Books “Cock-a-Doodle Quack Quack” by Ivor Baddiel “Who Took the Farmer’s Hat” by Joan L. Nodset “Big Red Barn” by Margaret Wise Brown The Pigs on the Farm (tune: The Wheels on the Bus) For this song I had puppets that corresponded to each animal we sang about. The pigs on the farm go oink,… Read More Storytime: Farm
Books “Bears in the Snow” by Shirley Parenteau “Sneezy the Snowman” by Maureen Wright Five Little Snowmen Five little snowmen standing in a row (hold up 5 fingers) Each with a hat and a big red bow (tap head and place hands under neck) Out came the sun and it shone all day (circle arms… Read More Storytime: Winter
Books “Mouse’s First Fall” by Lauren Thompson “Fall Leaves Fall!” by Zoe Hall “The Busy Little Squirrel” by Nancy Tafuri Mother Nature, Did You Sneeze (Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle) Falling, falling, falling leaves (wiggle hands down) Mother nature did you sneeze? Aaaachoo Red ones, yellow ones, orange and brown (hold up fingers) Big ones, littles ones,… Read More Storytime: Fall
Books “Mouse’s First Snow” by Lauren Thompson “Go Away, Big Green Monster!” by Ed Emberley “Monkey and Me” by Emily Gravett ABC Magnets I like to start and end the Alphabet program by singing our ABCs. To start I put out all of the letter magnets and have the children tell me what letter is… Read More Storytime: Letter M
When I first started doing storytimes for two year olds I was lost! I had done programs for preschoolers for 3 years and I felt like I was being thrown to the wolves. Don’t get me wrong, I love two year olds, they are adorable, fun and energetic but I had no clue how to… Read More Storytime: Two Year Old Alphabet Outline
Books “Caterpillar’s Wish” by Mary Murphy “Is Your Mama a Llama” by Deborah Guarino ABC Magnets I like to start and end the Alphabet program by singing our ABCs. To start I put out all of the letter magnets and have the children tell me what letter is missing, that becomes our letter of the… Read More Storytime: Letter L
Books “All Kinds of Kisses” by Nancy Tafuri “Pouch” by David Ezra Stein ABC Magnets I like to start and end the Alphabet program by singing our ABCs. To start I put out all of the letter magnets and have the children tell me what letter is missing, that becomes our letter of the day.… Read More Storytime: Letter K
Books “Jazzy in the Jungle” by Lucy Cousins “Sheep in a Jeep” by Nancy Shaw “Jump” by Scott M. Fischer ABC Magnets I like to start and end the Alphabet program by singing our ABCs. To start I put out all of the letter magnets and have the children tell me what letter is missing,… Read More Storytime: Letter J
Books “Snowmen at Night” by Carolyn Buehner “There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow” by Lucille Colandro “Snowballs” by Lois Ehlert Five Little Snowmen (Tune: Five Little Monkeys) Five little snowmen riding on a sled (hold up 5 fingers) One fell off and bumped his head (tap head) Frosty called the doctor and… Read More Storytime: Snowmen
Books “Big Smelly Bear” by Britta Teckentrup “Bunnies on Ice” by Johanna Wright “I Like Ice Cream” by Robin Pickering ABC Magnets I like to start and end the Alphabet program by singing our ABCs. To start I put out all of the letter magnets and have the children tell me what letter is missing,… Read More Storytime: Letter I