Story Time 9/27/11 Silly Stories

Never Take a Shark to the Dentist (and other things not to do) by Judi Barrett
Open Them Shut Them Fingerplay
5 Little Sloths Feltboard
Darkness Slipped In by Ella Burfoot
Head Shoulders Knees and Toes Standing-up
Stop Kissing Me! by Ethan Long
Tommy Thumbs Fingerplay
New Socks by Bob Shea
Zoom Zoom Zoom Standing Up
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late by Mo Willems
Yoga

Leaves

The leaves are dropping from the trees, (flutter fingers up and down)
Yellow, brown, and red (flutter fingers up and down)
They patter softly like the rain (tap fingers on lap)
One landed on my head (tap head)

-Marmalade Days: Fall by Carol Taylor Bond, 1987, p. 209

STORYTIME: An Egg

Hunwick's Egg by Mem Fox- Has a pretty good story at it's core. The illustrations are perhaps best viewed closer up but this is a nice story to read aloud. Excellent use of the page with the illustrations and the text commingling.

First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger - A wonderful book about the contrast between the animal or plant before/after it hatches/blooms. Has cutouts in the book which add interest.

Guess What I'll Be by Anni Axworthy

The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett

Eggs All Around Feltboard

Oh, the grand old Duke of York

Oh, the grand old Duke of York,
He had ten thousand men,
He marched them up to the top of the hill (raise the chute)
And he marched them down again (lower)
And when they're up, they're up (raise)
And when they're down, they're down (lower),
And when they're only half-way up, (raise half-way)
They're neither up nor down (raise, lower).

Keep it up!

Place a few balls on the parachute and have the kids move the parachute up and down trying to keep the balls from falling off the parachute.

When the Parachute Goes Up

When the parachute goes up, stomp your feet

When the parachute goes up, stomp your feet

When the parachute goes high, and lifts up toward the sky

When the parachute goes up, stomp your feet

(Repeat with: bend your knees, shake your head, shout hooray!)

Popcorn Chants

One little kernel, sleeping in the pot

Turn on the heat, and watch it pop!

(Add more "Popcorn" to bounce on parachute: Two little kernels sleeping in the pot…)

You put the oil in the pot and you let it get hot

You put the popcorn in and you start to grin.

Sizzle, sizzle

Sizzle, sizzle

Sizzle, sizzle

Sizzle, sizzle

Sizzle, sizzle

Sizzle, sizzle

POP!

(Children begin in a crouched position, knees bent, then s-l-o-w-l-y rise until the final POP! when we jump up in the air!)

Five little popcorns sitting in a pan

One got hot and it went…. BAM!

(Catch bouncing popcorn, one by one, and remove from parachute)

FELTBOARD: 10 Teddy Bears in aBed

“Ten Teddy Bears Sleeping in the Bed”

Ten little teddy bears sleeping in the bed,

Five at the foot and five at the head.

One little teddy said, “This bed is TOO full!”

So he grabbed the blanket and started to pull.

He pulled and he pulled and he pulled some more,

Until two little teddies went BOOM to the floor!

(Make pulling motions with PULL and clap with the BOOM)

(Count down until…)

One little teddy bear sleeping in the bed,

Zero at the foot and one at the head.

This little teddy said, “This is not right!

I don’t want to sleep alone tonight!”

So…

One little teddy bear sleeping in the bed,

Zero at the foot and one at the head.

This teddy said, “This bed is NOT full!”

So he put out his paw and started to pull.

He pulled and he pulled and he pulled some more,

Until four little teddies climbed up from the floor!

(Count up until…)

Ten little teddy bears sleeping in the bed,

Five at the foot and five at the head.

One little teddy said, “This is JUST right!”

So ten little teddy bears said, “Good Night!”

From the blog Storytime Katie

Credit: SurLaLune Storytime

FELTBOARD: 3 Little Kittens

Three little kittens,

They lost their mittens,

And they began to cry,

Oh, mother dear,

We sadly fear

Our mittens we have lost.

What! Lost your mittens,

You naughty kittens!

Then you shall have no pie.

Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow.

You shall have no pie.

The three little kittens,

They found their mittens,

And they began to cry,

Oh, mother dear,

See here, see here,

Our mittens we have found.

What! Found your mittens,

You darling kittens!

Then you shall have some pie.

Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow.

You shall have some pie.

FELTBOARD: 5 Little Sloths

Five little sloths snoozing in the trees.
One lost his grip and bumped his knees
Mama said, “a tree’s no place to catch your zzzzz’s
Let’s find a cozy bed for my sloth babies.”

Repeat with four, three, two, and one.

All the little sloths have climbed down down from the trees
Each one has a cozy bed for catching zzz’s
Mama said sleep well if you please
I’ll see you in the morning my sweet babies

-original poem by Story Timing. So darn cute! I love that this is about sloths, something I am sure our story time kids are not familiar with (well most of them.) Thanks for sharing this great idea.

FELTBOARD: Eggs All Around

This is a cute Springtime feltboard story which gets the kids involved. You cover each animal with an egg and read just the first 2 lines of each verse and pull away the egg just a tiny bit to reveal a small portion of the animal. Once they have guessed the animal read the last line of the verse. Have the kids chant the chorus with you each time you say it.

Eggs in the treetops

Eggs on the ground

Eggs in the water

Eggs all around

Eggs, eggs, lots of eggs

Who's inside the little one begs

This one hatches, and

I see a smile

It's a toothy crocodile

Eggs, eggs, lots of eggs

Who's inside the little one begs

Heres an egg

Way in the back,

Out comes a baby duck,

Quack, quack, quack

Eggs, eggs, lots of eggs

Who's inside the little one begs

Inside this egg

Who does dwell?

A tiny turtle in it's shell

Eggs, eggs, lots of eggs

Who's inside the little one begs

Eggs in the water

Make a wish

When they pop open, there'll be a fish

Of all the eggs,

I like the best

The robin's eggs in her nest

* If you have a portion of a blue robins egg bring it in to share with the kids. Ask them if they have ever seen blue eggshells on the ground at their house or in the park.

FELTBOARD: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

This is a fun, well know story. I have a story apron version of this too, plus I also do a version where I am just using my body and storytelling. I have the kids help act out the story along with me. As the story goes on you repeat the same bits and the repetition makes it easy for most kids to learn on the spot.

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

I don't know why she swallowed a fly

Perhaps she''l die

There was an old lady who swallowed a spider

That wiggled and jiggles and tickled inside her

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly

I don't know why she swallowed a fly

Perhaps she''l die

There was an old lady who swallowed a bird

How absurd she swallowed a bird

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider she swallowed the spider to catch the fly

I don't know why she swallowed a fly

Perhaps she''l die

There was a an old lady who swallowed a cat

Imagine that she swallowed a cat

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird, She swallowed the bird to catch the spider she swallowed the spider to catch the fly

I don't know why she swallowed a fly

Perhaps she''l die

There was an old lady who swallowed a dog

She went whole hog to swallow the dog

She swallowed the dog to catch the cat, She swallowed the cat to catch the bird, She swallowed the bird to catch the spider she swallowed the spider to catch the fly

I don't know why she swallowed a fly

Perhaps she''l die

I know an old lady who swallowed a cow

I don't know how she swallowed a cow

She swallowed the cow to catch the dog, She swallowed the dog to catch the cat, She swallowed the cat to catch the bird, She swallowed the bird to catch the spider she swallowed the spider to catch the fly

I don't know why she swallowed a fly

Perhaps she''l die

I know an old lady who swallowed a horse

She dies of course!

Feltboard: Where Has My Little Dog Gone

Oh where, oh where has my little dog gone
Oh where, oh where can he be
With his ears cut short and his tail cut long
Oh where, oh where can he be?

For the feltboard clip art I used click here

-Content from Sarah at Read Rabbit Read

Storytime 9/20/2011 Dogs

Please, Puppy, Please by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
Ten Little Doggies Fingerplay

Yip! Snap! Yap! by Charles Fuge

Where has my Little Dog Gone Feltboard

Stretch by Doreen Cronin
I Stretch up High Standing-up Song
Dogs by Emily Gravett
Open Them Shut Them Fingerplay

The Cat Barked? by Lydia Monks
Storytime Yoga

I Stretch Up High

I Stretch My Hands

I stretch my hands way up high
Until they nearly reach the sky.

Then I stretch them way down low
To see how very far they’ll go.

I bend my knees, cross my feet
Lower my bum, and take a seat.

Storytiming