Preschool Storytime:
Opening: Big Books
Book: Shorty & Clem
*I was so excited to read this book! Shorty the dinosaur opens his friends birthday present, and inside is monkey houseshoes! Of course, I have my own monkey houseshoes! So I put them in a box and opened them up in front of the kids as I was reading the story. Sometimes a story just doesn't work, and unfortunately this one didn't work in storytime. But I still think it's a great story!
Fingerplay/Flannel: Cat Guessing Game
Cat in the hat, all white and black? Behind which colored hat are you at?
Credit: StrongStart
Book: Hop on Pop
*Since this book is lengthy, I only read two pages where it says "We like to hop on top of pop". I usually hold up a stop sign and we jump up and down until I hold up my sign and say STOP!
Book: Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes
*Who doesn't love Pete the Cat? He rocks! For this book I prop up ten cupcakes behind me on the puppet stage. As I'm reading, the cupcakes will disappear behind me just like the do in the book. The kids love seeing items disappear and this one never disappoints.
Fingerplay/Flannel: Green Eggs and Ham
I-am-Sam. Sam-I-am.
I do so like ____ eggs and ham.
(insert color)
Credit: Literary Hoots
*The kids always love telling me that I have the wrong color or wrong item. But this time they all jumped up off their carpet squares to correct me! I love it when they all get into the action or flannel board. It lets me know that I've truly grabbed their attention and I'm doing something right.
Fingerplay: Five Little Cupcakes in the Bakery Shop
Down around the corner at the bakery shop
Were five yummy cupcakes with sprinkles on top
Along came ________ with a dollar to pay
He/she bought a cupcake, and took it away!
Credit: Flannel Board Fun
*Sometimes I will feed my puppets slices of a birthday cake that we've got made instead of cupcakes.
Book: Wolf’s Coming!
*We had a very special treat today. A co-worker and his brother assisted me with this story. While I read the book, one of the brothers did sign language! It was so much fun, the kids really enjoyed it. But I honestly think the parents got more out of it than the kids did! We are hoping to do this once a month as time goes on.
Our craft today was a cat holding a cupcake!
Extra Read-Alouds:
Hello from Cat in the Hat! This is me in my makeup and headband that my mom made me.
Time for Two’s Storytime:
*Sometimes you just decide at the last minute to change everything up! I had all different books picked out and wasn't happy with any of them. I'm really happy I switched them because the kids loved all of them that I read! I love having a plan and it terrifies me to think that I'd just have to jump up and do a storytime without any planning. But also, I don't stick to my plan exactly, I will change it up on a whim too. But I have to have a structured layout to go by. Some kind of organization has to be there for me and my OCD mind!
Opening: Big Books
Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story
Book: Little Mouse and the Big Cupcake
*The kids were so quiet but loved seeing the cupcake disappear! For this I have a giant cupcake on my flannelboard, and the top of it is in tiny pieces. As I read the story, I feed pieces to my puppets.
Fingerplay/Flannel: Cat Guessing Game
Cat in the hat, all white and black? Behind which colored hat are you at?
Credit: StrongStart
Fingerplay: Five Little Cupcakes in the Bakery Shop
Down around the corner at the bakery shop
Were five yummy cupcakes with sprinkles on top
Along came ________ with a dollar to pay
He/she bought a cupcake, and took it away!
Credit: Flannel Board Fun
*Sometimes I will feed my puppets slices of a birthday cake that we've got made instead of cupcakes.
Book: Wolf’s Coming!
*Again so quiet but loved the ending and book too!
Action: Birthday Cake in a Bag
For the two's we already had the cat glued down for them.
For the two's we already had the cat glued down for them.
Extra Read-Alouds:
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