Saturday, October 21, 2017

G is for Go Away, Big Green Monster! (Two's and Preschool)


Time for Two’s Storytime:



Opening: Big Books


Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story


Book: There’s a Monster in Your Book!

*I absolutely love interactive books, and this one is adorable! You have this precious little monster stuck in your book, but how do you get him out? By shaking, spinning and tickling him, of course! The two's had a lot of fun helping me with my monster.



Fingerplay: “Monster, Monster”
Monster, monster, turn around.
Monster, monster, touch the ground.
Monster, monster, show your teeth.
Monster, monster, stomp your feet.
Monster, monster, touch the sky.
Monster, monster, wave goodbye.
Monster, monster, pat your head.
Monster, monster, go to bed.


Fingerplay/Flannel: Monster, Monster (Hide monster behind doors.)
Monster, monster, where can you be?
Shout out a color on the count of three!


Book: Go Away, Big Green Monster!

*I love reading this book, and my heart just melted at the reaction of the two's. When I started making the big green monster disappear, the two's would gasp aloud! You could hear a pin drop in the room, they were all spellbound. You always hope for moments like this, and I am so glad that it happened with me and this book. I absolutely love doing storytime, and sometimes I feel like I'm not making a difference with the kids. But after seeing the reactions of the two's, I have been rejuvenated!


Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monsters Jumping on the Bed
*The two's loved jumping up and down like monsters! To print out not too scary monsters to use on your flannelboard, click here!
Credit: Sunflower Storytime



Our craft today was a monster!  The two's loved being able to glue all the dots and piece of the monster down.  Again, I apologize, my picture is sideways.  But at least my monster is green!






Extra Books:








Preschool Storytime


Opening: Big Books

Book: My Tail’s Not Tired!
*This is a new book, and it's so adorable!  Mama monster just wants to put baby monster to bed, but all of his body parts are not tired!  So all of us stood up and stomped our feet, wiggled our arms, and followed along with baby monster.  Loads of fun!

Fingerplay: “Monster, Monster”
    Monster, monster, turn around.
    Monster, monster, touch the ground.
    Monster, monster, show your teeth.
    Monster, monster, stomp your feet.
    Monster, monster, touch the sky.   
    Monster, monster, wave goodbye.
    Monster, monster, pat your head.
    Monster, monster, go to bed.

Book: Go Away, Big Green Monster!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monsters Jumping on the Bed
*To print out not too scary monsters to use on your flannelboard, click here!
Credit: Sunflower Storytime

Book: Nighty, Night, Little Green Monster
*At the last minute, I changed out the book I had planned to read with this book.  The reason why?  After we jumped up and down like monsters, a preschooler looked at me and said, I'm tired!  I had to hold back my laughter!  I said, I am too!  The book I was planning had quite a bit of movement in it, so I decided to read another favorite.

Our craft today was a monster!  The two's loved being able to glue all the dots and piece of the monster down.  Again, I apologize, my picture is sideways.  But at least my monster is green!





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