Showing posts with label Spring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spring. Show all posts
Monday, March 29, 2021
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Spring Has Sprung!
Book: Spring Stinks
Scarf Dancing: Two Little Blackbirds
Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill.
One named Jack and one named Jill.
Fly away Jack, fly away Jill.
Come back Jack, come back Jill.
-Two little blackbirds sitting on a cloud.
One named quiet and one named LOUD.
Fly away quiet, fly away LOUD.
Come back quiet, come back LOUD.
-Two little blackbirds sitting on my hat.
One was round (wave scarf in circle)
One was flat (pull scarf taut)
Fly away round, fly away flat.
Come back round, come back flat.
-Two little blackbirds sitting on a stick.
One was slow (wave scarf slowly)
One was quick (wave scarf quickly)
Fly away slow, fly away quick.
Come back slow, come back quick.
Book: Hidden Rainbow
Flannel: Little Cloud Hiding Game
*For this I have different colored clouds and I will hide a moon or sunshine behind them, along with other items. Then I will ask the kids to tell me what colored cloud they think the item is behind.
Book: Pete the Kitty and the Unicorn's Missing Colors
Monday, April 1, 2019
Splish, Splash, Spring! (Preschool Only)
Preschool Storytime:
Opening: Big Books
Book: Ducks Away!
*Today we had our volunteer doing ASL while I read this book. The best part? When he made duck noises! While I read, my volunteer propped up five ducks behind me. This way, the ducks could jump into the water as I was reading.
Fingerplay: “Little Duck, Little Duck”
Little duck, little duck, jump up and down.
Little duck, little duck, don’t make a sound.
Little duck, little duck, tip-toe to me.
Little duck, little duck, slap your knees. (or bend your knees.)
Little duck, little duck, jump up and down.
Little duck, little duck, turn around
Little duck, little duck,sit back down.
Book: Move Over, Rover!
*I love using all the puppets that go along with this book, and my favorite thing to do is put them inside my doghouse! The best part is when they all go flying out of the doghouse at the very end! So much fun!
Flannel: Little Cloud Hiding Game
Book: Ants Go Marching
*The preschoolers liked this but not near as much as I had hoped. I think it was just too much with the music playing, me holding up the book, and having little props (ants) pop up behind me. Next time, I won't show the book, instead I'll just do music and props. The preschoolers did love doing all the actions and being sprayed by water!
Fingerplay: “Five Beautiful Flowers” (Feed flowers to five puppets)
Five beautiful flowers just outside my door,
{Monkey} came and picked a flower and now there are four.
Four beautiful flowers, two and two you see.
{Alligator} came and picked a flower and now there are three.
Three beautiful flowers, but before I knew,
{Frog} came and picked a flower and now there are two.
Two beautiful flowers in the noonday sun.
{Elephant} came and picked a flower and now there’s just one.
One beautiful flower standing all alone,
{Alligator} came and picked the last one and now there are none.
The craft for storytime was the letter D for Duck!
Credit: Our Kid Things
*I apologize, I forgot to take a picture of our craft, but you can check out where we found it above.
Extra Read Alouds:
Saturday, May 19, 2018
New Books for May 2018
We've gotten a few new books this month, check them out!
*This book hopped right into my heart! This is perfect for a rain, frog or hopping storytime! The adorable little frog hops around and meets all kinds of friends. The best part to me? Everything rhymes, which seems to do nothing but make this that much cuter!
*I love books that are repetitive, and this book is exactly that! You start out with the adorable robin, building her nest. Along come her friends to help build! A beautifully illustrated book that shows all that goes into an intricately built nest.
*This book hopped right into my heart! This is perfect for a rain, frog or hopping storytime! The adorable little frog hops around and meets all kinds of friends. The best part to me? Everything rhymes, which seems to do nothing but make this that much cuter!
*I love books that are repetitive, and this book is exactly that! You start out with the adorable robin, building her nest. Along come her friends to help build! A beautifully illustrated book that shows all that goes into an intricately built nest.
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Y is for Yeah for Spring! (Preschool and Two's)
Preschool Storytime:
Storytelling: Very Hungry Caterpillar
Fingerplay: “Little Flower, Little Flower”
Little flower, little flower, twist around.
Little flower, little flower, planted in the ground.
Little flower, little flower, spread your petals wide.
Little flower, little flower, now you hide.
Little flower, little flower, stretch towards the sun.
Little flower, little flower, in the wind have fun!
Little flower, little flower, jump up and down.
Little flower, little flower, turn around.
Little flower, little flower, no more light.
Little flower, little flower, say goodnight.
Book: Ducks Away!
(Use puppet stage and have ducks propped up and then fall down into water as you read book. Have duck puppet up whole time as mama duck, if possible.)
Flannel: Hide and Seek Bug
Little bug, little bug
Are you under the {red} rug?
*Hide other items under rugs, so that you find something besides the bug.
Book: Bear Wants More (With bear puppet)
(Feed food to bear inside ziploc bag as you’re reading book.)
Fingerplay: “Five Beautiful Flowers” (Feed flowers to five puppets)
Five beautiful flowers just outside my door,
{Monkey} came and picked a flower and now there are four.
Four beautiful flowers, two and two you see.
{Alligator} came and picked a flower and now there are three.
Three beautiful flowers, but before I knew,
{Frog} came and picked a flower and now there are two.
Two beautiful flowers in the noonday sun.
{Elephant} came and picked a flower and now there’s just one.
One beautiful flower standing all alone,
{Alligator} came and picked the last one and now there are none.
Action: Bird Dancing
*Make nests out of bowls and brown paper, have kids bring up birds and place in bowls after dancing around with.
Our craft today was a 3-D butterfly with flowers around it.
Extra Read Alouds:
Time for Two’s Storytime
Opening: Big Books
Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story
Book: Very Hungry Caterpillar
Fingerplay: “Little Flower, Little Flower”
Little flower, little flower, twist around.
Little flower, little flower, planted in the ground.
Little flower, little flower, spread your petals wide.
Little flower, little flower, now you hide.
Little flower, little flower, stretch towards the sun.
Little flower, little flower, in the wind have fun!
Little flower, little flower, jump up and down.
Little flower, little flower, turn around.
Little flower, little flower, no more light.
Little flower, little flower, say goodnight.
Flannel: Hide and Seek Bug
Little bug, little bug
Are you under the {red} rug?
*Hide other items under rugs, so that you find something besides the bug.!
Book: Little Blue Truck’s Springtime
Fingerplay: Five Beautiful Flowers (Feed flowers to puppets)
Five beautiful flowers just outside my door,
{Monkey} came and picked a flower and now there are four.
Four beautiful flowers, two and two you see.
{Alligator} came and picked a flower and now there are three.
Three beautiful flowers, but before I knew,
{Frog} came and picked a flower and now there are two.
Two beautiful flowers in the noonday sun.
{Elephant} came and picked a flower and now there’s just one.
One beautiful flower standing all alone,
{Alligator} came and picked the last one and now there are none.
Action: Bird Dancing
Extra Book:
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Spring Fling (Preschool and Two's)
Preschool Storytime:
Opening: Big Books
Opening: Big Books
Storytelling: Very Hungry Caterpillar
*Who doesn't love this book? Not me! This is my favorite book to read this time of year, and I like to add a little twist to it. We have a tiny butterfly finger puppet that I have on my finger, that is underneath a green sock. I tell this story, and have the sock puppet eat through all the food. When I get to the end of the book, I have my volunteer wrap fabric around me and tell the kids I am going to turn into a giant butterfly myself! I remove the green sock from my hand, so that the tiny butterfly is visible, but I also put on my giant butterfly wings! This picture has some wings that my mom made for me, but you can also buy a pair of wings at the costume store at Halloween, which is what I did for this storytime. I have my wings on already, so that when I tell this story, the kids can't see the wings and hopefully won't know what I am going to do. Below is a picture of me in my wings!
*Who doesn't love this book? Not me! This is my favorite book to read this time of year, and I like to add a little twist to it. We have a tiny butterfly finger puppet that I have on my finger, that is underneath a green sock. I tell this story, and have the sock puppet eat through all the food. When I get to the end of the book, I have my volunteer wrap fabric around me and tell the kids I am going to turn into a giant butterfly myself! I remove the green sock from my hand, so that the tiny butterfly is visible, but I also put on my giant butterfly wings! This picture has some wings that my mom made for me, but you can also buy a pair of wings at the costume store at Halloween, which is what I did for this storytime. I have my wings on already, so that when I tell this story, the kids can't see the wings and hopefully won't know what I am going to do. Below is a picture of me in my wings!
Fingerplay: “Little Flower, Little Flower”
Little flower, little flower, twist around.
Little flower, little flower, planted in the ground.
Little flower, little flower, spread your petals wide.
Little flower, little flower, now you hide.
Little flower, little flower, stretch towards the sun.
Little flower, little flower, in the wind have fun!
Little flower, little flower, jump up and down.
Little flower, little flower, turn around.
Little flower, little flower, no more light.
Little flower, little flower, say goodnight.
*I apologize, I have no idea where I found this fingerplay.
Book: There’s a Bird on Your Head!
*Oh my gosh, this book was awesome! My volunteer and I read this book together, and I read the part of elephant. I had paper birds and a nest that I had on my head, and it was hilarious! What got me so tickled was a lot of the parents really got into the book and laughed along with their kids! That's what I want to happen, everyone having a good time together. To see what my nest and birds looked like, I have included a picture of it at the end of this post. (I taped my nest to a headband to keep it on my head, but I have to say that the birds kept falling out of it!)
Fingerplay: Five Little Caterpillars (From Storytime Magic)
Five little caterpillars and not one more, one spun a cocoon and then there were four.
Four little caterpillars on a leafy tree, one spun a cocoon and then there were three.
Three little caterpillars looking for something to do, one spun a cocoon and then there were two.
Two little caterpillars sitting in the sun, one spun a cocoon and then there was one.
One little caterpillar sitting all alone, that one spun a cocoon and then there were none.
One cocoon opened underneath the sun, now there’s a butterfly and that makes one.
Another cocoon opened and we know what to do. We say “Hello, butterfly!” You are number two!”
Another cocoon opened, we’re happy as can be. Another butterfly comes out and that makes three.
Could it be, another cocoon? Yes, here’s one more. Hello, Mr. Butterfly! You are number four.
Another cocoon opens as the butterflies dip and dive. Another butterfly comes out and now we have five!
*I had hoped the kids would have enjoyed this more, but it's still a really fun fingerplay. To make this more interactive, I found this really great idea to use. You make small boxes, and hide the butterflies inside the box. Then, you pull up the butterfly with fishing line out of the box! Check it out here!
Book: Bear Wants More
*This book is so much fun to read, and I use my big bear puppet when I read it. I have all the food cut out of paper, so that I can feed my bear puppet as I read. The kids really enjoyed this book, especially when the bear would eat the food.
Flannel: Hide and Seek Bumble Bee
I’m looking for a bumblebee
We’re playing hide and seek!
Is he hiding under the yellow flower?
Let’s take a peek!
*Finding things is always a blast, and this was a great one to use! I found it here.
Extra Read Alouds:
Achoo! by Morgand
Bear Wants More
Caterpillar Dreams
Don’t Worry Bear
Our craft for today was baby birds inside their nest. The kids got to glue brown paper for the nest, the baby birds and the wings on the baby birds. We found the idea for our craft here.
Today was game day! The preschool kids got to play five games today, and they did so good with all of the games! Check out what we did here!
Our craft for today was baby birds inside their nest. The kids got to glue brown paper for the nest, the baby birds and the wings on the baby birds. We found the idea for our craft here.
Today was game day! The preschool kids got to play five games today, and they did so good with all of the games! Check out what we did here!
Time for Two’s Storytime
Opening: Big Books
Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story
Book: Bear Wants More
*This book is so much fun to read, and I use my big bear puppet when I read it. I have all the food cut out of paper, so that I can feed my bear puppet as I read. The kids really enjoyed this book, especially when the bear would eat the food.
Fingerplay: “Little Flower, Little Flower”
Little flower, little flower, twist around.
Little flower, little flower, planted in the ground.
Little flower, little flower, spread your petals wide.
Little flower, little flower, now you hide.
Little flower, little flower, stretch towards the sun.
Little flower, little flower, in the wind have fun!
Little flower, little flower, jump up and down.
Little flower, little flower, turn around.
Little flower, little flower, no more light.
Little flower, little flower, say goodnight.
*I apologize, I have no idea where I found this fingerplay.
Flannel: Hide and Seek Bumble Bee
I’m looking for a bumblebee. We’re playing hide and seek!
Is he hiding under the yellow flower? Let’s take a peek!
*Finding things is always a blast, and this was a great one to use! I found it here.
Storytelling: Very Hungry Caterpillar
*Who doesn't love this book? Not me! This is my favorite book to read this time of year, and I like to add a little twist to it. We have a tiny butterfly finger puppet that I have on my finger, that is underneath a green sock. I tell this story, and have the sock puppet eat through all the food. When I get to the end of the book, I have my volunteer wrap fabric around me and tell the kids I am going to turn into a giant butterfly myself! I remove the green sock from my hand, so that the tiny butterfly is visible, but I also put on my giant butterfly wings! This picture has some wings that my mom made for me, but you can also buy a pair of wings at the costume store at Halloween, which is what I did for this storytime. I have my wings on already, so that when I tell this story, the kids can't see the wings and hopefully won't know what I am going to do. Below is a picture of me in my wings!
*Who doesn't love this book? Not me! This is my favorite book to read this time of year, and I like to add a little twist to it. We have a tiny butterfly finger puppet that I have on my finger, that is underneath a green sock. I tell this story, and have the sock puppet eat through all the food. When I get to the end of the book, I have my volunteer wrap fabric around me and tell the kids I am going to turn into a giant butterfly myself! I remove the green sock from my hand, so that the tiny butterfly is visible, but I also put on my giant butterfly wings! This picture has some wings that my mom made for me, but you can also buy a pair of wings at the costume store at Halloween, which is what I did for this storytime. I have my wings on already, so that when I tell this story, the kids can't see the wings and hopefully won't know what I am going to do. Below is a picture of me in my wings!
*Loved
Fingerplay: Five Little Caterpillars (Make into boxes like link shows.)
Five little caterpillars and not one more, one spun a cocoon and then there were four.
Four little caterpillars on a leafy tree, one spun a cocoon and then there were three.
Three little caterpillars looking for something to do, one spun a cocoon and then there were two.
Two little caterpillars sitting in the sun, one spun a cocoon and then there was one.
One little caterpillar sitting all alone, that one spun a cocoon and then there were none.
One cocoon opened underneath the sun, now there’s a butterfly and that makes one.
Another cocoon opened and we know what to do. We say “Hello, butterfly!” You are number two!”
Another cocoon opened, we’re happy as can be. Another butterfly comes out and that makes three.
Could it be, another cocoon? Yes, here’s one more. Hello, Mr. Butterfly! You are number four.
Another cocoon opens as the butterflies dip and dive. Another butterfly comes out and now we have five!
*The two's loved seeing the butterflies appear! To make this more interactive, I found this really great idea to use. You make small boxes, and hide the butterflies inside the box. Then, you pull up the butterfly with fishing line out of the box! Check it out here!
Fingerplay: “Five Beautiful Flowers”
Five beautiful flowers just outside my door,
{Monkey} came and picked a flower and now there are four.
Four beautiful flowers, two and two you see.
{Alligator} came and picked a flower and now there are three.
Three beautiful flowers, but before I knew,
{Frog} came and picked a flower and now there are two.
Two beautiful flowers in the noonday sun.
{Elephant} came and picked a flower and now there’s just one.
One beautiful flower standing all alone,
{Alligator} came and picked the last one and now there are none.
Extra Read Alouds:
Baby Loves Spring
Caterpillar Spring Butterfly Summer
Our craft for today was baby birds inside their nest. The kids got to glue brown paper for the nest, the baby birds and the wings on the baby birds. We found the idea for our craft here.
Today was game day! The two's got to play four games today, and they did so good with all of the games! Check out what we did here!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)