Storytime - Sneaky Ninjas

Toddler

Books: Nighttime Ninja by Barbara DaCosta and The Legend of Ninja Cowboy Bear by David Bruins and Hilary Leung on the magnetic board.

For information on my magnetic version of this story, see my post here.

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “If You’re Happy and You Know It”, “Ninja, Ninja”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: Paper Ninjas. Materials: die cut construction paper circles in flesh tones, black construction paper half circles, red construction paper kerchief ties, a full sheet of grey paper, googly eyes, crayons, glue, and tape. The toddlers glued their materials to the grey paper to make the face of a ninja. The idea came from Kara's Party Ideas.

Preschool

Books: Nighttime Ninja by Barbara DaCosta and The Legend of Ninja Cowboy Bear by David Bruins and Hilary Leung on the magnetic board.

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “If You’re Happy and You Know It”, “Ninja, Ninja”, “A Tooty Tah”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: Ninja Door Hangers. Materials: print out of door hanger on white cardstock, glue, tape, crayons, and scissors. The preschoolers colored their hangers, folded them over, and glued them together. Their caregivers cut out the spaces for the door knob. The door hangers are available here.

Songs

Ninja, Ninja

Ninja, ninja – sneak around.
Ninja, ninja – roll on the ground.
Ninja, ninja – climb up high.
Ninja, ninja – touch the sky.
Ninja, ninja – jump down low.
Ninja, ninja – touch your toe.

--Preschool Express

Storytime - Halloween 2012

Toddler

Books: Mouse’s First Halloween by Lauren Thompson and Where is Baby’s Pumpkin? by Karen Katz.

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “If You’re a Monster and You Know It”, “The Monster Pokey”, “I Saw a Ghost”, “The Haunted House” with finger puppets, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: There was no craft today.

Special Activity: The toddlers came dressed in their Halloween costumes today. I taught them the words to “I Saw a Ghost”, then led the class on a costume parade around the library. The toddlers sang the song to the patrons and staff members and wished them a “Happy Halloween!”.

Preschool

Books: Pumpkin Eye by Denise Fleming and Halloween Night by Elizabeth Hatch.

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Hi There, So Glad You Came”, “Open, Shut Them”, “There’s a Spider on the Floor” with spider puppet, “Going to a Haunted House” on the felt board, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, “I Saw a Ghost”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: There was no craft today.

Special Activity: Halloween Parade. See above.

Songs

If You’re a Monster and You Know It
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

--PreschoolEducation

Monster Pokey

Sung to: “The Hokey Pokey”

You put your claws in, you take your claws out

You put your claws in, and you shake them all about

You do the wild rumpus and you turn yourself around.

That’s what it’s all about

Use horns, tail, big feet, and hairy self.

--MCLSKids

I Saw a Ghost

I saw a ghost

He saw me too

I waved at him

But he said, “Boo!”

--PreschoolEducation

The Haunted House
Sung to: "The Wheels On The Bus"
The ghost in the house goes "Boo! Boo! Boo!"
"Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo!"
The ghost in the house goes "Boo! Boo! Boo!"
On Halloween.
The bat goes eeek,
The cat goes meow

The skeletons go creak

--PreschoolEducation

There’s a Spider on the Floor

There's a spider on the floor, on the floor.

There’s a spider on my leg, and he’s really really big… 

There’s a spider on my tummy, and he feels kind of funny…

There’s a spider on my head, oh, my face is really red…

But he jumps off!

There’s a spider on the floor…

--Mel’s Desk

Going to a Haunted House

Sung to: “Old MacDonald.”

Going to a haunted house, E-I-E-I-O
And in that house there is a ________, E-I-E-I-O

1. Ghost – “Boo”
2. Witch – “Cackle”
3. Bat – “Squeak”
4. Monster – “Grrr”
5. Cat – “Meow”
6. Skeleton – “Creak”

--WPL Kids

Flannel Friday - Five Little Robots

Happy Friday, everyone! My post this week was inspired by Cate's song Five Little Robots. I was hunting for robot songs to use in my storytime, and she saved the day! I changed the wording slightly to fit, but I've provided her original lyrics down below.

The clip art came from openclipart. The robots are laminated and each has a magnet glued to the back.

Five Little Robots

Hank has 5 little robots in his shop this week.

This one’s microchips are fried,  

and that one sprung a leak.

 

Hank will give this one a look-see,

He’ll know just what to do,

And when this robot leaves Hank’s shop,

It will be as good as new! 

 

(repeat with 4, 3, 2, and 1)

--Cate at Storytiming

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Wee Read - Winter

Early Literacy Tip of the Week: Respond to your baby's interest. Imitate his responses.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

The Winter Pokey
Sung to: "The Hokey Pokey"

You put your mittens in,
you take your mittens out,
you put your mittens in
and you shake it all about.

You do the winter pokey
and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.

Additional verses:
You put your boots in . . .
You put your hat in . . .
You put your snowsuit in . . .

--PreschoolEducation

Open Shut Them

Book One

That’s Not My Snowman by Fiona Watt

My Mittens

Mittens for the snow time,

          (Fingers flutter down like snow)

When the world is white,

Mittens for my two hands

          (Hold up two hands)

Mittens left and right,

          (Wave left hand, then right hand)

Mittens with a thumb in place,

          (Thumbs up)

Mittens warm and snug,

          (Hug baby)

Mittens make me feel like

A bug inside a rug

          (Hug baby snug)

--Michigan Library Association

Snowflakes, Snowflakes

Snowflakes, snowflakes,

Dance around (wiggle fingers)

Touch the ground (touch floor)

Snowflakes, snowflakes,

In the air (flutter fingers upward)

Snowflakes, snowflakes,

Everywhere (flutter fingers outward)

-- PreschoolEducation.com

Four Little Snowmen

Five little snowmen riding on a sled
One fell off and bumped his head
Frosty called the doctor and the doctor said,
“No more snowmen riding on that sled!”
(Continue in this fashion until you get to zero)

--PreschoolEducation

Three Crows

--Mother Goose on the Loose by Betsy Diamant-Cohen. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2006.

Two Little Snowflakes
Way up high in the winter sky,
Two little snowflakes caught my eye.
Down to the ground they fell without a sound.
And before very long,
It was snowing all around.

--PreschoolEducation

Read Together

Where is Maisy? by Lucy Cousins

The More We Get Together

Storytime - Winter Wonderland

Toddler

Books: No Two Alike by Keith Baker and Snowby Christine Ford.

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “My Mittens”, “Four Little Snowmen Riding on a Sled” on the felt board, “Snowflakes, Snowflakes”, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: Warm Hats. Materials: half of a paper plate, aqua construction paper strip, blue construction paper circle, cotton balls, glue, tape, and crayons. The toddlers colored their plates and glued on the strip and circle. When they were finished, they glued on their cotton balls and pretended it was snow on their hats. The idea came from storytime katie.

Special Activity: During the song “Snowflakes, Snowflakes”, I handed out cotton balls and spread out a white sheet on the ground. When the toddlers sang the word “everywhere”, everyone threw their “snowballs” on to the sheet.

Preschool

Books: Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright.

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Four Little Snowmen Riding on a Sled”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: There was no craft today. We had a special event instead.

Special Activity: Over the winter holiday, I set up a table for the Snowflakes for Sandy Hook event. The Connecticut Parent Teacher Student Association had asked for volunteers to donate paper snowflakes in order to help the students of Sandy Hook recover from the tragic events in December. The snowflakes would be used to turn SHES into a winter wonderland. The CTPTSA received such an outpouring of snowflakes that they had to ask volunteers to stop sending them in. Instead, they said, they wanted those who made snowflakes to create their own winter wonderlands. I hung the donated snowflakes from the ceiling of the meeting room. When the preschoolers arrived, I explained the project to them and said that the students of SHES needed good wishes sent to them. In order to do this, we’d have fun playing in our winter wonderland! We sang winter songs, read snowy books, and even had a snowball fight!

Songs

Four Little Snowmen

Four little snowmen riding on a sled
One fell off and bumped his head
Frosty called the doctor and the doctor said,
“No more snowmen riding on that sled!”
(Continue in this fashion until you get to zero)

--PreschoolEducation

Snowflakes, Snowflakes

Snowflakes, snowflakes,

Dance around (wiggle fingers)

Touch the ground (touch floor)

Snowflakes, snowflakes,

In the air (flutter fingers upward)

Snowflakes, snowflakes,

Everywhere (flutter fingers outward)

-- PreschoolEducation.com