Alligator Storytime

I had alligator name tags and an alligator stamp, so you would have thought Henrietta, my puppet, would have brought an alligator to storytime to show everyone.  Instead she brought a monkey...actually she brought FIVE monkeys!  Which lead into our 5 Little Monkey Swinging in a Tree flannel board song.

Books

Snip Snap! What's That?

by Mara Bergman; illustrated by Nick Maland

Doodle Bites

by Polly Dunbar

Songs/Flannel Board/Movement

Five Little Monkeys

5 little monkeys swinging in a tree
Teasing Mr. Alligator, "You can't catch me!"
Along comes Mr. Alligator...as quiet as can be...
And SNAP that monkey right out of the tree!

Continue counting down until all the monkeys are gone.

Are You Sleeping?
Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping?
Little alligator, little alligator?
Wake up little alligator
Wake up little alligator
Chomp, chomp, chomp!
Chomp, chomp, chomp!

Additional Verses:
Lion--roar!
Cheetah--run!
Elephant--stomp!
Frog--jump!

Play and Learn

We received new toys for our children's area--so we tried them out today in storytime.

Shape Sorting Cube

Latches Board



Magnetic Number Maze


Bubbles

Walk/Balance on masking tape on the floor (including parallel lines with "alligators" in the pit)

Magnetic Alphabet Letters