Picnic Storytime 6/2/16 and 6/3/16

Books read: 
The Best Picnic Ever by Clare Jarrett
Mouse's First Summer by Lauren Thompson

Other book suggestions:
Yes, Let's by Galen Goodwin Longstreth
We're Going on a Picnic by Pat Hutchins

ASL Sign of the Week: Eat

On a Picnic We Will Go (to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell")
On a picnic we will go, (march)
On a picnic we will go,
Hi ho the dairy-o,
On a picnic we will go!

We all will jump with joy, (jump)
We all will jump with joy,
Hi ho the dairy-o,
We will will jump with joy!

We'll run around and play, (run)
We'll run around and play,
Hi ho the dairy-o,
We'll run around and play!

Peanut Butter and Jelly (adapted from KCLS) 
First you take the peanuts and you smash them,
You smash them,
For your peanut, peanut butter..
And Jelly!
Peanut, peanut butter,
And Jelly!

Then you take the grapes and you stomp them,
You stomp them,
For your peanut, peanut butter..
And Jelly!
Peanut, peanut butter,
And Jelly!

Last you take them both and you spread them,
You spread them,
For your peanut, peanut butter..
And Jelly!
For your peanut, peanut butter,
And Jelly!

Way up high in the apple tree (modified from Literary Commentary)
Way up high in the apple tree, (lift arms)
10 little apples smiled at me!
I shook that tree as hard as I could, (shake back and forth)
Down came the apple, (wave hands towards ground)
Boy was it good!

Picking up the fruit (with parachute, modified from Storytime Katie)
Picking up the fruit (lift chute)
Putting it in the basket (drop chute)
Repeat with various fruits and vegetables.

The Ants go Marching 

If You’re a Bug and You Know It (from Librarian Lisa's Storytimes)
If you’re a bee and you know it buzz like this “buzz, buzz”
If you’re a bee and you know it buzz like this “buzz, buzz”
If you’re a bee and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you’re a bee and you know it buzz like this “buzz, buzz”

Additional verses:
If you’re a grasshopper…hop like this…
If you’re a caterpillar… eat a leaf “chomp, chomp”…
If you’re a butterfly … flap your wings…

Itsy Bitsy Spider 

Craft: We decorated a picnic basket template with food cut from magazines.

Literacy tip of the week: Play is an important way to develop a child's literacy skills in the early years. Pretending to have a picnic is a great way to extend the fun of these songs and activities!