Opening: Big Books
Fingerplay: Mitten Match-Up
*The preschoolers love to tell me when I have something wrong on my flannelboard, and without them knowing it they are learning something also! For this game, I take some mitten cut-outs that I have. I will place one mitten on the flannelboard and tell them that I want to find my other matching mitten. Then I will purposefully hold up many wrong mittens, so that the preschoolers can tell me that it's not the correct mitten. Sometimes I will ask them why, so that they can tell me it's the wrong color or pattern. After many tries, I will find the correct one, place it on the flannelboard alongside the correct one.
Book: I Really Like Slop! (Volunteer acted out part of Piggie)
*This is the first time I've done this book in storytime, and it was so much fun! My volunteer played the part of Piggie, and I was Elephant. I still read everything from the book, but I add a big pot of pretend soup! If you're familiar with the book, Piggie is bringing his friend Elephant soup. The fun twist is Elephant doesn't want to eat some smelly looking soup. This makes it fun, because I get to squelch, holler, and end up taking a small bit of my pretend soup. The preschoolers really enjoyed watching me squirm and holler after eating this pretend soup.
Fingerplay/Flannel: Snowman
Snowman, snowman, hat so red, pat your legs and nod your head.
Snowman, snowman, hat so blue, touch your knee, then your shoe.
Snowman, snowman, hat so white, clap your hands with all your might.
Snowman, snowman, hat so green, jump up like a jumping bean.
Snowman, snowman, hat so brown, reach up high then touch the ground.
Snowman, snowman, hat so black, rub your tummy, then touch your back.
Snowman, snowman turn around and sit back down!
Book: There’s a Giraffe in My Soup! (With animals in soup bowl)
*This is my go-to book for soup storytime. Can you guess why? The giraffe on the front is so adorable! I have a soup pot that has a lid on top, which makes it perfect to hide little tiny animals inside. My volunteer will deliver my soup to me, multiple times, with zoo animals hiding inside it! The preschoolers went wild each time I pulled out a different animal! This book is so much fun to read or act out. I promise it will bring about lots of giggles and screams!
Fingerplay/Flannel: Winter Hiding Game???
Snowman, snowman, cold and round.
Where are you hiding? On the ground?
*For this game, I will take different winter items that I've printed out of clipart. I hide them behind different colored mittens on my flannelboard. The preschoolers love any kind of hiding game like this, and it's easy to change out what you're looking for.
Book: Is That Wise, Pig?
*This is another new book that I've never read in storytime, but it was a lot of fun! My volunteer put all of our ingredients into our soup pot as I read them out. All throughout the book, pig keeps trying to add galoshes and an umbrella to the soup. Why? Because pig has invited ten friends to eat the soup! The characters in the book put on the galoshes and put up the umbrella to keep the soup from splashing up on them. What I did in storytime was I put on my own galoshes and my volunteer put up an umbrella. Why? Because we both threw little paper cutouts of soup onto the preschoolers!
Our craft today was a pot of soup that you could open up! The preschoolers love any craft that opens up to reveal what is glued inside.
Extra Books:
Time for Two’s Storytime:
Opening: Big Books
Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story
Book: There’s a Giraffe In My Soup!
(With animals in soup bowl)
*This is my go-to book for soup storytime. Can you guess why? The giraffe on the front is so adorable! I have a soup pot that has a lid on top, which makes it perfect to hide little tiny animals inside. My volunteer will deliver my soup to me, multiple times, with zoo animals hiding inside it! The two's weren't sure what was going on at first, but quickly caught on with much excitement and delight.
Fingerplay/Flannel: Snowman
Snowman, snowman, hat so red, pat your legs and nod your head.
Snowman, snowman, hat so blue, touch your knee, then your shoe.
Snowman, snowman, hat so white, clap your hands with all your might.
Snowman, snowman, hat so green, jump up like a jumping bean.
Snowman, snowman, hat so brown, reach up high then touch the ground.
Snowman, snowman, hat so black, rub your tummy, then touch your back.
Snowman, snowman turn around and sit back down!
Fingerplay/Flannel: Winter Hiding Game???
Snowman, snowman, cold and round.
Where are you hiding? On the ground?
Book: Yum Yum!
*I decided to use this book at the last minute, and I'm glad I did! It's a great book to use with the two's, but the only thing I wish was that I had pulled the puppets to go with it. Why? Because I would have loved to had the food out on the flannelboard. This way, I could reach over, take the food off the flannelboard, and feed the food to the animals. The two's love it when I feed my puppets. Oh well, I can at least do this next time, right?
Fingerplay/Flannel: “Vegetable Soup” (tune: Farmer in the Dell)
The soup is bubbling up (raise hands in air)
The soup is bubbling up (raise hands in air)
Stir it slow, around we go, (stir soup)
The soup is boiling up (raise hands in air)
Now we add some {carrots}
Now we add some {carrots}
Stir it slow, around we go, (stir soup)
Now we add some {carrots}
*Repeat first line: The soup is boiling up (raise hands in air)
Now we add some {corn}
Now we add some {corn}
Stir it slow, around we go, (stir soup)
Now we add some {corn}
*Repeat first line: The soup is boiling up (raise hands in air)
Credit: Storytime With Miss Tara
*I had good intentions with this, I wanted to sing these lines as we were all putting our vegetables into our pot. But the two's were so excited to help me make pretend soup, they all rushed forward, and went crazy over putting items into my pot! I really need to do this more often with them. It's great for working on fine motor skills.
*I got the best reaction out of the two's and their parents with the craft! I showed them the pot of soup and told them there was as surprise to it. I opened up the pot and revealed all the vegetables and a ladle (which isn't pictured below). They all oohed and aahed! It just warmed my heart and made me so happy!
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