January 15 - Animals In Winter
Hello, How Are You?
Hands Go Up:
Hands go up and
Hands go down.
I can turn myself around.
I can stand up
On one shoe.
I can listen,
So can you.
I can sit. I'll show you how.
Storytime is starting now.
Book: Footprints in the Snow
Song: I'm a Little Snowflake by Laurie Berkner (it's a sweet and short song, so we played it twice)
Book: Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner
Movement activity: Draw a card and act it out. I had cards for The Mitten. Each child took turns drawing one of the cards, then the group acted out how that animal sounded and/or moved.
Book: Bear Snores On
Book: The Mitten feltboard
See You Later
See you later, alligator.
Give a hug, ladybug.
Hit the road, hoppy toad.
See you soon, raccoon.
Out the door, dinosaur.
It is time to Say Goodbye
Bubble Song with bubbles
After storytime today, i covered the tables and chairs and brought out our play tunnel. The kids could pretend to be animals hiding under the snow and hibernating.
January 22 - New Friends
Hello, How Are You?
Hands Go Up
Fingerplay: Little Friends with number line
1 little 2 little 3 little friends 4 little 5 little 6 little friends 7 little 8 little 9 little friends 10 friends all around us. 11 little 12 little 13 little friends 14 little 15 little 16 little friends 17 little 18 little 19 little friends 20 friends all around us.
Book: Who is a Friend?
Box Song:
Oh i wish i had a little red box to put my glad friends in.
I'd take them out and go (hug, hug) and put them right back in.
Oh I wish I had a little green box to put my new friends in.
I'd take them out and go HIGH FIVE and put them right back in.
Oh I wish i had a little blue box to put my sad friends in.
I'd take them out and go KISS KISS and put them right back in.
Oh I wish I had a great big box to put all my friends in.
I'd take them out and say YOU'RE GREAT! and put them right back in.
Book: The Monster's Monster by Patrick O'Donnell
Book: Little Beauty by Anthony Browne
Song: Make New Friends on Air Guitar by Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer (with shakers)
Puppets: Big Mean Dust Bunny with feather dusters
Goodbye Songs & Bubbles
After storytime, they could play with my dust bunny puppets. Each child also got to take a new friend (a book) home to keep.
January 29 - Owls
Welcome Songs
Finger Play: 5 Little Owls on paper towel roll
Book: A Book of Sleep by Il Sung Na
Song: If You Ever See an Owl on the CD Terrible Twos - danced with scarves
Book: Baby Owl by Aubrey Lang
Song: Do the Owl by The Wiggles - first we discussed and acted out how owls move their bodies and make sounds and then we danced around like owls
Book: Owl Howl by Paul Friester - the kids got to cry loudly throughout the story
Poem: Who on page 66 in a Owl Poem Book (forgot the book title!)
Goodbye Songs
After storytime today, the kiddos played with playdough and playdough toys.
February 5 - Oh! No!
Welcome Songs
Counting poem with number line
Book: Oh! No! by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohman
Music: Shake and Stop - we shook instruments and made movement to the fingerplay. We used our listening ears and followed directions.
Book: Perfectly Percy
Movement Activity: Each child took turns shaking the larger dice - animals on one and movements on the other. For example: dance like a kangaroo or jump like a fish :)
Story: Bossy Bear by Dacid Horvath - anytime bossy bear did something bear, say "oh! no!" and put your thumbs down
Goodbye Songs and Bubbles
I forget what we did after storytime today. Oops!
February 12 - Vrooooom!
Welcome Songs
Homemade book Fingerplay: 3 Loud Trucks
Book: In the Driver's Seat by Max Haynes
Music Activity: Riding in Our Cars
Book: Night Light
Vehicle Guessing Game Rhyming Homemade Book
Song: Rockin and Rollin Wheels on the Bus
Story: Toot Toot Zoom!
Story: Mitchell's License
Goodbye Songs and Bubbles
After storytime, the kids got to draw with cars (markers taped to matchbox cars). See Facebook for some pretty cool artwork :)
Family Storytime on February 15 - I Spy
Welcome Songs
Game: I Spy (pre-made rhyming guessing game with things found in the children's area)
Book: There is a Bird on My Head by Mo Willems and read by Kim Peach
Activity: Rainbow Around Me with ribbon wands
Book: Track that Scat
Parachute Games
Book: The Dark by Lemony Snicket
Feltboard Story: Mouse in the House
Goodbye Songs & Bubbles
After storytime, the kids got to finish google eye pictures (2-3 eyes preglued on paper and they could finish the picture) and an I Spy game, complete with laminated magnifying/detective glass.
February 19 - Uh! Oh!
Welcome Songs
Book: Bark, George!
Music: Beanie Bag Dance by Greg & Steve - used beanie baby animals instead of bags
Book: Ding-Dong Gorilla by Michelle Robinson
Book: Don't Play with Your Food by Bob Shea
That is Not a Good Idea by Mo Willems - whenever the little baby chicks came into the story, we said "uh! oh!" together
Goodbye Songs & Bubbles
After storytime, I used up the rest of the google eye pictures for this storytime, too. "Uh! Oh! What is missing in this picture? I see eyes... you draw the rest!"
February 26 - Hair!
Welcome Songs
Fingerplay: Jenna's Ponytails - I hid 10 ponytails under my hat and then we counted them before doing 1 little 2 little 3 little pontails... on Jenna's head. Then we counted backward as i took them out then we did 10 little 9 little 8....Book: The Dirtiest Hair in the World by Bob McAllen
Music: Fixin' My Hair from a Sesame Street CD - we made our hair dance in different ways
Book: Where Did Daddy's Hair Go? by Joe O'Connor
Book: Baghead by jarrett J Krosoczka
The kids we paying such close attention during stories, that I decided to forego "Tangle in My Hair" by Dana McCarthy on the CD Chocolate Mike and we did more stories (I always have at least one backup.)
Acted out "Stephanie's Ponytail" by Robert Munsch
Goodbye Songs & Bubbles
After storytime, I brought out Mouse in the House for families and kids to play with.
Next week, we will be reading about COWS!
