Soup's On! Storytime

When I planned this storytime I thought we would be in the midst of a cold winter...but it has been a very mild winter, not a huge pull for hot soup.  But the storytime was still very fun!

Books

Fox Tale Soup

by Tony Bonning; illustrated by Sally Hobson

Soup For One

by Ethan Long

Songs/Rhymes/Flannel Board

We started our new Welcome Song today.  It is one I've used at storytimes in the past and I was excited to teach it to this group!

ABC Welcome
(sung to: ABC Song; words by Tammy Henry)

Welcome all to storytime
We will sing and we will rhyme
Read a book and then we'll play
Time for storytime, hip-hip-hooray!
Now we'll sing our ABCs
We'll do them all just wait and see!

A B C D E F G
H I J K L M N O P
Q R S
T U V
W X
Y and Z
Now I've sung my ABCs
Let's start storytime, yes-sir-ee!

Out in the Garden Early in the Morning

Out in the garden early in the morning
See the purple cabbages all in a row.
See the happy farmer coming out to pick them
Pick, pick, pick, pick
And off he goes.

Continue with the other vegetables
Red tomatoes
Green beans
Yellow squash
Orange carrots

The Soup is Boiling Up!
(tune: The Farmer in the Dell)

I printed off several different vegetable clipart pictures...and handed one out to each child.  When we sang about that vegetable they could come up and put it in the pot!

The soup is boiling up

The soup is boiling up

Stir slow around we go

The soup is boiling up.

First we'll add tomatoes

First we'll add tomatoes

Stir slow around we go

The soup is boiling up.

Next we'll add the _______

Continue add each vegetable and singing a verse about it.

End with:

Last we'll add the ________.

Make sure everyone gets a "taste" at the end if they want!

Play and Learn

Alphabet Soup

Vegetable Soup

Magnetic Letters