(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: We briefly reviewed all the colors we have done in the past several weeks and talked about the fact that if you mix some of those (primary) colors together, you get new (secondary) colors.
Action Rhyme: “Red, Red is the Color I See”
Red, red is the color I see.
If you are wearing red then show it to me.
Stand up. Turn around.
Show me your red then sit back down.
Book: Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
Rhyme Cube: I roll the cube to select a fingerplay or action rhyme.
This time we did "Humpty Dumpty" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
"Humpty Dumpty"
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the King's horses and all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.
"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
Flannelboard rhyme: “Baa Baa Black Sheep”
Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.
One for my master and one for my dame
One for the little boy who lives down the lane.
Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.
I passed out many different colors of "wool" to the children. When I sang "Baa, baa, pink sheep," for example, the child with the pink wool added it to the board.
And so on...
After six or seven colors, our sheep got pretty thick!
Shaker song: “Shake Your Shakers in the Air”
(to the tune of: Old MacDonald Had a Farm)
Shake your shaker in the air, shake it in the air.
With a shake-shake here and shake-shake there,
Here a shake, there a shake, everywhere a shake-shake.
Shake your shaker in the air, shake it in the air.
Shake your shaker way down low, shake it way down low.
With a shake-shake here and a shake-shake there,
Here a shake, there a shake, everywhere a shake-shake.
Shake your shaker way down low, shake it way down low.
Shake your shaker way up high, shake it way up high.
With a shake-shake here and a shake-shake there,
Here a shake, there a shake, everywhere a shake-shake.
Shake your shaker way up high, shake it way up high.
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)
Book: Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin
Flannelboard story: Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin
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)
Mmm ahh went the little green frog one day
Mmm ahh went the little green frog
Mmm ahh went the little green frog one day
And they all went Mmm mmm ahh
But we know frogs go sha na na na na, sha na na na na, sha na na na na (clap, jazz hands)
We know frogs go sha na na na na, they don’t go mmm mmm ahhh
Grrr grr went the little brown bear one day
Grrr grr went the little brown bear
Grrr grr went the little brown bear one day
And they all went grr grr grr
But we know bears go huggie huggie hug, huggie huggie hug, huggie huggie hug (hug yourself)
We know bears go huggie huggie hug, they don't go grrr grrr grrr
Bloop bloop went the little blue fish one day
Bloop bloop went the little blue fish
Bloop bloop went the little blue fish one day
And they all went bloop bloop bloop
But we know fish go kissie kissie kiss, kissie kissie kiss, kissie kissie kiss (make kiss sound)
We know fish go kissie kissie kiss, they don't go bloop bloop bloop
Slow slow went the little green turtle one day
Slow slow went the little green turtle
Slow slow went the little green turtle one day
And they all went slow slow slow
But we know turtles go Cowabunga, Dude! Cowabunga, Dude! Cowabunga, Dude! (hang ten sign)
We know turtles go Cowabunga, Dude!, they don't go slow slow slow
Game: “Red Light, Green Light”
Since I had a full house, we did this old favorite by marching in place. We talked about what each sign meant and the kids adjusted their marching speed according to which sign I held up. If you have the space, try marking off start and finish lines.
Green means go
Yellow means slow and careful
Red means stop!
Closing Rhyme: “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
Craft, Manipulatives, Exploration:
Colored rice for the sensory box. This is so easy to make! You just need rice, white vinegar, and food coloring.
Simple mandala coloring pages
Playdough
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