Monday, November 29, 2010

Birds, November 29th, 2010

Begin by Singing Raffi's Shake My Sillies Out

Book: Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal.


Rhyme: I'm A Little Penguin
(Tune: I'm A Little Teapot)
I'm a little penguin in the snow.
I slide on my tummy to and fro.

I eat the fish from the deep blue sea.
I'm black and white, just look at me.


Book: Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming.

Song: Doing the Penguin from the CD Hot, Hot, Hot Dance Songs.

Book: Penguin by Polly Dunbar.

Puppet Show: Based on the book Today I Will Fly by Mo Willems. We replace piggy and elephant with penguin and walrus.

Song: I Know a Chicken from the CD Whaddaya Think of That? We handed out egg shaped shakers to use with this one.

by Isabelle and Patrick.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Calendar, December 29th and 30th, 2010


Begin by singing Raffi's Shake My Sillies Out.

Book: Santa's Eleven Months Off by Mike Reiss.

Poem: Ode to the Months by Patrick and Paul.

Book: Snowmen All Year by Carolyn Buehner.

Song: Chicken Soup with Rice from the CD Really Rosie.

Book: Fall is Not Easy by Marty Kelley.

Song/Chant: Weather Rhythms based on the song of the same name from the H.U.M. All Year Long CD.

Book: Twelve Hats for Lena by Karen Katz.

Final Activity: New Year's Countdown. We handed out instruments to all of the children, then we counted down from ten and shouted "Happy New Year!"

by Patrick and Robyn

Gingerbread Jamboree, December 22th and 23th, 2010


Begin by singing Raffi’s Shake My Sillies Out.

Book: The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins. We have a BIG BOOK version of this story.

Rhyme: Making Cookies Chant by Jean Warren.

First we add the butter and we mash it, mash it.
Then we add the sugar and we blend it, blend it.
Then we add the eggs and we whip it, whip it.
Then we add the flour and we stir it, stir it.
Then we make a ball and we roll it, roll it.
Then we choose a cutter and we cut it, cut it.
Then we set out a cookie sheet and we place it, place it.
Then we bake it in the oven and we smell it, smell it.
Then we set it on a rack and we cool it, cool it.
Then we pop it in our mouth and we eat it, eat it.

Book: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff; illustrated by Felicia Bond. We have some great little props which we used to tell the story, in place of the actual book. As always, this is a real crowd-pleaser.

Song: C is for Cookie from any number of Sesame Street cds. We gave each child a die-cut “C” to hold up while they sang this song. Also, we used a Cookie Monster puppet along with some magnetic pictures and the chalkboard.

Book: The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson; illustrated by Marcellus Hall. We used a cow puppet to help tell this story.

Activity: Hello, My Name Is Joe. We modified the pizza version of this story to make it work for our cookie theme.

Puppet Show: The Gingerbread Man

Final Activity: We had the children follow the Gingerbread Man’s footprints to the Craft Room where they got to decorate their own gingerbread cookies.

by Deanna and Paul

Penguins, December 15th and 16th, 2010

Begin by singing Raffi's Shake My Sillies Out.

Book: Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers.

Poem: All Dressed Up
Penguins dressed up black and white
Really make a fancy sight!
Sometimes I get dressed up too.
I wear my---and look like new!
(cowboy hat, red cape, feather boa, brown wig…).

Book: A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis.

Song: Doing the Penguin from Hot! Hot! Hot! Dance Songs.

Book: If You Were a Penguin by Wendell and Florence Minor.

Rhyme: Penguin Shuffle
Penguins shuffle shuffle shuffle to the left left left.
Penguins shuffle shuffle shuffle to the right right right.
Give a little wiggle.
Give a little hop.
Waddle around the iceberg,
Never want to stop.

Rhyme: I'm a Little Penguin (to the tune of I'm a Little Teapot).
I'm a little penguin in the snow.
I slide on my tummy to and fro.

I eat the fish from the deep blue sea.
I'm black and white, just look at me.


Book: Penguin by Polly Dunbar.

Activity: March of the Penguins. We handed out bean bags to be used as penguin eggs. The children tried to hold the bean bags between their ankles like a penguin as we walked around the room. We also played Walking in the Snow from the CD Banana's in Pajamas.

by Deanna and Patrick

Fish, December 8th and 9th, 2010

Begin by singing Raffi's Shake My Sillies Out.

Book: Swim! Swim! by Lerch (James Proimos)

Fingerplay: Five Little Sea Creatures
We used finger puppets with this one.
Five little sea creatures
On the ocean floor;
The shark swam away
Now there are four.

Four little sea creatures
Living in the sea;
The octopus crept away
Now there are three.

Three little sea creatures
Wondering what to do;
“Good-bye,” said the starfish
Now there are two.

Two little sea creatures
Not having much fun;
Off swam the seahorse
Now there is one.

One little hermit crab
Sad and all alone,

Back came the starfish
Back came the sea horse
Back came the octopus
Back came the shark
Then all five went home

Book: Hooray for Fish! by Lucy Cousins

Song: The Waves in the Sea (to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus).

The waves on the sea go up and down...
All day long.

The shark in the sea goes snap snap snap...
All day long.

The fish in the sea go swish swish swish...
All day long.

The boats in the sea go toot toot toot...
All day long.

Book: Sailor Boy Jig by Margaret Wise Brown.

Rhyme: Five Little Fishies Swimming in the Sea (to the tune of Five Little Monkeys Swinging in a Tree).

Five little fishies swimming in the sea.
Teasing Mr. Shark,
Can't catch me, you can't catch me.
Along comes Mr. Shark quiet as can be
and SNAPPED that fishy right out of the sea.

Four little fishies...

Book: I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry.

Song: Swimming at the Bottom of the Ocean from the CD The Sea, Beach and Summer Stuff.

by Patrick and Robyn

Silly Stories, December 1st, 2nd and 6th 2010


We started off telling the children, we wouldn’t shake our sillies out because we wanted to keep them in for our Silly Storytime.

Song: The Hokey Pokey from Rocking Tots Favorites

Book: Bark George by Jules Feiffer

Song: Silly Pizza Song from Signing Time Songs Vols. 1-3

Book: Duck! Rabbit by Amy Krouse Rosenthal.

Song: Chicken Dance from Dance Baby Dance.

Book:
A Birthday for Cow by Jan Thomas

Jokes:
We used a puppet and told jokes to the kids:
How do you stop a skunk from smelling? Hold his nose!
What kinds of pets make the best music? Trump-pets
What time is it when an elephant sits on a fence? Time to fix the fence.
What is the hardest part about learning to ice skate? The ice.
What kind of insect lives in a graveyard? A Zom-bee!!!!

Book: Do Lions Live on Lilly Pads? By Melanie Walsh

Song:
Shake Your Sillies Out by Raffi. Now that Silly Storytime is over it’s time to really shake those sillies out!!!

Monday, November 1, 2010

Bears, November 17th and 18th, 2010

Book: Bear in Underwear by Todd H. Doodler.

Song: 5 Bears in the Bed

Book:
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen

Magnet Board Story: The First Teddy Bear

Book: Old Bear by Kevin Henkes

Rhymes: A Bear Eats Honey
A bear eats honey. (pretend to eat)
He thinks it’s yummy
In his tummy. (rub tummy)
But the bees don’t think it’s funny. BUZZZZ!

Beehive
Here is the beehive. Where are the bees? (hold up fist)
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Will they come out?
Yes they will!
One, two, three, four, five. Bzzzzzzzzzz!

Book: Orange, Pear, Apple, Bear by Emily Gravett

Song: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear from Songs from the Cozy Cottage. We passed out teddy bears to hug.

Bedtime, November 3rd and 4th, 2010

Begin by singing Raffi's Shake My Sillies Out

Book: Knuffle Bunny Too by Mo Willems

Song: Five in the Bed

Book: Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late by Mo Willems

Activity: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

Teddy bear, teddy bear,
Turn around,
Teddy bear, teddy bear,
Touch the ground.
Teddy bear, teddy bear,
Dance on your toes,
Teddy bear, teddy bear,
Touch your nose.
Teddy bear, teddy bear,
Stand on your head,
Teddy bear, teddy bear,
Go to bed.
Teddy bear, teddy bear,
Say good-night,
Teddy bear, teddy bear,
Turn out the light.
Teddy bear, teddy bear,
Wake up now,
Teddy bear, teddy bear,
Take a bow.

Book: Dinosaur vs. Bedtime by Bob Shea

Poem: Sleeping Sardines by Shel Silverstein from Where the Sidewalk Ends

Activity: Everybody Sleeps. We placed pictures of a bed, a crib, a nest and a basket on a magnetic chalk board. We then held up pictures of a boy, a baby, a bird and a cat and asked the children where each of them slept. We had fun putting each character in the wrong bed and asking is this correct?

Book: Tuck Me In! by Dean Hacohen

Final Activity: Counting Sheep i.e. Our Ernie puppet counted kids with sheep headbands jumping over a small fence.