Wee Read - Halloween (2013)

Early Literacy Tip of the Week:

Look for small books to fit small hands,

books with simple rhymes, and lift the flap books when choosing books for your baby.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Little Bat

--Artsy Toddler Storytimes: A Year's Worth of Ready-To-Go Programming by Carol Garnett Hopkins. Chicago: Neal-Schuman, 2013.

Open Shut Them

Book One

I'm the Scariest Thing in the Castle by Kevin Sherry

Halloween is Here

Sung to: "Farmer in the Dell"
Oh, Halloween is here!
Oh, Halloween is here!
With costumes on we'll walk around
We'll knock on doors all over town,
When Halloween is here!

--PreschoolEducation

I Saw a Ghost

I saw a ghost

He saw me too

I waved at him

But he said, “Boo!”

--PreschoolEducation

The Haunted House (with finger puppets)
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 skeleton goes creak,

The witch goes he, he, he.

--PreschoolEducation

I Wiggle My Fingers

Book Two

Pumpkin Eye by Denise Fleming

Trick or Treating

Sung to: "Are You Sleeping?" 
Trick or treating, trick or treating.
BOO BOO BOO
BOO BOO BOO
Trick or treating, trick or treating.
I scare you, I scare you!

--PreschoolEducation

Halloween Hokey Pokey

Sing to: The Hokey Pokey

You put your hand bones in,

you take your hand bones out

You put your hand bones in, and you rattle them about.

You do the hookey-spooky and everybody shouts,

"That's what it's all about.  BOO!"

--based on a song from MCLS Kids

Read Together

Where is Baby's Pumpkin? by Karen Katz

The More We Get Together

Storytime - Halloween (2013)

Toddler

Book: I’m the Scariest Thing in the Castle by Kevin Sherry

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “I Saw a Ghost”, “The Haunted House” with finger puppets, “Open, Shut Them”, “Five Little Bats” on the felt board, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”.

Special Activity: We went on a costume parade through the library. At the circulation desk, we sang "I Saw a Ghost" to the staff and patrons.

Craft: Mummies. Materials: toilet paper, black construction paper with a mummy outline, crayons, glue, and tape. The toddlers ripped pieces of the toilet paper (work those writing muscles!) and glued them to their mummy outlines.

Preschool

Books: Skeleton Hiccups by Margery Cuyler

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

Special Activity: Costume parade.

Craft: Ghosties. Materials: Kleenex, cotton balls, orange yarn, tape, scissors, and glue. The preschoolers placed their cotton balls in the center of their tissues. They gathered up the tissue around the cotton balls and tied the yarn around to make spooky ghosts.

Songs/Rhymes

I Saw a Ghost

I saw a ghost

He saw me too

I waved at him

But he said, “Boo!”

--PreschoolEducation

The Haunted House (with finger puppets)

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 skeleton goes creak,

The pumpkin goes Trick or Treat.

--PreschoolEducation

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

Five Little Bats

Sung to: "Five Little Ducks"

Five little bats went on a flight

by the light of the moon one night

Mama bat said squeak squeak squeak swack!

but only 4 little bats came back.

Repeat for 4,3,2,1

--Naturally Educational

Wee Read - Halloween (2012)

Early Literacy Tip of the Week: Speak slowly and enunciate - this helps train neurons in the brain in identifying specific sounds.

Good Morning

Hello, How are You?

Trick or Treating

Sung to: "Are You Sleeping?"
Trick or treating, trick or treating.
BOO BOO BOO
BOO BOO BOO
Trick or treating, trick or treating.
I scare you, I scare you!

--PreschoolEducation

Open Shut Them

Book One

I’m the Scariest Thing in the Castle by Kevin Sherry
*I told this one with my bat finger puppet. He just so happens to look exactly like the bat in the book!

I Saw a Ghost

I saw a ghost

He saw me too

I waved at him

But he said, “Boo!”

--PreschoolEducation

Pumpkin, Pumpkin!

Sung to: “Ten Little Indians”

Pumpkin, pumpkin, orange pumpkin

Pumpkin, pumpkin, orange pumpkin

Pumpkin, pumpkin, orange pumpkin

Hi Ho!  Halloween is here!
*There are more verses, but we only did the first.

--PreKandKSharing

I'm A Little Pumpkin
Sung to: "I'm A Little Teapot"
I'm a little pumpkin short and stout (squat down with hands on hips)
Here are my eyes and here is my mouth (point to eyes and mouth)
When it's Halloween and you are out, (point to audience)
Just lift my lid and hear me shout. (pretend to lift lid)
BOO! (jump up and shout boo)

--PreschoolEducation

Book Two

Five Little Pumpkins by Iris Van Rynbach

The Haunted House (finger puppets)
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

Halloween is Here

Sung to: "Farmer in the Dell"Oh, Halloween is here!
Oh, Halloween is here!
With costumes on we'll walk around
We'll knock on doors all over town,
When Halloween is here!

--PreschoolEducation

Read Together

Where is Baby’s Pumpkin by Karen Katz

The More We Get Together

Inspired by Flannel Friday - Five Little Bats

Happy Halloween, Flannel Friday-ers! My entry this week was inspired by this post from Let the Wild Rumpus Start. I used a bat from OpenClipArt.org as a template. The details are all made from puffy paint. Thanks for the great idea, Miss Sue!

Five Little Bats

Sung to: "Five Little Ducks"

Five little bats went on a flight

by the light of the moon one night

Mama bat said squeak squeak squeak swack!

but only 4 little bats came back.

Repeat for 4,3,2,1

--Naturally Educational

This week's Flannel Friday round up is hosted by Katie. Flannel Friday can be found on Facebook, Pinterest, and at the FF blog.

Storytime - Lovely Ladybugs

Toddler

Books: The Very Lazy Ladybug by Isobel Finn and Jack Tickle and CanYou Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas

Songs / Rhymes: “Good Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Ladybug” with ladybug puppet, “Pretty Ladybug” on the felt board, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The More We Get Together”. 

Craft: Build a Ladybug. Materials: red construction paper oval, black construction paper head, crayons, glue, and tape. The toddlers glued the head to the body of the ladybug and drew on spots.

Preschool

Books: The Very Lazy Ladybug by Isobel Finn and Jack Tickle and CanYou Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas

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

Craft: Ladybug Headbands Materials: red construction paper strips, small black construction paper strips, black construction paper die cut spots, glue, tape, crayons, and scissors. The preschoolers taped their red strips together, added their spots, and taped on their antennae to make a ladybug hat.

Songs/Rhymes

Ladybug

Sung to: "Three Blind Mice"

Fly, fly, fly

Ladybugs fly

Fly over here

Fly over there

They fly up high and they fly down low.

Around and around and around they go.

They fly fast, and they fly slow.

Oh, ladybugs fly.

--PreschoolEducation.com

Pretty Ladybug

Sung to: "The Muffin Man"
Ladybug has 1 black spot,
1 black spot, 1 black spot;
Ladybug has 1 black spot,
Pretty ladybug!

Continue until there are 6 spots.

--from PreschoolEducation.com