Since Reading is Soooo Delicious this summer, I decided to finish up the Spring Storytime session with an eating theme!
MOVEMENT: Welcome Song*
MOVEMENT: “Clap Your Hands” from Wiggleworms Love You by Old Town School of Folk Music
MOVEMENT: Open Shut Them*
BOOK:
Tickle Tum by Nancy Van Laan
MOVEMENT: “Roll Your Hands” from Toddlers on Parade by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel
MOVEMENT: Itsy Bitsy Spider
COUNTING SONG:*
Ice Cream Scoops
FLANNELBOARD:
Lunch
Based on the book by Denise Fleming, with inspiration from Roving Fiddlehead and LibrarianLindz. I didn’t make a template for this one, just free-handed it.
I placed all the fruits and veggies on the board and had the kids name them. Then I said I had a friend who was very hungry and brought out the mouse puppet. I asked the kids to name the color of the food the mouse was eating. Then after each thing he gobbled I asked the audience if they thought it was full yet. After everything was finished being eaten, I made the mouse yawn and hid him behind the flannelboard. I finished the way the book ends, “And then mouse took a nap until it was… Dinnertime!”
MOVEMENT: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” from Songs for Wiggleworms by the Old Town School of Folk Music
BOOK:
Brownie and Pearl Grab a Bite by Cynthia Rylant
MOVEMENT: “Two Little Blackbirds” from Fingerplays and Footplays by Rosemary Hallum and Henry “Buzz” Glass
VIDEO:
“The Very Hungry Caterpillar” from The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Stories
MOVEMENT: Storytime’s Over*
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS IDEAS:
Rah, Rah Radishes! by April Pulley Sayre
One Little Spoonfulby Aliki
“Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog” DVD
HOW IT WENT:
I was surprised at how well Tickle Tum went over – the kids got strangely quite during that one. I guess all the rhyming words sound fun. I was pleasantly surprised with that one. I liked counting Ice Cream Scoops, and the flannelboard was really fun with the puppet as well.
ATTENDANCE: 10 am: 35 people 11 am: 26 people
* For these songs, please see my Storytime Movements & Music page
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