Preschool Storytime
Opening: Big Books
Book: Should I Share My Ice Cream?
*I have never read this book in storytime, but I am so glad I did! My volunteer made two ice cream props, which really made this story come to life! As I'm reading, I'm carrying my ice cream around, because I am acting out the part of elephant. If you're familiar with the story, elephant loses his ice cream, so my ice cream prop has a detachable top. Of course, my ice cream top goes rolling right to a preschooler! Thankfully they bring it right back to me, and the story goes on! I highly recommend using this story during your storytime, but make sure you use props!
Fingerplay: “We’re Going on a Picnic”
We’re going on a picnic, a picnic, a picnic.
We’re going on a picnic, what shall we bring?
How about a dinosaur? No? Then…..
How about some berries!
*Tuck items into picnic basket that you have on flannelboard.
Action: Feeding Animals
*For this fun and great learning activity I put up lots of different foods onto my flannelboard. Then I have the corresponding puppets "pop" up behind me and I ask the preschoolers what I should feed each animal. Its a great way to teach the preschoolers what each animal would like to eat. They just love seeing me feed my animals!
*For this fun and great learning activity I put up lots of different foods onto my flannelboard. Then I have the corresponding puppets "pop" up behind me and I ask the preschoolers what I should feed each animal. Its a great way to teach the preschoolers what each animal would like to eat. They just love seeing me feed my animals!
Book/Flannel: Ants at the Picnic (Put ants on puppet stage, have take food as you read.)
*This is a book I use every year, even though I don't like to make a habit of using a book yearly. But this time the reaction I got from the preschoolers literally blew me away! The ants in the story arrive on each page and "carry" the food away. So, I have my food propped up behind me on a puppet stage. My volunteer has some ants that come up and take my food away as I'm reading. My thought process was if I didn't get a great reaction this year then I wouldn't keep this on my list for next year. The preschooler screamed and shouted at those pesky ants and kept shooing them away with their hands to go away! This is by far the best reaction I've ever gotten from the preschooler with this book, which made me very happy.
Fingerplay/Flannel: Food Hiding Game in Notebook
Fingerplay:“We’re Going on a Picnic”
We’re going on a picnic, a picnic, a picnic.
We’re going on a picnic, what shall we bring?
How about a bathbub! No? Then…
How about a sandwich and a cookie!
Book: Don’t Feed the Bear!
*This is another new book that I wasn't too sure about, but an older little girl made it all worth it for me. Each sign in the book has the most precious sayings written on them, and I wasn't going to read each one, because this was at the end of storytime and quite frankly, the preschoolers were getting restless. But, she was sitting closer to me and she read off each sign in the book for me! I've never had that happen before and it was the most precious thing ever!
*This is another new book that I wasn't too sure about, but an older little girl made it all worth it for me. Each sign in the book has the most precious sayings written on them, and I wasn't going to read each one, because this was at the end of storytime and quite frankly, the preschoolers were getting restless. But, she was sitting closer to me and she read off each sign in the book for me! I've never had that happen before and it was the most precious thing ever!
Fingerplay: Five Hungry Ants (Use ants from picnic story?)
Five hungry ants marching in a line, (hold up five fingers)
Came upon a picnic where they could dine. (eating motions with hands to mouth)
They marched into the salad, (march in place)
They marched into the cake,
They marched into the pepper…
Uh oh! That was a mistake! (hands to face with shocked expression)
A..a..a..choo!
Four hungry ants... (and so on counting down)
*My favorite thing to do with this is have little black dots cut out of construction paper. When you get down to the end of the fingerplay, I throw out the "pepper" on to the preschooler! Utter chaos!
Our craft today was ice cream! So delicious looking, don't you think?
Credit: Glued to my Crafts
Extra Books:
Time for Two’s Storytime:
Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story
Fingerplay: “We’re Going on a Picnic”
We’re going on a picnic, a picnic, a picnic.
We’re going on a picnic, what shall we bring?
How about a dinosaur? No? Then…..
How about some berries!
Book: Who’s Hungry?
Action: Animal Action Cards
Book: Guess What? Sweets and Treats
Fingerplay: “We’re Going on a Picnic”
We’re going on a picnic, a picnic, a picnic.
We’re going on a picnic, what shall we bring?
How about a bathtub? No? Then…..
How about a cookie!
Fingerplay/Flannel: Food Hiding Game in Notebook
Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Fingerplay:“We’re Going on a Picnic”
We’re going on a picnic, a picnic, a picnic.
We’re going on a picnic, what shall we bring?
How about a bathbub! No? Then…
How about a sandwich and a cookie!
*Due to my misplacing of the craft, imagine that! The two's did a different craft than the preschoolers did. Thankfully the loved it, so everything went over great!
*Due to my misplacing of the craft, imagine that! The two's did a different craft than the preschoolers did. Thankfully the loved it, so everything went over great!
Extra Book:
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