Mousie Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Ten Little Mice by Joyce Dunbar, illustrated by Maria Majewska (BIG BOOK)
• Activity – Little Mouse (I adapted this from a Teddy Bear action rhyme)

Little mouse, little mouse turn around.
Little mouse, little mouse creep to the ground.
Little mouse, little mouse scamper on your toes.
Little mouse, little mouse twitch your nose.
Little mouse, little mouse squeak up high.
Little mouse, little mouse jump to the sky.
Little mouse, little mouse pat your feet.
Little mouse, little mouse have a seat.

• Flannelboard - Little Mouse House (from Mailbox Preschool magazine, Aug./Sept. 2009, page 25)
• Book #2 - Lunch by Denise Fleming***
• Activity - Hickory Dickory Dock (fingerplay)
• Closing - Scarves using "Water, Wind and World" from The Second Line by Johnette Downing
• Craft – Coloring sheet

***Parent Literacy Enhancement - Running your finger under the words of the book title and author helps children to learn that we are reading words, that we read from left to right, and that we read from top to bottom. These concepts are all part of print awareness.