September New Books 2021 (Part 1)

 

Boogie Knights (SRP)

Opening: Big Books

Book: The Knight Who Said "No!"

Fingerplay: Dragon, Dragon (Use 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.

Credit: Sunflower Storytime

Book: Pete the Cat Sir Pete the Brave

Fingerplay: Dancing Dragons (Use 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 o fall, they sit right down.

Credit: Book-1,000 Fingerplays & Action Rhymes

Book: Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library

Our craft is a castle that opens up to reveal a prince and princess inside!

Reach for the Stars! (Preschool SRP)

Preschool Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: Elephants Cannot Dance!

*This is my favorite book to read for a dancing storytime. Why? Because I read the part of Elephant and I wear my tutu and get to be silly! My volunteer reads Piggie and all the preschoolers follow Piggie's dance moves. Do I do everything right? Of course not! That's the best part! The preschoolers really got involved in this book and followed along so well, the loved it!

Fingerplay: Five Ballet Dancers

Five ballet dancers

Prancing on their toes

They twirl and spin and jump

Then off the stage one goes.

4 ballet dancers…

3 ballet dancers…

2 ballet dancers…

One ballet dancer

Prancing on his/her toes

She twirls and spins and jumps

Then off the stage s/he goes.

No more dancers!  The performance is over.

And what do we do at the end of a performance?

We applaud!  (clap)

Credit: Jen in the Library

Book: Say Zoop!

*I've never used this book in storytime before, but I adore using the other books by this author in storytime. I didn't read aloud every page, but I read the majority of the book. The preschoolers really liked getting to do all the actions along with me. We gave our fingers a real workout!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Moon Hiding Game

Action: Scarf Dancing (Silly Dance Contest and Freeze Dance)

New Books for April 2019