Friday, June 2, 2017

Turtle Storytime

We celebrated World Turtle Day on May 23!  And continued to celebrate on three other days as I took this storytime to two Outreach Storytimes, and an All Ages Storytime!



Books

Take Your Time: A Tale of Harriet, the Galapagos Tortoise
by Eva Furrow and Donna Jo Napoli; illustrated by Laurel Molk
*only for Preschool Storytime

Hare and Tortoise
by Alison Murray

The Birthday Pet
by Ellen Javernick; illustrated by Kevin O'Malley
 *For outreach and all ages storytimes

Songs/Rhymes/Magnet Board

ABC Welcome Song

T-U-R-T-L-E
(tune: “Camptown Races”)

T-U-R-T-L-E
Turtle, Turtle
T-U-R-T-L-E
Turtle’s what that spells
Turtles lie in the sun
Turtles swim for fun
T-U-R-T-L-E

Turtle’s what that spells!

Tiny Tim
(tune: Grand Old Duke of York)

I had a little turtle
His name was Tiny Tim
I put him in the bathtub
To see if he could swim
He drank up all the water
He gobbled up the soap
And when he tried to talk
He had a bubble in his throat.

Chorus:
Oh, bubble, bubble, bubble
Bubble, bubble, POP! (clap)
Bubble, bubble, bubble
Bubble, bubble, Pop! (clap)


Repeat chorus several times each time increasing the speed!

Play and Learn

Children glued a variety of green/brown paper onto the turtle to make the shell.