Picnic Storytime

What better way to celebrate summer than with a picnic...unless it happens to be raining!  But we had a fun picnic storytime inside!!

Books

Ready for Anything by Keiko Kasza

Picnic by Emily Arnold McCully

Songs/Rhymes/Fingerplays

Four Hungry Ants
4 hungry ants, marching in a line
They come upon a picnic, where they could dine
They marched into the salad
They marched into the cake
They marched into the pepper
Oh-uh!  That was a mistake!
AAAAAAACCCCCCCHHHHHOOOOOO!

Jump Up, Turn Around (Jim Gill)

Jack Be Nimble
Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick,
Jack jump over the candlestick!

We're Going on a Picnic (chant)
Going on picnic
Gotta pack a lunch
What should we bring to munch, munch, munch?

Let's bring.... (x3) to munch, munch, munch!

Play and Learn

Giant Sandwich (Melissa & Doug)

Pretend picnic with play dishes and food

Pack a picnic "worksheet"

Strawberries in a Basket Counting