Apples and Bananas

I have mentioned it in passing in a previous post (and will post fully about it later), but I will be transitioning into doing school-age programs full-time starting in the spring and will no longer be doing the weekly storytimes at my library. So, since this is my final hurrah for awhile, I scrapped my original theme for the last week of storytimes for a theme that I been thinking about. 

A few new books arrived at our library a month or so ago ("What's an Apple?" and "What's a Banana?" by Marilyn Singer). I was dying to use them in a storytime and do a 'Apples and Bananas' theme but since I wouldn't be doing storytime regularly for a long while, it would be forever before I could have an opportunity. Soooo, I pounced on the chance to do it as my finale!

 

Books:

Toddler Books:

Tap the Magic Tree - Christie Matheson

What's an Apple? - Marilyn Singer

What's a Banana? - Marilyn Singer

Preschool Books:

Gladys Goes Out to Lunch - Derek Anderson

What's an Apple? - Marilyn Singer

What's a Banana? - Marilyn Singer

Detective Small in the Amazing Banana Caper - Wong Herbert Yee

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

Bananas Unite:

Peel bananas, peel, peel bananas, (make banana peel with arms overhead, then make peeling motion)

Peel bananas, peel, peel bananas.

Chop bananas, chop, chop bananas, (make chopping motion with hands)

Chop bananas, chop, chop bananas.

Mash bananas, mash, mash bananas, (mash hands together)

Mash bananas, mash, mash bananas.

Eat bananas, eat, eat bananas, (make motion of bringing bananas from hands to mouth)

Eat bananas, eat, eat bananas.

Gooooooo bananas!

Source: Jbrary

Apples and Bananas (Raffi Song):

I like to eat, eat, eat, apples and bananas,

I like to eat, eat, eat, apples and bananas.

I like to ate, ate, ate, epples and benenes,

I like to ate, ate, ate, epples and benenes.

I like to eat, eat, eat, eepples and beeneenees,

I like to eat, eat, eat, eepples and beeneenees.

I like to ite, ite, ite, ipples and bininis,

I like to ite, ite, ite, ipples and bininis.

I like to ote, ote, ote, opples and bononos,

I like to ote, ote, ote, opples and bononos.

I like to ute, ute, ute, upples and bununus,

I like to ute, ute, ute, upples and bununus.

Source: Raffi

For Lyrics: Raffi via Google Play