Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons (Preschool and Two's SRP)

Off-Site Two's Storytime:

*I have been going to a preschool off-site this summer, and it's been so much fun!  This week I only had the two's class, but they were very excited to have storytime!  Below is a short plan of what I did.

Opening: Big Books
Book: Don't Push the Button!
Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Ballet Dancers
Credit:https://jeninthelibrary.com/tag/dance/
Book: Press Here
Fingerplay/Flannel: Button Hiding Game  
Credit: http://onelittlelibrarian.blogspot.com/2018/05/toddler-time-dont-count-your-buttons.html
Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Preschool Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: Don’t Push the Button!

*I read this book often, and I was afraid the preschoolers would tired of it. But thankfully they are still
loving this book! The preschool group wanted me to read the book again, which always makes you
feel good!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Ballet Dancers

Five ballet dancers

Prancing on their toes

They twirl and spin and jump

Then off the stage one goes.

4 ballet dancers…3 ballet dancers…2 ballet dancers…

One ballet dancer

Prancing on his/her toes

S/He twirls and spins and jumps

Then off the stage s/he goes.

No more dancers!  The performance is over.

And what do we do at the end of a performance?

We applaud!  (clap)
Credit: Jen in the Library

Book: 3 Little Firefighters

*For this book, I made three firefighter jackets, with removable buttons to go on them. The best
part of my flannel? One of the preschool groups asked me where the head and feet of the
firefighters were...LOL! Don't you love when that happens? You gotta roll with the punches! As
I read the book I would mismatch the buttons on the jacket, so that the preschoolers would get to
tell me what was wrong. They really got into this part and had a lot of fun!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Button Hiding Game  

Pete lost all his buttons! Where can they be?

Does Elmo have a button?

Let’s look & see!

1-2-3!
Credit: One Little Librarian

Song: http://www.thenutfamily.com/songs.html
*My co-worker found this wonderful song online, to go along with the book.  Trust me, once you hear this tune, you won't be able to get it out of your head!

Book: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

*I have a favorite thing I love to do with this book, and that is throw out paper buttons onto the kids!
As each button pops off Pete the cat's shirt, I take a button off the shirt I have up on my flannelboard.
Next I have small circles cut out of paper, that match each color of Pete's buttons. The kids go crazy
when I have items "rain" down upon their heads, and today they went bezerk!

Our craft today was sent home with the preschoolers, but this is what it looked like.

Extra Books:

Time for Two’s Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: Don't Push the Button!

*Everybody enjoyed making beeping sounds with me as we changed our monster inside this
interactive book!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Book: Press Here

*The group that visited got into this book a little
quicker than my normal crowd, but everyone still
seemed to enjoy this interactive book.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Button Hiding Game  

Pete lost all his buttons! Where can they be?

Does Elmo have a button?

Let’s look & see!

1-2-3!
Credit: One Little Librarian

Fingerplay: Five Ballet Dancers

Five ballet dancers

Prancing on their toes

They twirl and spin and jump

Then off the stage one goes.

4 ballet dancers…

3 ballet dancers…

2 ballet dancers…

One ballet dancer

Prancing on his/her toes

She twirls and spins and jumps

Then off the stage s/he goes.

No more dancers!  The performance is over.

And what do we do at the end of a performance?

We applaud!  (clap)

Credit: Jen in the Library

Book: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

*I have a favorite thing I love to do with this book, and that is throw out paper buttons onto the kids!
As each button pops off Pete the cat's shirt, I take a button off the shirt I have up on my flannelboard.
Next I have small circles cut out of paper, that match each color of Pete's buttons. The kids go crazy

when I have items "rain" down upon their heads, and today they went bezerk!

*The two's made their own Pete the Cat!

Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Group and Two's Storytime SRP)

Group Storytime:

*I didn't present the preschool storytime this week, we had a wonderful guest visit us, Kindermusik!  It was amazing, and I am already having them visit us again in fall.  But below is my plan for the group I visited off-site and what I did for the groups that visited the library also.

Opening: Big Books

Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Farm Friends

Book: Sleepover Duck

*I had so much fun with this book! I had my volunteer behind the puppet stage, and the owl would pop up behind me all through the book. Why? Because the duck and cat in this wonderful book are looking for who made that "Hoo-Hoo"!

Action: Farm Animal Action Cards

Flannel Board:  Hide and Seek Mouse Behind the Barn

Book: Ten Red Apples (With apples and puppets)

*I haven't read this book to my preschoolers in such a long time, partly because it is long. But I fed my puppets an apple as went go along, and the preschooler went crazy over this! We clapped and shouted each time I read "Yippee! Fiddle-dee-fee!" That helped move the book along too.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Cowboys Jumping on the Bed

Book: I Spy on the Farm

*You just can't beat this book series for storytime, and the preschoolers loved telling me what farm animal was hiding in my book!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Farm Animal Mix-Up

*I love mixing things up on my flannel-board, and this time I had three farm animals. But I put them up, and the front and back half of my animals didn't match! The preschoolers loved telling me what I got wrong.

Extra Book:

Time for Two’s Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Farm Friends

Book: Ten Red Apples (Feeding animals apples)

*I don't think I've ever read this book to the two's, partly because it is long. But I fed my puppets an apple as we went along, and the two's went crazy over this! We clapped and shouted each time I read "Yippee! Fiddle-dee-fee!" That helped move the book along too.

Action: Farm Animal Action Cards

Flannel Board:  Hide and Seek Mouse Behind the Barn

Book: Do Cows Meow?

Fingerplay: Farm Animal Dancing

Our craft today was a cow, and the two's went crazy over this!

Extra Book:

Let's Sing a Lullaby! (Preschool and Two's SRP)

Group Storytime:

*Below is a very short description of what I did for an off-site storytime for a group, which went wonderfully!  I am visiting them once a week, on Monday mornings.

Opening: Big Books

Book: Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues (With puppets)

Flannel: Five Cozy Blankets

Credit: Flannel Board Fun

Book: Noisy Night

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Sheep

*The group loved everything, which was a wonderful thing!  I might try to add just a bit more for next week, we'll see how it goes!

Preschool Storytime:

*For preschool storytime, I had a group storytime at 9:30, before my regular storytime at 10:30  

Opening: Big Books

Book: Don’t Blink!

*This is a brand new book, and it was adorable!
All through the book, you can't blink! If you do,
you must turn the page! The kids told me right
away how many times I blinked. I was pleasantly
surprised how much the kids enjoyed this book,
it was so much fun.

Flannel: Five Cozy Blankets

5 cozy blankets with patterns galore,

1 covered Rabbit and then there were four.

4 cozy blankets as snuggly as can be,

1 covered Raccoon and then there were three.

3 cozy blankets with dots red and blue,

1 covered Fox and then there were two.

2 cozy blankets made just for fun,

1 covered Bear and then there was one.

1 cozy blanket left out in the sun,

It covered Owl and then there were none.

*The kids went crazy telling me which animal to cover up with the blanket!  I had to be silly and try covering up the heads of the animals too, but of course, that wasn't right. Silly me!

Credit: Flannel Board Fun

Book: Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues

*Pete the Cat is a classic, and the kids thoroughly
enjoyed making all the animals in this bedtime romp.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Book: Good Night Owl

*I love this book, and I highly recommend you
checking it out if you've never read it.
Owl can't find the source of the squeak inside his
house, but it's mouse! I had forgotten to ask my
volunteer to pop up the mouse puppet behind me,
but thankfully she did anyway! The kids screamed
and yelled at me to turn around to catch that silly
mouse, but I never did see
that mouse until after I finished reading my book.

Fingerplay: Four Little Stars

Four little stars winking at me, one shot off, then
there were three.

Three little stars with nothing to do, one shot off,
then there were two.

Two little stars afraid of the sun, one shot off, then
there was one.

One little star, alone is no fun, it show off, then there
was none.

(From Book: Storytime Magic)

*I only used the last two lines of the fingerplay above.  What I did was place two stars on my
flannelboard and had the kids hold up their hands
and have them make them twinkle like stars.  
After I said the line and took my star off the
flannelboard, I then threw out little paper stars onto
the kids. This represented the stars taking off!  The
kids went crazy! Anytime I make things rain down
onto the kids they absolutely love it!

For our craft today, we decided to make a bed with
teddy bears in it! We wanted this to look like the
song "Six in the Bed". We sent this home since we
usually have bigger crowds in the summertime
and don't have enough space to set up tables for
crafts like we do during the year.

Since I like to be silly for the kids, here I am in my
PJ's!


Extra Books:

Time for Two’s Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: Sheep Go To Sleep!

*This is one of my favorite books to read to the two's, and they seemed to love seeing the sheep on the flannelboard. Why? Because I made five sheep, that on one side were asleep, and on the other side were awake. My volunteer would flip them over as they went to sleep as I was reading the book.

Flannel: Five Cozy Blankets

Credit: Flannel Board Fun

Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Sheep
*The two's love hunting for items, and this we looked for sheep!
Credit: Kids Blog

Book: Nighty-Nite, Little Green Monster

*The two's were just spellbound by the little green monster appearing and disappearing again right before their eyes.  I love using Ed Emberley's books, they never fail to amaze!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Fingerplay: Four Little Stars

Four little stars winking at me, one shot off, then there were three.

Three little stars with nothing to do, one shot off, then there were two.

Two little stars afraid of the sun, one shot off, then there was one.

One little star, alone is no fun, it show off, then there was none.

(From Book: Storytime Magic)

*I only used the last two lines of the fingerplay above.  What I did was place two stars on my flannelboard and had the kids hold up their hands and have them make them twinkle like stars.  After I said the line and took my star off the flannelboard, I then threw out little paper stars onto the kids. This represented the stars taking off!  The kids went crazy! Anytime I make things rain down onto the kids they absolutely love it!

For our craft today, we decided to make a bed with
teddy bears in it! We wanted this to look like the
song "Six in the Bed". We sent this home since we
usually have bigger crowds in the summertime

and don't have enough space to set up tables for
crafts like we do during the year.