Storytime - Pizza's Here!

Books

Pizza at Sally's by Monica Wellington
Toddler







 
"Hi, Pizza Man!" by Virginia Walter
Toddler and Preschool

Pete's a Pizza by William Steig
Preschool











Songs

Do You Know the Pizza Man

Oh do you know the Pizza man

The pizza man, the pizza man?

Do you know the pizza man

Who makes it fresh and hot? OR

Who adds the yummy cheese?

Change cheese to another pizza topping. I printed out pictures of the toppings, laminated them, and glued Velcro strips to their backs. The children were invited to shout out the name of the topping when I showed them the pictures.

--PerpetualPreschool

P-I-Z-Z-A

Sung to: B-I-N-G-O

There is a dinner that I like, and it is very yummy.

P-I-Z-Z-A, P-I-Z-Z-A, P-I-Z-Z-A!

And pizza is its name-o!

--PerpetualPreschool 

Craft

I cut out pizza slices and toppings using a pizza-shaped Accucut die. The children glued their toppings onto their pizza. Yummy!

(Not a) Flannel Friday - Halloween Finger Puppets

Thank goodness it's Flannel Friday!

I was casually browsing the Halloween goods at my local World Market when I noticed these finger puppets that were just calling to me. Anyone who's talented would probably be able to make them on their own, too.

I was even more delighted to discover that the purple bat looks just the one in The Scariest Thing in the Castle by Kevin Sherry.

Don't forget to check out the roundup hosted by Tracey at 1234 More Storytimes. As always, you can find past roundups on Anne's blog, so tomorrow. Look for us on Facebook and on Pinterest, too!

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

--PreschoolEducation

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.

--PreschoolEducation

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.

Flannel Friday Roundup

What a great turnout for Flannel Friday! Thanks to everyone for their hard work.

Without further ado, here are this week's Flannel Friday posts! 

Here comes Cate (storytiming) with another great version of Go Away Big Green Monster! AND a bonus spiffy Halloween costume idea!

Seth (The Voices Inside My Headphones) gets out of this world with Five Little Spaceships.

Mary (Miss Mary Liberry) with the spooky story The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything.

Alison (MiSS ALiSON iS BLOGGiNG) gives us two creative ways to do Five Little Apples.

Katie (Story Time Secrets) shares three fall rhymes using popsicle sticks: Brown Squirrel, I'm a Little Apple, and Mr. Pumpkin.

Katie #2 (Recipe for Reading) has flannelized (it's a word; look it up in the librarian dictionary!) Fran's Flower.

Kendra (Delectable Dabbling) turns her five little fingers into Five Little Pumpkins using a modified glove.

Anna (Super Librarian Superhero) was inspired to make her own Five Creepy Monsters.

Sarah (Read It Again!) shows off her beautiful Five Butterflies.

Melissa (Mel's Desk) shares her insight on making patterns for flannel boards, as well as shares one of her own.

Anne (so tomorrow) makes us crave pumpkin pie with Jack-O-Happy.

Meghan (Busy Crafting Mommy) prepares us for Halloween with several spooky Halloween stories, including Five Little Bats Hanging Upside Down, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, Five Little Monsters, and Goodnight Goon.

Angela (valleystorytime) helps us get ready for bed with Knock Knock.

And lastly, my (not too) scary Haunted House.

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Flannel Friday - The Haunted House

Flannel Friday is here once again! Let's get ready for Halloween with a spooky haunted house! I used clip art from Open Clip Art. 

 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.

Continue with:
The cats go Meow

The witches go ha ha ha

The monsters go rawr

The bats go ee ee ee

-- Preschool Education

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