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

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.

Animals of Australia

Welcome Song

Wesley and Henrietta

Henrietta’s basket

Flannel Board: Five Baby Emus

5 baby emus, wishing they could soar

1 went to try and that left 4

4 baby emus hungry as can be

1 went to eat and that left 3

3 baby emus go off to the zoo

1 ran away and that left 2

2 baby emus were looking for some fun

1 found a playmate and that left 1

1 baby emu playing in the sun

Than all were gone and that left none!

Book: Help: Waking Up Down Under (Votaw)

 

Stand-up song:  Kangaroo Hop

(chant)
Hop, hop, kangaroo hop
Hop, hop, kangaroo hop
Hop, hop, kangaroo hop
Hop, hop, hop until you drop!

Additional verses:
Eat--until you're beat
Jump--fall on your rump
Leap--then fall asleep

Koala, Koala Turn Around

Rhyme time song:

Rhyme: Brown Kangaroo

The brown kangaroo is very funny.

She leaps and runs and hops like a bunny.

And on her stomach is a pocket so wide.

Her baby can jump in and go for a ride!

Book: Wombat Walkabout (Shields) 

 

Animal Good-byes

E is for...

ABC Welcome Song

Henrietta’s Basket:

Sign Language: Letter E

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

Flannel Board: THREE ENORMOUS ELEPHANTS

One enormous elephant
Marching down the street,
With 2 large ears and 4 big feet.
He passed a friend
Who wasn't afraid
To join his friend
And form a parade.

Two enormous elephants
Marching down the street,
With 4 large ears and 8 big feet.
They passed a friend
Who wasn't afraid
To join the group
And form a parade.

Three enormous elephants
Marching down the street,
With 6 large ears and 12 big feet

Book: The Elves and the shoemaker (LaMarche)

Song: One little elephant went out to play

Rhyme/Sign Language: Excuse Me

If I bump into someone I say "excuse me".
If I need to interrupt I say "excuse me".
I can see it makes people happy when I say it so politely
Yes, good manners mean to always say "excuse me"!

Announcements

Book: The cow that laid an egg (CUT)

ABC Chant/Good bye Chant

Enrichment: Puzzles, E-e paper, egg carton sort, eyedropper art

Eyedropper Painting
Fill an ice cube tray with water and then put a few drops of food coloring in each of the sections. Make each section a different color. Flatten out a basket type coffee filter. Use a eyedropper to make designs on the coffee filter. Each color will spread and run into the other colors. Let the filters dry completely and don't forget to put down some newspaper or your table will likely be stained.