Q is for Quack! Quack! (Preschool and Two's)

Preschool Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Fingerplay: Animal Sounds Match-Up

*For this I made a dog, cat, frog and duck along with the sounds that they made out of clip art. I placed them up on my flannelboard, but I didn't have the right sound placed beside my animal. Then I asked the kids if I had everything matched up correctly. They went crazy telling me what I had wrong, and it took a couple of tries before I got it correct.

Book: Duck Soup

*This book is so much fun to read, especially with props. I like to have my volunteer beside me with a soup pot and strainer. As I'm reading, I will walk over and scream as I'm looking in my pot. Because Max's friends think he's fallen into the soup and all the vegetables they discover inside the pot are his body parts! So I have paper vegetables that my volunteer will pull out of my strainer as I'm screaming, but then the kids will quickly correct me and laugh at me, telling me that's only a carrot or potato. Not Max the duck!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Baby Duck, Baby Duck Hiding Game

Credit: Miss Mary Liberry

Book: Pete the Cat Five Little Ducks (Use puppet stage with ducks)

*This is one my favorite books to use with our puppet stage. I have five ducks that are propped up behind me, and as the story goes along, one of my ducks swims away! The kids went crazy screaming and hollering when each duck disappeared.

Fingerplay:  Ten Little Froggies (Only do five and use five green and speckled frogs prop)

One little froggie goes hop

Along comes another and they just can't stop so...

Two little froggies go hop, hop

Along comes another and they just can't stop

Three little froggies go hop, hop, hop

Along comes another and they just can't stop. soo

Continue in this manner and end as follows

Ten little froggies go hop, hop, hop, hop hop

Drop! time to stop

Hop each time you count the froggies...and when you get to ten hop ten

times and count on fingers...fall gently down to floor

Credit: Preschool Education

Our craft today was five little ducks! The preschools glued down everything pictured below.

Extra Books:

*I was so excited about this book, and even bought blue socks to wear! But hopefully next time I will read this book.

Two’s Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: Quack! Quack! Can You Say It Too?

Fingerplay/Flannel: Baby Duck, Baby Duck Hiding Game

Credit: Miss Mary Liberry

Fingerplay:  Ten Little Froggies (Only do five and use five green and speckled frogs prop)

One little froggie goes hop

Along comes another and they just can't stop so...

Two little froggies go hop, hop

Along comes another and they just can't stop

Three little froggies go hop, hop, hop

Along comes another and they just can't stop. soo

Continue in this manner and end as follows

Ten little froggies go hop, hop, hop, hop hop

Drop! time to stop

Hop each time you count the froggies...and when you get to ten hop ten

times and count on fingers...fall gently down to floor

Credit: Preschool Education

Book: Pete the Cat Five Little Ducks (Use puppet stage with ducks)

*This is one my favorite books to use with our puppet stage. I have five ducks that are propped up behind me, and as the story goes along, one of my ducks swims away! The kids went crazy screaming and hollering when each duck disappeared.

Our craft today was five little ducks! The two's glued down the ducks and wings.

P is for Parade of Pets (Preschool and Two's)

Preschool Storytime:

Fingerplay: Animal Home Matching Game
*The kids had so much fun with this game! I started
out with the animals in the wrong place. That way
the kids could tell me where my animals should go.
They loved it!

Credit: Totschooling

Book: Look, Look Again

*This is a new addition for us, and it's wonderful!

I love getting to surprise the kids with a book, and

this one did the trick!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Doggy, Doggy, Where’s Your Bone?

Credit: 1234 More Storytimes

Book: Little Penguin and the Lollipop

*This series of books are adorable!  The first one was so cute, but I have to say.  This one is so good, possibly better than the first.  Dare I say that?   Eeeek!!!  I had my volunteer (my mom) be penguin's friend, Kenneth.  All through the book we are trying to cheer up Kenneth because we ate his lollipop!  Gasp!  This is a great interactive book, because you get to shout, jump, and do other funny stuff to cheer Kenneth up.

Fingerplay: Pet Store Pets

Credit: Storytime Magic

Book: Cookie’s Week

*I love using this book, even though it's very simple.

Why? Because I have all the items cut out of

paper that are inside the book. The dishes, clothes,

etc. When Cookie knocks something over inside

my book, then that item magically falls out of my book and onto the kids. They go crazy!

Our craft today was a parrot!

Extra Books:

Next time, I'd love to read this book and have props

to use with it. I'd like to have drawings to put

up as I read, like the ones the mice have.

Two's Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: Look, Look Again

*This is a new addition for us, and it's wonderful!

The two's went crazy over this book.

Fingerplay: Pet Store Pets

Credit: Storytime Magic

Fingerplay/Flannel: Doggy, Doggy, Who Has Your Bone?

Credit: 1234 More Storytimes

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Book: Cookie’s Week

*I love using this book, even though it's very simple.

Why? Because I have all the items cut out of

paper that are inside the book. The dishes, clothes,

etc. When Cookie knocks something over inside

my book, then that item magically falls out of my book and onto the kids. They go crazy!

*Our craft today was a parrot.

Extra Books:

January New Books 2018

Dinosaurs From Head to Tail

*I am in love with this series of books, and you will be too!  You open them up to see a close up of the dinosaur, then turn the page to reveal the full dinosaur and facts about it.  A great guessing book for kids and a great informational book too.

Look, Look Again!

*Oh my, I love books that surprise you, and this one takes the cake!  Instead of a lift-the-flap book, this one has pages that folds out!  You have a page that opens to reveal a picture of something, but then the pages fold out to show you that it's not what it appears to be!  I can't wait to use this during storytime!



Bugs From Head to Tail



I Want to Be in a Scary Story





Be Brave, Little Penguin



My Toothbrush is Missing!

What a silly but cute book!  I think this would be great to use props with, and as you're reading show the kids everything that appears in the book.  A great one to use for silly storytime!

My Friends Make Me Happy!

Another silly, but great book by Jan Thomas!  I think this one would go over really well for a silly storytime or a letter "F" theme too!

Every Color Soup


Shake the Tree!

Oh my, the ending of this book made me chuckle!  A great book to get the kids shaking, and a really cute book for a tree theme too.

Everybunny Count!

What a cute book!  This has a sweet ending to it, and would be great for a rabbit or counting theme.

O is for Ocean (Preschool and Two's)

This week was very unusual for storytime. Where

we usually do our storytimes had no heat! Ugh!

So, we moved our storytimes downstairs to the

Youth Services department. Which gave us very

limited space, but we made it work. I did shorten

the storytime quite a bit, and I had to cut out

a lot of the fun stuff I had planned, due to space

constraints. We sent the craft home with the kids,

because we had no tables available for the kids to

do their craft on. I'm praying our auditorium will be

back next week, because it's a new storytime

theme for me and I am very excited about it!

Preschool Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: Nothing Like a Puffin (With flannel and props)

*I've never used this book before in storytime, but I highly recommend it!  All through the book you compare things that you don't think look like a puffin, but do they?  I made flannel pieces to match the items inside the book.  That way I could show everything to the kids and talk about what did and didn't match the puffin.  The kids seemed to enjoy telling me yes or no.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Fish Hiding Game
Credit: Falling Flannelboards

Fingerplay: Five Little Penguins Jumping on the Bed

Book: Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark

I sent the craft home today with the kids, we made a penguin wearing a toboggan!  


Time for Two's Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Song: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: Brrr! Brrr!  Can You Say It Too?

*The kids loved seeing the animals inside the book, especially the last flap.  It has babies hiding!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Fish Hiding Game

Credit: Falling Flannelboards

Fingerplay: Five Little Fishies Swimming in the Sea

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Penguins Jumping on the Bed

Book: Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark

I sent the craft home today with the kids, we made a penguin wearing a toboggan!