Shapes All Around

Preschool Storytime:

Opening: If You Want to Hear a Story, Clap Your Hands

If you want to hear a story, clap your hands! (repeat twice)

If you want to hear a story, if you want to hear a story.

If you want to hear a story, clap your hands!

Book: Rex Wrecks It!

Fingerplay: Shadow Guessing Game Flashcards

*You can do this with any kind of shape and item you want. I have a square shape and on the other side of it I have a square-shaped clock. This is a great flashcard game you can use and the kids love guessing what my items are!

Hiding Game: Cow Hiding in Barn

*I have three different barns with shapes on them. I have an animal inside and ask the kids to tell me what shape they see. Then I will open up that barn to reveal the animal inside.

Fingerplay:

If you’re a dog and you know it, give a bark! (repeat)

If you’re a dog and you know it, and you really want to show it,

If you’re a dog and you know it, give a bark!

If you’re a kitty…say meow, If you’re a fishy…swim around

If you’re a birdy…fly around, If you’re a frog…jump around

Book: Shapes, Reshape!

Fingerplay:

3 little bugs were flying through the air, buzzing around without a care!

Along came a frog with a hop, hop, hop.

Chomp! Chomp! Chomp! One bug was caught!

Continue to zero bugs

Game: Shadow Guessing

*I like to put up a game once a month and project it through my tv. That way everyone can see it easily and participate in guessing.

Book: Circle Rolls

Goodbye: Closing Song

Two's Storytime:

Opening: If You Want to Hear a Story, Clap Your Hands

If you want to hear a story, clap your hands! (repeat twice)

If you want to hear a story, if you want to hear a story.

If you want to hear a story, clap your hands!

Board Book: Moving Blocks

Hiding Game: Cow Hiding in Barn

*I have three different barns with shapes on them. I have an animal inside and ask the kids to tell me what shape they see. Then I will open up that barn to reveal the animal inside.

Fingerplay:

If you’re a dog and you know it, give a bark! (repeat)

If you’re a dog and you know it, and you really want to show it,

If you’re a dog and you know it, give a bark!

If you’re a kitty…say meow, If you’re a fishy…swim around

If you’re a birdy…fly around, If you’re a frog…jump around

Book: Shapes and Colors by Canty

Fingerplay:

3 little bugs were flying through the air, buzzing around without a care!

Along came a frog with a hop, hop, hop.

Chomp! Chomp! Chomp! One bug was caught!

Continue to zero bugs

Action: Animal Movement Cards

Book: Shapes, Reshape! (use puppets)

Closing: Goodbye Song

Shapes and Shadows

 Book: The Black Rabbit

This book illustrates wonderfully what
our shadow is and how it works!

Action: Groundhog in the Hole

Credit: https://bnielson.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/groundhog-dayshadow-storytime/

Action: Popcorn Kernels (with scarf)

Book: Foggy, Foggy Forest

This book is gorgeous!  The way its illustrated
is amazing!

Action: Shadow Guessing Game

*For this, I downloaded free templates from teacherspayteacher.com  I used "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and "Goodnight Moon" templates.

Book: Hooray Parade

S is for Shapes All Around

Preschool Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: Circle Rolls 

*I really like this book and the preschoolers enjoyed it, but not as much as I had hoped. Maybe you just need to be closer to it and be able to see the illustrations better? I do have to say on one page there is a fire engine drawn on and one adorable little boy saw that right away and got so excited!

Fingerplay: Kangaroo, kangaroo, behind which shape are you?

Board Book: Animal Shapes

*This is the first time I've used this book in storytime and I'm so glad I did! You get to guess what each animal is. For example, what does a triangle and a bird make? A flyangle! You can see on the cover above what each animal will turn out like. I think the parents enjoyed this just as much or even more than the kids did! I also fed shapes to each of my puppets which delighted the kids.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Shape Guessing Game

*For this I made lots of shapes for the kids to guess what food was on the other side. I used the book below for ideas. The kids loved this!

Action: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Our craft is an alligator made out of shapes!

Extra Books:

 

Time for Two’s Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Fingerplay: “If You Want to Hear a Story”

Book: Shape by Shape

*The two's adored this

Fingerplay: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Book: Hidden Animals by Agnese Baruzzi 

Fingerplay/Flannel: “Baby Kangaroo, Baby Kangaroo”

Fingerplay: Five Little Cookies (Do Donuts instead) *Shaped like circles

https://missmaryliberry.com/2012/11/30/flannel-friday-5-little-cookies/

Extra Read-Alouds:

Animal Shapes (Preschool and Two's)

Preschool Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Book: Shapes

*If you don't have this book, then I highly recommend purchasing it!  Our copy is office-use only, just because the book is filled with delightful flaps on every page.  I'm not sure the book would last beyond a few checkouts.  I only read the first two pages, but the preschoolers loved guess what was behind each shape.  It's a wonderful book to help teach your preschoolers shapes and how to recognize them in the world around them.

Book: Hidden Animals

*This is a new book that came out last year, and it's fabulous! I've included the first page below, so that you can see just how amazing this book really is! If you look real close, you can see part of the animal, but what is it? Hhmm....you guess it! A yellow bird! When you flip the page over, you reveal the animal! The preschoolers really enjoyed telling me the color and shape on the first page. Then, they were amazed to see the jumble of shapes turn into an animal before their eyes!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Shape Guessing Game

*For this flannel, I have an assortment of shapes up on my flannelboard. For example, I have an octagon, and on the other side of it is a stop sign. I give clues as to what my shapes could be, we all try to guess, then I flip them over! After we guessed all my shapes, I decided we needed to get some wiggles out! I took my stop sign, and we all spelled out what it said. Then, we jumped up and down until I flipped over my shape to show the side that said, STOP!

Fingerplay/Flannel: Kangaroo, kangaroo, behind which shape are you?

Credit: Falling Flannelboards

Book: Shapes, Reshape!

*This is my favorite shape book to use, and I hope that you like it too!  You start out each page with all the shapes jumbled up together.  There will be a small clue to help you guess what each shape will reshape into.  When you turn the page....presto!  The shapes reshape into an exciting animal!  My volunteer was behind me so that our animals could visit us during this book.

Fingerplay/Flannel: Baa Baa Black Sheep

*The preschoolers love bringing things up to me and sticking them onto my flannel. This activity is perfect to help teach them to listen and recognize shapes. Each sheep on my board has a shape on their belly. Next I hand out little bags with shapes on them. I was pleasantly surprised how well the preschoolers listened for their shape. If you click on the website below, you can read the adorable rhyme to use with this great activity!

Credit: Read Rabbit Read

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Our craft today was a shape butterfly!

Credit: Teachers Pay Teachers

Extra Books:

Time for Two’s Storytime:

Opening: Big Books

Fingerplay: “If You Want to Hear a Story”

Book: Shapes, Reshape! (with puppets)

*Each page of this book starts out with all the shapes jumbled up together.  There will be a small clue to help you guess what each shape will reshape into.  When you turn the page....presto!  The shapes reshape into an exciting animal!  My volunteer was behind me so that our animals could visit us during this book.  The two's adore puppets, so I always try to work them into storytime somehow.

Fingerplay: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Book: Hidden Animals by Agnese Baruzzi

*This is another wonderful guessing book, with peek-a-boo pages. The two's really liked guessing what animal would be revealed to them.

Fingerplay/Flannel: “Baby Kangaroo, Baby Kangaroo”
Credit: Falling Flannelboards

Fingerplay: Five Little Cookies
*For this, I did doughnuts instead of cookies. I put all my doughnuts up on the flannelboard, and I fed them to my puppets.
Credit: Miss Mary Liberry

Fingerplay/Flannel: Baa Baa Black Sheep

*The two's love bringing things up to me and sticking them onto my flannel. Each sheep on my board has a shape on their belly. Next I hand out little bags with shapes on them. If you click on the website below, you can read the adorable rhyme to use with this great activity!

Credit: Read Rabbit Read

Our craft today was a shape butterfly!

Credit: Teachers Pay Teachers

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