Showing posts with label Water. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Water. Show all posts
Friday, June 11, 2021
Saturday, February 3, 2018
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!
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Splish and Splash (Preschool and Two's)
Preschool Storytime
Opening: Big Books
Book: Splish Splash by Smee
*I was worried this book would be too simple for the preschoolers, but they really got into it! Especially making the waves with their arms! It never hurts when you use puppets, which were a huge hit!
Fingerplay: Old MacDonald Had a Pond (With puppets)
Old MacDonald had a pond ee-i ee-i-oh!
And on that pond he had a turtle ee-i ee-i-oh!!
With a snap snap here and a snap snap there!
here a snap, there a snap, everywhere a snap snap
Old MacDonald had a pond ee-i ee-i-oh!
(repeat with fish/splash, duck/quack, frog/hop)
*I apologize, but I believe I found this in an office book we have for storytime use. I was really excited to use this with the kids, but it confused them when we sang this. All of the kids didn't like that I changed the song to Old MacDonald had a pond. I think they liked the traditional version of him having a farm.
Book: Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Cabrera (with puppets)
*This is my favorite go-to book for anything water related, and the kids loved it! I had my volunteer pop up the puppets behind me when I read each verse, and the kids went crazy helping me make all the animal noises.
Fingerplay: Ten Little Froggies (Only do five and use five green and specked frogs prop)
One little froggie goes hop
Along comes another and they just can't stop so...
Two little froggies go hop, hop
Along comes another and they just can't stop
Three little froggies go hop, hop, hop
Along comes another and they just can't stop. soo
Continue in this manner and end as follows
Ten little froggies go hop, hop, hop, hop hop
Drop! time to stop
Hop each time you count the froggies...and when you get to ten hop ten
times and count on fingers...fall gently down to floor
*This is my new favorite fingerplay for frogs! I only did this through five, but the kids would have kept on hopping until ten if I had let them! We used five green and speckled frogs and put them up on the puppet stage. I had my volunteers just pull a random number of frogs down, and the kids went crazy telling me the frogs were gone! Then we stopped jumping and counted our frogs, then resumed jumping until all the frogs were gone. I found this fabulous fingerplay here. I can't wait to use this one again!
Fingerplay/Flannel: Five Little Fishies Swimming in the Sea
*I love doing this fingerplay with my alligator puppet and five fish, but we ran out of time for it today.
Book: Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark
*I love this book so much! A co-worker made props to go along with this book, so as I read along, all the fish popped up behind me, including the big, bad SHARK!!! At the end of this book the shark's teeth fall out, so of course I had to throw out paper shark teeth on the kids! I am always worried they will get tired of this book, but thankfully they never do!
Fingerplay: Ocean Animal Movement Cards
*I love using ocean animal movement cards, but I had way too much planned for today. Hopefully next time!
Action: Fishing Skit
*This is by far my favorite part of storytime! I take my trusty fishing pole that a co-worker left for us to use, and told the kids to let me know when they see a big fish behind me. I had two volunteers behind our puppet stage, and they would pop up the fish when I had my back turned. Thankfully, the kids started hollering like crazy that the fish was there. Of course, when I turned around, he was gone! Then I put my fishing pole in the water, and I will catch all sorts of crazy stuff! Anything from a (clean) sock, a (puppet) skunk, big sunglasses, etc. At last, I end up catching a tiny, baby fish that the kids haven't seen, and while my back is turned, up pop the big fish I have been after. Then I turn around and see them for the first time. The kids usually end up shouting so loudly that the whole library hears and that's exactly why I do it!
Extra Books:
Down by the Cool of the Pool
Wide-Mouthed Frog (Office pop-up book)
Splash, Splash by Jeff Sheppard
Splish Splash by Smee Our craft today was a shark! The kids glued down the shark, his mouth and teeth. I found this fabulous idea here.
Time for Two’s Storytime
Fingerplay: If You Want to Hear a Story
Book: Splash Splash by Smee
*The two's loved this book, especially making the waves with their arms! The puppets were a huge hit!
(tune: the Wheels on the Bus)
The turtle in the pond goes snap snap snap
snap snap snap
snap snap snap
The turtle in the pond goes snap snap snap
all morning long
Repeat with Frog/hop, Duck/quack, fish/splash
*This was a really fun fingerplay to do with the two's and they enjoyed doing the motions with me. I found this fingerplay here.
Book: Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Cabrera
*The two's didn’t enjoy this book as much as they normally do. It seemed that not singing the song the correct way throughout the book confused them.
Fingerplay: Ten Little Froggies (Only do five and use five green and speckled frogs prop)
One little froggie goes hop
Along comes another and they just can't stop so...
Two little froggies go hop, hop
Along comes another and they just can't stop
Three little froggies go hop, hop, hop
Along comes another and they just can't stop. soo
Continue in this manner and end as follows
Ten little froggies go hop, hop, hop, hop hop
Drop! time to stop
Hop each time you count the froggies...and when you get to ten hop ten
times and count on fingers...fall gently down to floor
*This is my new favorite fingerplay for frogs! I only did this through five, but the kids would have kept on hopping until then if I had let them! We used five green and speckled frogs and put them up on the puppet stage. I had my volunteers just pull a random number of frogs down, and the kids went crazy telling me the frogs were gone! Then we stopped jumping and counted our frogs, then resumed jumping until all the frogs were gone. I found this fabulous fingerplay here. I can't wait to use this one again!
Fingerplay: Five Little Fishies Swimming in the Sea
*I love doing this fingerplay with my alligator puppet and five fish, but we ran out of time for it today.
Book: Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark
*I love this book so much! A co-worker made props to go along with this book, so as I read along, all the fish popped up behind me, including the big, bad SHARK!!! At the end of this book the shark's teeth fall out, so of course I had to throw out paper shark teeth on the kids! Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to read this book, way too much planned.
Dancing: Boat Dancing
Action: Fishing Skit
*This is by far my favorite part of storytime! I take my trusty fishing pole that a co-worker left for us to use, and told the kids to let me know when they see a big fish behind me. I had two volunteers behind our puppet stage, and they would pop up the fish when I had my back turned. Thankfully, the kids started hollering like crazy that the fish was there. Of course, when I turned around, he was gone! Then I put my fishing pole in the water, and I will catch all sorts of crazy stuff! Anything from a (clean) sock, a (puppet) skunk, big sunglasses, etc. At last, I end up catching a tiny, baby fish that the kids haven't seen, and while my back is turned, up pop the big fish I have been after. Then I turn around and see them for the first time. The kids usually end up shouting so loudly that the whole library hears and that's exactly why I do it!
Extra Books:
Down by the Cool of the Pool
I Spy Under the Sea
Papa’s Seahorse Search
Quack! Quack! Can You Say It Too?
Splish Splash by Smee
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