Saturday, June 27, 2020

Little Red (SRP Virtual)

Opening: Big Books

Book:
*This is an adorable interactive book to use, just be ready to laugh!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Hiding Game

Book: Blue Chameleon

Action: "If You're a Drawing and You Know It"
If you're a crayon and you know it, then scribble!  (wave scarf around and around)
If you're a crayon and you know it, then scribble! 
If you're a crayon and you know it, then your scribbling will show it,
If you're a crayon and you know it, then scribble! 
Other verses:
Paintbrush...swish around (wave scarf up and down)
Pen...pop your lid (ball up scarf in hands and then throw up in the air)


Book:

Craft:
Because the theme this summer is "Imagine Your Story" our craft for this storytime is a torn paper wolf.  

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Cooked-Up Tales (SRP Virtual)

Opening: Big Books

Book: Straw

Action: Feeding Puppets
*For this I have different kinds of food on my flannelboard and I ask the kids what each animal would like to eat.  Ex. Bear-Honey, Mouse-Cheese, Elephant-Peanuts, Cow-Grass, Cat-Milk, Pig-Apple

Book: Don't Feed the Coos!

Action: Jello on the Plate (Use Scarves)
*Tune of Farmer in the Dell
Jello on the plate, jello on the plate.
Wibble, wobble; Wibble, wobble.
Jello on the plate.
Cookies in the tin, cookies in the tin,
Shake them up, shake them up.
Cookies in the tin.
Candles on the cake, candles on the cake.
Blow them out, blow them out.
Candles on the cake.

Action: Scarf Dancing
Toast in the toaster, getting very hot!
Tick-tock, tick-tock,
Up you pop!
Credit: https://www.tcpl.org/node/4557

Craft:
*I do not have a picture of the craft, but below is what it looked like.

 Extra Books:



Monday, June 8, 2020

Into the Woods (SRP Storytime)

Opening: Big Books

Book: The Cave

Fingerplay: Fox Hiding Game
Little fox, little fox. 
Are you behind the (red) box?

Action: Fox in Socks
A-hunting we will go (Pat rhythm on legs)
A-hunting we will go (Pat rhythm on legs)
We'll catch a fox and put him in (red) socks
A-hunting we will go

Book: How to Find a Fox

 Action: Insect Flash Cards

Book: Nothing Can Frighten a Bear

The craft today is an adorable hedgehog!!!

Extra Books:







Once Upon a Goat (SRP Storytime)



Opening: Big Books

Book: Wolf Won't Bite!

Action/Flannel: Mary Had a Little Lamb

Book: Let's Count Goats!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Pigs
Five pigs so squeaky clean, cleanest you've ever seen!
One wanted to go outside and play....
(Flip pig over from clean to dirty)

One jumped into the mud, landed with a great big thud!
Then there were four clean squeaky pigs.
Credit: Mel’s Desk

Book: Goatilocks and the Three Bears

The craft for today is a torn paper fox. I know, it doesn't go with a goat storytime, but the other storytime I did this week was woods. So, I just decided to do two animal crafts from the woods for this week.

Extra Books:






Monday, June 1, 2020

Imagine You're a Dragon & Magical Creatures SRP Storytime

Can you believe summer is upon us?  I can't!!!!  Due to the circumstances, summer will be different this year.  But we will persevere!  Below are my two storytimes for this week.

"Imagine You're a Dragon"
SRP Storytime
Opening: Big Books

Book: "Dragon and the Knibblesome Knight"
*This is an adorable rhyming book about two foes who become friends by the end.  It has such a good message and beautiful illustrations.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Brave Knights

Book: There's a Dragon in Your Book!

 Action: Fairy Tale Movement Cards
*There are many varieties of these online, so I just made my own on the computer.

Book: Fire Truck vs. Dragon


Fingerplay: Dancing Dragons (Using scarves.)
Dragons are dancing! Dragons all around.
The dragons dance to the left, dance to the right.
Flapping wings so hard, they might take flight!
They nod their heads, their tails they sway.
I think they could dance all day!
They stomp their feet and turn around.
And last of all, they sit right down!
Book: 1,000 Fingerplays & Action Rhymes 

Craft: Unicorn Hand Puppet
*This year all of our crafts are pre-packaged and put into ziploc bags.  





"Magical Creatures"
SRP Storytime

Opening: Big Books

Book: How to Catch a Unicorn

Fingerplay: Dragon, Dragon (Using scarves.)
Dragon, dragon, turn around.
Dragon, dragon, touch the ground.
Dragon, dragon, fly up high.
Dragon, dragon, touch the sky.
Dragon, dragon, swing your tail.
Dragon, dragon, shake your scales.
Dragon, dragon, give a ROAR!
Dragon, dragon, sit on the floor.

Book: I Am a Unicorn!

Fingerplay: Dancing Dragons (Using scarves.)
Dragons are dancing! Dragons all around.
The dragons dance to the left, dance to the right.
Flapping wings so hard, they might take flight!
They nod their heads, their tails they sway.
I think they could dance all day!
They stomp their feet and turn around.
And last of all, they sit right down!
Book: 1,000 Fingerplays & Action Rhymes 

Craft: Dragon in Egg
*I apologize, I don't have a picture of this craft, but I will fix that as soon as I can.  I can't give credit for this because there was only a picture online to go by.  If this is your craft, let me know so I can give credit!