Ducks seem like a tried and true theme to me, but it looks like I haven’t done a toddler duck storytime since I started blogging!
SONG: Welcome Song
MOVEMENT: “Clap Everybody and Say Hello” from Sally Go Round the Sun: songs and rhymes from the parent-child Mother Goose program by Kathy Reid-Naiman
MOVEMENT: Open Shut Them*
LETTER FLANNELBOARD:
D is for Duck
Today we reviewed the sound the letter D makes, drew it with our fingers, and talked about a dinosaur, a dog, a dragon, and our storytime theme, a duck.
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE SIGN: “Duck”
BOOK:
Come Along, Daisy! by Jane Simmons
MOVEMENT: “Roll Your Hands” from Toddlers on Parade by Carol Hammett & Elaine Bueffel
COUNTING FLANNELBOARD:
Ducks
Today we counted 8 ducks!
Sing:
It’s counting time, it’s counting time
so let’s all count while I put these in a line.
Then we count the ducks as they go up.
Sing:
It’s counting time, it’s counting time
so let’s all count as they go bye-bye
FLANNELBOARD:
Four Little Ducks
While usually there are five little ducks, sometimes that seems a little long for toddlers. So today we had four little ducks!
Four little ducks Went out one day
Over the hills and far away
Mother duck cried
“Quack, quack, quack, quack.”
But only three little ducks came back.
Three little ducks Went out one day
Over the hills and far away
Mother duck cried
“Quack, quack, quack, quack.”
But only two little ducks came back.
Over the hills and far away
Mother duck cried
“Quack, quack, quack, quack.”
But only one little ducks came back.One little duck
Went out one day
Over the hills and far away
Mother duck cried,
“Quack, quack, quack, quack.”
But no little ducks came back.No little ducks went out one day
Over the hills and far away
Mother duck cried, “Quack! Quack! Quack!”
And all her little ducks came waddling back!
MOVEMENT: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” from Songs for Wiggleworms by the Old Town School of Folk Music
MOVEMENT: Itsy Bitsy Spider
BOOK:
Duckie’s Rainbow by Frances Barry
MOVEMENT: Two Little Blackbirds*
VIDEO:
“Lucky Ducklings” from I Want My Hat Back…and More Happy Stories based on the book by Eva Moore, pictures by Nancy Carpenter
MOVEMENT: Storytime’s Over
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL IDEAS:
Book: A Cuddle for Little Duck by Claire Freedman and Caroline Pedler
Book: Little Ducks Go by Emily Arnold McCully
Book: Dimity Duck by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Sebastien Braun
Book: Goodnight, My Duckling by Nancy Tafuri
Book: Duck & Goose: Let’s Dance! by Tad Hills
Book: Firefighter Duckies! by Frank W. Dormer
Book: Quack and Count by Keith Baker
THOUGHTS ON THIS STORYTIME:
I like ducks as a theme, and I enjoyed the books I read with this group. The movie I chose, however, wasn’t as good. I had never used it before with toddlers, but when I watched it, the slowness of the iconography seemed like it would be a good fit. Unfortunately, it was not. I would choose a different video next time, and save this one for a preschool audience.
Also — Why are almost all the duck books for young children about ducklings wandering away from their mothers??? Is this a common problem in the duck world?
PRESENTED: Tuesday, October 24, 2017
ATTENDANCE: 10 am: 37 people 11 am: 39 people
* For these songs, please see my Storytime Movements & Music page
Jen in the Library 