B is for...

B is such a fun letter to do in storytime because there are so many fun words that start with the letter B!!  Bubbles, balloons, butterflies, beanbags, blocks, bugs, bumblebees, bears, balls, books, bananas, bird, boats...  With all these great B words it can be challenging to narrow down a storytime focusing on the letter B.

Books

The Biggest Bed in the World  by Lindsay Camp

This is a great story with lots of "B" words for the children to say--even all the children's names start with a B!

I Love Bugs!  by Emma Dodd

This book has large, clear, and simple text.  It is a great book to read with your child and talk about what bugs they like and where they have seen bugs.  This books also lends itself nicely for a bug hunt and allow children to get a close-up look at bugs!

Fingerplays/Songs/Rhymes

Five Little Butterflies   (from preschoolexpress.com)

Five little butterflies on flowers galore,
One flew off, then there were four.

(repeat after each "verse")

*Butterfly, Butterfly, happy all day,

Butterfly, Butterfly, fly fly away.

Four little butterflies among the sweet peas.
One flew off, then there were three. *

Three little butterflies with nothing to do,
One flew off, then there were two. *

Two little butterflies resting in the sun,
One flew off, then there was one. *

One little butterfly, now the only one,
She flew off, then there were none. *

Beanbag Song  (Totline Magazine, July/August 1999, p. 24)

(Sung to:  If you're happy and you know it)

Put your beanbag on your hair, on your hair

Put your beanbag on your hair, on your hair

Put your beanbag on your hair and leave it right up there

Put your beanbag on your hair, on your hair.

Put your beanbag on the ground, on the ground

Put your beanbag on the ground, on the ground

Put your beanbag on the ground, now step and step around

Put your beanbag on the ground, on the ground.

Put your beanbag on your toe, on your toe

Put your beanbag on your toe, on your toe

Put your beanbag on your toe, lift it high and and lift it low

Put your beanbag on your toe, on your toe.

Put your beanbag in your hand, in your hand.

Put your beanbag in your hand, in your hand.

Put your beanbag in your hand, toss it up and watch it land. 

Put your beanbag in your hand, in your hand.

Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue come blow your horn.
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Where is the boy who looks after the sheep?
He's under a haystack, fast asleep.

Enrichment Activities

• Butterly (made from a gallon size plastic bag and a variety of colorful items)  From http://www.rainbowstarbooks.com/butterflyunit
• Bug counters
• Large wooden beads and string
• Trace the ball bounces (from http://www.kidslearningstation.com/tracing-lines/trace-curved-lines.asp )