Preschool Storytime:
Opening: Big Books
Book: Huff and Puff
*I adore this story, and our craft today was the three little pigs! How could I not read this book, right? I've already got props made for it, which you can view from a previous post by clicking here. That made some of the prep work for this storytime easier, at least a little bit. The preschoolers loved helping me "blow" down the houses of the pigs!
Fingerplay/Flannel: Tool Hiding Game
Bruno needs his hammer lots and lots.
Is it hiding in the (say color) toolbox?
Credit: Roving Fiddlehead Kidlit
Credit: Roving Fiddlehead Kidlit
Book: Moving Blocks by Yonezu
*I was worried about using this book with the preschoolers, since it's a board book. I am so glad that I did! It's a guessing book, so you can't see what each page of blocks will turn into until you turn the page. The preschoolers went wild guessing and telling me what each page would turn out to be! At the end of the book, the blocks turn into a rocket. After that, we all crouched down on the floor, counted down from 5 to 1, and blasted up into the air like rockets.
Action: Stack the Blocks (Tune: The Ants Go Marching In)
We stack the blocks one-by-one Hurrah! Hurrah!
We stack the blocks one-by-one Hurrah! Hurrah!
We stack the blocks one-by-one
We are having so much fun
Then they all go tumbling down – to the ground
Boom, Boom, Boom!
*This was one of the best moments of storytime for me! I took some long soda boxes that we have been saving and covered them in construction paper. Then I had the preschoolers stand up. While I sang the lines above, we all marched together while my volunteer and I stacked the boxes. The first time we did this, the preschoolers didn't know what to expect when my volunteer knocked over the boxes. They were ecstatic! When I asked them if they wanted to do it again, they started to rush forward to help me. Unfortunately I had four boxes and about 33 kids, so this wouldn't work. I asked them to jump up and down while my volunteer and I stacked the boxes so this worked out very well. For our games at the end of this month, I hope to cover many more of my soda boxes, so that the kids can build and stack as many of the boxes as they'd like.
*This was one of the best moments of storytime for me! I took some long soda boxes that we have been saving and covered them in construction paper. Then I had the preschoolers stand up. While I sang the lines above, we all marched together while my volunteer and I stacked the boxes. The first time we did this, the preschoolers didn't know what to expect when my volunteer knocked over the boxes. They were ecstatic! When I asked them if they wanted to do it again, they started to rush forward to help me. Unfortunately I had four boxes and about 33 kids, so this wouldn't work. I asked them to jump up and down while my volunteer and I stacked the boxes so this worked out very well. For our games at the end of this month, I hope to cover many more of my soda boxes, so that the kids can build and stack as many of the boxes as they'd like.
Book: Rex Wrecks It!
*I love being able to make props for the stories and make them come to life for the preschoolers. For this story, I made all the shapes in the book out of paper blocks. Then I laminated them, and taped them to boxes. Why? Because Rex, the dinosaur, knocks over all the creations of his friends! So, I would take each creation and prop up the box. After Rex "wrecks" the creation, I knock the box over I have standing up. Then I will throw out onto the kids tiny little paper blocks that are cut up out of construction paper. The best part of the book to me is that at the end, Rex and his friends work together to make a creation and then "wreck" it together. I love that the book teaches the kids not to tear down each others towers and to work together and share. I hope this all of my explanations make sense, I've included pics below of what I've made as props.
*I love being able to make props for the stories and make them come to life for the preschoolers. For this story, I made all the shapes in the book out of paper blocks. Then I laminated them, and taped them to boxes. Why? Because Rex, the dinosaur, knocks over all the creations of his friends! So, I would take each creation and prop up the box. After Rex "wrecks" the creation, I knock the box over I have standing up. Then I will throw out onto the kids tiny little paper blocks that are cut up out of construction paper. The best part of the book to me is that at the end, Rex and his friends work together to make a creation and then "wreck" it together. I love that the book teaches the kids not to tear down each others towers and to work together and share. I hope this all of my explanations make sense, I've included pics below of what I've made as props.
Our craft today was the three little pigs! We got so many happy compliments from parents on our craft, which was wonderful. We did have the popsicle sticks glued down already, since they wouldn't stay with gluesticks. There are many versions of this craft online, so we just did our take on it.
Extra Books:
Extra Books:
Time for Two’s Storytime
Opening: Big Books
Book: Huff and Puff
Fingerplay/Flannel: Tool Hiding Game
Bruno needs his hammer lots and lots.
Is it hiding in the (say colour) toolbox?
Credit: Roving Fiddlehead Kidlit
Fingerplay: Five Little Dump Trucks
Five little dump trucks rolling down the road,
Five little dump trucks rolling down the road,
One pulls off to unload, then there are…
Four little dump trucks rolling down the road,
Four little dump trucks rolling down the road,
One pulls off to unload, then there are…
(Repeat with three, two, one…until there are none)
Book: Moving Blocks by Yonezu
*Normally the two's adore guessing books like this one. Today they were so energetic that by this book they were just ready to go! When I Did reveal what each block turned into, they were very happy to tell me what it was and for us to act like that vehicle.
Fingerplay:
I have 5 little hammers to give away.
Who wants to help me build today?
Here’s a tool to help me! Hooray!
*The two's love seeing puppets and today we gave each puppet a hammer to help us build! By the last hammer a few enthusiastic two's wanted the hammer themselves. Thankfully this was the last thing we did, so I showed them their craft which they were very excited to build a house for the pigs.
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