Tuesday, May 17, 2016

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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