Soup's On! and Bears (January 2 and 4 Storytime)

Preschool Storytime:

Opening Song:

If You Want to Hear a Story, Clap Your Hands

Book: Runaway Pea

*I absolutely love this book, but I feel like it was a bit much for my preschool crowd. The parents seemed to enjoy it a bit more than the kids, but I do recommend it.

Fingerplay: (tune of The Farmer in the Dell)

The soup is boiling up (repeat)

Stir it slow, around we go (stir).  The soup is boiling up.

*Fast, Slow, High, Low

Fingerplay:

This is the way we roll our hands, roll our hands, roll our hands.

This is the way we roll our hands, early in the morning.

What else can we do? Let's jump!

Book: There’s a Giraffe In My Soup

*I love to make this more interactive, so I have this elaborate soup pot. My volunteer (aka my Mom) will bring me the different animals inside my soup pot. The kids and parents both went crazy over this, and I just love doing surprises like this in storytime.

Action:

Tune: The Bear Went Over the Mountain
My thumbs are starting to wiggle, (repeat 3x)
And so are my hands!
Other verses:
Hands….arms
Arms….feet
Feet…body

Book: Is That Wise, Pig?

*This is another really cute book and everyone thoroughly enjoyed all the silly things happening!

Scarf Dancing:

Five little bears, sleeping on the floor.  One ran away and now there are four! 

(Ball up scarf and throw when you say ran each time.)

Four little bears,, cute as can be.  One ran away and now there are three!

Three little bears, wondering what to do.  One ran away and now there are two!

Two little bears, laying in the sun.  One ran away and now there is one!

One little bear cat got up to stretch and yawn.   I looked away and now he’s gone! 

Action: Put vegetables in pot

Closing Song

Our craft today was a bowl of alphabet soup and a grilled cheese sandwich.

Two’s Storytime:

Opening: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book:  Where Do You Sleep?

*This book is absolutely beautiful! My favorite part is there are very sturdy tabs to pull out on each page, to allow you to see the animals that are sleeping. I adore this author and love every books they've done!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Book: Everyone is Yawning

Hiding Game: Dog Hiding in Doghouse

Action:

Tune: The Bear Went Over the Mountain

My thumbs are starting to wiggle, (repeat 3x)

And so are my hands!

Other verses: Hands….arms, Arms….feet, Feet…body

Board Book: Tickle My Ears

Closing Song

Our craft today was a bear sleeping.

Pigs and Pancakes

 Preschool Storytime

Opening: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: I Spy on the Farm

Fingerplay:
Farmer Brown had 5 green apples, hanging on the tree

He plucked one apple and he ate it hungrily,

Leaving 4 green apples, a-hangin’ on the tree.

…Continue counting down to 1 green apple…

Fingerplay:

Three little pigs, rolling in the mud.

Going squishy, squashy, squishy, squashy, if felt so good!

Farmer took one pig out and cleaned him up nice!

Now there are 2 pigs rolling in the mud!

Continue until zero pigs left.

Book: Do Cows Meow?

Fingerplay:

Five little frogs went hop, hop, hop

STOP!!!!

Did one of my frogs hop away?

Let’s count them again!

Fingerplay:

If you like to eat an apple, clap your hands! (Repeat)

If you like to eat an apple, lick your lips and make 'em smackle.

If you like to eat an apple, clap your hands.

-Stomp your feet, rub your tummy

Book: Barnyard Banter

Fingerplay:

Put your hands up high.  

Put your hands down low 

Put your hands in the middle and wiggle just so 

Put your elbows in the front.

Put your elbows in the back. 

Put your elbows to the side and 

QUACK, QUACK, QUACK

Flannel:

I love apples, so good to eat!

Sweet red apples can't be beat!

I love apples, so good to eat!

Funny yellow apples can't be beat!

I love apples, so good to eat!

Green apples can't be beat!

*For this I hand out different colored apples to the kids and I will do the rhyme above to call for each apple to be placed on the flannel board.

Closing: We Wave Goodbye Like This

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August 11, 2022

Two’s Storytime

Opening: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: I Spy on the Farm

Fingerplay:
Farmer Brown had 5 green apples, hanging on the tree

He plucked one apple and he ate it hungrily,

Leaving 4 green apples, a-hangin’ on the tree.

…Continue counting down to 1 green apple…

Fingerplay: Farm Animal Movement Cards

Book: Do Cows Meow?

Fingerplay: Pig in Barn Hiding Game

Action: Farm Animal Movement Cards

Fingerplay:

Five little frogs went hop, hop, hop

STOP!!!!

Did one of my frogs hop away?

Let’s count them again!

Book: Barnyard Banter

Closing: We Wave Goodbye Like This

Soup Storytime

January 10 and 12: Soup

Preschool:

Opening: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: Duck Soup

*For this book, I have made pieces of the soup out of paper.  Because the animals think that Max the duck has fallen in the soup pot and find "parts" of him.  So I like to put the items I've made in a soup bowl and pull them out as I read the book.  Of course, I have to ask the kids and parents to help me go "EEEKKK"!

Fingerplay: The Soup is Boiling Up

(tune of The Farmer in the Dell)
The soup is boiling up 
The soup is boiling up
Stir it slow, around we go (stir)
The soup is boiling up

*The soup is boiling fast

The soup is boiling slow

The soup is boiling high

The soup is boiling low

Action: Animal Action Movement Cards

Book: Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes

*For this I like to have cupcakes propped up on my flannelboard. As I'm reading, my volunteer will pull down the cupcakes so the kids can tell me they have gone missing!

Fingerplay: Food Hiding Game

*I change this one up often as I use it, but this time I had different colored mice on the flannelboard.  I then asked the kids to help me find the pizza behind one of my mice.

Tune: The Bear Went Over the Mountain
My thumbs are starting to wiggle,
My thumbs are starting to wiggle,
My thumbs are starting to wiggle
And so are my hands!
Other verses:
Hands….arms
Arms….feet
Feet…body Credit: Preschool Express

Book: Guess What? - Fruit

Scarf Dancing: Five Little Bears

Five little bears, sleeping on the floor.

One ran away and now there are four! 

(Ball up scarf and throw when you say ran each time.)

Four little bears,, cute as can be.

One ran away and now there are three!

Three little bearss, wondering what to do.

One ran away and now there are two!

Two little bears, laying in the sun.

One ran away and now there is one!

One little bear cat got up to stretch and yawn. 

I looked away and now he’s gone! (Put scarf behind your back.)

Scarf Dancing:

If you’re happy and you know it, twirl your scarf.
If you’re happy and you know it, twirl your scarf.
If you’re happy and you know it, and you really want to show it.
If you’re happy and you know it, twirl your scarf.

Continue:

Shake your scarf, throw your scarf, hide your scarf.

Scarf Dancing: Popcorn Kernels

Popcorn kernels, popcorn kernels.
In the pot, in the pot.
Shake them, shake them, shake them.
Shake them, shake them, shake them.
Til they POP!  Til they POP!

Closing: Goodbye Song

Two's:

Opening: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry & the Big Hungry Bear

(I use an app called novel effect as I read this book and I highly recommend it!)

Fingerplay: The Soup is Boiling Up

(tune of The Farmer in the Dell)
The soup is boiling up 
The soup is boiling up
Stir it slow, around we go (stir)
The soup is boiling up

*The soup is boiling fast

The soup is boiling slow

The soup is boiling high

The soup is boiling low

Action: Animal Movement Cards

Board Book: Yum Yum!

Hiding Game: Pizza Slice Behind Mouse

Tune: The Bear Went Over the Mountain
My thumbs are starting to wiggle,
My thumbs are starting to wiggle,
My thumbs are starting to wiggle
And so are my hands!
Other verses:
Hands….arms
Arms….feet
Feet…body Credit: Preschool Express

Book: If You're Happy and You Know It!

Scarf Dancing: Five Little Bears

Five little bears, sleeping on the floor.

One ran away and now there are four! 

(Ball up scarf and throw when you say ran each time.)

Four little bears,, cute as can be.

One ran away and now there are three!

Three little bearss, wondering what to do.

One ran away and now there are two!

Two little bears, laying in the sun.

One ran away and now there is one!

One little bear cat got up to stretch and yawn. 

I looked away and now he’s gone! (Put scarf behind your back.)

Closing: Goodbye Song

Craft:

New books October 2022

 

New Books February 2022

 

This book covers so many subjects!  

Zoo, eating and silly too!

Mouse Mess

 Opening: If You Want to Hear a Story

If you want to hear a story, clap your hands (repeat)

If you want to hear a story, if you want to hear a story, 

If you want to hear a story, clap your hands!

Book: Little Mouse's Big Breakfast

*I absolutely love using props with this book. I have some boxes covered in white paper and I tape a little mouse to one. Then I have the food made that the mouse takes during this book. Near the end, the mouse trips and all the food falls. When this happens I reach up and knock all the boxes to the ground. Since the virus hit, I have a new group of kids attending storytime. At first they were shocked and then they loved me doing this!

Action: Animal Movement Cards

Book: Should I Share My Ice Cream?

Action: Five Little Mice
Five little mice came out to play, gathering crumbs along the way.
Out came a kitty cat sleek and fat, four little mice go scampering back.
*Repeat until zero.

Credit: https://www.jocolibrary.org/kids/storytime-blog/april-14-mice

Book: Shake the Tree (Use flannel)

Goodbye Song: (Farmer in the Dell tune)
We wave goodbye like this, we wave goodbye like this.
We clap our hands for all our friends, we wave goodbye like this.
We wave really fast, we wave really slow.
We turn around and take a bow, and then its time to go!

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