K is for Kitchen Time! Pizza Time!

Preschool Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: Pete the Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party

*As Pete the Cat is making his pizza, all of his friends wants to add something to the pizza. I wanted to make a flannel for this, so I've attached a picture of what mine turned out like. I ended up cutting out all the pieces out of construction paper and then laminating them, to make them sturdier. The preschoolers loved seeing my gross and silly pizza!

Fingerplay: 

Pizza man, pizza man, turn around

Pizza man, pizza man, touch the ground

Pizza man, pizza man, jump up high

Pizza man, pizza man, touch the sky

Pizza man, pizza man do you like cheese?

Pizza man, pizza man slap your knees!

Pizza man, pizza man, turn around

Pizza man, pizza man, sit back down!

Book: Ding Dong! Gorilla! (Have volunteer deliver pizza, but have the box be empty like the portrays.)

*I was hoping the preschoolers would have enjoyed this book more than they did, but this is still a really funny book to read aloud.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Snake Hiding Game

Credit: Storytime in the Stacks

Action: Pizza Toppings

*For this I have two flannel pizzas and I will hand out pizza toppings. Sometimes I will call out for particular pizza toppings or instead of that I'll just ask the kids to come up and put their toppings up all at once. It just depends on the size of my crowd on that day.

Flannel: Pizza Toppings

*I don't know if you're familiar with the book "Pete's a Pizza" but throughout the book Pete is turned into a pizza by his dad! At the end of storytime, I like to turn the preschool kids into a pizza, just like Pete! So, I have all my toppings for the pizza cut out of construction paper and I will take the toppings and "sprinkle" them onto the preschoolers. I have included a picture below showing the mess that I have afterwards.

Our craft is a rabbit with his pizza! The inspiration for this was taken from a book called "Pizza Pig". This is a favorite pizza book of mine, but I didn't read it today. The preschoolers glued down the pizza slice, sauce, carrots and rabbit head and ears.

Time for Two’s Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: Hi Pizza Man! (Have puppets deliver pizza slices.)

Fingerplay: 

Pizza man, pizza man, turn around

Pizza man, pizza man, touch the ground

Pizza man, pizza man, jump up high

Pizza man, pizza man, touch the sky

Pizza man, pizza man do you like cheese?

Pizza man, pizza man slap your knees!

Pizza man, pizza man, turn around

Pizza man, pizza man, sit back down!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Snake Hiding Game

Credit: Storytime in the Stacks

Book: Wolf’s Coming!

Action: Pizza Toppings

*For this I have two flannel pizzas and I will hand out pizza toppings. Sometimes I will call out for particular pizza toppings or instead of that I'll just ask the kids to come up and put their toppings up all at once. It just depends on the size of my crowd on that day.

Flannel: Pizza Toppings

*I don't know if you're familiar with the book "Pete's a Pizza" but throughout the book Pete is turned into a pizza by his dad! At the end of storytime, I like to turn the two's kids into a pizza, just like Pete! So, I have all my toppings for the pizza cut out of construction paper and I will take the toppings and "sprinkle" them onto the two's.

*The two's did the same craft as the preschoolers, which is pictured at the end of the preschool post above.

Extra Books:

August New Books 2019

Pizza! Pizza! (Preschool and Two's)

Preschool Storytime:

*I don't know what it was, but the preschoolers went crazy over everything! This usually doesn't happen, but they loved all the fingerplays, books and craft. It just made me so happy!

Opening: Big Books

Book: Hi Pizza Man! (Have puppets deliver pizza slices to you.)

*I did something different with this book, I had the puppets deliver a slice of pizza to me!  The preschoolers loved it!

Fingerplay:

Pizza man, pizza man, turn around

Pizza man, pizza man, touch the ground

Pizza man, pizza man, jump up high

Pizza man, pizza man, touch the sky

Pizza man, pizza man do you like cheese?

Pizza man, pizza man slap your knees!

Pizza man, pizza man, turn around

Pizza man, pizza man, sit back down!

Book: Pizza Pig

*This is a new book about pizza pig, and I highly recommend it! Pizza pig delivers pizza to all kinds of animals, so I had to make a pizza for all of the animals that I had puppets for. (I've included a picture of my pizza slices below.) The best part of the book is at the end when turtle won't eat his pizza. Why? Because he wants a friend to eat with, and that friend is pizza pig! Even the adults in the room laughed very loudly, which tickled my heart! I think everyone got such a kick out of my turtle puppet refusing to eat my pizza!

Flannel: Pizza Toppings

*For this flannel, I have four pizzas printed out, with velcro attached to them. I give the preschoolers pizza toppings, with velcro on the back. Then the preschoolers can bring their toppings up and stick them to the pizzas on the flannelboard.

Action: Pizza Time!

*My favorite part of pizza storytime is turning the kids into a pizza! This is based on the book "Pete's a Pizza" and the kids adore it too! All you need to do is cut out pizza toppings from construction paper, and sprinkle them onto the kids. I didn't remember to bring flour this time, but I like to put some flour on my hand and blow it out onto the kids, which they love!

Our craft today was a little chef holding his pizza! I was so excited to see the kids gluing the hands down on the craft, but only a few did. But it's still precious!

Credit: The First Grade Parade Blogspot

Time for Two’s Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: Hi Pizza Man! (Have puppets deliver pizza slices to you.)

*I did something different with this book, I had the puppets deliver a slice of pizza to me!  The preschoolers loved it!

Fingerplay:

Pizza man, pizza man, turn around

Pizza man, pizza man, touch the ground

Pizza man, pizza man, jump up high

Pizza man, pizza man, touch the sky

Pizza man, pizza man do you like cheese?

Pizza man, pizza man slap your knees!

Pizza man, pizza man, turn around

Pizza man, pizza man, sit back down!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Snake Hiding Game

Credit: Storytime in the Stacks

Book: Pizza Pig

*This is a new book about pizza pig, and I highly recommend it! It is a tad long for two's, but I made it work. Next time I plan on reading it first for the two's storytime. Pizza pig delivers pizza to all kinds of animals, so I had to make a pizza for all of the animals that I had puppets for. (I've included a picture of my pizza slices below.) The best part of the book is at the end when turtle won't eat his pizza. Why? Because he wants a friend to eat with, and that friend is pizza pig! Even the adults in the room laughed very loudly, which tickled my heart! They even clapped! I think everyone got such a kick out of my turtle puppet refusing to eat my pizza!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Little Snake Hiding Game

Credit: Storytime in the Stacks

Action: Pizza Time!

*My favorite part of pizza storytime is turning the kids into a pizza! This is based on the book "Pete's a Pizza" and the kids adore it too! All you need to do is cut out pizza toppings from construction paper, and sprinkle them onto the kids. I didn't remember to bring flour this time, but I like to put some flour on my hand and blow it out onto the kids, which they love!

Our craft today was a popsicle stick pizza! I forgot to take a picture of our sample, but below is what it would have looked like!

Credit: Gluedtomycraftsblog

February New Books

*What can I say, this book really "tugs" on my heart!  I have a soft spot for tugboats, and the adorable expressions in this book really hit home with me!  This book is great for a boat themed storytime because the rhythm is really great through it.  The pages rhyme, which I love, and there is a lot of noisy words that you can make too!  What a wonderful book!  Toot, toot!


*Don't you love the scrawny little mouse with the big ole ears balancing all the scrumptious food?  I can't wait to use this book in storytime!  I'd love to take all the food and balance it somehow on my mouse.  Whether I make the food out of felt or tell this story using boxes, I think it will be a hit!


What a delicious book this is!  All through the book pizza pig cooks up scrumptious pizzas for all his animal friends!  I can already see serving yummy pizzas to my puppets!  But turtle doesn't want to eat until pizza pig sits down with him.  How sweet is that?  The rhyming text in this book just makes this that much better!


*Geronimo!  This book makes a huge splash!  It's such a great book to use for counting, ducks, water, and even a mom storytime.  All the little ducks fall off the bridge into the water, but where is mom?  Still on top of the bridge.  Will she go after them?  Of course!  I can't wait to use this in storytime, along with my ducks, of course!


*This book is so adorable!  All through the book are owl shaped cutouts, that show each owl disappearing from the page.  It's a great rhyming book too, which is always a great hit with the kids.  I can't wait to use this at my next bedtime storytime.


*Another wonderful addition to your bedtime theme, sleepover duck!  Fuzzy little duckling is looking for the friend who hollered woo-hoo!  Who could it be?  Why owlet, of course!  What a fun book about the farm and bedtime too.  


*What a great interactive book to use!  The animals at the zoo are being described throughout the book, and there are breaks for the kids to act out the sounds with you.


*This series is wonderful, and this addition doesn't disappoint!




*What a precious book to teach the real meaning of Christmas.  The illustrations are breathtaking, and the animals in this book will reach out and appeal to the kids wonderfully.  I highly recommend this book to help teach kids, young and old, the true meaning of Christmas.


*Oh, this book made me chuckle!  While there aren't many words, the illustrations are hilarious!  What a great take on the beloved story we all know, Goldilocks and The Three Bears.  Trust me, you won't regret reading this one!

November New Books

*This is such a cute book!  This isn't your traditional take on the song we all know and love, but I fell in love with this board book!  I can't wait to use this book in storytime and shake everything up!  Not only can the kids sing along as you read, but the words encourage them to get up and dance too!



*Oh my, pizza pie!  The "Cook in a Book" series are so cool!  There are more than just this one, and I would love to have them all at my library!  This book has so many cool features to it!  For instance, one know will turn the oven to a certain degree, another will make the sauce appear on your pizza.  This is truly a pizza inside the book!


*What is taking all the food from our garden? Why the pest, of course!  I'd love to turn this into a puppet show while I'm reading, and have all the yummy food disappear behind me.


*When I saw this book online, I had my hopes up that it would be cute.  But I had no idea how mind-boggling it would turn out to be!  Every time you turn the page another spinning gear pops up, until you get to the end with lots and lots of gears all spinning.


*I love rhyming books, and Bitty Bot hits the spot!  The illustrations are so bright and colorful, and this is perfect for a robot or bedtime storytime.


*Yes, I work in a library, but I love construction vehicles!  This book just stole my heart!  But don't you just want to squeeze that litlte construction cone that the bulldozer is cuddling?  Little boys and girls alike will want to be read this sweet little book at bedtime.



*Good ole Larry the lovable monster is back, but this time in a Christmas adventure!  What a great interactive book to use this time of year.


*Oh me, oh my!  The little penguin is back with his lollipop!  If you haven't read the first book, then put it on hold immediately!  I think this book would be hilarious to read at storytime, and I plan to use it at my winter themed storytime.


*I can't get enough of Peep and Egg!  Please tell me you've read these, if not then go now!  Little, sweet Egg will not take a bath, no matter what.  Until all the barnyard animals join him.  But where?  In the pond, of course!  I love the cover of this book, with the towel wrapped around Peep's head!


*Wow, there is so much goodness and life lessons packed into this book!  The timid little koala on the front cover learns that life isn't all about clinging to a tree, it's about letting go and living!  Yes, that sounds deep for a kids book, but trust me.  From my own experiences, let go of the tree and cling to God!  Back to the book, the illustrations are breathtaking.  Especially the page with all the animals marching along the water, and their reflections appear below them.  There aren't a lot of words to each page, but everything rhymes which makes the book flow wonderfully.  Can you tell how much I enjoyed this book?


*Normally, I don't like wordless books at all, but this book made me laugh so much!  Each page builds upon the previous letter, which just adds to the madness!  I would love to use this in storytime, but you really need to see each tiny, hilarious detail!  Check out the letter "E", it's my favorite!  In case you missed what each letter represents (which I did) the last page will give you a cheat sheet.


*This book took me by surprise, but in a good way.  Blue and yellow are having a fight over who is better?  But after they collide and make green, then they come to an agreement that they are both good!  But stop!  What about red?   If a book makes me chuckle at the end, then it's a winner!


*This is just a cute, silly book with wonderfully drawn animals!  Be sure to look for the mouse on each page, I think he's the bees knees!


*Baby bear is hiding from Mama bear all through this book, and I think the kids would love hunting for him!  I plan on using this in storytime, along with my big bear puppet.  I believe the kids would have fun not only hunting for baby bear inside the book but also seeing him pop up behind me!


*This book is so cute!  Yes, it's simple, but such a fun read-aloud.  I'd love to have a dinosaur pop up behind me while I'm reading this, to make it interactive and a bit sillier too!


*Oh my goodness, I knew by the cover this book would be a smash, but I had no idea!  With each turn of the page, you smash something else the opposite page.  My storytime kids love interactive books like this, and I know this one will entertain them!


*This is such an amazing guessing book, and I can't wait to use it with my storytime crowd!  The author gives great clues to the animal that's being guessed, and the illustrations are wonderful!




*You will need a box of tissues when you read this book.  I don't even know what to say, except after reading this, I have a new perspective on life.  To value everything God has given me, absolutely every single thing.  What this man went through, and he never gave up.  We can all learn something from this, and I hope that you do after reading it.