Friday, July 31, 2020

A Virtual Picnic Storytime

A short, 15 minute storytime without books to post online

Welcome Song

Storytime ABC's
Welcome, welcome everyone
We're together let's have some fun
Stories, songs and puppets too
Storytime is the pace for you!
Do you know your ABCs?
Come along and sing with me!

Now I've sung my ABCs
Next time won't you sing with me?

Guess What I Brought

This is something you can eat
It is usually a square, but you can cut it into triangles
You can put different things in it
My favorite is peanut butter and jelly

It's a sandwich!

(Giant sandwich from Melissa and Doug)

Letter Song

P-I-C-N-I-C

P-I-C-N-I-C
Picnic, picnic
P-I-C-N-I-C
Picnic's what that spells
Eat your food in the sun!
Picnics are such fun!
P-I-C-N-I-C
Picnic's what that spells.

Flannel

Five Hungry Ants

Five 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!
Aaachoo!!!!

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!
Aaachoo!!!!

Three 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!
Aaachoo!!!!

Two 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!
Aaachoo!!!!

One hungry ants marching in a line
He came upon a picnic where he could dine
He marched into the salad,
Then he marched into the cake,
He marched into the pepper...but that was a mistake!
Aaachoo!!!!

Movement Song

The Ants Go Marching

Chant and Props

We're going on a picnic.  We're going to pack a lunch
What will we take to munch, munch, munch?

I'll have play food to pull out of a bag and add it to our picnic basket (starting with the giant sandwich and ending with watermelon)

For each item we'll chant:

We'll bring some __________, ______________, ________________
We'll bring some ___________ to munch, munch, munch

Parent Tip

Encouraging children to name objects helps children to develop their language skills, including vocabulary, articulation, and comprehension.  These skills are valuable when children begin reading.

Flannel

Sharing Watermelon
by Kathryn Roach

I have a big red watermelon
A juicy summer treat.
I want to share it with my friends
They'd like a slice to eat!

I'll share one,...
Now another,...
One more slice makes three.
Here's one more for my friend,
And that leaves one for me!


Animal Goodbyes 
(w/ stick puppets)

See ya later, Alligator!
Blow a kiss, Goldfish!
Give a hug, Ladybug!
Toodaloo, Kangaroo!
Bye-bye, Butterfly!
Take care, Polar Bear!

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