Jingle Bell Rock (Preschool and Two's)

Preschool Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: Dinosaur vs. Santa

*I've never done this book before in storytime, and I was surprised because the kids were super quiet. I don't know if it was the book? We had our special guest with us, doing ASL, and he couldn't make it last month, so it might have been that possibly? Sometimes something new added in can be a wonderful thing to the preschoolers or it can completely scare them, you just never know. Either way, I love this book series, it just didn't go over well for whatever reason.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Gingerbread Jumping on the Bed

(Next year I might change this to five little elves.)

Book: Click Clack Ho Ho Ho

*This book seemed to go much better than the previous read-aloud, thankfully! I like to use puppets with this one, so that might have helped.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Rudolph, Rudolph

Rudolph, Rudolph, what will you do?

You can't guide the sleigh if your nose is blue.

Let’s touch our knee and then our shoe.

Rudolph, Rudolph, you're such a silly fellow

Who will know it's you if your nose is yellow.

Let’s wiggle around like a happy fellow.

Rudolph, Rudolph, your way cannot be seen,

Through the wintry weather if your nose is green.

Let’s jump up and down like a jumping bean.

Rudolph, Rudolph, it's time to go to town

But you can't help Santa if your nose is brown.

Let’s reach up high and touch the ground.

Rudolph, Rudolph, the children are in bed

And now we get on our way because your nose is red.

Let’s pat our legs, turn around, and sit back down!

*I added a few lines from a Mailbox edition.

Credit: Library Village

Book: Don’t Push the Button A Christmas Adventure

Extra Read-Alouds:

We didn't have a craft today because it was our party!  But we did have games and you can check them out here!  We won't have storytime two weeks due to the holidays and our library being closed on Tuesday.  Please come back and check out my blog!

Time for Two's Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: Little Blue Truck’s Christmas

*This is my favorite book to read to the two's, because I will feed flannel Christmas trees to my puppets as I read. As usual, the two's went wild as they saw my puppets appear. This had an added bonus because each time I took a tree off the flannelboard, we would count our trees. I love to sneak learning into a book but make it fun for the kids.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Gingerbread Man Hiding Game

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Gingerbread Jumping on the Bed

Book: Dear Santa (Use big cards)

*I love this book, but it's so small to use in storytime. So, I decided to make a large version of it! I took a normal size piece of paper and copied what was behind each present onto it. Then I made each present from the book, and velcroed it over the surprise inside the present. This way, I could literally lift the present off the piece of paper and reveal what was inside to the two's. They absolutely loved seeing me pull the present off the paper and show what was underneath!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Rudolph, Rudolph

Rudolph, Rudolph, what will you do?

You can't guide the sleigh if your nose is blue.

Let’s touch our knee and then our shoe.

Rudolph, Rudolph, you're such a silly fellow

Who will know it's you if your nose is yellow.

Let’s wiggle around like a happy fellow.

Rudolph, Rudolph, your way cannot be seen,

Through the wintry weather if your nose is green.

Let’s jump up and down like a jumping bean.

Rudolph, Rudolph, it's time to go to town

But you can't help Santa if your nose is brown.

Let’s reach up high and touch the ground.

Rudolph, Rudolph, the children are in bed

And now we get on our way because your nose is red.

Let’s pat our legs, turn around, and sit back down!

*I added a few lines from a Mailbox edition.

Credit: Library Village

Extra Read Alouds:

We didn't have a craft today because it was our party!  But we did have games and you can check them out here!  We won't have storytime two weeks due to the holidays so please come back and check out my blog!