Shapes Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink (from Car Songs: Songs to Sing Anywhere by Dennis Buck at Kimbo), Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Round Is a Mooncake: A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Thong, illustrated by Grace Lin
• Stand-up Activity - Big and Round (action rhyme adapted by Carol Hopkins)

Watermelon, watermelon sitting on the ground
I see you big, green, and round
Bright sun, bright sun shining all around
I see you big, yellow, and round
Car tire, car tire rolling with a sound
I see you big, black, and round
Shining moon, shining moon giving light unbound
I see you big, white, and round

• Bridge - Open Shut Them (fingerplay)

Open, shut them
(open and close hands)
Open, shut them
Give a little clap (clap)
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Put them in your lap
(put hands in lap)

Creep them, creep them
Under your chin
(creep fingers up chest)
Open your mouth, but don't put them in
(do as words say)

Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Give a little clap
Open shut them
Open shut them
Put them in your lap

• Flannelboard/Math Activity - Shape Match Up (adapted by Carol Hopkins to the tune of "Muffin Man")

Directions: Hand out a red circle, blue rectangle, or yellow triangle to the children (only one shape per child). Review the different aspects of each shape (sides, corners, etc.). Then sing the song for each shape and allow the children to place their shapes on the flannelboard.

Can you find a red circle, a red circle, a red circle?
Can you find a red circle, then bring it up right now.

• Sit-down Activity - Circles, Triangles, Rectangles (fingerplay to the tune of "Jingle Bells" written by Carol Hopkins)

Circles round, circles round, circle in the air
Circles can be small or big
We see them everywhere
Triangles, triangles, triangle in the air
Triangles can be slim or huge
We see them everywhere
Rectangles, rectangles, rectangle in the air
Rectangle can be as big as a door
We see them everywhere

• Book #2 - Maisy Big, Maisy Small: A Book of Maisy Opposites by Lucy Cousins
• Activity – Rolling Hands (fingerplay to the tune "Farmer in the Dell" written by Carol Hopkins

We're rolling our hands, we're rolling our hands
Roll them high
Roll them low
We're rolling our hands
We're rolling them slow, we're rolling them slow
Roll them high
Roll them low
We're rolling them slow
We're rolling them fast, we're rolling them fast
Roll them high
Roll them low
We're rolling them fast

• Closing - Scarves to the song "Flitter, Flutter" from The Second Line by Johnette Downing
• Craft – Glue a mosaic with different cut out shapes