Thanksgiving-ish Toddler and Preschool

Preschool

Bear Says Thanks

by Karma Wilson; illustrated by Jane Chapman

All for Pie, Pie for All

by David Martin; illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev

Toddler

All for Pie, Pie for All

by David Martin; illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev

Thanks for Thanksgiving

by Julie Markes; illustrated by Doris Barrette

Feast for 10

by Cathryn Falwell

Song/Flannel

Thanks A Lot

by Raffi; pattern for flannel from Mel's Desk

Sesame Street Storytimes

Our local PBS station received a grant to celebrate Sesame Street's 50th birthday in some our our rural communities.  I presented three storytimes at three different libraries on three different Saturdays in October.  We had one of three different Sesame Street characters come to our event:  Cookie Monster, Abby, and finishing up with a HUGE storytime--Elmo!
  
Books
(At each storytime I read two books--choosing from the following depending on the age of the children in attendance)

Elmo's Super-Duper Birthday

by Naomi Kleinberg; illustrated by Joe Mathieu

Love from Sesame Street

by Sesame Workshop

Abby

by Andrea Posner-Sanchez

Can You Tell Me How To Get To Sesame Street?

by Eleanor Hudson; illustrated by Joe Mathieu

Elmo's Book of Friends

by Naomi Kleinberg

Magnet Board Activities

One of These Things

One of these things is not like the other
One of these things just doesn't belong
Can you tell me which thing is not like the other
By the time I finish this song?

(I used random clipart from my other magnet board sets)

Find the Monster

Cookie Monster, Cookie Monster come out and play!
What color house are you in today?

Songs and Rhymes

Elmo is looking all around
Elmo can spin 'round and 'round
Elmos is looking at my toes
Elmo can kiss me on the nose
Elmo is whispering in my ear
What's he saying? Can you hear?
Elmo can hide behind me
But wherever I go, Elmo will find me!

Celebrating Sesame Street
(tune: Old MacDonald had a Farm)

Celebrating Sesame Street

Hip, hip, hip, hooray!

And at the party there were some games

Hip, hip, hip, hooray!

With a run-run here and a run-run there

Here a run, there a run

Everywhere a run-run

Celebrating Sesame Street

Hip, hip, hip, hooray!

And at the party there were some balloons

Pop-pop

And at the party there were some presents

Hip, hip, hip, hooray!

Rip-rip

And at the party there were some candles

Hip, hip, hip, hooray!

Blow

And at the party there was some cake

Hip, hip, hip, hooray!

Yum-yum

Celebrating Sesame Street

Hip, hip, hip, hooray!

Play and Learn

Duckies and Water

Cookie Matching Game

Decorate Party Hats!

Pin the Nose on Elmo

One of these things is not like the other...using Discovery Boxes from Lakeshore Learning

Book Cheer

I used the Library Cheer by Brod Bagert when I visited 3rd graders to tell them about the library.  For visual aids I found books for each one described in the cheer.  Here are the books I used:

(I made a few changes...)

Refrain:
Books are good
Books are great
I like books
I cannot wait!

Bird Books

Magnificent Birds

by Narisa Togo

Bug Books

Insects and Creepy-Crawlies

by Jinny Johnson

Bear Books, too

Mission: Panda Rescue

by Kitson Jazynka with Daniel Raven-Ellison

Words and pictures through and through

Refrain

Books in color

Mr. Wolf's Class

by Aron Nels Steinke

Black and white

Owly

by Andy Runton

Thin books

Coral Reefs

by Kristin Baird Rattini

Thick books

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

by Brian Selznick

Day and Night!

Refrain

Sad books

The Lost Puppy

by Holly Webb

Glad books

Happy!

by Pharrell Williams

Funny books, too!

George Brown, Class Clown

by Nancy Krulik; illustrated by Aaron Blecha

Books for me and books for you!

Refrain

Random and Math Fun

I got late notice that I was doing Toddler Storytime so I didn't have a lot of time to prep.  So my books were just fun random books and our activities were a few of the activities I had created for my Toddler Math and Early Literacy Class (which was on Saturday).

Hooray for Fish!

by Lucy Cousins

Silly Sally

by Audrey Wood

Blocks

by Irene Dickson

Songs

Head Shoulders Knees and Toes

If You're Happy and You Know It
(clap, stomp, spin, shout hooray, jump up and down)

Flannel

Three Little Mice

Three little mice came out to play
Gathering crumbs along the way
Out came the pussycat sleek and fat
One little mouse goes scampering back.

Two little mice came out to play
Gathering crumbs along the way
Out came the pussycat sleek and fat
One little mouse goes scampering back.

One little mouse came out to play
Gathering crumbs along the way
Out came the pussycat sleek and fath
One little mouse goes scampering back.

Play and Learn

Socks, clothespins, and a low clothesline
Paper towel roll holder and "rings" to go on
(bracelets, hair ties, shower curtain rings, canning jar rings, cardboard tubes)
Buckets and Blocks (one little toddler started using the word "heavy")
Stacking Cups

Toddler Storytime--2 Fun Fall/Random Storytimes!

Week 1

The Very Busy Spider

by Eric Carle

Big Bear, Small Mouse

by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman

Hello, Sun!

Dayle Ann Dodds; illustrated by Sachiko Yoshikawa

Itsy Bitsy Spider

There's a Spider on the Floor

 Hickory Dickory, Socks!

Hickory, dickory, dock,

Let's put on our socks.

We'll walk around

Without a sound

Hickory, dickory, dock!

Repeat with other actions, such as tiptoe, slide, jump

Flannel:  Little Miss Muffet

Week 2

Pumpkin One, Pumpkin Two: A Counting Book

by Thomas Nelson; illustrated by Natasha Remmington

Pumpkin Cat

by Anne Mortimer

The Busy Little Squirrel

by Nancy Tafuri

Five Little Pumpkins

5 little pumpkins sitting on the gate

The 1st one said, "Oh, my! It's getting late!"

The 2nd one said, "There's a chill in the air!"

The 3rd one said, "But we don't care!"

The 4th one said, "I'm ready for some fun!"

The 5th one said, "Let's run, run, run!"

Then whoosh! went the wind and out the lights

And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.

I'm Not Scared!

Books

Aaaarrgghh! Spider!

by Lydia Monks

Snip! Snap! What's That?

by Mara Bergman; illustrated by Nick Maland

Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything

by Linda Williams; illustrated by Megan Lloyd

Songs

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Five Little Monkeys Swinging in the Tree

Scarecrow, Scarecrow

Scarecrow, Scarecrow turn around
Scarecrow, Scarecrow touch the ground.
Scarecrow, Scarecrow reach up high
Scarecrow, Scarecrow touch the sky!
Scarecrow, Scarecrow bend down low
Scarecrow, Scarecrow touch your toe
Scarecrow, Scarecrow jump up now
Scarecrow, Scarecrow take a bow!

Fall Baby Storytime

Read Aloud Books

Welcome, Baby!  

Baby Rhymes for Baby Times

What Babies Do

by Stephanie Calmenson; illustrated by Melissa Sweet

I Love All of Me

by Lorie Ann Grover; illustrated by Carolina Buzio

Peek-a-Pet!

by Marie Torres Cimarusti; illustrated by Stephanie Peterson

Pumpkin One, Pumpkin Two: A Counting Book

by Thomas Nelson

Busy Little Squirrel

Nancy Tafuri

Songs/Rhymes/Bounces

You Ought to See My Baby

Hello Song

Little Bear

When Cows Get Up in the Morning

Where is Big Toe?

Sitting in My High Chair

Humpty Dumpty

Toast

One Bright Scarf

Flannel

Colors

Orange and yellow

Green and blue

These are colors just for you

Orange as a flower, green as a tree

Yellow as the sun, and blue like the sea

Orange and yellow

Green and blue

These are colors just for you!

Five Little Pumpkins

5 little pumpkins sitting on the gate

The 1st one said, "Oh my, it's getting late!"

The 2nd one said, "There's a chill in the air!"

The 3rd one said, "But we don't care!"

The 4th one said, "I'm ready for some fun!"

The 5th one said, "Let's run, run, run!"

Then whoosh went the wind

And out went the lights

And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight!

Parachute!

Dressing Up Preschool Storytime

Books

Just What Mama Needs

by Sharlee Glenn; illustrated by Amiko Hirao

Super Rawr!

by Todd H. Doodler

Songs

Hickory Dickory, Socks!
(Sung to: Hickory, Dickory, Dock)

Hickory, dickory, dock,
Let's put on our socks.
We'll walk around
Without a sound
Hickory, dickory, dock!

Repeat with other actions, such as tiptoe, slide, jump


Old Shoes, New Shoes

Old shoes, new shoes,
Now we’re wearing _____________ shoes.
One, two, three, four.
Now, I stomp them on the floor.

pirate, elephant, firefighter, dance (twirl), superhero (fly them off the floor) 

Let's Imagine

Let's hear you roar like a lion!
Let's see you jump like a frog!
Let's see you snap your jaws like a crocodile!
Let's hear you bark like a dog!

Pretend you're an elephant with a long, long trunk
Pretend you're a monkey and jump, jump, jump!
And now you're a mouse.  Just let me see
How very quiet you can be!

Play and Learn