Dragons

Preschool Storytime

Opening: Big Books

Book: Where is the Dragon?

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Knights

Five little knights, fearless and brave,

Went dragon hunting deep in a cave!

They heard a loud ROAR

Shaking the cave’s floor!

So one little knight ran away!

(Four… Three… Two… One…) Credit:

http://www.literaryhoots.com/2014/06/storytime-royalty.html

Book: I Will Not Eat You

Action: Fairy Tale Action Cards

Flannel: 5 Baby Dragons

Five baby dragons, learning how to soar.

They flap their wings, and off they soar!

Book: Don’t Wake the Dragon!

Closing: We Wave Goodbye Like This

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 Book: Where is the Dragon?

Fingerplay: Ten Little Kittens

Ten little kittens standing in a row.

(Palms facing forward, fingers extended.)

They bow their heads to the children just so.

(Bend fingers back and forth.)

They run to the left, the run to the right.

(High, low, fast, slow.)

They stretch up high with all their might.

Along comes a dog, looking for some fun.

(Fingers of one hand resting on thumb, move towards other hand.)

"Meow!" Away those kittens run!

(Run hands behind back.)

*There are multiple sources this can be found at online.

Book: Do Cats Moo?

Fingerplay: Kitty Cat POUNCE!

(Roll up the scarf slowly while you say the words, then toss it high in the air on POUNCE)

Kitty cat, kitty cat, sneaks out of the house.

Kitty cat, kitty cat, creeps up to a mouse

And...POUNCE!

Kitty cat, kitty cat, creeps up to a bird.

Kitty cat, kitty cat, is not even heard,

And...POUNCE!

But the mouse ran, and the bird flew away,

So kitty cat found a ball of yarn to play.

And...POUNCE!

Credit: http://www.literaryhoots.com/2015/10/cats-storytime.html

 Book: A is for Another Rabbit

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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!

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

Credit: http://readrhymesing.blogspot.com/2015/10/flannel-friday-royal-flannel-board.html

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

Credit: http://www.makefilmplay.com/uncategorized/unicorn-paper-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.

Credit: Sunflower Storytime

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!

December New Books 2019

March New Books 2019

I just adore this enthusiastic little chick!  She comes out of her eggs cheering!  But nobody on the farm will help her. Or will they?  I definitely will use this book for my dancing theme.  Why?  Because we all can get up right along with the cute little chick, cheer and dance together!




This is perfect for  a silly or space storytime!  The little girl in the story can't get her song right and she's keeps confusing the lamb with the song twinkle twinkle little star!  Does she ever get it right?  Maybe!  This is perfect for our SRP theme this year!

September New Books 2018

*Oh my goodness, this book is the best dragon book!  If you're not familiar with Tom Fletcher's books, then go right now and read them!  Go!!!!!!!  This book is one of the best interactive books I've read, and it's really hard to find a cute dragon book.  Trust me, this one won't disappoint!


*I am always looking for a well illustrated version of the song we all know and love.  This book doesn't disappoint!  I do have to say I haven't listened to the music that accompanies this book.  All of the other books from the Cantana learning series have had fabulous music, so hopefully this one will be just as good as the others!


*I love bedtime stories, and we all know the song "Six in the Bed".  Can you tell I love the Cantana learning books?  They are so good!  Again, I haven't listened to the music that goes along with this book, but I'm hoping there are some cute pig sounds!

Once Upon a Storytime (Preschool and Two's)

Preschool Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: I Will Not Eat You

*This is such a fun book to read, especially when you use a dragon puppet! That's the fabulous creature hiding inside the cave, a dragon! The preschoolers loved making the animal sounds along with me as we tried to guess the animal hiding inside our cave.

Fingerplay: Dragon, Dragon

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: Huff & Puff

*For this story, I decided I wanted to make some props for my pigs. So, I made a house for each pig, and taped them onto a box. Then I tucked the happy pig into the first house, and as we "blew" down the house, my volunteer literally knocked the house into the floor! Much to the kids delight. Then my volunteer would show the pig to my kids, with the unhappy pig facing out. When we got to the last house, we tried huffing and puffing with all our might, but we couldn't knock down that house! But instead, my volunteer pulled out a yummy chocolate cake for the wolf! Which is what happens at the end of the story. I've included pictures below of the houses I made so that you can see what I did. All the houses folded down, but I cut out the windows so that you can just tuck each pig inside the house.

*This pig is the grumpy pig, can you tell?  LOL!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Knights

Five little knights, fearless and brave,

Went dragon hunting deep in a cave!

They heard a loud ROAR

Shaking the cave’s floor!

So one little knight ran away!

(Four… Three… Two… One…)

*The kids loved stomping our feet and roaring like dragons. The best part was watching all the knights run away behind me!

Credit: Literary Hoots

Fingerplay/Flannel: Pancakes Hiding Game

*Pancakes, pancakes, not very big...

Are you under the purple pig??

Credit: Flannel Board Fun

Book: Not Your Typical Dragon

*This book is great to read, but it was the last one I read and it was a little long. The thing that helped the most was that I had the items inside the story cut out of construction paper. So, when Cripsin the dragon breathes out teddy bears instead of fire, I would throw out little paper teddy bears onto the kids. They loved all the items being thrown out onto them!

Our craft today was a castle!

Credit: http://terrific2s.blogspot.com/2013/08/fairy-tale-preschool-projects-for-2.html

Extra Books:

I dressed up as Snow White, here I am!

Time for Two’s Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: Huff & Puff

*For this story, I decided I wanted to make some props for my pigs. So, I made a house for each pig, and taped them onto a box. Then I tucked the happy pig into the first house, and as we "blew" down the house, my volunteer literally knocked the house into the floor! Much to the kids delight. Then my volunteer would show the pig to my kids, with the unhappy pig facing out. When we got to the last house, we tried huffing and puffing with all our might, but we couldn't knock down that house! But instead, my volunteer pulled out a yummy chocolate cake for the wolf! Which is what happens at the end of the story. I've included pictures in the post above.

Fingerplay: Dragon, Dragon

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

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Knights

Five little knights, fearless and brave,

Went dragon hunting deep in a cave!

They heard a loud ROAR

Shaking the cave’s floor!

So one little knight ran away!

(Four… Three… Two… One…)

*The kids loved stomping our feet and roaring like dragons. The best part was watching all the knights run away behind me!

Credit: Literary Hoots

Book/Flannel: How to Dress a Dragon

*I made a flannel to go along with this story, but I have to say that the sock is missing from the picture below. But I did find the sock! It has returned to the dragon once again!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Pancakes Hiding Game

*Pancakes, pancakes, not very big...

Are you under the purple pig??

Credit: Flannel Board Fun

Our craft today was a castle!

Credit: http://terrific2s.blogspot.com/2013/08/fairy-tale-preschool-projects-for-2.html

Extra Book: