Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts

Saturday, July 14, 2018

Bears in a Band (Preschool and Two's SRP)

Preschool Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: Dancing Feet!
*We had a special guest today, who did sign language for us while I read our book. The kids did great guessing all the animals! I really enjoyed learning lots signs for all the animals in the book too!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Animal Sounds Matching Game

Fingerplay: Black Bear
Black bear, black bear turn around.
Black bear, black bear touch the ground.
Black bear, black bear reach touch the sky.
Black bear, black bear jump up high.
Black bear, black bear show your claws.
Black bear, black bear paw around.
Black bear, black bear turn around.
Black bear, black bear touch the ground.

Book: Lost and Found What’s That Sound?
*I had hoped the kids would enjoy this book more than they did, but it's still a great read-aloud. On each page the kids can guess what is making the sound inside the book. I had up different items on my flannelboard, and asked the kids to tell me what was making my sound each time.


Fingerplay: 5 Little Instruments

Book: Where is Bear? By Bentley
*By far, this was the highlight of storytime! Whenever I read "Where is Bear?", my volunteer would pop up a bear puppet behind me. The preschoolers went bezerk! Anytime I can do this during storytime, I will. It's a great way to involve the kids, and they love it!




Time for Two’s Storytime:


Opening: Big Books

Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: Dancing Feet

Fingerplay/Flannel: Lion Hiding Game

Fingerplay: Black Bear
Black bear, black bear turn around.
Black bear, black bear touch the ground.
Black bear, black bear reach touch the sky.
Black bear, black bear jump up high.
Black bear, black bear show your claws.
Black bear, black bear paw around.
Black bear, black bear turn around.
Black bear, black bear touch the ground.

Fingerplay: 5 Little Instruments

Book: Where is Bear by Bentley
*By far, this was the highlight of storytime! Whenever I read "Where is Bear?", my volunteer would pop up a bear puppet behind me. The two's went bezerk! Anytime I can do this during storytime, I will. It's a great way to involve the kids, and they love it!

Interactive: Scarf Dancing


*This is our craft we made today. The two's put the bear together, and glued down the guitar.


Thursday, June 7, 2018

New Books for June 2018

It's time for new books!  This list is very long, so bear with me!  Don't you love getting new books?  I do!  


*My two's love lift the flap books, and this one has felt flaps, which make it even better! I can't wait to use this one during the summer.


*Another great addition to the series "Can you say it, too?".  A wonderful boardbook by Nosy Crow.


*I just had to squeal very loudly while looking at the illustrations in this book.  They are just hilariously adorable!


*This book may look simple, but it's wonderfully made!  Each page has one word on it, but when you open it up the word is illustrated with a beautiful pop-up!  I honestly don't know how long this book will hold up in circulation, but it's completely worth the purchase, I promise.


*I wasn't sure when I saw this book online if it would be as cute as I had hoped, but it really is!  All through the book kids can guess which hand, ear, wing, etc., the item is hiding under.  I think my preschoolers will go crazy over this book.  Because when I do a hiding game on my flannelboard that's all the want to do!


*This is a simple, but wonderful little book about cupcakes!  The best part of it?  Each time you turn the page, a cupcake disappears!  My two's love when this happens in books, they think I'm magical.


*Oh my, the animals in this book are so cuddly!  I love guessing books, and this is a lift-the-flap on top of that!  EEEK!  Anyway, this is a wonderful forest theme book that is sure to delight kids, young and old.


*This book is perfect for our SRP theme this year, Libraries Rock!  You have to guess what instrument is making the sound, then lift the flap to see!  I am looking forward to using this book in my storytime called "Bears in a Band".  Isn't the cover perfect?


*Bitty bot is back and this time it's set at the beach!  I love the rhyming in this book and the illustrations area precious.


*Oh my, this book was so much better than I expected!  Tiny is digging up a bone, but not what you expected!  All I will say is this book is great for our SRP this year.  Doesn't make sense?  Check this book out to see why I said that!


*Oh, this book is great for SRP 2018 too!  All the animals can't find their sound, so you get to make the noise!  On some pages, when you turn the page you can choose what made the noise.  I plan on making a flannelboard and having the kids tell me what made each noise!


*Another great interactive musical book, perfect for SRP 2018!


*I'm always looking for a new bedtime book, and this one is great!  It's a good lift-the-flap book, but for older ones.


*What a great monster book!  This adorable little monster just wants to be everything a monster is, slimy and stinky, but not sweet!  Until he meets a big ogre who wants to eat him, and he changes his mind.  A great read-aloud for monsters of all ages!


*Don't you love the grumpy little bear and cut little park ranger?  The two truly have a war of signs over who is getting fed all the yummy food in the park!  But in the end they agree they can share.  


*This book is a great number recognition book and the illustrations make it really fun for the kids to read also.


*Another great book for an underground or garden theme.  This book has lots of actions to it, which I think the preschoolers will love!


*If you need to add a book about no biting to your collection, this is a winner!  The illustrations alone will crack you up, but the rhyming to go along with each page just add to the charm of this book.


*How do you behave at school?  This book is sure to teach you how to act, with the wonderful rabbit at your service.  Trust the title, you will do nothing but giggle all through this book, I did!


*Crackerjack Jack did it again!  He stole the duck among other things!  This book is just so cute, it will steal your heart!