We are down to our last couple of weeks of story time, hard to believe that 7 weeks have gone by already. I love story time, I like the energy of the kids, and the fact that while I plan and have a vision of how I want the program to run, things change from one session to the next and are never the same. Like this week I had planned on firetrucks and then ended expanding the theme to trucks in general. It was awesome. Kids loved it and we had so much fun playing with all sorts of trucks and racing cars. We started with our regular opening song
Opening Song
Everybody say one, story
time has just began
Everybody say two, shake
your shoulders show your shoes
Everybody say three,
listen very carefully
Everybody say four, and
put your bottoms on the floor
Wiggles
A wiggle, wiggle here
A wiggle, wiggle there.
Wiggle your hands up in
the air
Wiggle our shoulders and
wiggle your hips,
Wiggle your knees and move
your lips,
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
And wiggle and bend
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
And this is the end!
Book: I Love Trucks! by Philemon Sturges
Perfect book for this age group.
Rhyme: If You Are Happy and You Know It (Emotion version)
If you’re happy and you
know it clap your hands
If you’re surprised and
you know it say Oh my
If you’re sad and you know
if rub your eyes
If you’re scared and you
know it shiver and shake
If you’re sleepy and you
know it close your eyes
If you are angry and you
know it stomp your feet
If you are happy and you
know it clap your hands
Nursery Rhyme: Baa, Baa Black Sheep
Song: Walking, Walking
Book: Tip Tip Dig Dig by Emma Garcia
Another great option for Crawlers/Toddlers, even the babies were mesmerized by this book. The illustrations are big and colorful and you can incorporate motion with each piece of equipment- the bulldozer push push push- use your hands to push; the crane lift, lift, lift- like one hand up. Great!
Rhyme:
Your Little Hands
Take your little hands and
go clap, clap, clap
Take your little hands and
go clap, clap, clap
Take your little hands and
go clap, clap, clap
Clap, clap, clap with your hands.
Take your little toes and
go tap, tap, tap…
Tap, tap, tap with your
toes.
Take your little ears and
go wiggle, wiggle, wiggle….
Take your little eyes and
go blink, blink, blink…
Take your little arms and
go roll, roll, roll…
Credit: Little Hands
Fingerplays & Action Songs
Song: Clap, Clap Your Hands
Book: Supertruck by Stephen Savage
New book in our collection, minimal text and cute illustrations. Perfect for ending our story time.
Action Rhyme: Here Are My Ears
Here are my ears. Here is
my nose.
Here are my fingers. Here
are my toes.
Here are my eyes both open
wide.
Here is my mouth with
white teeth inside.
Here is my tongue that
helps me to speak.
Here is my chin and here
are my cheeks.
Here are my hands that
help me to play.
Here are my feet for
walking today.
Bubble Time
Goodbye Song- We Wave Goodbye Like
This
We wave goodbye like this,
We wave goodbye like this,
to all our friends.
We clap our hands like
this,
We clap our hands like
this,
with all our friends.
Story time has ended.
