This week we are sharing books about nursery rhymes (and, of course, singing some of our favorite nursery rhymes aloud)!
Books:
There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe - Jane Cabrera
Maria Had a Little Llama - Angela Dominguez
Hickory Dickory Dog - Alison Murray
Mary Had a Little Glam - Tammi Sauer
The Lady With the Alligator Purse - Nadine Bernard Westcott
Activities:
1. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep (from previous Farm storytime)*
*Our flannel has different colored sheep that you can change out the wool color for:
2. Hickory Dickory Dock (from previous Mice storytime)
Last week our letter was "F" for friends.
Books:
Peanut Butter & Cupcake - Terry Border
Carrot & Pea: An Unlikely Friendship - Morag Hood
Naptime With Theo & Beau - Jessica Shyba
Activities:
1. Two Little Bluebirds (see Flannel Project)
Two little bluebirds sitting on a hill,
One named Jack and the other named Jill.
Fly away Jack, Fly away Jill.
Come back Jack, Come back Jill.
Two little bluebirds sitting on a hill,
One named Jack and the other named Jill.
Source: Traditional
2. Out in the Garden
Out in the garden early in the morning,
Sat four little orange carrots in a row.
Here comes little rabbit out to eat them,
Crunch munch, crunch munch, and off he goes.
Count down...3, 2, 1
Source: Me & my Library Assistant*
*This is a variant of a rhyme my library assistant uses. I made some of my own tweaks to use at storytime with flannel carrots and a puppet rabbit.
We are counting and learning our numbers (1-10) this week!
Books:
Ducks Away! - Mem Fox
Stack the Cats - Susie Ghahremani
The Big Storm: A Very Soggy Counting Book - Nancy Tafuri
Dog Loves Counting - Louise Yates
Activities:
1. Zoom, Zoom, Zoom (from previous Space storytime)
2. Jumping and Counting - Jim Gill (recorded song)
3. Elephants on a Spider's Web (from previous Spiders storytime)
4. Duck Behind the Truck (from previous Trucks storytime)*
*I hide cupcakes with the numbers 1-5 behind the other trucks. I had the kids help me count up to the number we found on the cupcake when we didn't find the duck.
It is finally starting to feel (somewhat) like fall, so we learned about squirrels last week!
Books:
Where Are My Books? - Debbie Ridpath Ohi
Squirrels Leap, Squirrels Sleep - April Pulley Sayre
Acorns Everywhere - Kevin Sherry
The Busy Little Squirrel - Nancy Tafuri
Repeat Activities:
1. Five Little Acorns and the Squirrel (from previous Autumn storytime)
*We use a laminated clipart of acorns and a puppet squirrel. It's easier for us to grab the laminated acorns with puppet hands from the flannel board while doing this rhyme than flannel acorns.
New Activities:
1. Five Little Squirrels
One of my Library Assistants made the flannel for this rhyme with a template I gave her. She did a wonderful job and it is lovely!
One little squirrel went out to play,
Up in the branches on an autumn day.
He had such enormous fun,
He called for another squirrel to come.
Count up...2, 3, 4, 5...
Five little squirrels went out to play,
Up in the branches on an autumn day.
They had such enormous fun,
Then scurried home 'cause winter had come.
Source: Miss Jaime's Library Journeys
Other Book Options:
That Pup! - Lindsay Barrett George
Last Song - James Guthrie
Those Darn Squirrels - Adam Rubin
Ol' Mama Squirrel - David Ezra Stein
