New Books (December 2018)

It's that time of year...new books!

Turkey Trot (Preschool and Two's)

Time for Two’s

Opening: Big Books

Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: 10 Fat Turkeys

*I have ten turkeys I put up on my puppet stage, and as I read my volunteer will make one disappear. The two's shouted, jumped and screamed as each turkey flew away! We also counted all our turkeys which helped us learn our numbers!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Pumpkins

    Five little pumpkins sitting near a door:

{Alligator} took one, and then there were four.

        Four little pumpkins sitting near a tree;

{Pig} took one, and then there were three.

Three little pumpkins, with nothing to do;

{Duck} took one, and then there were two.

    Two little pumpkins, in the pale {November} sun,

{Horse} took one, and that left one.

        Being alone wasn’t much fun,

Until {Snake} took him, and then there were none.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Turkey, Turkey

Turkey, turkey, come and play.

What color house are you in today?

Board Book: Guess What Sweets and Treats

Action: Turkey Feathers

*I believe this was found in a Mailbox magazine, but I give out feathers to the two's and we put them up on my flannelboard around my turkey!

We made a turkey today, of course!

Credit: A Dab of Glue

Extra Books:

Preschool Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: Little Mouse’s Big Breakfast (Make food for boxes)

*In this book, little mouse is out looking for breakfast. Until the cat comes along and decides to make the mouse his breakfast! So, I decided to make all the food and put it on boxes so the preschoolers could see all the found mouse was carrying along with him. The main reason is because mouse can't carry all the food and it comes crashing down! If you know me, I love to make things go CRASH! Yes, the boxes go crashing down!! I've included a picture below so that you can see what I did.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Pumpkins

    Five little pumpkins sitting near a door:

{Alligator} took one, and then there were four.

        Four little pumpkins sitting near a tree;

{Pig} took one, and then there were three.

Three little pumpkins, with nothing to do;

{Duck} took one, and then there were two.

    Two little pumpkins, in the pale {November} sun,

{Horse} took one, and that left one.

        Being alone wasn’t much fun,

Until {Snake} took him, and then there were none.

*Loved seeing animals eat the pumpkins!

Book: 10 Fat Turkeys

*I wasn't sure if I wanted to read this book or not, but I decided to at the last minute, and I'm so glad I did! I have ten turkeys I put up on my puppet stage, and as I read my volunteer will make one disappear. The preschoolers shouted, jumped and screamed as each turkey flew away! We also counted all our turkeys which helped us learn our numbers!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Turkey, Turkey

Turkey, turkey, come and play.

What color house are you in today?

Storytelling: Pumpkin Changing Colors

*I have no idea where I found this story, so please speak up if it's yours. Basically you start out with a orange pumpkin and I made a pocket on the back of each pumpkin to stick food in. So the pumpkin decides to eat a banana. I will pause to ask the preschoolers what color do they think the pumpkin will turn to, before I show them the yellow pumpkin! We will go through different colors before I tell them it's time to change the pumpkin back to orange. You can do a version of this for October and turn your pumpkin into a Jack-o-lantern, but for November I did this. I fed my pumpkin an orange and said now what do you think will happen? Then our pumpkin turned into a pumpkin pie! Much to everyone's surprise and delight.

We made a turkey today, of course!

Credit: A Dab of Glue

Extra Books:

Leaf Jumpers (Preschool and Two's)

Time for Two’s Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt

*I love to have my volunteer behind me with puppets.  When I find a leaf while I'm reading the book, I stop and ask where my leaf is?  Then the puppet appears behind me with the leaf in its mouth. The kids love to tell me to look behind me to find that leaf!

Fingerplay/Flannel:

Acorn, acorn, where do you hide?

Are you under the _____ leaf?

Let's peek inside!

Credit: Literary Hoots

Fingerplay: Scarecrow, Scarecrow

Scarecrow, scarecrow, turn around

Scarecrow, scarecrow, touch the ground

Scarecrow, scarecrow, clap your hands and touch your knees.

Scarecrow, scarecrow, turn around and stomp your feet.   

Swing your arms so very slow.

Now real fast to scare the crows!

Tap your head, now jump up and down.

Turn around and sit back down.

Book: Baby Loves Fall

File Folder: Fall Is Not Easy

Fingerplay/Flannel: 5 Bright Leaves

5 little leaves in the tall tall tree

As bright and pretty as they can be.

Along came the wind

Blowing all around,

And one bright leaf

Fell to the ground. (Yellow, Orange and Red)

Credit: Sunflower Storytime

*For this, I decided to make five leaves and put them onto my flannel tree. Then, when each tree fell off, I had paper leaves to throw onto the preschoolers.

Our craft today was a peek-a-boo log.  The most precious part of this was when I was showing the craft to everyone, and I lifted the edge to show the preschoolers that the end lifted up, and the parents ooohed and aahed!  It just melted my heart!

Credit: The Mailbox Magazine

Preschool Storytime

Opening: Big Books

Book: We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt

*I love to have my volunteer behind me with puppets.  When I find a leaf while I'm reading the book, I stop and ask where my leaf is?  Then the puppet appears behind me with the leaf in its mouth. The kids love to tell me to look behind me to find that leaf!

Fingerplay/Flannel:

Acorn, acorn, where do you hide?

Are you under the _____ leaf?

Let's peek inside!

Credit: Literary Hoots

*I absolutely love telling this story, and my boss made this into a file folder story a couple of years ago.  The preschoolers loved this and laughed so much at the crazy things the tree turned into!

Fingerplay: Scarecrow, Scarecrow

Scarecrow, scarecrow, turn around

Scarecrow, scarecrow, touch the ground

Scarecrow, scarecrow, clap your hands and touch your knees.

Scarecrow, scarecrow, turn around and stomp your feet.   

Swing your arms so very slow.

Now real fast to scare the crows!

Tap your head, now jump up and down.

Turn around and sit back down.

Book: Sneeze, Big Bear, Sneeze!

*I love to involve the preschoolers in my books, and one of the ways I do this is by making paper items from the books I'm reading "rain" down onto the preschoolers. Well, in this delightful book, big bear thinks that he is making the items fall down, which are the leaves and apples on the tree. So, I had leaves and apples to "rain" down on the preschoolers. Thankfully, the preschoolers loved this. But, they loved it a little too much and didn't pay as much attention to the book, which is adorable! So, next time, I will read this book without throwing the paper items out onto the preschoolers.  This made it a little too distracting for them.

Our craft today was a peek-a-boo log.  The most precious part of this was when I was showing the craft to everyone, and I lifted the edge to show the preschoolers that the end lifted up, and the parents ooohed and aahed!  It just melted my heart!

Credit: The Mailbox Magazine

Extra Books:

November New Books 2018

I just love getting to see new books, don't you?  It's like Christmas!




















This book is non-fiction, but it is a great series on dinosaurs! This would make a wonderful addition to your collection.  I don't know about you, but at my library our kids are always asking for dinosaur books!