Up In the Air Storytime

Today, we focused on things we can find in the sky and in the air.

Hello Songs

Fingerplay: 10 Little Birds

10 little birds high up in the sky (repeat).
1 flew away and now there are 9.

9 little birds fly to a gate (repeat).
1 flew away and now there are 8.

8 little birds avoid a fox den (repeat).
1 flew away and now there are 7.

7 little birds out gathering sticks.
7 little birds out gathering sticks.
1 flew away and now there are 6.

6 little birds start to dance and jive (repeat).
1 flew away and now there are 5.

5 little birds pecking on a dirt floor. (repeat).
1 flew away and now there are 4.

4 little birds sleeping in a tree (repeat).
1 flew away now there are 3.

3 little birds cheep, chirp, and coo (repeat).
1 flew away and now there are 2.

2 little birds in a pond having fun (repeat).
1 flew away and now there is 1.

1 little bird dozing in her nest so cozy (repeat).
Her eggs all hatched and now there are plenty!

Book: Egg Drop by Mini Grey

With Ribbon Wands: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Jack Hartmann

Book: Fred and Ted Like to Fly by Peter Eastman

Book: It Looked Like Spilt Milk

Bubble time

Activity: I put a blob of white paint in the middle of a blue piece of construction paper. They smushed it in half, opened it up, and figured out what it looked like. Then I helped them write down what it looked like.

Reminder: NO storytime on March 26.