Fingerplay: “Watch It Bloom”
Here is a green leaf (hold out one palm)
And here is a green leaf (hold out other palm)
That, you see, makes two (hold up two fingers)
Here is a bud (cup hands together)
That makes it a flower (slowly open hands)
Watch it bloom for you (slowly open hands)
(Credit: Perry Public Library)
Song: “Ten Little Flowers”
(to the tune of: “Ten Little Indians”)
One little, two little, three little flowers (hold up another finger on each number)
Four little, five little, six little flowers
Seven little, eight little, nine little flowers
Ten flowers in the spring.
Give them rain and lots of sunshine (flutter fingers down)
Give them rain and lots of sunshine
Give them rain and lots of sunshine
So they’ll grow up tall
(Credit: Modified from The Holiday Zone)
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| Glove puppets. Ordinary gardening gloves with the hook side of velcro. Flowers are felt. |
Book: From the Garden by Michael Dahl
Puppets: “There’s Something In My Garden”
There’s something in my garden
Now what can it be?
There’s something in my garden
That I can’t really see.
Hear its funny sound…
RIBBIT RIBBIT RIBBIT (kids can guess the animal)
A frog is what I found! (bring out the puppet)
RIBBIT RIBBIT RIBBIT
Repeat with:
SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK, a mouse is what I found!
CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP, a bird is what I found!
THUMP THUMP THUMP, a rabbit is what I found!
SSSSSS, SSSSSSS, SSSSSS, a snake is what I found!
(Credit: SurLaLune Storytime)
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| I used stick puppets (made from clipart, craft sticks, contact paper) |
Book: Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres
Shaker Song: “Can You Shake Your Egg with Me?”
(to the tune of: London Bridge)
Can you shake your egg with me?
Shake your egg along with me
It’s as easy as can be
Now put it on your tummy
(Repeat with other parts of the body)
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 Story: Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
I did this as an oral telling of the short text. The pictures are the star of this book, so I was really glad to be find a lovely set of flannel flowers shared on Flannel Friday by Storytime Katie.
I passed the flowers out to the kids and let them add to the board as we went through the colors.
Book: My Garden by Kevin Henkes
Flannel Rhyme: “Out in the Garden”
Out in the garden
Growing in the sun
Were five pretty flowers
And I picked one!
Count down…until there are none.
Scarf Song: “One Bright Scarf”
One bright scarf waiting for the wind to blow (hold in hand)
Wiggle it high (wiggle scarf above head)
Wiggle it low (wiggle scarf by knees)
Shake it fast (wiggle scarf quickly)
Shake it slow (wiggle scarf slowly)
Where did it go? (put it behind back, bring out empty hands)
Scarf Song: “Popcorn Kernels”
(to the tune of “Frere Jacques”)
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)
Scarf Song: “Will Our Flowers Bloom”
(to the tune of: “Wheels on the Bus”)
The seeds from the pack go in the ground (poke with finger)
In the ground, in the ground
The seeds from the pack go in the ground
Will our flowers bloom?
The rain from the sky goes drip drip drop (flutter fingers down)
Drip drip drop, drip drip drop
The rain from the sky goes drip drip drop
Will our flowers bloom?
The sun above is bright and hot (arms make a circle over head)
Bright and hot, bright and hot
The sun above is bright and hot
Will our flowers bloom?
Our little seeds are sprouting fast (fingers grow upward)
Sprouting fast, sprouting fast
Our little seeds are sprouting fast
Look! Our flowers bloomed! (cup hands, then spread open)
We did this with actions and scarves so we would have colorful "blooms."
Goodbye Song: “The More We Get Together”
The more we get together, together, together
The more we get together, the happier we'll be
'Cause your friends are my friends
And my friends are your friends
The more we get together, the happier we'll be
Craft, Manipulatives, Exploration:
Craft: Pipe Cleaner Flowers
We made flowers by lacing shapes onto pipe cleaners, including short pieces of plastic drinking straws, beads, and flowers and leaves cut out of craft foam scraps. I got the idea from a photo that was posted on the Storytime Underground Facebook group (sorry that I didn't save the details to give more credit than that.)
Playdough
Matching games
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