March New Books 2020

January 2020 New Books

Sound the Sirens (Two's Storytime)

Time for Two’s Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: This Book Is Out Of Control (Make remote control and use dog puppet)

*I absolutely adore using this book for a firefighter theme, but I have such a mixture of two's coming to storytime that this book was just a little too complicated for them. I have a really young group of two's, in that some of them haven't even reached the age of two yet. But also I have a few older preschoolers attend, so it can make it hard to find the right level of books to read. I have my volunteer hold up the dog puppet and use while I'm reading this book, so that helps keep the attention of the two's.

Fingerplay: “Firefighter, Firefighter”

Firefighter, firefighter, turn around.

Firefighter, firefighter, touch the ground.

Firefighter, firefighter, climb the stairs.

Firefighter, firefighter, jump in the air.

Firefighter, firefighter, spray the fire out.

Firefighter, firefighter, turn around.

Firefighter, firefighter, sit back down.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Wheels on the Fire Truck 

Book: Itty Bitty Kitty Firehouse Fun

*This book is a really cute book to use, and usually the two's enjoy it. Unfortunately they were just too rambunctious at this point to listen anymore.

Fingerplay/Flannel: “Dog Dancing”

*For this, I have printed out some dalmatian dogs with firefighter helmets on.  I have them laminated and velcroed too. We danced around very briefly today with our dogs and then placed them onto our flannelboard.

*Our craft today was a torn paper firetruck!

Credit: http://learncreatelove.com/printable-firetruck-craft/

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This book is non-fiction, but it is a great series on dinosaurs! This would make a wonderful addition to your collection.  I don't know about you, but at my library our kids are always asking for dinosaur books!

Sound the Sirens! (Two's)

Time for Two’s Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: This Book Is Out Of Control (Make remote control and use dog puppet)

*For this book, I made a remote control to use, and my volunteer had the dog puppet behind me. If you've never read this book, I highly recommend it! It's precious! The two's loved seeing the dog puppet move and being sprayed by water!

Fingerplay: “Firefighter, Firefighter”

Firefighter, firefighter, turn around.

Firefighter, firefighter, touch the ground.

Firefighter, firefighter, climb the stairs.

Firefighter, firefighter, jump in the air.

Firefighter, firefighter, swing your axe about.

Firefighter, firefighter, spray the fire out.

Firefighter, firefighter, turn around.

Firefighter, firefighter, sit back down.

Fingerplay/Flannel: “Wheels on the Firetruck”

*Before singing I will ask the kids what my firetruck needs, and then we will sing about that part until everything is on the firetruck.

Door-Open and shut

Lights-blink, blink, blink

Siren-woo, woo, woo

Ladder-Up and down

Ax-chop, chop, chop

Hose-Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh

Book:Itty Bitty Kitty Firehouse Fun

*This book is great to read, but it's a tad long for the two's. But they did enjoy listening to it!

Fingerplay: Three Little Firefighters

Three little firefighters standing in a row

1,2,3, let’s slide down the pole! (spin in circle)

Jump on the engine with a shout

Spray the fire, hooray!  It’s out!

*For this, I have my volunteer hold up a building with flames shooting out of top. All of us stand up and do all of the actions. When we get to the end of the fingerplay, we will pretend to spray the fire, and my volunteer will slowly pull the fire down behind the building. (I can't find where I found this wonderful idea, so if it's your idea please let me know!)

Fingerplay/Flannel: “Dog Dancing”

*For this, I printed out some dalmatians with firefighter helmets on.  I have them laminated and velcroed. We dance around with our dogs, then place them upon the flannelboard to end storytime.

The next time I do this I want to make a big firetruck with velcro so that all dogs will stick to it! The two's loved putting the dalmations around firetruck

Our craft today was a firetruck made out of a box! The two's absolutely adored driving their firetrucks around the room!