September New Books 2021 (Part 1)

 

May 2021 New Books

 

April Games and Sensory Bins

For April, I tried to make the games match up with the storytimes we did this month.  So most of my games centered around shapes, bugs and springtime.

1. Rabbit Shape Matching
The preschoolers did great matching the carrots to the correct shape!  Such a fun way to help them learn their shapes.
Credit: Totschooling

2. Caterpillar Pom-Pom Drop
As usual, the kids love dropping anything through our tubes!




3. Bumblebee Letter Matching
For this, we spelled out the word S-P-R-I-N-G.  I think the kids got confused because I had both halves of the bee taped down.  They dug out the matching letter from our sensory bowl.  Next time I will only put down one side of the bee on the table so that they can match the other side to it.
Credit: Modern Preschool

4. Butterfly Sensory Bin
The kids go crazy digging through the butterfly petals!  Today we dug out butterflies, of course!

Buggy for Books (Preschool and Two's)

Preschool Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: Walter’s Wonderful Web

*This book is so much fun to read! I had the kids blow like the wind and roll their hands while Walter was spinning the web. I think this helped make this book more interactive. The kids really enjoyed telling me all the shapes that Walter was making.

Fingerplay: Bug Guessing Game

For this, I made shadows of bugs to hold up, then flipped them over to show the picture of the bugs. I was very surprised that the kids could guess very quickly all of the bugs! I found this idea on youtube, and the video is wonderful! I plan to use some of the videos in the series later on.

Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB0-lie2hrY

Fingerplay: Hiding Game

Little bug, little bug, are you under the {red} rug?

Book: Bye, Bye, Big Bad Bullybug!

*I adore reading this book! It's just like "Go away, big green monster!" with all the cutouts. As you read, the big bad bullybug appears! The best part? You smoosh him with your foot! After I turned the page and we all stomped our feet and smooshed the bullybug a little boy told me the most precious thing. He said "You're not supposed to stomp on bugs!" I just lost it right there in front of everyone! I told him, no we're not, but this was just a silly book. The best reaction I've ever received after reading this book, by far.

Fingerplay: Bug Action Cards

Book: Bugs From Head to Tail

*This is a great guessing book to use and the kids loved telling me all the bugs inside the book.

Fingerplay: Five Ladybugs (Use puppets)

Five Little Ladybugs

Five little ladybugs on our front door,  (Hold up five fingers)

One flew to Daddy, and that left four.

Four little ladybugs, oh so wee,  (Hold up four fingers)

One flew to Mommy,, and that left three.

Three little ladybugs saying "howdy-do,"  (Hold up three fingers)

One flew to Sister, and that left two.

Two little ladybugs snoozing in the sun,  (Hold up two fingers)

One flew to Brother, and that left one.

One little ladybug alone on the door,  (Hold up one finger)

It flew to Baby, then there were no more.

Credit: Library Village

Action: We’re Going on a Bug Hunt

*This is by far the best part of storytime! I have a butterfly net, and my volunteer is behind the puppet stage with my bugs I'm trying to catch. Of course, I can never catch them on the first or even second try. The kids went bonkers hollering and screaming at me to catch those bugs! I've got to come up with more items I can try to catch.

*Our craft today was a dragonfly. I had no idea the kids would get such a kick out of this craft, but they loved flying around with it! I think the biggest appeal was being able to hold the popsicle stick in their hands and gripping it. I've got to find more crafts like this, they really liked it!
Credit: Pick Ease

Extra Books:

Time for Two’s Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Office Book: Butterfly, Butterfly

*The two's loved seeing the butterfly pop-up at the end!

Fingerplay: Bug Action Cards

Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Bug, Little Bug, Are You Under the Rug?

*Another fun option for this is to hide a worm under fruit!  There is a great rhyme for dancing around on her blog too.
Credit: Storytime wtih Miss Tara and Friends

Book: Bye-Bye, Big Bad Bullybug!

Fingerplay: File Folder Ladybug
*I ran out of time for this great file folder story.
Credit: Fun with Friends at Storytime

Fingerplay: Five Ladybugs (Use puppets)

Five Little Ladybugs

Five little ladybugs on our front door,  (Hold up five fingers)

One flew to Daddy, and that left four.

Four little ladybugs, oh so wee,  (Hold up four fingers)

One flew to Mommy,, and that left three.

Three little ladybugs saying "howdy-do,"  (Hold up three fingers)

One flew to Sister, and that left two.

Two little ladybugs snoozing in the sun,  (Hold up two fingers)

One flew to Brother, and that left one.

One little ladybug alone on the door,  (Hold up one finger)

It flew to Baby, then there were no more.

Credit: Library Village

Action: We’re Going on a Bug Hunt

*This is by far the best part of storytime! I have a butterfly net, and my volunteer is behind the puppet stage with my bugs I'm trying to catch. Of course, I can never catch them on the first or even second try.

*Our craft today was a dragonfly. I had no idea the kids would get such a kick out of this craft, but they loved flying around with it! I think the biggest appeal was being able to hold the popsicle stick in their hands and gripping it. I've got to find more crafts like this, they really liked it!
Credit: Pick Ease

Extra Books: