S is for Swimming

Two Outreach Stotyimes

S is for Swimming!
(toddler/preschool children)

Splish, Splash, Splat! by Rob Scotton

Don't be Afraid, Little Pip by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman

Down in the Cool of the Pool by Tony Mitton

August "Holidays"!
(elementary-aged children)

National Watermelon Day--August 3
Peter Spit a Seed at Sue by Jackie French Koller

National Lazy Day--August 10
Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens

National Tell a Joke Day--August 16
[I used three different joke books found in the non-fiction area...any good joke books will do!]

National Dog Day--August 26
Always in Trouble by Corinne Demas

W is for...

Welcome Song

Henrietta’s Basket: Witch’s hat

Sign Language: Letter

Song: Be my echo (6 syllables x 2) window and worm, wagon and watermelon

Flannel Board: Windy Day

Five little kites just beginning to soar,
The wind blew one away and that left four.

Four little kites so colorful to see,
The wind blew one away and that left three.

Three little kites waving high for you,
The wind blew one away and that left two.

Two little kites flying in the sun,
The wind blew one away and that left one.

One little kite having lots of fun,
The wind blew it away and that left none.

Book: The Big Bad Rumor (Meres)
This book was cute, but over the head of the preschoolers.  They didn't really like it.

The Boy Who Cried Wolf (Hennessy)
So on Thursday I read this one instead.

Song: Wheels on the Bus

Nursery Rhyme: Humpty Dumpty

Book: Wet World (Simon)
This book has lots of wonderful "w" words!

ABC Chant

Good bye Chant

Enrichment: ABC dot-to-dot, white crayon, chalk, pencil on dark construction paper, wheel pasta and straw necklace, wooden blocks

W is for Winter

An Outreach Storytime

Henrietta:  Hat and scarf

Book:  Ant and Grasshopper (Gray)
This book a kind of long, but it went over really well.  They loved "Here we come a-waffling" song at the end!

Stand-up Song:  Hooray for Winter!
(sung to London Bridges)

Snow is falling all around, All around, all around
Snow is falling all around, Hooray for winter!

Now put on your boots and hat, Boots and hat, boots and hat
Now put on your boots and hat, Hooray for winter!

Take the snow and roll it round, Roll it round, roll it round
Take the snow and roll it round, Hooray for winter!

Now let's have a snowball fight, Snowball fight, snowball fight
Now let's have a snowball fight, Hooray for winter!

Book:  Snowmen at Night (Buehner)

Stand-up Rhyme:   Snowman, snowman

Snowman, snowman, nod your head
Snowman, snowman, go to bed
Snowman, snowman wink your eye
Snowman, snowman jump up high
Snowman, snowman touch your knee
Snowman, snowman stand quietly
Snowman, snowman bend way down
Snowman, snowman melt to the ground.

Book:  Don't Wake Up the Bear (Murray)
I taught the children the phrase "Don't wake up the bear!"  We practiced--I said, "You may come in, but...don't wake up the bear!"  The children loved participating in the 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

W is for...

Welcome Song

Henrietta’s Basket: Witch’s hat

Song: Be my echo (6 syllables x 2) window and worm, wagon and watermelon

Flannel Board: I looked out the window

I looked out the window and what did I see?
I used a variety of different colored die-cuts—they could be a yellow airplane zooming past me; a red ladybug crawling past me; a blue balloon floating past me, etc.

Book: Wombat Walkabout


Stand-up Song: Wheels on the Bus

Nursery Rhyme/short poem: Wee Willie Winkie

Book: Someone Bigger


ABC Chant

Good bye Chant

Enrichment: ABC dot-to-dot, white crayon, chalk, pencil on dark construction paper, washers and magnets