Storytime: Moose!

We read about moose in this storytime I presented during Open Storytime, a drop-in storytime for children ages 0-5 with their parents/caregivers.

 

Flannel board hides behind: moose

Fingerplay: "Hickory Dickory Dock" 

Book:  Moosetache by Margie Palatini

Flannel board story based on the book Mucky Moose by Jonathan Allen

Prop story based on the book If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Song: "List of Dances" from the cd Jim Gill Makes it Noisy in Boise, Idaho by Jim Gill

Fingerplay: "Two Little Blackbirds" (with little blackbird puppets) 

Book:  Even that Moose Won’t Listen to Me by Martha Alexander

Story cards based on the book What Use is a Moose? by Martin Waddell

Flannel board story based on the book Morris the Moose by Bernard Wiseman

Goodbye song: "My Hands Say Thank You"

Extras:

Books: 

One Moose, Twenty Mice by Clare Beaton

Moose in the Garden by Nancy White Carlstrom

Mooses Come Walking by Arlo Guthrie

The Three Dots by Elise Primavera

Flannel board story based on "This Little Moose"

Prop story based on the book Imogene's Antlers by David Small

Song: "My Hands Wave Hello"
(To the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell")
wave hand hello
My hand waves hello,
my hand waves hello!
Every time I see my friends,
my hand waves hello.
-then choose another body part with which to wave-
wave feet hello
My feet wave hello,
my feet wave hello!
Every time I see my friends,
my feet wave hello.
-repeat as many times as desired with different parts, i.e. hair, elbows, head, etc.)

Fingerplay: "Hickory Dickory Dock"
Hickory dickory dock
Tap lap, alternating hands
The mouse runs up the clock
Use two fingers to run up arm
The clock strikes one
Clap once
The mouse runs down
Use two fingers to run down arm
Hickory dickory dock
Tap lap, alternating hands
Hickory dickory dock
Tap lap, alternating hands
The mouse runs up the clock
Use two fingers to run up arm
The clock strikes two
Clap twice
The mouse says, "whew"
wipe brow
Hickory dickory dock
Tap lap, alternating hands
Hickory dickory dock
Tap lap, alternating hands
The mouse runs up the clock
Use two fingers to run up arm
The clock strikes three
Clap three times
The mouse goes "whee!!"
Slide two fingers down arm
Hickory dickory dock
Tap lap, alternating hands
Hickory dickory dock
Tap lap, alternating hands
The mouse runs up the clock
Use two fingers to run up arm
The clock strikes four
Clap four times
The mouse says, "no more"
wave finger
Hickory dickory dock
Tap lap, alternating hands

Fingerplay: "Two Little Blackbirds" (with little blackbird puppets)

Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill

Hold up thumbs of each hand

One named Jack

Move right thumb

One named Jill

Move left thumb

Fly away Jack

Put right thumb behind back

Fly away Jill

Put left thumb behind back

Come back Jack

Bring back right thumb to front

Come back Jill

Bring back left thumb to front

Now let's pretend they're sitting on a cloud!

Hold up thumbs above head

Two little blackbirds sitting on a cloud

Hold up thumbs of each hand above head

(whisper) One named Soft

Move left thumb

(shout) ONE NAMED LOUD!

Move right thumb

(whisper) Fly away Soft

Put right thumb behind back

(shout) FLY AWAY LOUD

Put left thumb behind back

(whisper) Come back Soft

Bring back right thumb to front

(shout) COME BACK LOUD

Bring back left thumb to front

Now let's pretend they're sitting on a row instead

Hold thumbs of each hand low, near your lap

Two little blackbirds sitting in a row

Move thumbs of each hand

One named Fast

Move right thumb

(speak sloooowly) And one named Slow

Move thumb of left hand

Fly away Fast!

Move thumb of right hand really fast behind back

(speak sloooowly) Fly away Slow

Move thumb of left hand really slowly behind back

Come back Fast

Move thumb of right hand really fast back to front

(speak sloooowly) Come back Slow

Move thumb of left hand really slowly back to front

Song: "My Hands Say Thank You"
My hand says thank you with a clap clap clap!
Clap hands when you say clap
My feet say thank you with a tap tap tap!
Tap feet when you say tap
Clap clap clap!
Clap hands when you say clap
Tap tap tap!
Tap feet when you say tap
Do a turn!
Turn around
Take a bow!
Bow
(repeat if desired)