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Friday, December 7, 2012
T is for Thanksgiving
An Outreach Storytime
Five Little Turkeys
5 little turkeys by the barn door
1 waddled off, then there were 4.
4 little turkeys out under the tree
1 waddled off, then there were 3.
3 little turkeys with nothing to do
1 waddled off, then there were 2.
2 little turkeys in the noonday sun
1 waddled off, then there was 1.
1 little turkey--better run away!
Soon it will be Thanksgiving Day!
Book: 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving Written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey
Five Fat Turkeys
Two fat turkeys standing in a row (hold up two fingers)
They spread their feathers (spread out arms) and their tails like so (wiggle bottom)
They strut to the left (move to the left)
They strut to the right (move to the right)
They say "Gobble, gobble!"
In the bright sunlight! (arms high and move down)
Continue counting up to five
Book: The Very First Thanksgiving Day Written by Rhonda Gowler Greene; Illustrated by Susan Gaber
Book: This is the Turkey Written by Abby Levine; Illustrated by Paige Billin-Frye
Thanksgiving Dinner
(Sung to "Frere Jacques")
We eat turkey, we eat turkey.
Oh, so good. Oh, so good.
Always on Thanksgiving, always on Thanksgiving
Yum-yum-yum! Yum,-yum-yum!
Other verses:
Mashed potatoes
Homemade biscuits
Turkey dressing
Pumpkin Pie
You can also ask children what they like to eat on Thanksgiving and sing about that. Be warned: You may be singing about cheeseburgers and spaghetti!
Five Little Turkeys
5 little turkeys by the barn door
1 waddled off, then there were 4.
4 little turkeys out under the tree
1 waddled off, then there were 3.
3 little turkeys with nothing to do
1 waddled off, then there were 2.
2 little turkeys in the noonday sun
1 waddled off, then there was 1.
1 little turkey--better run away!
Soon it will be Thanksgiving Day!
Book: 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving Written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey
Five Fat Turkeys
Two fat turkeys standing in a row (hold up two fingers)
They spread their feathers (spread out arms) and their tails like so (wiggle bottom)
They strut to the left (move to the left)
They strut to the right (move to the right)
They say "Gobble, gobble!"
In the bright sunlight! (arms high and move down)
Continue counting up to five
Book: The Very First Thanksgiving Day Written by Rhonda Gowler Greene; Illustrated by Susan Gaber
Book: This is the Turkey Written by Abby Levine; Illustrated by Paige Billin-Frye
Thanksgiving Dinner
(Sung to "Frere Jacques")
We eat turkey, we eat turkey.
Oh, so good. Oh, so good.
Always on Thanksgiving, always on Thanksgiving
Yum-yum-yum! Yum,-yum-yum!
Other verses:
Mashed potatoes
Homemade biscuits
Turkey dressing
Pumpkin Pie
You can also ask children what they like to eat on Thanksgiving and sing about that. Be warned: You may be singing about cheeseburgers and spaghetti!
H is for...
H is for...
Welcome Song
Henrietta's Basket: hat (a little winter hat for her to wear)
Echo Song: hair, house, hospital, helicopter
Flannel Board: 5 Little Hippos
(chant just like 5 little monkeys--I just changed the words)
5 little hippos swimming in the stream
Teasing Mr. Alligator and being rather mean!
Along comes Mr. Alligator...quiet as can be
And "SNAP" that hippo right out of the stream!
4 little hippos swimming in the stream
Teasing Mr. Alligator and being rather mean!
Along comes Mr. Alligator...quiet as can be
And "SNAP" that hippo right out of the stream!
Continue until all the hippos are gone!
Book: Bear Wants More Written by Karma Wilson; Illustrated by Jane Chapman
Enrichment Activities
Welcome Song
Henrietta's Basket: hat (a little winter hat for her to wear)
Echo Song: hair, house, hospital, helicopter
Flannel Board: 5 Little Hippos
(chant just like 5 little monkeys--I just changed the words)
5 little hippos swimming in the stream
Teasing Mr. Alligator and being rather mean!
Along comes Mr. Alligator...quiet as can be
And "SNAP" that hippo right out of the stream!
4 little hippos swimming in the stream
Teasing Mr. Alligator and being rather mean!
Along comes Mr. Alligator...quiet as can be
And "SNAP" that hippo right out of the stream!
Continue until all the hippos are gone!
Book: Bear Wants More Written by Karma Wilson; Illustrated by Jane Chapman
Stand-up song: If you're happy and you know it
* clap your hands, stomp your feet, shout hooray, do all three
Rhyme Time Song
Nursery Rhyme: Hot Cross Buns
Book: Horses: Trotting! Prancing! Racing! Written by Patricia Hubbell; Illustrated by Joe Mathieu
ABC Chant
Animal Good-byes
Enrichment Activities
- Heart Matching Game (cardboard hearts from Oriental Trading Company)
- Hula hoops and bean bags
- Cutting practice Worksheet (from Kids Learning Station)
- Hopscotch (indoor foam hopscotch)
- Hand print Turkey (I printed the following poem on the bottom of a paper, then the child traces their hand. Their thumb becomes the head of the turkey and the fingers are the tail feathers. Decorate with markers or crayons...no messy paint!)
G is for...
G is for...
Welcome Song
Henrietta's Basket: Gorilla webkinz
Echo Song: Grandpa, grapes, glove, girl
Flannel Board
G-R-E-E-N
You take some yellow, you take some blue
You mix them together to make something new
G-R-E-E-N
G-R-E-E-N
G-R-E-E-N
And green is that color!
You take some yellow, you take some blue
You mix them together to make something new
G-R-E-E-(clap)
G-R-E-E-(clap)
G-R-E-E-(clap)
And green is that color!
Continue taking one letter away until you have 5 claps!
Book: The Tale of Two Goats written by Tom Barber
Stand-up Song:
My Darling Goldfish
Welcome Song
Henrietta's Basket: Gorilla webkinz
Echo Song: Grandpa, grapes, glove, girl
Flannel Board
G-R-E-E-N
You take some yellow, you take some blue
You mix them together to make something new
G-R-E-E-N
G-R-E-E-N
G-R-E-E-N
And green is that color!
You take some yellow, you take some blue
You mix them together to make something new
G-R-E-E-(clap)
G-R-E-E-(clap)
G-R-E-E-(clap)
And green is that color!
Continue taking one letter away until you have 5 claps!
Book: The Tale of Two Goats written by Tom Barber
Stand-up Song:
My Darling Goldfish
(sung to: Grand Old Duke of York)
My darling little goldfish (make sign for fish)
Hasn't any toes (point to your toes)
He swims around without a sound (pretend to swim)
And bumps his angry nose (point to nose)
He can't get out to play with me (Point to your self)
Nor I get in to him (Point to other children)
Although I say, "Come out and play" (motion hand for him to come)
He says, "Come in and swim!" (point down)
Rhyme Time Song:
Nursery Rhyme: Little Bo Peep
Book: Off We Go! written by Jane Yolen
ABC Chant
Animal Goodbyes
Enrichment Activities
Play with the guitar and other musical instruments
Stacking Cups
Gumball Activity [from Confessions of a Homeschooler] I printed out four gumball sheets and had regular pom-poms available for children to fill in the "G" and gumball machine.
Things That Go Together [from tlsbooks.com]
My darling little goldfish (make sign for fish)
Hasn't any toes (point to your toes)
He swims around without a sound (pretend to swim)
And bumps his angry nose (point to nose)
He can't get out to play with me (Point to your self)
Nor I get in to him (Point to other children)
Although I say, "Come out and play" (motion hand for him to come)
He says, "Come in and swim!" (point down)
Rhyme Time Song:
Nursery Rhyme: Little Bo Peep
Book: Off We Go! written by Jane Yolen
ABC Chant
Animal Goodbyes
Enrichment Activities
F is for...
Welcome Song
Henreitta's Basket: Flag
Echo Song: Fingers, firefighter, farm, fork
Flannel Board: 5 Black Flies
Book: A Frog Thing Written by: Eric Drachman (2005)
Stand-up Song: I can walk on two feet
I can walk with two feet, with two feet, with two feet.
I can walk with two feet all day long.
Rhyme Time Song:
Nursery Rhyme: Hey Diddle Diddle
Book: Over in the Forest: Come and Take a Peek Written by: Marianne Berkes (2012)
Enrichment Activities:
Five Flowers
Magnetic sort--farm animals and zoo animals
Farm counting sheet
Fishing
Henreitta's Basket: Flag
Echo Song: Fingers, firefighter, farm, fork
Flannel Board: 5 Black Flies
Five black flies, buzzing through a hive,
One snuck some honey, then took a dive!
Four black flies, buzzing by the door,
One flew in and there was no more.
Three black flies, buzzing in a tree,
One landed on a horse's knee.
Two black flies, buzzing through a shoe,
One held his nose and said, "P-U!"
One black fly, landed on a bun,
"Splat!" goes the fly swatter--
Then there were none!
Book: A Frog Thing Written by: Eric Drachman (2005)
Stand-up Song: I can walk on two feet
I can walk with two feet, with two feet, with two feet.
I can walk with two feet all day long.
I can tap with two feet, with two feet, with two feet
I can tap with two feet all day long.
Additional verses:
jump, stomp, run, spin, march
Additional verses:
jump, stomp, run, spin, march
Rhyme Time Song:
Nursery Rhyme: Hey Diddle Diddle
Book: Over in the Forest: Come and Take a Peek Written by: Marianne Berkes (2012)
Enrichment Activities:
Five Flowers
Magnetic sort--farm animals and zoo animals
Farm counting sheet
Fishing
Monday, November 19, 2012
E is for...
E is for...[focus on short /e/ sound]
Henrietta's Basket: envelope (with letter inside)
Be My Echo: Elmo, elevator, emperor,
Flannel Board: E-I-E-I-O
(sung to Old McDonald)
Chickens lay eggs,
This we know,
E-I-E-I-O
And from those eggs
Chickens grow
E-I-E-I-O
There's a chicken egg here
And a chicken egg there.
Here an egg, there an egg
Everywhere a chicken egg.
Chickens lay eggs,
This we know,
E-I-E-I-O!
Book: Where's Tumpty?
Stand-up Song: There's an Elf on the Floor
There's an elf on the floor, on the floor
There's an elf on the floor, on the floor.
Who could ask for any more
Than an elf on the floor?
There's an elf on the floor, on the floor.
*Leg...he isn't very big
*Tummy...he really is funny
*Arm...he doesn't mean any harm
*Face...Oh, what a big disgrace!
*Head...Did you hear what I just said?
*Floor...who could ask for any more?
Rhyme Time Song
Nursery Rhyme: Humpty Dumpty
Book: Eggs 1, 2, 3: Who will the babies be?
Enrichment Activities
Humpty Dumpty Puzzle (from Literacy Centers & Activities for Nursery Rhymes, Volume 1, p. 48)
Egg sort (sounds) I filled twelve plastic eggs with six different small objects. Children shake the eggs and find the ones that sound the same.
Practice writing the letter E (Four straight lines)
Lacing Cards
Henrietta's Basket: envelope (with letter inside)
Be My Echo: Elmo, elevator, emperor,
Flannel Board: E-I-E-I-O
(sung to Old McDonald)
Chickens lay eggs,
This we know,
E-I-E-I-O
And from those eggs
Chickens grow
E-I-E-I-O
There's a chicken egg here
And a chicken egg there.
Here an egg, there an egg
Everywhere a chicken egg.
Chickens lay eggs,
This we know,
E-I-E-I-O!
Book: Where's Tumpty?
Stand-up Song: There's an Elf on the Floor
There's an elf on the floor, on the floor
There's an elf on the floor, on the floor.
Who could ask for any more
Than an elf on the floor?
There's an elf on the floor, on the floor.
*Leg...he isn't very big
*Tummy...he really is funny
*Arm...he doesn't mean any harm
*Face...Oh, what a big disgrace!
*Head...Did you hear what I just said?
*Floor...who could ask for any more?
Rhyme Time Song
Nursery Rhyme: Humpty Dumpty
Book: Eggs 1, 2, 3: Who will the babies be?
Enrichment Activities
Humpty Dumpty Puzzle (from Literacy Centers & Activities for Nursery Rhymes, Volume 1, p. 48)
Egg sort (sounds) I filled twelve plastic eggs with six different small objects. Children shake the eggs and find the ones that sound the same.
Practice writing the letter E (Four straight lines)
Lacing Cards
So far behind...
I have drafts of the last FIVE storytimes I've done--I just need to get with it and finish them up. They are coming though, so please check back again soon!
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