Bears Theme Storytime

Opening song: Good Morning/ Buenos Días (See My Storytime Set for song lyrics)   
Opening fingerplay: One Little Finger 
Literacy: Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson
Song/movement break: Open Shut Them
Literacy: Baby Bear Sees Blue by Ashley Wolff

Feltboard: Ten Little Teddy Bears

There were 10 little teddy bears sleeping in the bed

This is the Artfelt set that I used.

Five at the foot, five at the head.

One little teddy said, “This bed is too full.”

So he grabbed the blanket and started to pull.

He pulled and he pulled and he pulled some more,

Until two little teddies fell BOOM to the floor!

There were 8 little teddy bears sleeping in the bed

Four at the foot, four at the head…

Now there were 6 little teddy bears sleeping in the bed

Three at the foot, three at the head…

Then there were 4 little teddy bears sleeping in the bed

Two at the foot, two at the head…

There were two little teddy bears sleeping in the bed

One at the foot, one at the head.

One little teddy said, “This feels just right.”

So the two little teddy bears said “Good night!"

Closing Fingerplay: Two Little Blackbirds
Closing Movement: Hokey Pokey
Post storytime activity:Circle Bears
I had a plethora of die cut circles in different sizes. So we put them together to make bears: Two big circles for the head and torso; Two medium-small circles for the ears, two hole punch circles for the eyes and nose holes; two medium circles for the feet. Use crayon, marker or other circles for other details.
 

Piggies! Themed Storytime

Opening song: Good Morning/ Buenos Días (See My Storytime Set for song lyrics)   
Opening fingerplay: One Little Finger 
Literacy: Wolf Won't Bite by Emily Gravett 
Song/movement break: Open Shut Them
Literacy: Piggies by Audrey Wood (also available in bilingual version) 
Literacy: Huff and Puff by Claudia Rueda (This link is to cutest author reading ever!) 
New song/movement break: Five Little Piggies Rolled In the Mud (You can just chant or sing this to the tune of Six Little Ducks.) 
I did this as a felt board, but you can make it an action rhyme like in the video.

I used ArtFelt Pigs and farmer, 
and made my own mud and hay.

Five little pigs rolled in the mud.
Squishy, squashy, felt so good!
The farmer took one piggy out
“Oink! Oink! Oink!” that pig did shout!

Four little pigs rolled in the mud…

Three little pigs rolled in the mud…

Two little pigs rolled in the mud…

One little pig rolled in the mud…

No little pigs rolled in the mud.
They all looked so clean and good.
The farmer let those piggies play
But this time they played in the hay!

Closing Fingerplay: Two Little Blackbirds  

Closing Movement: Hokey Pokey
Post storytime activity:Pink Piggy Plates
I had the kids and their parents decorate paper plates to look like pigs. Supplies I used:

• Different shades of pink tissue paper squares
• glue sticks
• Pink dot painters
• Pink foam shapes, especially circles and triangles
• Googly and sticker eyes
• Pink ribbon/lanyard string tails
• Black markers       

Food! Yum! Themed Storytime

November 29, 2012

Opening song: Good Morning/Buenos Días (See My Storytime Set for song lyrics)

Opening fingerplay: One Little Finger
Literacy: The Red Hen by Ed and Rebecca Emberley followed by a feltboard Red Hen story.

She baked a cake and iced it all by herself.

She decorated the cake all by herself.

 


With the feltboard Red Hen story, I had cue cards that had pictures of a cat, rat and frog on the front and what they say on the back. I held these up when it was time for the animals to speak and the audience said their lines along with me. I like to include a language element where ever I can and I saw this as the perfect opportunity. The cat said: "¡Yo no! Dice el gato." The rat said: "Not I!" said the rat." The frog said: "Ribbit, said the frog."

Song/movement break: Open Shut Them
Literacy: Potato Joe by Keith Baker
New song/movement break: One Potato Clap (can also be a bounce, too)

1 Potato, 2 Potato 

(Make your hands into fists and stack them on top of each other while counting.)

3 Potato, 4!

5 Potato, 6 Potato 

(Make your hands into fists and stack them on top of each other while counting.)

7 Potato, More!

8 Potato, 9 Potato 

(Make your hands into fists and stack them on top of each other while counting.)

Count them up to 10… 

(Hold up all 10 fingers)

I will count all the potatoes and I will count them all again! 

(Clap along with the words. I end up clapping 8 times.)

 
Literacy: Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett
Closing fingerplay: Two Little Blackbirds
Closing song/movement: Hokey Pokey

Post storytime activity: I usually choose between an art activity or a physical activity, but this morning we did both.
Parachute play: We sang Ring Around the Rosie and Fishies in the Ocean.

Art activity: Cotton ball clouds with tissue paper streamers. I didn't take a picture of the final product, but its such an easy craft I think you can get it just from my description. This is the cloud template I used. I gave the kids glue sticks and cotton balls to glue onto the clouds, which I printed on white cardstock and passed out as is. Then I gave them some long tissue paper strips to glue on for rainbow rays. Voila!