African Animals

Welcome Song

Wesley and Henrietta

Henrietta’s basket:  Toy giraffe

Flannel Board: Five Ferocious Lions

Deep in the jungle, what did I hear?
Five ferocious lions, roaring loud and clear.
“Roar” said the lions,
“Scat” said I.
And one ferocious lion ran away. Goodbye!

(Count down to one lion)
Deep in the jungle, what did I hear?
One ferocious lion, roaring loud and clear.
“Roar” said the lion,
“Scat” said I.
And the last ferocious lion ran away. Goodbye!

Book: Way far away on a wild safari (Peck)/Roar! A noisy counting book (Edwards)
I read "wild safari" on Wednesday and "Roar!" on Thursday.  I think "wild safari" went over better.

Stand-up song: H-I-P-P-O
(Tune: Bingo)

There is an animal in Africa
Who's big, who's large, who's enormous!
H-I-P-P-O
H-I-P-P-O
H-I-P-P-O
And hippo is its name-o

Rhyme time song

Rhyme:
A Giraffe is as tall as tall can be
He eats leaves right off trees
His legs are long and his neck is too.
And he can run faster than me or you.

Announcements:

Book: Rhino’s great big itch (Chivers)

Gorilla, gorilla turn around...

Animal Good-byes

B is for Bubblegum

This is a storytime I took to Kindercare (ages 3-7).

Flannel Board:

5 little gumballs sitting in a store
_________ (name of a child) took the __________ (color) one, then there were 4.
4 little gumballs smiling with glee
3 little gumballs with nothing to do
2 little gumballs waiting for some fun
1 little gumball this rhyme is almost done
___________ took the last one, now there are none!

Book:  Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum (McCarthy)

Stand-up song (chant):
Sticky, icky bubble gum, bubble gum
Sticky, icky bubble gum, bubble gum
makes my hands stick to my knees.
You pull 'em
And pull 'em
and pull 'em away!
Repeat, stick your hands to different parts of your body and "pull 'em away".

Book:  Bubble gum, bubble gum (Wheeler)

Book:  Trouble Gum (Cordell)

The pictures are kind of small for a large group...but the story is very fun!

A is for Asia

During our 2nd week this summer we visited Asia!  I've found the bringing in a globe to show the children where we are (Nebraska), where we visited last week, and where we are "traveling" today has been very helpful.

Welcome Song

Wesley and Henrietta

Henrietta’s basket:  Panda puppet

Flannel Board: Five Little Orangutans

I brought my baby orangutan puppet, Pip, to show the children before we did the flannel board (he is so cute!)

Five little orangutans and no more

One waddled off and then there were four.
Four little orangutans sleeping in a tree
One fell out and then there were three.
Three little orangutans said “What can we do?”
One ate some fruit and then there were two.
Two little orangutans playing in the sun.
One heard his mother hoot and then there was one.
One little orangutan left all alone.
He got up and ran right home.

Book:  Little Mist (McAllister and Fox-Davies)

Stand-up song:

Once There Was a Tiger

(Tune of Did You Ever See a Lassie?)

Oh once there was a tiger, a tiger, a tiger

Oh once there was a tiger
With black and orange stripes
He growled and growled
And growled and growled
Oh once there was a tiger
With black and orange stripes.

Additional verses: stalk; pounce; eat; sleep

Rhyme time song:

Rhyme:

Panda play. Panda Play.
Play all night. Play all day.
I love to tumble on the ground.
Over and over, round and round.

Announcements:

Book:  Peek! A Thai Hide-and-Seek (HO)

Stand up song:  Panda bear, panda bear turn around…

Book: How many baby pandas? (Markle)

Animal Good-byes

A is for Arctic and Antarctica

This summer the theme is "One World, Many Stories" so for storytime we are doing "Animals Around the World".  During the summer Mrs. B and I combine our toddler and preschool storytimes and we present it together on Wednesday and Thursday mornings.  We began our journey "at the poles"!

Welcome Song
This is a song to "wake up" Wesley, Mrs. B's turtle friend
Everybody say hello, say hello, say hello
Everybody say hello, "Hello-oooo, Wesley"

Henrietta’s basket: Penguin

Discussion—North Pole (Arctic) and South Pole (Antarctica) using a globe

Flannel Board:  Five Fat Walruses

Five fat walruses were at the North Pole.
One climbed upon the ice and fell into a hole.
Four fat walruses swam toward the ice.
One bumped an iceberg which wasn't very nice.
Three fat walruses had whiskers on their faces,
One got bored and went to sleep; he didn't like the places.
Two fat walruses went to look for food.
One swam far, far away; he wasn't in the mood.
One fat walrus was tired of the play.
She flipped a good-bye with her tail and then she swam away.

Book:  Polar Opposites  Erik Brooks

Stand-up song: Polar Bear, polar bear turn around

Book: Way up in the Arctic  Jennifer Ward

(Mrs. B played her guitar and "sang" the book)

Stand up song: Up On The Iceberg (Tune: Up on the Housetop)
Into the ocean, penguins go.
They spy the seals way down below.
Zip through the water with no delay
Zigzagging penguins swim away.
Oh, oh, oh, Go penguins go!
Oh, oh, oh, Go penguins go!
Leap to the iceberg, quick, quick, quick!
Back to the nursery to feed your chick!

Announcements:

Book: If you were a penguin  Wendell and Florence Minor

(I read this book on Wednesday, but didn't have time on Thursday)

Good-byes

(Animal good-byes...words along the sidebar)