Rabbits, Rabbits, Everywhere!

 Book: Egg

Fingerplay: Hippity-Hop, Hippity-Hay

Hippity-hop, hippity-hay.

Five little bunnies went out to play.

Hippity-hop, hippity-hay.

One little bunny hopped away.

(Continue until you hit zero.)

*I like to place rabbits on my flannelboard and as we countdown remove them one by one.

Credit: This fingerplay is found on numerous websites.

Board Book: Don't Push the Button! An Easter Surprise

Fingerplay/Flannel: Jelly Bean Countdown

*For this you countdown from five jelly beans to one.  I like to "feed" my jelly beans to my puppets.

Book: Black Belt Bunny

Extra Books:

Silly!

 Book: Let’s Sing a Lullaby with the Brave Cowboy by Jan Thomas

Fingerplay/Flannel: Silly Bananas  
I walked up to the banana like a monkey in a zoo.
I began to peel the banana skin back and saw the banana inside was BLUE
I grabbed a second banana and hid under the sink.
I began to peel the banana skin back and saw the banana inside was PINK
I snuck back in the kitchen trying not to make a scene.
I began to peel the banana skin back and saw the banana inside was GREEN
I tiptoed to the kitchen but it was not getting time for bed.
I began to to peel the banana skin back to only to find this banana inside was RED
I decided to give it one more try……
So I ran into the kitchen, and stared at the last banana.
Stared at it with all my might.
I grabbed the banana and peeled the skin back and guess what?????????
The banana was finally WHITE!



Book: Do Sharks Bark? By Salina Yoon

Fingerplay/Flannel: Scarf Dancing
(Everybody wibble wobble like jelly on a plate and wave scarf around)
Jelly on a plate, jelly on a plate
Wibble wobble, wibble wobble, jelly on a plate
Jelly on a plate, jelly on a plate
Wibble wobble, wibble wobble, jelly on a plate
(Everybody spin hands around and wave scarf in a circle)
Noodles on a fork, noodles on a fork
Twirly whirly, twirly whirly, noodles on a fork
Noodles on a fork, noodles on a fork
Twirly whirly, twirly whirly, noodles on a fork

Book/Flannel: Polar Bear’s Underwear by Tupera Tupera

New Books April 2021 (Part 1)

 

Fine Day for a Picnic

 Book: Don't Feed the Bear

Fingerplay: We're Going On a Picnic

We're going on a picnic, a picnic, a picnic.

We're going on a picnic, what shall we bring?

How about a...dinosaur!  No?  Then...

How about some berries!

*I have a picnic basket that has a pocket on the back to tuck "items" into.  I like to try and put something silly into my picnic basket, just to get the kids to thinking about what does and doesn't belong in the picnic basket.

Scarf Dancing: Popcorn Kernels

*Tune of Frere Jacques, sing each line twice.

Popcorn kernels (wave scarf overhead)

In the pot (Make scarf disappear by balling up and hiding in hand)

Shake them, shake them, shake them. (Shake scarf)

Till they POP! (Throw scarf in air.)

 Book: Lunch

 Action Cards: Bugs

*For this I have action cards with different insects on them.  For instance, hop like a grasshopper, fly like a butterfly, etc.

Fingerplay: We're Going On a Picnic

We're going on a picnic, a picnic, a picnic.

We're going on a picnic, what shall we bring?

How about a...bathtub!  No?  Then...

How about some cookies!

Book: A New Green Day

Counting in the Garden

 Book: Arlo Rolled

Scarf Dancing: Jello on the Plate

Jello on the plate, jello on the plate.

Wibble wobble, wibble wobble, jello on the plate.

-Cookies in the tin, cookies in the tin.

Shake them up, shake them up, cookies in the tin.

-Candles on the cake, candles on the cake.

Blow them out, blow them out,

Candles on the cake.

Credit: http://www.adventuresinstorytime.com/2016/12/food.html

Book: Plant the Seed

Flannel: Hiding Game

*This time we hunted for our friend butterfly!

Book: Plant the Tiny Seed

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.

Credit: http://www.futurelibrariansuperhero.com/2013/04/storytime-scarf-love.html

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

Go Green!

 Book: I Don't Want to Be a Frog

Fingerplay/Flannel: I am Sam

I am Sam, Sam I am.  I do like GREEN eggs and ham!

*For this I have different colored eggs.  I will say the words above and hold up any egg but the green one.  The preschoolers love correcting me and telling me I have the wrong egg.  A great way to help with color recognition.

Book: Green Eggs and Ham (With Novel Effect app)

Fingerplay: Color Hop Song

I see something that is green, do you see it too?

I see something that is green.  Hop there if you do.

With a hop, hop here.   And a hop, hop there.

Here a hop, there a hop, everywhere a hop hop.

I see something that is green, do you see it too?

*I like to have my volunteer behind me so that they can pop a puppet out.  I usually use a snake, frog and alligator puppet for this.

Book: Little Pea

Extra Books:

Fast and Slow

 Book: Everybunny Count!

Fingerplay: Fast and Slow

For this fun activity, I show a vehicle or item to the kids.  Then I ask them if this item goes fast or slow.  I chose to wave my scarf fast or slow, but you could always ask the kids to run in place fast or slow, or even wave their hands fast or slow.  This is a great learning tool and the kids are just having fun!

Credit: Jen in the Library

Book: Straw

Fingerplay: 5 Little Frogs

One little frog goes hop… Another comes along and they just can’t stop!

So, two little frogs go hop, hop… Another comes along and they just can’t stop!

So, three little frogs go hop, hop, hop… Another comes along and they just can’t stop!

So, four little frogs go hop, hop, hop, hop… Another comes along and they just can’t stop!

So, five little frogs go hop, hop, hop, hop, hop… They all got tired so they had to stop!

*Start out with 5 frogs up, say:

5 little frogs go hop, hop, hop…..(Have volunteer take down frog)..STOP!

Let’s count those frogs again!

*I like to just start out with 5 frogs up, and we will all jump until one frog disappears!  Then, we will all count together to see how many frogs there are and repeat until no more frogs are left.

Credit: Preschool Education

Book: I'm Fast!

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