A is for Apples...and other things we eat!

It was wonderful to be back with my preschoolers today at storytime!  Another year, so we are beginning again at the beginning of the alphabet.  But this time instead of focusing solely on the letter and sound I've changed it to encompass the letter and then build a theme around one specific thing that starts with the letter.

So A is for apples...and other things we eat.

Here are the words to our repeating songs we do every week.

Books

The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall; illustrated by Shari Halpern

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Flannel Board/Fingerplays

Five Hungry Ants

Five hungry ants, marching in a line,

Came upon a picnic where they could dine.

They marched into the salad, they marched into the cake,

They marched into the pepper. Uh oh, that was a mistake!

AHHH-CHOO!

4 hungry ants… etc.


Flip-Flap-Jack

“There was a man made of food. Made of food, made of food!

There was a man made of food. His name was Flip-Flap Jack.

His head was made of a pancake. A pancake, a pancake!

His head was made of a pancake. His name was Flip-Flap Jack.

Additional verses:

His hair was made of whipped cream

His ears were made of oranges.

His eyes were two blueberries.

His mouth was a sausage.

His body was a waffle.

His arms were two bananas.

His legs were strips of bacon.

His feet were made of French toast.

His nose was a strawberry.

"Stand-up" Song

The Ants Go Marching

The ants go marching one by one; Hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one; Hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one,
The little one stopped to suck his thumb
And they all go marching down...to the ground...to get out of the rain
Boom!  Boom!  Boom!

Two by two--The little one stopped to tie his shoe
Three by three--The little one stopped to climb a tree
Four by four--The little one stopped to shut the door
Five by five--The little one shouted, "I'm glad I'm alive!"

Nursery Rhyme

Little Jack Horner sat in the corner
Eating his Christmas pie
He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum
And said, "What a good boy am I!"

This year instead of just reciting the nursery rhyme we are playing with it.  Today we said the rhyme three more times, but this time substituting something else we could eat for the plum.  Wednesday we did banana, apple, and peach.  Thursday's group did banana, apple, and candy.

Enrichment Activities

Imaginative Play

• Bake cookies
• Make a pizza

Writing

• Circle the food you like to eat on the paper and color

• Playdough (fine motor skill development)

Talking

• Matching game with different foods

The children on Thursday had fun rearranging Flip Flap Jack!