Thursday, October 27, 2011

Storytime - Monsters

Books
Creepy Monsters, Sleepy Monsters by Jane Yolen
Toddler








Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley
Toddler and Preschool









Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Preschool








Special Songs/Rhymes

If You’re a Monster
Sung to: " If You're Happy and You Know It"
If you're a monster and you know it wave your arms
If you're a monster and you know it wave your arms.
If you're a monster and you know then your arms will surely show it.
If you're a monster and you know it wave your arms.
Continue with:
...show your claws
...gnash your teeth
...stomp your feet
...growl out loud

Horns & Fangs
Sung to: "Head and Shoulders"
Horns and fangs, knees and claws,
knees and claws.
Horns and fangs, knees and claws,
knees and claws.
Eyes and ears and tail and paws. 
Horns and fangs, knees and claws,
knees and claws.

Craft
In the past I've had the children make their own "Wild Thing" puppets with paper lunch bags, googly eyes, feathers, pom poms, etc. This year I decided to try something different. I printed out this PDF of the Big Green Monster from Emberley's book. I cut out the pieces beforehand for the toddlers and the preschools cut out their own. They turned out really cute.

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