Storytime: Suns and Moons!

I presented this plan to a preschool storytime group.  These are children that are 3-5 years old and they attend by themselves.  We had fun reading about suns and moons!

Hello song: "My Hand Waves Hello"

Flannel board hides behind: suns and moons

Fingerplay: "Hickory Dickory Dock"

Book:  Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes

Flannel board story based on the book Moongame by Frank Asch

Song: "Put Your Finger On" from the cd Feel the Music by Parachute Express

Fingerplay: "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes"

Storycards based on the book Goodnight, Owl! by Pat Hutchins

Flannel board story based on "Story of Spring"

Goodbye song: "My Hands Say Thank You"

Extras: 

Books: 

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

The Sun's Day by Mordicai Gerstein

Where Does the Sun Go at Night? by Mirra Ginsburg

The Birth of the Moon by Coby Hol

What the Sun Sees/What the Moon Sees by Nancy Tafuri

Storytime: Bugs!

This storytime plan was presented during an open storytime--children ages 0-5 with their parents/caregivers.  We got buggy in this storytime!

Hello song: "My Hand Waves Hello" 


Flannel board hides behind: insects

Fingerplay: "Hickory Dickory Dock" 


Book: Bye-bye, Big Bad Bullybug! by Ed Emberley

Flannel board story based on the book Ten Flashing Fireflies by Philemon Sturges

Song: "Put Your Finger On" from the cd Feel the Music by Parachute Express

Fingerplay: "Two Little Blackbirds" 


Prop story based on the book There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback

Big book: The Napping House by Audrey Wood

Story cards based on the book Things that Make You Feel Good/Things that Make You Feel Bad by Todd Parr

Goodbye song: "My Hands Say Thank You"

Extras:

Books:

Ugh! a Bug! by Mary Bono

Big Bugs! by Keith Faulkner

Butterfly, Butterfly by Petr Horacek

Locust Pocus! by Douglas Kaine McKelvey

The Ant and the Grasshopper Retold by Amy Lowry Poole

"Buzz, Buzz, Buzz" Went Bumblebee by Colin West

Flannel board story based on the book Anansi and the Talking Watermelon Retold by Eric Kimmel

Prop story based on the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Storytime: Fish and Oceans!

This storytime plan was presented during an open storytime--children ages 0-5 with their parents/caregivers.  We had fun reading about fish and oceans!

Hello song:  "My Hand Waves Hello"

Flannel board hides behind: fish

Fingerplay: "Hickory Dickory Dock"

Book:  Somewhere in the Ocean by Jennifer Ward

Prop story based on the book Mrs. Honey's Hat by Pam Adams

Song:  "Shake My Sillies Out" from the cd The Singable Songs Collection by Raffi

Fingerplay: "Roll, Roll, Sugarbabies"

Prop story based on the book The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark by Ken Geist

Flannel board story based on the book Ugly Fish by Kara LaReau

Storycards based on the book The Twelve Days of Summer by Elizabeth Lee O'Donnell

Goodbye song: "My Hands Say Thank You"

Extras:

Books:

My Camera at the Aquarium by Janet Perry Marshall

Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

Senses at the Seashore by Shelley Rotner

I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry

Fabulous Fishes by Susan Stockdale

Flannel board story based on the book A Fish Out of Water by Helen Marion Palmer

Storytime: Pirates!

Ahoy, mateys!  Open storytime was pirate-themed today!  Children ages infant--age 5 with their parents/caregivers had a great time!

Hello song: "My Hand Waves Hello" 

Flannel board hides behind: Treasure chests

Fingerplay: "Hickory Dickory Dock" 

Book:  Bubble Bath Pirates by Jarrett Krosoczka

Flannel board based on the book Mrs. Pirate by Nick Sharratt

Song: "Shake Your Sillies Out" from The Singable Songs Collection by Raffi 

Fingerplay: "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" 

Book:  Pirate Piggywiggy by Christyan Fox

Song: "Milkshake Song" from Songs for Wiggleworms  by The Old Town School of Folk Songs

Fingerplay: "Roll, Roll, Sugarbabies" 

Book:  Tough Boris by Mem Fox

Flannel board: "Dress the Pirate" 

Goodbye song: "My Hands Say Thank You"

Extras:

Books: 

Pirate Jam by Jo Brown
Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi
Roger, the Jolly Pirate by Brett Helquist
Sloop John B: a Pirate's Tale by Alan Jardine

Pirates Don't Change Diapers by Melinda Long

Edward and the Pirates by David McPhail

Port Side Pirates by Oscar Seaworthy

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

Storytime: Apples!

The theme this time was apples for this open storytime (children ages 0-5 with their parents/caregivers).

Hello song: "My Hand Waves Hello"

Flannel board hides behind: apples

Fingerplay: "Hickory Dickory Dock"

Book:  All for Pie, Pie for All by David Martin

Flannel board story (library-made) called"Ten Red Apples"

Prop story based on the book Eating Apples by Gail Saunders-Smith

Song: "Beanie Bag Dance" from Kids in Action by Greg and Steve  (with bean bags)

Fingerplay: "Roll, Roll, Sugarbabies"

Storycard (library-made): "Sammy the Snake"

Book: Lemons are not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Story cards based on the book Little Mouse and the Big Red Apple by A.H. Benjamin

Book: Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins

Goodbye song:  "My Hands Say Thank You"

Extra books:

The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall

Rain Makes Applesauce by Julian Scheer

Some Storytime Favorites!

I presented two storytimes with a partner to groups of visiting preschoolers (ages 4--5).  The first group had 20 children and the second had 18.  The following list is a combination of the two storytimes made up of some of our favorites!

Hello song: "My Hand Waves Hello"

Flannel board hides behind: famous mice

Fingerplay: "Hickory Dickory Dock"

Prop story based on the book Mrs. Honey's Hat by Pam Adams

Fingerplay: "Cat and Dog"
 

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

Prop story based on the book Katy No-Pocket by Emmy Payne

Fingerplay: "A Duck with a Wing"

Prop story based on the book The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark by Ken Geist

Story cards (library-made) of Sammy the Snake

Flannel board story based on the book A Sock is a Pocket for your Toes by Elizabeth Garton Scanlon

Book: Shark in the Park by Nick Sharratt

Book: If You're Happy and You Know It by David Carter

Fingerplay: "Clap Your Lap"

Goodbye song: "My Hands Say Thank You"