Hoppy Easter! (Preschool and Two's)

Preschool Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: Egg by Henkes

*For this, I wanted to make eggs to go along with the book.  I had no idea I would get the reaction from the preschoolers that I did!  I don't know if it was the combination of excitement for the egghunt or what, but they screamed and hollered the whole time!  I've included a picture below of my eggs.  I velcroed each eggs to a ruler, so that it would stand up on my puppet stage.  That way I could pull apart my eggs, to show the bird hidden inside.   For the last egg, that has a crocodile hidden inside, I used a puppet.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Hippity-Hop, Hippity-Hay

Hippity-hop, hippity-hay

Five little bunnies went out to play.

Hippity-hop, hippity-hay

One little bunny hopped away.

Hippity-hop, hippity-hay

Four little bunnies went out to play.

Credit: http://www.preschoolexpress.com/music_station04/music_station_april04.shtml

E-Book: Hop Away Big Pink Easter Monster!

*I've never done a full e-book before using my table in storytime, so I was very hesitant today to do this. I'm so glad I did! This book is like "Go away, big green monster!". The kids went crazy over it! The big pink Easter monster appears bit by bit, and then we stood up and hopped. As we hopped up and down, I would slide the next page over, and the monster disappeared and an Easter egg appeared! This is a wonderful purchase and I look forward to using the others by this author in storytime.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Jelly Bean Countdown (Feed to puppets)

Extra Books:

Time for Two’s Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: We’re Going on an Egg Hunt

*This is a wonderful book to read-aloud and it's great for the two's! Inside it has a lot of flaps, and I love to put up Easter eggs on my flannelboard as I go along. There are a lot of animals inside, so it's a great opportunity to incorporate puppets.

Fingerplay: Hippity-Hop, Hippity-Hay

Hippity-hop, hippity-hay Five little bunnies went out to play.

Hippity-hop, hippity-hay One little bunny hopped away.

Hippity-hop, hippity-hay Four little bunnies went out to play.

Credit: http://www.preschoolexpress.com/music_station04/music_station_april04.shtml

Book: Easter Croc

*This is a gorgeous pop-up book! The two's were very excited to go outside and hunt Easter eggs, so I don't think they enjoyed this as much as I had hoped they would.

Fingerplay/Flannel:  Jelly Beans

Extra Books: