Thursday, April 26, 2012

Puppets, Puppets, Puppets April 25th and 26th, 2012

Barnyard Banter
Begin by singing Raffi's Shake My Sillies Out.

Book: Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming. This book can be sang to the tune of Skip to My Lou. Each time the book asks, “but where’s goose?” We had a goose puppet briefly pop out and then hide behind the book. At the end goose puppet comes out with a loud “Honk, honk, honk” and grabs the book away.

Fingerplay: Five Little Hot Dogs (with hot dog finger puppets).

Five little hotdogs frying in the pan.
The pan got hot, and one went BAM!
Four little hotdogs… 
Three…       
Two…         
One…     
No little hotdogs frying in the pan.
The pan got hot and it went BAM!

Puppet Show: The Viper adapted from the book of the same name by Lisa Thiesing.

Rhyme: Monkey See, Monkey Do with Monkey Puppets!

When you clap clap clap your hands,
The monkey clap clap claps his hands
Monkey see, Monkey do
The monkey does the same as you!

            Stamp your feet.
            Turn around.
            Jump up high.

Shadow Puppet Show: Based on The Hungry Hen by Richard Waring

Poem: I Ate Too Much by Jack Prelutsky. We dressed a puppet in an oversized t-shirt, which we draped over a balloon connected to a bicycle pump. As the puppet recited the poem we pumped up the balloon. So funny!
The Monster at the End of This Book

Book: The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone with a Grover puppet.

Final Activity: Jokes with puppets. We told a few jokes with puppets at the end of the storytime, easy laughs!

by Patrick and Paul

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