Preschool Storytime:
*I am trying to do one new theme a month, and this month was opposites! I was really afraid starting out that I wouldn't find any good read-aloud books. That wasn't a problem! This has turned out to be one of my favorite themes! I do have to admit, this wasn't a favorite topic for the two's, and unfortunately I ended up being sick on the day of the two's storytime. Because of that, I don't know how the two's responded to everything, but hopefully they loved it all!
Opening: Big Books
Big books, little book, short book, tall!
Fat book, skinny books, I love them all!
*Every week we say this before storytime, without every knowing it, we are learning opposites!
Book: Go! Go! Go! Stop! (With signs to hold up)
*This is a book that I've used before during a construction theme, and the preschoolers loved it! To help incorporate early literacy skills, I made three signs to hold up during storytime. Two of the signs we used very often and I asked the preschoolers what they said. They were "Stop" and "Go"! To go along with the book, every time I would hold up each sign, we would say that word, either loudly or softly, depending on what I would ask them to do. They loved this book, even though it was slightly longer than what I would usually read to them.
Fingerplay: Five Clean and Dirty Pigs (Only did four pigs)
Five pigs so squeaky clean, cleanest you've ever seen
One jumped into the mud
Landed with a big THUD! (make a big clap to some sound effect, if you want)
Then there were four clean squeaky pigs.
Repeat, counting down
One pig so squeaky clean, cleanest you've ever seen
He jumped into the mud
Landed with a THUD
Then there were no more clean squeaky pigs
Source: Mel's Desk via Storytime Katie
Link for printable: https://sunflowerstorytime.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/clean-and-dirty-pigs-printable.pdf
*This was so much fun to do with the preschoolers! We all stood up and jumped around while my volunteer flipped our pigs over on the flannelboard. The next time I do this, I think I will make some big pigs to go on the puppet stage behind me. That way, we can repeat this as much as we want. For instance, when we are almost down to one pig, my volunteer can flip some of the pigs back over to being dirty so that we can start over again!
Book: Opposite Surprise
*Before I even opened this book up, the preschooler got excited about seeing the fish inside! I told them that we would learn opposites, and one little girl told me that an opposite was something that was different. I was blown away by this explanation, and how many opposites the preschoolers knew! This book is amazing because it shows you the first opposite, with both words, and then folds out to show you the rest. The preschoolers went crazy when I showed them the fold-out page! Even though the book is simple, it's a great learning book for all ages.
Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monkeys Swinging in the Tree
*This song is great to use for this theme because it teaches us that the monkey is high and the alligator is low.
Book: Near, Far
*This is another great example of our opposites with near and far! I love this book because it's a guessing book. Unfortunately we had run out of time, so we only did a few animals in the book. You get two chances of seeing the animals, very up close, before the animal appears. I had my volunteer behind me, so that the puppet could pop up and surprise us!
Fingerplay:
*USE SCARVES!!!!
I say up and you say…. DOWN!I say fast and you say…. SLOW!
Up! Down! Up! Down!
I say fast and you say…. SLOW!
Fast! Slow! Fast! Slow!
I say shrink and you say… GROW!
Shrink! Grow! Shrink! Grow! (Hunch down on floor, then jump up tall!)
I say stop and you say… GO!
Stop! Go! Stop! Go!
(I added the bold lines.)
Credit: Miss Meg Storytime
*I had so much fun dancing around with the preschoolers and this rhyme! I wanted to sneak a few more opposites and this was perfect!
Our craft today was a giraffe with the words "front" and "back".
Credit: Craftulate
Time for Two’s Storytime:
*Unfortunately I was sick for this storytime, but my wonderful boss stepped in for me and let me know how everything went!
Opening: Big books
Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story
Book: Opposite Things
Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Clean and Dirty Pigs (Only do four)
Five pigs so squeaky clean, cleanest you've ever seen
One jumped into the mud
Landed with a big THUD! (make a big clap to some sound effect, if you want)
Then there were four clean squeaky pigs.
Repeat, counting down
One pig so squeaky clean, cleanest you've ever seen
He jumped into the mud
Landed with a THUD
Then there were no more clean squeaky pigs
Source: Mel's Desk via Storytime Katie
Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monkeys Swinging in the Tree
*This song is great to use for this theme because it teaches us that the monkey is high and the alligator is low.
Book: Big Bug
*The two's loved seeing the animals in this book and making all the sounds too!
Fingerplay: (Use scarves)
Fast! Slow! Fast! Slow!
I say up and you say….DOWN!
Up! Down! Up! Down!
I say happy and you say… SAD!
Happy! Sad! Happy! Sad!
I say over and you say… UNDER!
Over! Under! Over! Under!
and you can add as many verses as you would like!
*My boss added some wonderful actions to this and I can't wait to use them myself! She had the two's lay the scarves down on the ground and jump "over" them, and then the threw them in the air to go "under" them. How wonderful is that!
Our craft today was a giraffe with the words "front" and "back".
Credit: Craftulate
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