Facebook Live Storytime 1/28/21

Book read: Hi Pizza Man! by Virginia Walter

Baking Pizza (to the tune of Shortin' Bread)
I can make a pizza! You can too!
Listen and you'll know just what to do.

Every little baker loves mixing, mixing.
Every little baker loves mixing dough.

Every little baker loves kneading, kneading.
Every little baker loves kneading dough.

Every little baker loves tossing, tossing.
Every little baker loves tossing dough.

This is the way (animal version with puppets)
This is the way I stomp my feet,
Stomp my feet, stomp my feet.
This is the way I stomp my feet,
Cause I'm an elephant!
Other actions can include: Wave trunk, shake tail, etc.

Little Fox, Little Fox

Little Fox, Little Fox

Are you in the (insert color) box?

 

Wheels on the bus 

 

Literacy tip of the week: Scarf play is a fun way to develop the finger muscles needed to write.

 

 

Facebook Live Storytime 1/21/21

Book read: Is everyone ready for fun? by Jan Thomas

Did you ever get silly (to the tune of "Did you ever see a Lassie?")
Did you ever get silly, get silly, get silly,
Did you ever get silly by shaking your head?
Did you ever get silly, get silly, get silly,
Did you ever get silly by jumping around?
Other actions can including stomping, shaking, etc.

Monkey See, Monkey Do (from Perry Public Library)
Monkey see, monkey do,
Little monkey in the zoo,
Little monkey in the tree,
Can you (insert action) like me?

Bananas Unite (from Jbrary)
Bananas unite! (hands connected above head)
Peel bananas, peel bananas! (move hands down)
Chop bananas, chop bananas! (chopping motion)
Mash bananas, mash bananas! (mashing motion)
Go bananas! Go bananas!

Silly Monster (with monster cut outs on flannelboard)
We hid our monster near colored beds.
For each color we chant: "Little Monster named Fred, Are you (under, over, above, below) the (color) bed?" 

Literacy tip of the week: Directional words help literacy development because they will be important  when they learn to write letters.

Facebook Live Storytime 1/14/21

Book read: Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson

Bears are Sleeping (to the tune of "Frere Jacques") (from King County Library System)
Bears are sleeping,
Bears are sleeping (pretend to sleep)
In their lairs,
In their lairs.
Soon it will be springtime,
Soon it will be springtime.
Wake up bears! Wake up bears! (pretend to wake up) 

Snowky Pokey (from Everything Preschool)
You put your right mitten in,
You take your right mitten out.
You put your right mitten in and you shake it all about.
You do the Snowky Pokey and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about!
Other verses can include boot, hat, whole self, etc.

Saw a snowflake (modified from Preschool Express, to the tune of "My Darling Clementine")
Saw a snowflake,
Saw a snowflake,
Saw a snowflake falling down.
It was floating,
It was twirling.
As it spun around and round. 

Snowball, Snowball (flannelboard, from Clinton Macomb Public Library Facebook)
Snowball, snowball, cold and round,
Under which mitten can you be found?

Literacy tip of the week:  Talking with your child about winter and hibernation is a great way to introduce new vocabulary.