Egg Storytime

I know it's a little late in the year to do eggs, but I didn't want to do it around Easter to avoid any connection for families who may not celebrate Easter.  Though animals hatching from eggs really has nothing to do with Easter! :)

Books

A Friend for Bo

by Elisabeth Zuniga

Eggs 1 2 3:  Who will the babies be?

by Janet Halfmann; illustrated by Betsy Thompson

Songs/Rhymes

Shaker Egg Song
(tune: If You're Happy and You Know It)
If you're happy and you know it shake your egg
If you're happy and you know it shake your egg
If you're happy and you know it and you really want to show it
If you're happy and you know it shake your egg.

Additional verses:
Shake it high
Shake it low
Shake it fast
Shake it slow
Shake your egg!

My Hands

Humpty Dumpty

Play and Learn

Humpty Dumpty Craft

Mix and Match Eggs

Straws and Connectors

Puzzles

Shaker eggs and other musical instruments

8/10/2016  I repeated this storytime for another group today.  I subbed the following book for "A Friend for Bo"

The Cow that Laid an Egg

by Andy Cutbill; illustrated by Russell Ayto

We also did the parachute at the end of our play and learn.  We used a beach ball for an egg and tried to keep it on the parachute!

Flannel Board to Try

Egg Riddles

I hatch from an egg and carry my home on my back.
When I am frightened I pull in my head, legs, and tail
Who am I?  (a turtle)

I hatch from an egg and I slither and slide.
When I grow bigger I shed my skin.
Who am I? (a snake)

I hatch from an egg and swim as a tadpole.
When I get older I hop on land.
Who am I? (a frog)

I hatch from an egg and I waddle and quack.
I learn to swim in a line behind Mama.
Who am I? (a duck)

i hatch from an egg in a treetop nest.
When it is dark I call, "Whoo, whoo, whoo."
Who am I? (an owl)

I hatch from an egg with snapping jaws.
I live in Florida swamps and catch food in my long mouth.
Who am I? (an alligator)

I hatch from an egg and ca say "peep, peep"
When I am grown I wake you with my "cock-a-doodle-doo"
Who am I? (a rooster)

I hatched from eggs long, long ago
Some of my names are Stegosaurus and TRex.
Who am I? (dinosaurs)