O is for Ornaments on the Tree (Preschool and Two's)

Preschool Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Office Book: Once There Was a Christmas Tree

*We have had this book for a very long time at my library. The thing I love is that somebody made a lovely flannelboard for it. The wonderful thing? The flannel is a tree that will come apart to make four trees! Because in the book you start out with one big tree and slowly cut the tree in half until you end up with four. The preschoolers loved watching my tree go from one to four trees. So much fun!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Reindeer Jumping on the Bed

Book: What Am I? Christmas

*This is a wonderful series that I love to use. My preschoolers really enjoy books that they get to guess what I am describing to them. I haven't read this book in a couple of years and I'm really glad that I decided to pick this one out. I had a very small crowd, but they all really enjoyed it!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Rudolph, Rudolph

Rudolph, Rudolph, what will you do?

You can't guide the sleigh if your nose is blue.

Let’s touch our knee and then our shoe.

Rudolph, Rudolph, you're such a silly fellow

Who will know it's you if your nose is yellow.

Let’s wiggle around like a happy fellow.

Rudolph, Rudolph, your way cannot be seen,

Through the wintry weather if your nose is green.

Let’s jump up and down like a jumping bean.

Rudolph, Rudolph, it's time to go to town

But you can't help Santa if your nose is brown.

Let’s reach up high and touch the ground.

Rudolph, Rudolph, the children are in bed

And now we get on our way because your nose is red.

Let’s pat our legs, turn around, and sit back down!

*I added a few lines from a Mailbox edition.

Credit: Library Village

Fingerplay/Flannel: Gingerbread Man Hiding Game

Action: Draw and Tell Story

 Here is the link to the full story and how to cut and tell this story.

*I have never used this cut-and-tell story before, so I was a little nervous. I decided to add actions to it, so we made the shooting stars with our arms and climbed the mountains. The preschoolers really, really liked doing the actions of the shooting star and climbing the mountain each time.  I have to say they figured out the christmas tree pretty early!

Action/Flannel: Putting Ornaments on the Tree (Call out for each ornament one at a time.)

Our craft came is a mischievous little cat in the Christmas tree. We had to make an ornament for the tree today!

Credit: Oriental Trading

Time for Two’s Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: Dream Snow (With puppets)

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Reindeer Jumping on the Bed

Book: Who Says Ho Ho Ho? (With puppets)

Action/Flannel: Putting Ornaments on the Tree

*The two's did the same ornament as the preschoolers, which is pictured above. We had a wonderful crowd today, 24 two's! I don't know why our preschool crowd was way down this week, we only had 12. Hopefully it will pick back up next week, I really miss them when they are not here.