Today I presented an open storytime to children infant-age 5 and their parents/caregivers. There were about 50 people there on this rainy Saturday for this farm[ish]-themed storytime!
Hello Song: "My Hand Waves Hello"
Flannel board Hides Behind: umbrellas
Flannel board Hides Behind: umbrellas
Fingerplay: "Hickory, Dickory Dock"
Book: Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
Book: Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
Fingerplay: "Clap Your Lap"
Flannel board story based on the book The Tickle Tree by Fran Manushkin
Flannel board story based on the book The Tickle Tree by Fran Manushkin
Prop [song] with puppets: "I Had a Rooster" from Singin' in the Bathtub by John Lithgow
Story cards based on the book Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton
Song: "Put Your Finger On" from Feel the Music by Parachute Express
Fingerplay: "Roll, Roll, Sugarbabies"
Flannel board story: Find Eeyore's Tail
Flannel board story: Find Eeyore's Tail
Goodbye Song: "My Hands Say Thank You"
Extras:
Books:
Charlie Chick by Nick Denchfield Do Pigs Have Stripes? by Melanie Walsh
Mother Goose Rhyme: "There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe"
Flannel board stories:
Cock-a-doodle Quack Quack by Ivor BaddielThe Pigs' Picnic by Keiko Kasza
Story cards: Peep: Little Duckling by Kevin Luthardt
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.)
(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
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.)
Song: "My Hand Says 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)
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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