Thursday, April 10, 2014

S is for Spring!

Outreach Storytime for March 25 and April 7

Books

Spring is Here!  by Will Hillenbrand

Catty Jane Who Hated the Rain  by Valeri Gorbachev

Spring Things  by Bob Raczka; illustrated by Judy Stead


The Very Hungry Caterpillar  by Eric Carle

The children at Kindercare had been asking for the hungry caterpillar so I read that book to them instead of "Spring Things"

Songs/Flannel Board

Hello Springtime!
(Flannel board--sung to "Good Night Ladies")

Hello springtime!
Hello springtime!
Hello springtime!
I hope you're here to stay!

Then we sing hello to lots of springtime things...and we add those to the flannel board.

Blue sky
Green grass
Sunshine
Raindrops
Rainbow
Flowers
Bluebird
Bunny
Butterfly

My Garden  (by Jean Warren)
(Tune: "Skip To My Lou")
 
We first pantomimed getting ready to plant a garden...digging up the earth, deciding on what we want to plant, putting our seeds in the ground and covering them up, etc.

Sun in the sky; shine, shine, shine.
Sun in the sky; shine, shine, shine.
Sun in the sky; shine, shine, shine.
Help me with my garden.

Additional verses:
Rain from the clouds, drip, drip, drip.

Seeds in the dirt, grow, grow, grow.

Rain, Rain 
(Tune: “Row Row Row Your Boat”)

Rain, rain falling down (flutter fingers down)
Falling on the ground
Pitter, patter, pitter, patter

What a lovely sound!
Repeat

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