Things That Start with "N," November 18th and 19th, 2009

Prior to storytime, we put a giant “N” on the front wall of the story room. Before reading each story, we introduced our next “N” word and taped it to the wall.

Begin by singing Raffi’s Shake My Sillies Out

Book: (NOSE) The Nose Book by Al Perkins.

Poem: (NOBODY) Nobody from Shel Silverstein’s book, A Light in the Attic. We told this poem with puppets.

Book: (NAMES & NUMBERS) Fifteen Animals by Sandra Boynton. We use some great pictures on a magnetic chalkboard, in place of the actual book.

Song/Book: (NOISE) The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort; illustrated by G. Brian Karas. We used magnetic pictures for this one as well.

Book (NEW): New Socks by Bob Shea.

Activity (NINJA): We had the kids participate in “Ninja School.” While playing the song Kung Fu Fighting, from the cd Kung Fu Panda, we taught the children how to bow, breathe, be nimble (jump), kick, chop, balance, eat noodles, sneak (quietly tip toe), and bow again. This was great fun.

Book (NO): No, David! by David Shannon.

Activity (NOVEMBER): We let the children play with autumn leaves on the parachute while we listened to Take a Little Nap (The Disco Song), from the cd Ralph’s World. This was a fun way to end our program and an all around fun storytime!