Today I presented a storytime to a preschool summer camp group. There were 20 children (all age 5) and 3 teachers. They were a good group who enjoyed this mouse-themed storytime!
Hello song: "My Hand Waves Hello"
Flannel board hides behind: famous mice
Fingerplay: "Hickory, Dickory Dock"
Book: The Mouse Who Ate Bananas by Keith Faulkner
Story cards based on the book Whose Tail? by Sam Lloyd
Song: "List of Dances" from Jim Gill Makes it Noisy in Boise, Idaho by Jim Gill
Fingerplay: "Roll, Roll Sugarbabies"
Flannel board story based on the book The Mouse and the Apple by Stephen Butler
Big Book: Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Fingerplay: "Two Little Blackbirds"
Book: Whose Nose? by Jeannette Rowe
Goodbye song: "My Hands Say Thank You"
Build a Mouse
Little Mouse
Fingerplay: "Hickory, Dickory Dock"
Book: The Mouse Who Ate Bananas by Keith Faulkner
Story cards based on the book Whose Tail? by Sam Lloyd
Song: "List of Dances" from Jim Gill Makes it Noisy in Boise, Idaho by Jim Gill
Fingerplay: "Roll, Roll Sugarbabies"
Flannel board story based on the book The Mouse and the Apple by Stephen Butler
Big Book: Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Fingerplay: "Two Little Blackbirds"
Book: Whose Nose? by Jeannette Rowe
Goodbye song: "My Hands Say Thank You"
Extras:
Flannel boards: Build a Mouse
Little Mouse
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.)
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: "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 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)
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