puppets and a big snake puppet. The kids really enjoyed watching my snake pick up all the mice by its mouth and place them inside the jar.
Fingerplay/Flannel: Silly Bananas
*I really wanted to use this flannel, but I couldn’t find it! You can find the words and example for it here.
Fingerplay: Zoo Animal Action Cards
*The kids loved standing up and acting like zoo animals!
Book: Dear Zoo
*I made my own big version of this book, which you can download here. What I did was laminate the animal, and then cut out the box that goes over each animal, and laminate it. Then I used velcro to place the box over the animal. That way I could pull the box off the animal to show the kids, then place it back to use the next time I tell the story. The kids loved seeing me pull the boxes off the animals to show them what the zoo had sent!
Flannel: Animal Sounds Mix-Up
*I decided to change this up and put the wrong sound with the animals and have the kids correct me. The kids went crazy telling me what animal belonged with what sound! We did lion, bird and snake. There is a really cute song listed with this idea that you can sing too. I found this here!
Book: Near and Far
*I was so excited to use this book in storytime, but the kids were not overjoyed with it like I hoped they would be. I still really like the book but probably won't use it again.
Fingerplay/Flannel: Feed Animals Food at Zoo
*Today we fed our bear, monkey and elephant food. The kids loved it!
Fingerplay: Five Little Monkeys Swinging in the Tree
Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Snake, Are You Behind the {Red} Cake?
*I ran out of time to do this great hunting game, but you can view it here.
Build a Better Zoo
Opening: Big Books
Book: Peek-a-Boo Zoo
*The kids loved this book and really loved seeing our animal friends visit us!
Fingerplay: Zoo Animal Action Cards
Book: Dear Zoo
*I made my own big version of this book, which you can download here. What I did was laminate the animal, and then cut out the box that goes over each animal, and laminate it. Then I used velcro to place the box over the animal. That way I could pull the box off the animal to show the kids, then place it back to use the next time I tell the story. The kids loved seeing me pull the boxes off the animals to show them what the zoo had sent!
Flannel: Little Snake, Are You Behind the {Red} Cake?
*I love this hunting game, and the kids really enjoyed hunting for our snake! You can see this wonderful idea here!
Fingerplay/Flannel: Feed Animals Food at Zoo
*Today we fed our bear, monkey and elephant food. The kids loved it!
Book: Do You Know Noses?
Fingerplay: Five Little Monkeys Swinging in the Tree
Fingerplay/Flannel: Feed Gorilla
*We ended storytime by dancing around with our bananas and then feeding them to our gorilla! You can see the adorable gorilla and check out other great ideas to do here.
Extra Books:
Who is Smiling?
For our craft today we made a paper bag zebra! The kids went crazy making their zebras dance around! I forget how much the kids love paper bag crafts, but I really need to do more of them.
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