I went out again to present 2 consecutive half-hour spring storytimes to children ages 3-5. I presented a couple of different stories in each session; I'll just list everything here:
Flannel board hides behind: umbrellas
Fingerplay: "Hickory, Dickory Dock"
Mother Goose rhyme: "Hey Diddle Diddle"
Flannel board story: Build a flower
Book: Butterfly, Butterfly by Petr Horacek
Book: Duckie's Rainbow by Frances Barry
Flannel board story based on the book Mrs. NcNosh and the Great Big Squash by Sarah Weeks
Fingerplay: "Roll, Roll, Sugarbabies"
Story cards based on the book Do's and Don'ts by Todd Parr
Flannel board/prop story based on the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Fingerplay: "Clap Your Lap"
Flannel board/song: (I just sort of sang this as I did it) Five Green and Speckled Frogs retold by Priscilla Burris
Book: Big Bugs! Giant Creepy Crawly Pop-Ups by Keith Faulkner
Book: Monday the Bullfrog by Matthew Van Fleet
Fingerplay: "Two Little Blackbirds"
Goodbye song: "My Hands Say Thank You"
Fingerplay: "Two Little Blackbirds"
Goodbye song: "My Hands Say Thank You"
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: "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.)
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? -or- Did I scare you?
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 hands say 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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