D is for Dog

This was my last afternoon/Golden Sower storytime for now...the attendance has been very small.  I hope to try it again if there is an interest and a need.

The Golden Sower book is "Help Me, Mr. Mutt: Expert Answers for Dogs with People Problems" by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel

Additional books I have ready to use (depending on the age and interest level of children that come)

G is for...

Welcome Song

Henrietta’s Basket: gorilla

Song: Be my echo (6 syllables x 2) goose and glove; grandpa and girl

Sign Language: Letter G

Flannel Board: G-R-E-E-N
(tune: Bingo)

I take some yellow, I take some blue
I mix them together to get something new
G-R-E-E-N, G-R-E-E-N
G-R-E-E-N, G-R-E-E-N
And green is that color

I make these cards to hang from the flannel board for songs that go with the tune Bingo.  A trick I learned from a preschool teacher...on the back of the card put a picture of clapping hands, then talk to the children about how many times you'll clap before each verse.

Book: Three Billy Goats Gruff (big book) Janet Stevens

Song: Put your finger on…[guitar with Mrs. B]

Nursery Rhyme: Little Bo Peep

Book: Bubble gum, bubble gum (Wheeler)

ABC Chant

Good bye Chant

Enrichment: Play with the guitar and other musical instruments, Graham crackers with frosting, "G" page, building blocks

F is for...

Welcome Song

Henrietta’s Basket: Flag

Song: Be my echo (6 syllables x 2) firefighter and farm, football and fork

Sign Language: Letter F

Flannel Board: Five Funny Frogs

5 funny frogs on lily pads galore; 1 swam away and that left 4
4 funny frogs, floating near a tree; 1 swam away and that left 3
3 funny frogs, wondering what to do; 1 swam away and that left 2
2 funny frogs, laughing and having fun; 1 swam away and that left 1
1 funny frog, playing in the sun; hopped off his lily pad and that left NONE!

Book: Barry, the fish with fingers (Hendra)

Stand-up Song: My Two Feet
I can walk with two feet, two feet, two feet.
I can walk with two feet, two feet, all day long.

Jump 
March
Run
Turn on
Hop on one foot
Hop on the other

Nursery Rhyme: Hey diddle, diddle

Book: The Foggy, Foggy Forest (Sharratt)

ABC Chant

Good bye Chant

Enrichment: Farm flannel board, tissue paper flowers (5 flowers), farm file folder, alphabet dot-to-dot

I was also going to do puppets (finger puppets), but I thought there was enough going on without them.

E is for...

Welcome Song

Henrietta’s Basket: Exit sign

           

Song:  Be my echo  (6 syllables x 2)  engine and Elmo,  elves and elevator

Sign Language: Letter E

Flannel Board: Colorful Envelopes

Something’s hiding in an envelope,

Come on, let’s do see.
Open up the red envelope
Look, it’s a bumblebee.

Something’s hiding in an envelope,

Big and round and fat
Open up the yellow envelope
Look, it’s a cat!

Something’s hiding in an envelope,
Can you guess? I can’t!
Open up the purple envelope
Look, it’s an ant!

Something’s hiding in an envelope,
Trying to dance a jig!
Open up the blue envelope
Look, it’s a pig!

Something’s hiding in an envelope,

Feeling rather shy
Open up the orange envelope
Look, it’s a butterfly!

Something’s hiding in an envelope,
It’s a big surprise!
Open up the pink envelope
I can’t believe my eyes!  It’s a…long letter!

Book:  The cow that laid an egg (CUT)

Song: One little elephant went out to play

(Sung to:  Five Little Duck)

One little elephant went out to play

On a bright and sunny day
He had such e-n-o-r-m-o-u-s fun
He called another elephant to come
EL-E-PHANT!

Continue counting up to 5 then say:
No more elephants came
Instead they heard their mommies calling, “Din-ner!”
5 little elephants went home to eat!

Rhyme Time Song

Nursery Rhyme: Humpty Dumpty

Announcements

Book: I’ve got an elephant (GIN)

ABC Chant/Good bye Chant

Enrichment: Puzzles, E-e paper, E dot-to-dot, egg carton sort, puzzles, Humpty Dumpty puzzle from Literacy Centers & Activities for Nursery Rhymes, Volume 1.

This is the order I did storytime on Wednesday.  On Thursday I switched the book order and it actually worked out better, since I've got an elephant is a longer story.

D is for...

Music:  CD from Dogs Rule

Welcome Song

Henrietta’s Basket: ducky

Sign Language: Letter D

Song:  Be my echo  (6 syllables x 2)  Dinosaur and dance, dream and dessert

Flannel Board: D-O-N-U-T
(sung to Bingo)

There is a treat that has a hole
And donut is its name-o
D-O-N-U-T, D-O-N-U-T,
D-O-N-U-T, D-O-N-U-T
Save a bite for me--Munch!

Take away a "bite" each round until you only clap then end,
There's no bites left for me!

Book:  That pesky dragon (Sykes)

Song: Five little ducks

Rhyme Time Song

Nursery Rhyme:  Hickory, dickory, dock

Book: Dogs (Gravett)

 
ABC Chant

Good bye Chant

Enrichment Activities: Glue dots on dinosaur picture, dog match, dot-to-dot, play with dominoes

H is for Halloween

Three great read-aloud books for Halloween!

Of course I have to include my favorite!

H is for House

I developed this storytime for an afternoon group of children 4-7 years old, featuring a Golden Sower book.  Golden Sower is the state Children's Choice Award for Nebraska.

Golden Sower Book:  Creaky Old House (Ashman)

Poem: Mouse House by Mary Ciotkowski from I invited a Dragon to Dinner (illustrated by Demarest)

I had several books selected for the 2nd book; so I could select a book appropriate to the age/attention span of the children present

Book:  Fix-it Duck (Alborough)

OR
Book: Jack's House (Beil)

OR
Book:  The Old House (Edwards)

Activity:  Design your own house.  I had a cut-out of a house, stapled it to a larger piece of paper so the house could "open".  I then folded the paper so it was behind the house, but then could be "opened" to show the whole house!

F is for Fall

An Outreach Storytime

Flannel Board:  Fall Riddles (Totline, July/Aug 2000, 12)

Beneath your feet you hear us crunch,
Then we get raked into a bunch.
What are we?  LEAVES

I drop off trees, and there I lie,
Till someone bakes me in a pie.
What am I?  AN APPLE

I stand in the field and scare a bird,
But I don't say a single word.
What am I?  A SCARECROW

I'm cold in autumn, if I blow,
I swirl the leaves and make a show.
What am I?  THE WIND

Of all the flowers, I am queen,
With yellow petals and seeds between.
What am I?  A SUNFLOWER

I'm big and orange and quite a catch,
When you pick me from the patch.
What am I?  A PUMPKIN

Book:  Little Bear's Big Sweater (Bedford)

Song:  A-C-O-R-N (tune: Bingo)
I made letters to hang from the flannel board, on the back of each letter is a picture showing hands clapping.  So as we sing the song I turn over a letter and we count how many "claps" we'll do.

There is a nut that squirrels like and acorn is it's name-o
A-C-O-R-N, A-C-O-R-N, A-C-O-R-N
And acorn is it's name-o.

Book:  The Busy Little Squirrel (Tafuri)

Action Song:  Autumn Leaves (tune: London Bridges)

Autumn leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down
Autumn leaves are falling down, Welcome Autumn.

Sweep the leaves and put them here, put them here, put them here
Sweep the leaves and put them here. Welcome Autumn!

Jump right in and have some fun, have some fun, have some fun
Jump right in and have some fun.  Welcome Autumn!

Book:  The little old lady who was not afraid of anything (Williams)
This is one of my all time favorite picture books!

C is for...

Every once in a while I remember "the perfect song" to start storytime with.  This one's a no-brainer

Music:  Sesame Street's "C is for Cookie"

Welcome Song

Henrietta’s Basket:  Box of crayons

Song: Be my echo (6 syllables x 2) candy cane and clown, corn and caterpillar

Sign Language: Letter C

Flannel Board: Birthday Candles
5 birthday candles, wish there were more

Blow one out, then there are four
4 birthday candles, pretty as can be
Blow one out, then there are 3
3 birthday candles, mother bought them new
Blow one out, then there are 2
2 birthday candles, birthday cakes are fun
Blow one out, then there is 1
1 birthday candle, a birthday wish is fun

Book: Little Mouse and the Big Cupcake (Taylor)

Song: Can You Find the color? - sung to London Bridges
Each child got an envelope with die cut shapes made with different colors.

Can you find the color red,
The color red, the color red?
Can you find the color red,
And hold it up in the air?

Substitute the names of other colors for red.

Nursery Rhyme: Jack be nimble

Book: The cow loves cookies (Wilson)

ABC Chant

Good bye Chant

Enrichment: crayons, counting candy corn, cars, dot-to-dot, cookie cutters and playdough, color car file folder game