Today is Halloween, so we shared stories about Halloween costumes and pumpkins!
MOVEMENT: Welcome Song*
MOVEMENT: Peek-a-Boo*
BOUNCE: Icky Bicky Soda Cracker*
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE SIGN: “Halloween”
BOOK:
It’s Halloween NIght! written by Jennifer O’Connell and illustrated by Jennifer Morris
MOVEMENT: “Clap, Tap and Bend” from It’s Toddler Time by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel
FLANNELBOARD:
Five Little Pumpkins
Felt Pieces from ArtFelt
Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate.
The first one said, “Oh, my, it’s getting late!” (Hands beside face in surprised look)
The second one said, “There are witches in the air!” (hand flies overhead)
The third one said, “Well, I don’t care!” (shake pointer finger)
The fourth one said, “Let’s run, and run, and run!” (run with feet)
The fifth one said, “I’m ready for some fun!” (point to self)
Then WHOOOOOOSH went the wind (make sound and whoosh hands back and forth.)
and OUT (clap) went the lights.
And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight. (Roll hand over hand.)
BOUNCE: “Ladies Ride”
MOVEMENT: Patty Cake*
BOOK:
Duck & Goose Find a Pumpkin by Tad Hills
TICKLE: Slowly, Slowly, Very Slowly, Goes the Garden Snail*
NURSERY RHYME FLANNELBOARD:
Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
Flannelboard from Little Folk Visuals
Had a wife and couldn’t keep her;
He put her in a pumpkin shell,
And there he kept her very well.
MOVEMENT: “Itsy Bitsy Spider” from Children’s Favorite Songs Volume 3 from Walt Disney
MOVEMENT: “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” from Songs for Wiggleworms by the Old Town School of Folk Music
MOVEMENT: Storytime’s Over*
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL IDEAS:
Book: On Halloween by Lark Carrier
HOW IT WENT:
This was a fun storytime. Plus, a lot of the infants dressed up, and that was adorable. This was fun when doing It’s Halloween Night, because I was trying to see if y of the kids were dressed as the characters in the book were. I shorted that book by one character to make it a little better for infant attention spans.
PRESENTED: Tuesday, October 31, 2017
ATTENDANCE: 50 people (adults and children)
* For these songs, please see my page Storytime Movements & Music
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