Mother's Day!

 Book: What Not to Give our Mom on Mother's Day

 Fingerplay: Early in the Morning

This is the way we wave hello, wave hello, wave hello.

This is the way we wave hello so early in the morning.

Repeat with: clap our hands, stomp our feet, jump around.

Book: When I'm Bigger, Mama Bear

Action: Five Kisses

I have five kisses to give away, who should I kiss on Mother's day?

*For this I read the fingerplay below and placed the kisses on puppets.

Fingerplay: Mothers and Babies

This baby makes a mooing sound,

When his mother is not around.

Calf is the name of this baby.

What is his mother called?  Cow!

Other verses:

Barking, puppy, dog

Meowing, kitten, cat

Quacking, duckling, duck

Oinking, piglet, pig

Credit: Jen in the Library

Book: I Don't Want to Be Quiet!

 

New Books December 2020

 We can all use a little cheer this year, so don't forget the reason for the season, our Lord's birthday!  Enjoy these new books!

We Love Mom! (Preschool and Two's)

Preschool Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: Pouch!

*This is my favorite book to use, but sometimes the preschoolers don't enjoy it as much as I hope they would. Thankfully, they loved it! We jumped and counted every time baby kangaroo leaped out of mama's pouch.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Snake, Little Snake

Credit: Jbrary

Book: Where’s My Mommy?

*I've never read this book before, and the preschoolers enjoyed it. I honestly think they liked the puppets popping up a little more than the book!

Action: Five Kisses to Give Away (Place kisses on animals)

Fingerplay/Flannel: “A Flower for You”

         (Make flower, and when you sneeze, throw petals on kids)

         Out in the garden the flowers grew,

         Each with a different color and hue.

         I picked the {red} one just for you.

         Then took a sniff and went “Ah-choo!”

         And away the petals of the flower flew

*I don't know where I found this, so if it's your idea, please let me know! When I do this, I have some paper petals cut out ahead of time. When I say "Ah-choo" I will throw out my petals so that they will fall down onto the preschoolers. I think I could have done this continuously, they enjoyed it so much!

Our craft today was a frog! I love doing crafts that are lift-the-flap, and this one is adorable!

Credit: Teachers Pay Teachers

Extra Books:

Time for Two’s Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: Ducks Away!

*The two's loved seeing the ducks dive away behind me on the puppet stage!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Snake, Little Snake

Credit: Jbrary

Book: Where Is Baby’s Mommy?

Our craft today was a frog! I love doing crafts that are lift-the-flap, and this one is adorable! The two's did really well with all the parts that they had to glue down.

Credit: Teachers Pay Teachers

Extra Books:

Happy Mother's Day! (Preschool and Two's)

Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYqFPa1mrXo

Preschool Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: Where’s My Mom? By Julia Donaldson

*This is a really cute book, where butterfly helps monkey find his mom.  I think the kids enjoyed telling me the most that each animals was not monkeys mom!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Snake, Little Snake

Credit: Storytime in the Stacks

Fingerplay/Flannel: Hearts with Animals

*I only did four hearts that are listed on this fingerplay, because I had the puppets to go along with it. I had the hearts printed out, and then the picture of the animal on the other side. After I read the rhyme and had the preschoolers guess what animal got my heart, I gave the heart to that puppet. The preschoolers loved seeing my puppets pop up! You can see all the rhymes listed on the site below.

Credit: Narrating Tales of Preschool Storytime

Book: Pouch! by Stein

*I adore using this book in storytime. Why? Because we jump all throughout the book! Baby kangaroo jumps in and out of his mama's pouch. Each time he jumps one more time than he did before. Not only do we get to move around a lot, but it also helps teach the kids to count to five!

Action: Five Kisses to Give Away (Place kisses on animals)

I have five kisses to give away,

Who should I kiss on this special day?

*I apologize, I have on idea where I found this. If it's your idea, please let me know!

Book: What Not to Give Your Mom on Mother’s Day

*I was hesitant to read this book, but the kids did seem to enjoy it this time.  I think it's an adorable book to use!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Fingerplay/Flannel: “A Flower for You”

         (Make flower, and when you sneeze, throw petals on kids)

         Out in the garden the flowers grew,

         Each with a different color and hue.

         I picked the {red} one just for you.

         Then took a sniff and went “Ah-choo!”

         And away the petals of the flower flew

*As usual, the kids love having petals being thrown on them!

Extra Books:

*Our craft today was a ladybug for our mom!

Credit: Teachwithme

Time for Two’s Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: Mommies Say Shhh! (With puppets)

*This book took longer than I expected to read, but the two's did great making all the animal noises with me!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Book: Where Is Baby’s Mommy?

Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Snake, Little Snake

Credit: Storytime in the Stacks

Fingerplay/Flannel: Wheels on the Bus Song

*I tend to forget how much the two's love singing, and they had so much fun singing!

Fingerplay/Flannel: “A Flower for You”

         (Make flower, and when you sneeze, throw petals on kids)

         Out in the garden the flowers grew,

         Each with a different color and hue.

         I picked the {red} one just for you.

         Then took a sniff and went “Ah-choo!”

         And away the petals of the flower flew

*As usual, the kids love having petals being thrown on them!

*Our craft today was a ladybug for our mom!

Credit: Teachwithme

Extra Books:

*When I read this book, I like to feed flowers to my puppets.