Preschool Storytime - Lazy Days of Summer

I filled in for a colleague who is on vacation.

My theme was beach or summer which I will use again so here are my thoughts.

Do Olivina Swims first...it is too long to do 2nd or 3rd.

Swimming Pool song was a hit!

The Waves on the Beach was good but needs more verses.

Flannel story was not great...skip next time.

Here is my plan:
Welcome song: Open shut them

Book #1 – Mouse’s First  Summer

Red Grammer's Down by the Sea

Book #2 – Playground Day

Flannel Story: 5 little ocean friends

Action song: The waves on the beach

Book #3: Olivina Swims

Action song: Swimming in a swimming pool

Action song: Shake your sillies out

Action Song: Alabama Mississippi

Craft - shells on the beach

16th baby storytime - favorites

As much as I like babies it will be nice to go back to doing toddlers.

Here is what I did today:

Opening song: The More we get together

Bounce: Roll, Roll, Sugar Babies

Action Song: Alabama Mississippi

Puppets – Old MacDonald had a farm

Fingerplay – 5 little Monkeys

Flannel – If you’re going to the pool wear your suit (from storytime katie)

Choral Reading book – Brown bear brown bear

Action song – The Wheels on the Bus

Finger play – Itsy Bitsy Spider

Goodbye song – May there always be sunshine

Shaker Song – Shake something by Raffi

Bubbles – Me and the Morning by Red Grammer

It's been fun doing babies and I feel like I can do babies when my colleagues are out with little warning.

Baby Storytime #15 - Food, Glorious Food!

Today I had a big group and it was fun.
I featured rhymes for my early literacy tips and handed out a sheet with rhymes on it.

Themey things I did:
Pat a Cake
The Very Hungry Caterpiller flannel story
5 little hotdogs - flannel rhyme
Song: I am Hungry! call and response from Jbrary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhRmtD7eomc&list=PLcw3Y8sV0xptYrNn_a8KSyohvEnw-f5Wg&index=3
Book: One Little Spoonful by Aliki
Bubble and Shaker Songs: Snacktime by Bare Naked Ladies - Raisins, Snacktime, Popcorn, Veggietown

I forgot to bring out the balls but there is always next week.

I like this

Flannel Friday 6/12/2015

Five Little Hotdogs - from make learning fun


5 little hotdogs frying in the pan
The pan got hot and one went BAM!
4 little hotdogs frying in the pan
The pan got hot and one went BAM!
3 little hotdogs frying in the pan
The pan got hot and one went BAM!
2 little hotdogs frying in the pan
The pan got hot and one went BAM!
One little hotdogs frying in the panThe pan got hot and it went BAM!
No little hotdogs frying in the pan
The pan got hot and the pan went BAM!

(I used clipart and laminated them.)














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Baby storytime #14 - Sunny Day at the beach!

Today I had to do my baby storytime in the children's area rather than in the meeting room due to a conflict. It was pretty good. Since the area was smaller it had a better community feel. Because it was "on the floor" I didn't use flannel board, choral reading books, or the balls and stuffed animals. I did more finger plays and bounces but it was still pretty short. My theme was Summer.

Bounce: Roll Roll Sugar Babies
Bounce: Bouncing up and down in my little red row boat
Finger play - 5 little seashells
Book - What the Sun Sees by Tafuri
Finger Play - Itsy bitsy spider
Action Song - Mr Sun
Good bye Song - May there always be sunshine
Shakers - Shaky Shaky by the Wiggles
Bubbles - Bathtime by Raffi

Baby Storytime #13 - Bugs!

I repeated my 2nd baby storytime (http://storytimewhoopdeedo.blogspot.com/2015/03/baby-storytime-bugs-bugs-bugs.html).
I added a couple of flannel stories like this one:

(to Mary had a little lamb)
Ladybug has one spot
one spot, one spot, one spot
Ladybug has one spot
Pretty Ladybug!
2,3,4,5

It was a pretty good one. I was a bit tired due to lack of sleep (thunderstorms) but it was okay.