Friday, February 29, 2008

Storytime Week of 2/25 (Storytimes 2/27 & 2/29)


Today's theme was "THINGS TO EAT"


BOOKS READ:

Lunch by Denise Fleming
I Like a Snack on an Iceberg by Iris Hiskey Arno
Tickle Tum by Nancy Van Laan
Mouse Mess by Linnea Riley



FINGERPLAYS


"I Have Ten Little Fingers"

I have ten little fingers,
They all belong to me. (hold hands up)
I can make them do things,
Would you like to see?
I can shut them up tight, (hands in fist)
I can open them wide. (spread hands open)
I can put them together, (clasp hands together)
And I can make them hide. (hands behind back)
I can fly them up high, (hands over head)
I can fly them down low. (hands to knees)
I can fold them together
And hold them, just so. (fold hands in lap)

SONGS:


"Hot Cross Buns"
Hot cross buns
Hot cross buns
One a penny
Two a penny
Hot cross buns.

"Twinkle, Twinkle Little StaR"
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PEASE PORRIDGE HOT
Pease Porridge hot
Pease porridge cold
Pease porridge in the pot
Nine days old.

Some like it hot
Some like it cold
Some like it in the pot.
Nine days old.

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Storytime Week of 2/18 (Storytimes 2/20 & 2/22)


TODAY'S THEME WAS WINTER

Books Read:
One Mitten by Kristine O'Connell George
Whose Footprints? by Molly Coxe
The First Snowfall by Anne & Harlow Rockwell
Winter is for Snowflakes by Michelle Knudsen

FINGERPLAYS:
Mitten Song
"Thumb in the thumb place, Fingers all together, That is the song we sing in winter weather" (show thumb and fingers while repeating the rhyme)

Walk In The Snow (to the tune of 'Mulberry Bush')
"Let's Go Walking in the Snow
(walk)
Walking, walking, on tiptoe
(tiptoe)
Lift your one foot way up high
(hop on one foot)
Then the other to keep it dry
(hop on other foot)
All around the yard we skip
(skip)
Watch your step or you might slip
(pretend to fall)"



Five Little Snowmen

Five little snowmen
On a winter's day -
The first one said,
"Wake up, so we can play."
The second one said,
"Let's stomp on the ground."
The third one said,
"Let's roll all around."
The fourth one said,
"Let's run and run and run."
The fifth one said,
"I'm afraid I feel the sun"
"Oh dear!" cried the snowmen,
As they looked toward the sky.
And the five melting snowmen
Waved a fond good-bye.







Saturday, February 9, 2008

Storytime Week of 2/4 (Storytimes 2/6 & 2/8)

"MY TEDDY BEAR"


Today was a teddy bear storytime!

BOOKS:
  • The Three Bears by Byron Barton

  • Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around

  • Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin

  • Chicka Chicka Boom by Bill Martin

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FINGERPLAYS

  • Teddy Bear Teddy Bear Turn Around
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around,
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the ground,
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, reach up high
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, wink one eye,
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, slap your knees,
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, sit down please.

SONGS
  • "The Bear Went over the Mountain"

    (tune: For He's a Jolly Good Fellow)

    The bear went over the mountain,
    The bear went over the mountain,
    The bear went over the mountain,
    To see what he could see

    To see what he could see,
    To see what he could see

    The other side of the mountain,
    The other side of the mountain,
    The other side of the mountain,
    Was all that he could see

    Was all that he could see,
    Was all that he could see,
    The other side of the mountain,
    Was all that he could see!


  • Touch Your Nose to Your Toes

  • Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
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WEEK OF 1/28 (storytimes on 1/30 & 2/1)


"FAMILIES"
BOOKS READ
Everyday House - Cynthia Rylant
Just Like Daddy - Frank Asch
Hello Lulu- Caroline Uff
Mommies Say Shhh! Patricia Polacco

SONGS SUNG:
"So Big"

"
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star*" (Download/listen to an mp3 of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star created by the Allentown Public Library!)

FINGERPLAYS:
"Skinnamarink"
Skinnamarink-a-dinky-dink.
Skinnamarink-a-doo I love you
Skinnamarink-a-dinky-dink.
Skinnamarink-a-doo I love you
I love you in the morning and in the afternoon
I love you in the evening and underneath the moon
Skinnamarink-a-dinky-dink.
Skinnamarink-a-doo I love you

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