Today I had outreach for Head Start and Early Head Start. My plan was to do snow but I got a call from one of the teachers who said they were doing a unit on roads and could I do a book about roads. I did a reference interview and found out they were learning about how a road is made and what a road is made of. There is only one book about that so I read it first. Then I did snow.
Opening song: The More We get Together - on uke
Book 1 - Road Work by Sutton
Finger Play: Snowflake Snowflake - This is supposed to be an action rhyme but the kids were so stuffed onto the "circle time rug" I did it sitting.
Snowflake, snowflake dance around
Snowflake, snowflake touch the ground
Snowflake landing on my nose
Snowflake landing on my toes
Snowflake, snowflake flutter to the ground.
Book 2 - Snowmen at Work by Buehner
Song - Shake your Sillies Out - they needed to get up at this point.
Song - Happy and you Know it
Book 3 - Snowmen at Night by Buehner
- a little too much like Snowmen at Work but they weren't really paying attention at this point anyway.
Closing Song - May there Always be Sunshine by Gill - on uke
Then for Early Head Start I did some singing and reading books.
Book 1 - If You're Happy and you Know It! by Cabrera
Book 2 - Skip To My Lou by Westcott
Songs:
Wheels on the Bus
I Know a Chicken by Berkner
Alabama Mississippi by Gill
May There Always be Sunshine by Gill - on uke
Fingerplay
Roll, Roll, Sugarbabies by Jbrary
- just not enough adults for this one.
Monday, December 14, 2015
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Toddler Storytime - Food, Glorious Food!
For this week, I took my pizza storytime and my cupcake storytime and smashed them together to make a food storytime.
Opening song - Open shut them
Book #1 - If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Numeroff
I wish I had done our big book for the If You Give a Moose a Muffin because I had a very large group. But it went okay.
Action rhyme:
Fruit Salad (Jbrary)
Flannel rhymes: Hand me down Pizza by Irving
Five Little Cupcakes by Dr. Jean
Book #2 - Soup Day by Iwai
Opening song - Open shut them
Book #1 - If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Numeroff
I wish I had done our big book for the If You Give a Moose a Muffin because I had a very large group. But it went okay.
Action rhyme:
Fruit Salad (Jbrary)
Flannel rhymes: Hand me down Pizza by Irving
Five Little Cupcakes by Dr. Jean
Book #2 - Soup Day by Iwai
This one might have been too long but I liked doing something multicultural.
Action songs: Spaghetti Legs by Gill and If you're happy and you know it (ending with if you want to hear a story sit right down)
Action songs: Spaghetti Legs by Gill and If you're happy and you know it (ending with if you want to hear a story sit right down)
Book #3 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Carle
- I would have liked to do this as a flannel but I have one child who enjoys taking my flannel pieces and destroying them so I just read the book.
Scarf songs -
Popcorn Kernals (Jbrary)
Baking Pizza (Abby the Librarian)
Closing song - What a Miracle - Palmer
- I would have liked to do this as a flannel but I have one child who enjoys taking my flannel pieces and destroying them so I just read the book.
Scarf songs -
Popcorn Kernals (Jbrary)
Baking Pizza (Abby the Librarian)
Got out the Parachute - They loved it but it was a little disorganized. I am going to prepare more if I do it in January. I am not doing toddlers until January 6th, but I have one more outreach before vacation.
My Early Literacy tip was about play. Something like this: The most critical aspect of play as it relates to language development is that children learn to think symbolically. They learn that one thing, like a block, can represent another think like a phone. It is the very kinds of thinking that is used in language. A picture of an apple or the written word apple represents the real apple.
My Early Literacy tip was about play. Something like this: The most critical aspect of play as it relates to language development is that children learn to think symbolically. They learn that one thing, like a block, can represent another think like a phone. It is the very kinds of thinking that is used in language. A picture of an apple or the written word apple represents the real apple.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Penguins in toddlertime
This was a good one!
Opening song: Open Shut them
Book #1 Penguin and Pinecone by Yoon
- I got some ahs from the caregivers
Penguin Puppets - I made paper penguin puppets (laminated) for the kids and we did up, down, in, out, high, low, around etc. Storytime ABCs is where I got this idea.
- very good
Book #2 - Flip and Flop by Apperley
- some of the younger ones started running round. Ignored them and kept on.
Action songs - Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Penguin Pokey and If you're happy and you know it. Last one "If you want to hear a story sit on down"
- brings them back for a last short story
Book #3 - I am Small - by Dodd
- definitely lost most of them but it is short so I finished it. I thought about cutting it short but it is so cute I had to finish it.
Shaker songs - Penguin Shuffle by Grunsky and "I know a Penguin" (thanks L. Berkner) that I sang
Closing song: What a Miracle by Palmer
The kids were a bit antsy today but it went okay. The only annoying thing was the parents first sat in the very back of the room - some of the kids came closer as time went on but even though I said something about how it is more of work for me if they sit back there, they weren't budging.
Opening song: Open Shut them
Book #1 Penguin and Pinecone by Yoon
- I got some ahs from the caregivers
Penguin Puppets - I made paper penguin puppets (laminated) for the kids and we did up, down, in, out, high, low, around etc. Storytime ABCs is where I got this idea.
- very good
Book #2 - Flip and Flop by Apperley
- some of the younger ones started running round. Ignored them and kept on.
Action songs - Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Penguin Pokey and If you're happy and you know it. Last one "If you want to hear a story sit on down"
- brings them back for a last short story
Book #3 - I am Small - by Dodd
- definitely lost most of them but it is short so I finished it. I thought about cutting it short but it is so cute I had to finish it.
Shaker songs - Penguin Shuffle by Grunsky and "I know a Penguin" (thanks L. Berkner) that I sang
Closing song: What a Miracle by Palmer
The kids were a bit antsy today but it went okay. The only annoying thing was the parents first sat in the very back of the room - some of the kids came closer as time went on but even though I said something about how it is more of work for me if they sit back there, they weren't budging.
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