Facebook Live Storytime 10/29/20

Book read: Pumpkin Eye by Denise Fleming

Pumpkin Chant

Pumpkin, pumpkin, (pretend to slice bread)

Pumpkin bread!

Pumpkin, pumpkin,

Pumpkin head! (touch head)

Pumpkin, pumpkin

Pumpkin pie! (make circle with arms)

Pumpkin, pumpkin,

Pumpkin eye! (circles around eyes)

Pumpkin, pumpkin,

Pumpkin cake! (stir cake)

Pumpkin, pumpkin,

Pumpkin shake! (shake body)    

 

Pumpkin Search Game

Oh, where oh where has my pumpkin gone?

Oh, where oh where can it be?
I'm searching and singing my pumpkin song.
Won't you please help me?

 
Ten Little Ghosts

Five little ghosts all dressed in white (Hold up 10 fingers)
Went out a-haunting on Halloween night. (Wiggle fingers)
They all looked around for someone to scare. (Cup hands around eyes, look around)
They floated here and floated there. (Wiggle fingers to the right then to the left)
Then the ten little ghosts took a look at you (Point to child)
And they all ran away when you said "Boo!"(Put hands behind your back)

Literacy tip of the week: Knowledge of shapes (like those cut into pumpkins) is an important step to recognizing letters.

Facebook Live Storytime 10/8/20

Book read: Just say boo! by Susan Hood

This is the way (Halloween version)
This is the way the monsters stomp, the monsters stomp, the monsters stomp.
This is the way the monsters stomp, on Halloween night!
Other verses: the bat flies, the pumpkin smiles, the werewolf howls, etc.

Pumpkin, pumpkin
Pumpkin, pumpkin siting on a wall,
Pumpkin, pumpkin tip and fall,
Pumpkin, pumpkin, rolling down the street,
Pumpkin, pumpkin, trick or treat! 

Monsters Galore (modified from Storytime Katie)
Monsters galore, can you roar? (roar)
Monsters galore, can you soar? (fly)
Monsters galore, can you snore? (pretend to sleep)
Monsters galore, fall on the floor! (fall down)

Horns, fangs, knees and claws (version of "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes")
Horns and fangs, knees and claws, (touch each corresponding body part)
Knees and claws.
Horns and fangs, knees and claws,
Knees and claws.
Eyes and ears and tail and claws!
Horns and fangs, knees and claws,
Knees and claws.   

Literacy tip of the week: Pretending (like we do on Halloween) is a great way to develop your child's imagination and storytelling skills.

Facebook Live Storytime 10/1/20

Book read: Fall Leaves Fall by Zoe Hall

 

Autumn leaves are falling down (adapted from Jbrary)
Autumn leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down, (flutter hands towards ground)
Autumn leaves are falling down, all around town.

The wind will blow them round and round, round and round, (spin)
The wind will blow them round and round, all around town.

Autumn leaves are dancing round, dancing round, dancing round (dance)
Autumn leaves are dancing round, all around town.

 

Let's All Do a Little Clapping 
(Tune:"We Wish You a Merry Christmas")
Let's all do a little clapping,
Let's all do a little clapping,
Let's all do a little clapping,
and spread some fall cheer!
Other actions can include stomping, jumping, twirling, etc.  

 

Autumn Animals (to the tune of Frere Jacques, from KCLS)
Bears are sleeping, bears are sleeping. (pretend to sleep)
Birds fly south, birds fly south. (pretend to fly)
Squirrels are storing acorns, squirrels are storing acorns,
In their mouths, in their mouths. (pretend to eat)  

 

Way up high in the apple tree

Way up high in the apple tree (stretch arms up high)

Five red apples smiled at me. (hold up five fingers)
I shook that tree as hard as I could. (shake)
Down came an apple, and boy was it good!

Way up high in the apple tree (stretch arms up high)
Four red apples smiled at me (hold up four fingers)
I shook that tree as hard as I could. (shake)
Down came an apple, and boy was it good!

 

Literacy tip of the week: Talk with your child about what you see all around you each season.