Saturday, March 13, 2010

A Saturday Open Storytime: Balls and More!

I presented this Saturday storytime to a group consisting of children ages infant-5 (some children were also a little older) and their parents/caregivers.  We had fun reading about balls and more!




Hello song: "My Hand Waves Hello"


Flannel board hides behind: different sports balls



Fingerplay: "Hickory Dickory Dock" 


Mother Goose rhyme: "Hey Diddle Diddle"



Book: Slide Already! by Kit Allen



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



Fingerplay: "Clap Your Lap" 


Flannel board story based on the book Millie Wants to Play! by Janet Pedersen



Big book: The Enormous Watermelon retold by Brenda Parkes and Judith Smith



Fingerplay: "Roll, Roll, Sugarbabies" 


Flannel board: [Build a] "Mr. Potato Head"



Book: Whose Nose? by Jeannette Rowe



Goodbye song: "My Hands Say Thank You"


Extras:
Books: 
Swing! by Rufus Butler
The Wide-Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner
The Blue Balloon by Mick Inkpen
Hide and Seek by Brenda Shannon Yee
Flannel board story based on the book Elephant Never Forgets by  Kristin Collier Bennett






Hello Song: "My Hand Waves 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: "Clap Your Lap"
Clap!
Clap hands together
Clap your lap!
Tap hands on lap
Thunder clap!
Do a huge clap using spread arms
Itty-bitty clap!
Clap index fingers together
Take a nap! 
Rest head on hands
Zap!
"Wake up" and quickly push out hands toward children
Are you awake now?


Fingerplay: "Roll, Roll, Sugarbabies"
Roll roll sugarbabies
spin fists in a circle in front of you
Roll roll sugarbabies
spin fists in front of you
Push!
push out
Pull!
pull inward
Clap clap clap!
clap when you say clap
(repeat as many times as desired doing it fast, slow, big, tiny, etc.)


Goodbye 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)
 
 

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