Preschool Storytime:
*We had a shortened storytime today, because we had a special guest! A very talented ballet dancer from the Nutcracker visited us! After I did the beginning of the program, then our dancer's mom read the Nutcracker for us. Then our dancer came out and did a beautiful dance for us in her costume. The kids were in love with her dancing and especially her costume!
Opening: Big Books
Fingerplay/Flannel: Pete the Cat Gingerbread
*I was really excited to do this, but I ran out of time to make it for this storytime. But I hope to use it next year. Please be sure to check it out!
Credit: One Little Librarian
Book: Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? (With puppets)
*This book is so much fun to read! I have a flannel cookie jar that I use, and it opens up to reveal ten cookies inside it. As I'm reading, I feed a cookie to each animal puppet that pops up behind me. The kids really enjoy seeing my animals take off with my cookies! What's really fun with this book is as you turn each page a cookie disappears from the book!
Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Gingerbread Jumping on the Bed
*Instead of monkeys we acted like gingerbread cookies jumping up and down today.
For our craft, we made a gingerbread house!
Time for Two’s Storytime:
*I just want to say how happy and fulfilling today's storytime made me feel. I absolutely adore doing storytime, but sometimes I feel like I'm just not doing a good job of it. That nobody is enjoying the stories, or I need to do something different, or I'm not being animated enough. I know we all feel that way, right? Surely I'm not alone? But seeing the kids reactions today just filled my heart with joy. Yes, the puppets popping up behind me had a lot to do with that, the two's just adore those puppets! But seeing them interacting with me while I read the book let me know I am doing the right thing. I hope that this storytime theme is as fun for you as it was for me!
Opening: Big Books
Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story
Book: Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? (With puppets)
*This book is so much fun to read! I have a flannel cookie jar that I use, and it opens up to reveal ten cookies inside it. As I'm reading, I feed a cookie to each animal puppet that pops up behind me. The kids really enjoy seeing my animals take off with my cookies! What's really fun with this book is as you turn each page a cookie disappears from the book! The two's went wild over this book today, which just made me so happy!
Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Gingerbread Jumping on the Bed
*Instead of monkeys we acted like gingerbread cookies jumping up and down today.
Book: Who Ate All the Cookie Dough?
*I love using this book for a cookie storytime, and I was hoping the two's wouldn't be tired of hearing it. Thankfully not! If you're not familiar with this book, the phrase is repeated throughout "Eeny, meeny, miney, moe. Who ate all the cookie dough?". At one point, I asked the two's, did you eat my cookie dough? This adorable blonde-haired little girl, said no! You did! That's what makes doing storytime worth it!
Fingerplay/Flannel: “Which House?”
Gingerbread man, quiet as a mouse.
Where are you hiding, behind which house?
Credit: Blissful and Domestic
Fingerplay: Christmas Action Cards
Action: Cookie Dancing & Feed Cookie Monster
*Today, after dancing with our cookies we put them up on our flannel board around the cookie jar. But another great idea is to feed them to cookie monster!
Credit: Fun With Friends at Storytime
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