Bunny Slopes

 Opening: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: Bunny Slopes

Fingerplay: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Flannel: Snowman

*For this activity, I have a snowman up on my flannelboard, but he is missing arms and a hat.  So, after I ask the kids what my snowman needs, then I add something silly to my snowman to get a reaction out of the kids.

Book: Flubby Does Not Like the Snow

*I was so excited to read this book and I even had a cat puppet that I used.  The kids weren't very interested in this book at all, but I still love the book!

Fingerplay: Snowman Hat Colors

*I don't have the words for this, but I would change out the hat of my snowman.  Then I would ask what color it was and we would do actions to go along with it.  For instance: Snowman, snowman, hat so yellow.  Jiggle around like a happy fellow!

Action:

There’s something in the snow, now what can it be?

There’s something in the snow that I can’t really see.

Hear it’s funny sound…

*In the past, I've had different animal sounds pulled up on my phone, to play through my bluetooth speaker. This really adds excitement and I always use puppets!

Book: The Mitten

*My favorite thing to do is have small clipart of each animal in the book. When all of the animals go flying out of the mitten, then I throw out all the clipart onto the kids. They go bonkers!

Scarf Dancing: London Bridge

Little snowflake spinning around, spinning around, 

spinning around.

Little snowflake spinning around,

land on my….head!

Craft:

Extra Books:

Snow Storytime

 January 10 and 12: Soup

Preschool:

Opening: If You Want to Hear a Story

Book: Little Penguin and the Mysterious Object

*While I adore the "Little Penguin" series, I think I would rather read the picture book series aloud next time so that the kids can see the pictures better.

Fingerplay: 

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

Flannel: Snowman

For this I have a snowman up on my board, but he's missing his arms and hat! I have a variety of options that I will put up, for instance, I put bird wings up instead of sticks. Or a cowboy hat instead of the black hat. The kids adore telling me just how WRONG I am!

Book: So Much Snow

Flannel: Snowman Hat Colors

For this flannel I ask the kids to tell me what color hat my snowman is wearing.  Then I will change this out and we will do actions corresponding to each color hat I put up.

Action:

There’s something in the snow, now what can it be?

There’s something in the snow that I can’t really see.

Hear it’s funny sound…

*I like to have an app pulled up that will play the animal sounds and then my volunteer will pop up the puppet for the kids to see!

Book: The Mitten

*For this book I don't read it, but I tell it. I have some beautiful props to use, one regular size mitten then a huge mitten that I will "stuff" my animals into as I tell the story. At the end, I like to have small paper animals cut out that I will "rain" down on the kids when all the animals fall out of the mitten!

Closing: Goodbye Song

Craft:

*You pull on the yarn that is on the back of the craft and this pulls the snomwan to and fro!

P is for Parade of Penguins (Preschool and Two's)

Preschool Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Action: Mitten Match-Up

*For this I hold up different mittens and have the kids tell me what’s wrong until I get the correct pair. The kids love doing this!

Book: Little Penguin Stays Awake

Fingerplay/Flannel: Make a Snowman

*For this, I made a snowman, and placed him on my flannel, but he didn't have any arms or a hat.  I asked the kids what he needed, and of course they told me! When they said hat, I would place a cowboy hat on him.  Thankfully they told me that was wrong, so I replaced it with a pink hat, which they told me was wrong. Lastly I put up the right hat, a black top hat.  I repeated this with the snowman's arms. The kids always love telling me what I've done wrong, and this was no exception.

Book: One Very Big Bear

*This is the first time I've read this book in storytime, and the preschoolers did really well counting along. The next time I read this I plan on having a flannel made to go along with the book.

Fingerplay/Puppets: “There’s Something in the Snow”

    There’s something in the snow, now what can it be?

    There’s something in the snow that I can’t really see.

    Hear it’s funny sound…OINK OINK

    A pig is what I found!

    Contiunue with: Neigh, neigh, a horse is what I found.

                    Moo, moo, a cow is what I found.

                    Baa, baa, a sheep is what I found.

*This is my favorite fingerplay to do during the winter, and the kids loved it!   This time I played the sounds through an app on my tablet. I found this fabulous idea here.

Our craft is a peek-a-boo penguin inside his igloo!

Extra Books:

Time for Two’s Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: Five Flying Penguins (Have penguins up on puppet stage)

Fingerplay/Flannel: Snowman Hats

*Different hats have actions to go along with it

Fingerplay/Flannel:Mitten Hiding Game

Board Book: Peekaboo! In the Snow

Fingerplay/Puppets: “There’s Something in the Snow” (Use sounds on tablet)

    There’s something in the snow, now what can it be?

    There’s something in the snow that I can’t really see.

    Hear it’s funny sound…OINK OINK

    A pig is what I found!

    Contiunue with: Neigh, neigh, a horse is what I found.

                    Moo, moo, a cow is what I found.

                    Baa, baa, a sheep is what I found.

*This is my favorite fingerplay to do during the winter, and the kids loved it!   I have animal sounds on my tablet, so I decided to use them, but I didn't tell the two's. Their reactions were absolutely priceless!!! I found this fabulous idea here.

*The two's did the same craft as the preschoolers, which is pictured above.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Reindeer Jumping on the Bed

(Or five little snowmen)

Book: Baby Loves Winter

Action: Snowman Dancing

*Give out snowman in hanging bag on cart and dance around with to end storytime

January New Books 2018

Dinosaurs From Head to Tail

*I am in love with this series of books, and you will be too!  You open them up to see a close up of the dinosaur, then turn the page to reveal the full dinosaur and facts about it.  A great guessing book for kids and a great informational book too.

Look, Look Again!

*Oh my, I love books that surprise you, and this one takes the cake!  Instead of a lift-the-flap book, this one has pages that folds out!  You have a page that opens to reveal a picture of something, but then the pages fold out to show you that it's not what it appears to be!  I can't wait to use this during storytime!



Bugs From Head to Tail



I Want to Be in a Scary Story





Be Brave, Little Penguin



My Toothbrush is Missing!

What a silly but cute book!  I think this would be great to use props with, and as you're reading show the kids everything that appears in the book.  A great one to use for silly storytime!

My Friends Make Me Happy!

Another silly, but great book by Jan Thomas!  I think this one would go over really well for a silly storytime or a letter "F" theme too!

Every Color Soup


Shake the Tree!

Oh my, the ending of this book made me chuckle!  A great book to get the kids shaking, and a really cute book for a tree theme too.

Everybunny Count!

What a cute book!  This has a sweet ending to it, and would be great for a rabbit or counting theme.

New Books for February 2017

Little Penguins

I love penguins already, and the cover of this book is so precious!  Don't you love the penguin stuck in the snow with his feet sticking out?  This book is wonderful for the younger crowd, and it takes you outside as the penguins go romping through the snow.  A delightful read for a snowy storytime.

Plant the Tiny Seed

I was so excited to see this book, and wasn't disappointed after I read it.  Everything is interactive, and each page requires you to do something to get the plants to bloom.  I plan on doing the same thing with this book as I have done with the author's other book "Tap the Magic Tree".  What I plan on doing is have tiny paper cut-outs of rain drops, seeds and flower petals.  After I read and have the kids do the actions that the book asks for, I will have the paper cut-outs rain down on the kids as it is raining inside the book.  Not only will the book be interactive, but this makes it even more fun for the kids.

Is That Wise, Pig?

This book is hilarious!  Pig is trying all throughout the book to add silly things to the soup, but he is stopped every time.  But there is a reason for all of this, and that's because all of his friends have come over to eat the soup!  I can't wait to read this funny book at my next soup or food storytime!

Bee

This book is truly gorgeous!  Each page has a beautiful rhyme, and the octagon that is surrounding the bee slowly disappears as you turn each page.  A wonderful addition to your spring or bug storytime.

Pete the Cat: Five Little Ducks

Who doesn't love Pete the Cat?  This is great take on the well-loved song that we all know.  I am very happy that this came in, because I have an animal countdown storytime coming up, and this will be perfect!

Dig In!

This board book is so precious!  The little mice are working all throughout the book to build something, but what is it?  Pizza, of course!  You can help all the construction vehicles move by turning the parts inside the book, which make it so much fun!

Vroom, Vroom, Trucks!

I love Karen Katz's lift-the-flap books and this one is perfect for SRP this year.  A great board book filled with lots of rumbling trucks!