Gathering song: “If You’re Ready”
(to the tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re ready for a story, take a seat
If you’re ready for a story, take a seat
Clap your hands and stomp your feet
Make your hands all nice and neat
If you’re ready for a story, take a seat
Opening Song: “Clap and Sing Hello”
(to the tune: “Farmer in the Dell”)
We clap and sing hello
We clap and sing hello
With our friends at storytime
We clap and sing hello
(Repeat with wave and stomp.)
Introduction:
Evidence suggests that a familiarity with rhymes helps children to detect the phonetic components of words (i.e. rhyming syllables).
Anecdotal evidence suggests that kids who know several rhymes by heart become better readers. They also have a cultural component. Every culture has its own traditional rhymes. Share yours!
Finally, concepts and characters from nursery rhymes show up everywhere! Sharing nursery rhymes at a young age helps children recognize these characters when they show up later in a new rhyme or story.
Credit: Jbrary
Rhyme: “This Little Piggy” with nursery rhyme big book
This little piggy went to market
This little piggy stayed home
This little piggy ate roast beef
This little piggy had none
And this little piggy went "Wee, wee, wee" all the way home
Book: This Little Piggy’s Book of Manners by Kathryn Madeline Allen
Movement: “The Grand Old Duke of York”
Oh, the grand old Duke of York, (march)
He had ten thousand men;
He marched them up to the top of the hill,
And he marched them down again.
And when they were up, they were up, (stretch up)
And when they were down, they were down, (bend knees)
And when they were only half-way up, (straighten up halfway)
They were neither up nor down. (stretch up...bend knees)
Rhyme cube: I roll the cube to select a fingerplay or action rhyme.
Book: Three Little Kittens by Jerry Pinkney
Flannelboard game: “Three Little Kittens”
My kitten has lost a lot of mittens! Each child gets one mitten of a colored pair. When I say, "My kitten has lost her blue mitten. Who has the blue mitten?" the child comes to the board to match up the pair.
Shaker song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”
If you’re happy and you know it, shake your eggs
If you're happy and you know it, shake your eggs
If you’re happy and you know it and you really want to show it
If you’re happy and you know it shake your eggs
(Repeat and shake up high, shake down low, shout Hooray!)
Shaker song: “Egg Shakers Up”
Egg shakers up, (shakers above head)
And egg shakers down, (shakers on the floor)
Egg shakers dancing all around the town. (move shakers back and forth)
Dance them on your shoulders
Dance them on your head
Dance them on your knee
And tuck them into bed (fold shaker inside hands, under head)
Flannelboard rhyme: “To Market, To Market”
To market, to market to buy a fat pig
Home again, home again jiggety-jig
To market, to market to buy a fat hot
Home again, home again jiggety-jog
To market, to market to buy a plum cake
Home again, home again, market is late
To market, to market to buy a plum bun
Home again, home again, market is done
Book: To Market, To Market by Anne Miranda (big book)
Scarf song: “We Wave Our Scarves Together”
(to the tune of “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow”)
We wave our scarves together
We wave our scarves together
We wave our scarves together
Because it’s fun to do!
Wave ‘em up high
Wave ‘em down low
Wave ‘em in the middle
Because it’s fun to do!
We throw our scarves together
We throw our scarves together
We throw our scarves together
Because it’s fun to do!
We throw ‘em up high
We throw ‘em down low
We throw ‘em in the middle
Because it’s fun to do!
Scarf song: “Popcorn Kernels”
Popcorn kernels, popcorn kernels (wave scarf)
In the pot, in the pot (hide scarf inside cupped hands)
Shake them, shake them, shake them (shake cupped hands)
Shake them, shake them, shake them
Til they pop! Til they pop! (throw scarf into the air)
Closing Song: “Tickle the Clouds”
Tickle the clouds
Tickle your toes
Turn around
Tickle your nose
Reach down low
Reach up high
The stories are over,
Wave goodbye
Crafts, Manipulatives, Exploration:
Playdough
Lacing toys
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