May Outreach Storytimes (Daycares)

The theme for the month of May was Spring.  It was almost getting too late in the year for it, however, I had enough spring "things" sprinkled in that it didn't focus exclusively on the seasons changing.

Toddlers
3 of the following books, depending on age and interest

Kitten's Spring

by Eugenie Fernandes

Baby Loves Spring

by Karen Katz

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle

In the Garden

by Elizabeth Spurr; illustrated by Manelle Oliphant

Peek-a-Bloom

by Marie Torres Cimarusti; illustrated by Stephanie Petersen

Lola Plants a Garden

by Anna McQuinn; illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw

Itsy, Bitsy Spider

Plip-Plip-Plop
(tune: chorus of Jingle Bells)

Plip, plip, plop
Plip, plip, plop
Rainy, rainy days
Springtime showers water flowers
So they'll bloom in May
Plip, plip, plop
Plip, plip, plop
Rainy, rainy days
Springtime showers water flowers
So they'll bloom in May!

(I have the kids shake jingle bells during the song.  Then we use the bells to make our own "storm", soft and slow, to loud and fast, then back to soft and slow.)

There's Something in My Garden

A magnet board hide and seek

There’s something in my garden,

Now what can it be?

There’s something in my garden

That I can't really see.

Hear its funny sound….

Ribbit-Ribbit-Ribbit

A frog is what I found!

Ribbit-Ribbit-Ribbit

Mouse (squeak-squeak-squeak)

Bird (tweet-tweet-tweet)

Bumblebee (buzz-buzz-buzz)

Rabbit (thump-thump-thump)

Preschool
3 of the following books (There is a wide range of how daycares define "preschool"!)

Spring Is Here!

by Will Hillenbrand

I Love Bugs

by Emma Dodd

Sleepyhead Bear

by Lisa Westberg Peters; illustrated by Ian Schoenherr

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle

We're Rabbits

by Lisa Westberg Peters; illustrated by Jeff Mack

Hello Springtime
(Magnet Board)
(tune: Good Night Ladies)

Hello springtime
Hello springtime
Hello springtime
We're glad you're here today!

Hello blue sky
Hello blue sky
Hello blue sky
We're glad you're here today!

Continue with additional springtime things you see outside:
Bunny
Raindrops
Sunshine
Rainbow
Flowers
Bluebird

There's a Ladybug in the Air
(each child got to hold/make fly a felt ladybug I had made)

There’s a ladybug in the air, in the air

There’s a ladybug in the air, in the air

There’s a ladybug in the air, she flies without a care

There’s a ladybug in the air, in the air.

There’s a ladybug in my hair, in my hair…

Try to catch her if you dare

There’s a ladybug on my toes, on my toes

She stopped there for a doze.

There’s a ladybug on my thumb, on my thumb

Chewing bubblegum

Chin

It makes me stop and grin

Chest

Time to take a rest!

Repeat 1st verse

Pre-K
2-3 of the following books

I Love Bugs

by Emma Dodd

One Duck Stuck

by Phyllis Root; illustrated by Jane Chapman

In the Rain with Baby Duck

by Amy Hest; illustrated by Jill Barton

My wonderful mentor, Mrs. B, taught me that you can sing Baby Duck's little songs to the tune of "Yankee Doodle"

The Very Lazy Ladybug

by Isobel Finn and Jack Tickle

999 Frogs Wake Up 

by Ken Kimura and Yasunari Murakami

Hello Springtime
(see above)

There's a Ladybug in the Air
(see above)

Ants' Picnic
magnet board

Four hungry ants marching in a line
They came upon a picnic where they could dine.
One marched into the salad, then he marched into the cake
He marched into the pepper, but that was a mistake
Aaah..Aaah...Choo!

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