Storytime - Counting and Money

Toddler

Theme: Counting

Books

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin and One Gorilla: A Counting Book by Anthony Browne

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “If You’re Happy and You Know It”, “One Elephant Went Out to Play” on the felt board, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Craft: Sticky Shapes. Materials: construction paper, contact paper, and foam shapes. The caregivers peeled the covering off of the contact paper and the toddlers stuck their foam pieces to the sticky sheet. As they worked, they counted their shapes.

Preschool

Theme: Money

Books

You Can’t Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime: Problem-Solving in Dollars and Cents by Harriet Ziefert and Max’s Bunny Business by Rosemary Wells.

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “If You’re Happy and You Know It”, “Three Little Dollars” on the felt board, and “The More We Get Together”.

Special Activity: I placed pictures of money on the felt board and asked the preschoolers what the names were. I then asked the children how people get money and what they buy with it. I explained the difference between spending money and saving it in a piggy bank.

Craft: Piggy Banks. Materials: small paper bag, glue, tape, construction paper crayons, and scissors. The preschoolers thought about what they’d like to buy with the money they’ll save in their piggy banks (paper bags). They drew the item on the paper bag and told me about their plans.

Songs

One Elephant Went Out to Play

One Elephant went out to play

Upon a spider’s web one day

He had such enormous fun

He called another elephant to come.

(HEY, ELEPHANT!)

Two elephants went out to play

Upon a spider’s web one day

They had such enormous fun,

They called another elephant to come…

etc.

--Miss Mary Liberry

Three Little Dollars

Three little dollars in a wallet new,

I bought a box of crayons,

And then there were two.

Two little dollars, and before the day was done,

I bought some cookies,

And then there was one.

One little dollar, I heard it plainly say,

“I’m going into the piggy bank for a rainy day!”

--Can Teach (was originally "Three Little Nickels")

Wee Read - Bunnies!

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Keep a weekly journal of the ways your baby communicates. This is a great way to see the progress your baby has made, even before he says his first word!

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Funny Bunny Hop

Funny, little bunny goes hop, hop, hop!
Funny little bunny, please stop,stop,stop!
Wiggle your ears and crinkle your nose.
Then wiggle, wiggle, wiggle right down to your toes.

--PreschoolEducation

Open Shut Them

Book One

Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes

Here’s a Little Bunny

--Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

Baby Bunny

Bunny Baby bunny bounces high (jump high)
Baby bunny bounces low; (jump low)
Baby bunny blinks his eyes; (blink eyes)
Baby bunny waves good-bye. (wave good-bye)

--Perpetual Preschool

Tired Bunnies

--I’m a Little Teapot!: Presenting Preschool Storytime by Jane Cobb. Point Roberts, WA: Black Sheep Press, 1996.

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Hop! by Phyllis Root

All the Baby Bunnies

All the baby bunnies love

Bouncing, bouncing.

All the baby bunnies just

love to bounce.

All the baby bunnies love

Bouncing, bouncing.

Bounce to the left,

Bounce to the right,

Bounce all day and

all through the night.

--Miss Mollie (inspired by Katie at Sharing Soda)

Did you Ever see a Bunny?

Sung to: "Did You Ever See a Lassie?"

Did you ever see a bunny, a bunny, a bunny,
Did you ever see a bunny, that hops -- so slow?
He hops this way and that way,

And this way, and that way.

Did you ever see a bunny, that hops so slow?

--PreschoolEducation

Read Together

Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt

The More We Get Together

Storytime - A Bob Shea Day

Toddler

Books

New Socks and Oh, Daddy! by Bob Shea 

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “If You Have a Red Sock” game, “Five Little Fishies” on the felt board, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Special Activity: I handed each toddler a cut out of a pair of socks, each a different color. Then I sang “If You Have a Red Sock”, substituting different colors for red. If the toddlers had the color I mentioned, they brought it to the front of the room and placed it in the basket.

Craft: Build a Hippo. Materials: hippo printout on purple paper, crayons, glue, and tape. The toddlers glued and taped their parts to make their own hippos. The template came from Crafts for Children.

Preschool

Books

New Socks, I’m a Shark, and Dinosaurvs. the Potty  by Bob Shea 

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “If You Have a Red Sock”, “Five Little Fishies” on the felt board, and “The More We Get Together”. 

Special Activity: The preschoolers also played "If You have a Red Sock".

Craft: Dinosaur vs. ________. Materials: Dinosaur vs. ______ printable, glue, tape, crayons, and scissors. The preschoolers imagined what they’d like to see Dinosaur go up against. Ideas included Dinosaur vs. a Ballerina, Dinosaur vs. Mommy, and Dinosaur vs. Spring. The template came from The Voices Inside My Headphones. Thanks, Sethers!

Songs

Five Little Fish
Sung to: "5 Little Monkeys Swinging From a Tree
5 little fish swimming in the sea
Teasin' Mr. Shark
You can't catch me!
When along comes Mr. Shark as quiet as can be

AAAAANNNNDDD snap!

4 little  Etc...

--PreschoolEducation

If You Have a Red Sock

Sung to: Mary Wore a Red Dress

If you have a red sock,

A red sock, a red sock.

If you have a red sock,

Bring it to me now.

--Miss Mollie

Wee Read - Moving Right Along

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Ask your baby questions about what's happening on the page, such as, "Where is the duck?" Pause, point and answer for baby, "Oh, look, there's the duck!"

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Clap, Clap, Clap Your Hands

--from Babies in the Library by Jane Marino. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Open Shut Them

Book One

Maisy Drives the Bus by Lucy Cousins

The Wheels on the Bus

The wheels on the bus go round and round,

Round and round, round and round.

The wheels on the bus go round and round,

All through the town.

Continue with:

Doors go open and shut

Horn goes beep, beep, beep

Wipers go swish, swish, swish

--Traditional

The Little Train

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

Going for a Ride in My Train

Sung to: Ten Little Indians

Going for a ride in my little ______ train

Going for a ride in my little ______ train

Going for a ride in my little ______ train
Chugga, chugga, chugga, chugga

Choo, choo!

Insert color of train

--Recipe for Reading

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Beep Beep by Petr Horacek

Did You Ever See an Airplane?  
Sung to: "Did You Ever See a Lassie?"
Did you ever see an airplane,
An airplane, and airplane?
Did you ever see an airplane
Way up in the sky?
There are big ones and small ones
And short ones and tall ones.
Did you ever see an airplane
Way up in the sky?

--PreschoolEducation

We’re Going Down a Smooth Road

Sung to: “Short’nin’ Bread”

We’re going down a smooth road, a smooth road, a smooth road.

We’re going down a smooth road, a smooth road now.

We’re going down a bumpy road, a bumpy road, a bumpy road.

We’re going down a bumpy road, a bumpy road now.

We’re going down a rough road, a rough road, a rough road.

We’re going down a rough road, UH OH! POTHOLE!

--ALSC

Read Together

Where are Maisy's Friends? by Lucy Cousins

The More We Get Together

Storytime - The Bunny Hop

Toddler

Books: 

Oh So Tiny Bunny by David Kirk 

Dinnertime! by Sue Williams

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Funny Bunny Hop”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Here’s a Little Bunny” with bunny finger puppet, “Did You Ever See a Bunny?”, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, “Come Under My Umbrella” with parachute, “Row Boat, Row Boat” with parachute, “London Bridge” with parachute, and “The More We Get Together”.

Games: Miss Mollie hid animals behind eggs on the felt board. The toddlers helped her find the bunny by guessing the color of egg he was behind.

Craft: There was no craft today. We played with the parachute instead.

Preschool

Books: 

A Boy and His Bunny by Sean Bryan 

Little Bunny Foo Foo: The Real Story by Cori Doerrfeld

Songs / Rhymes: “Welcome to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Hi There, So Glad You Came”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Funny Bunny Hop”, “Did You Ever See a Bunny?”, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, “Come Under My Umbrella” with the parachute, “London Bridge” with the parachute, “Ring Around the Rosie” with the parachute, and “The More We Get Together”. 

Craft: There was no craft today. We played with the parachute instead.

Songs

Funny Bunny Hop

Funny, little bunny goes hop, hop, hop!
Funny little bunny, please stop,stop,stop!
Wiggle your ears and crinkle your nose.
Then wiggle, wiggle, wiggle right down to your toes.

--PreschoolEducation

Here’s a Little Bunny (with bunny finger puppet)

--Lapsit Services for the Very Young II by Linda L. Ernst. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, 2001.

Did you Ever see a Bunny?

Sung to: "Did You Ever See a Lassie?"

Did you ever see a bunny, a bunny, a bunny,
Did you ever see a bunny, that hops -- so slow?
He hops this way and that way,

And this way, and that way.

Did you ever see a bunny, that hops so slow?

--PreschoolEducation

Come Under My Umbrella

Come under my umbrella,

Umbrella, umbrella.

Gently wave the parachute up and down.

Come under my umbrella,

It’s starting to storm.

Move parachute faster.

There’s thunder and lightning

And wind and rain.

Come under my umbrella,

It’s starting to storm.

--MCLS Kids

Row Boat, Row Boat

Row boat, row boat go so slow (wave the chute slowly).

Row boat, row boat go so fast (shake the chute fast).

Row boat, row boat the waves are getting worse (shake fast again).

Row boat, row boat put it in reverse (stop the chute by pulling towards you).

--Kendra at Read, Sing, Play

London Bridge

London Bridge is falling down.

Falling down, falling down.

London Bridge is falling down,

My fair lady.

--Traditional