Fish In the Sea Preschool Storytime

Storytime for 3 to 5 year olds:

• Opening - "A Tooty Ta" from Dance Like This by Mr. Al

• Shape literacy activity - Little Shape Fish Swimming In the Sea

Hand every child a fish with one shape on it.  Each child will bring their fish up to the board when their shape is called out in the rhyme.

Little ________ fish are swimming in the sea,

Swimming in the sea,

Swimming in the sea.

Little ________ fish are swimming in the sea,

Swimming up right now!

(call out a shape for the blank)

  

  

  

• Book #1 - The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen, illustrated by Dan Hanna 

• Stand-up activity - "We Dove in the Ocean" action song from Dippin' In the Paintbox with Gail & Trisha 

• Sit down activity - "Row Row Row Your Boat" action song from Songs for Wiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music

• Book #2 - Pattern Fish by Trudy Harris, illustrated by Anne Canevari Green 

• Book #3 - What's In the Deep Blue Sea? by Peter Seymour, illustrated by David A. Carter (pop-up) 

• Closing - Dance with scarves to the song "Silly Dance Contest" from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes by Jim Gill

 

• Art experience - Star stickers and glitter glue on a shell shape

Swim With the Fish Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

  

 

• Book #1 – Hooray for Fish! by Lucy Cousins 

• Stand-up Activity – "The Goldfish" action song from Victor Vito by Laurie Berkner 

• 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 - Five Little Fishies Swimming in the Sea (counting down rhyme I found on the blog Ms. Kelly at the Library) 

• Letter of the Day - "F" is for fish

• Book #2 – Splash! by Henrietta Branford and Rosalind Beardshaw 

• Activity – I'm a Little Fishy (action song to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot" that I found many, many, many years ago)

I'm a little fishy

I can swim

Here is my tail and here is my fin

When I want to have fun with my friends

I wiggle my tail and dive right in

• Closing - Scarves to the song "Popcorn Calling Me" from Buzz Buzz by Laurie Berkner 

  

• Art Experience – Star stickers on a sea star drawing 

May Library Lady

My last visit of the year for all four classes.  It was very sweet when one of the teachers said "Group hug," and all the children did as she said. 

  

Baby Goes to Market by Atinuke, illustrated by Angela Brooksbank
Don't Push the Button! by Bill Cotter (back by request)
If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson

 

I'm Tough! by Kate & Jim McMullan
Maisy's Band by Lucy Cousins (pop-up)

Royal Crown Preschool Storytime

Storytime for 3 to 5 year olds:

• Opening - "A Tooty Ta" from Dance Like This by Mr. Al

• Literacy activity - Royal Crowns (adapted by Carol Hopkins from a flannelboard idea shared on the Story Time Secrets blog)

Hand each child a crown with a letter on it.  The child will bring his or her crown to the board when the letter on his or her crown is called out.  

The queen wore her "Q" crown.

The king wore his "K" crown.

The prince wore his "P" crown.

The princess wore her "S" crown.

The dog wore her "D" crown.

And the cat wore his "C" crown.

Oh what a royal family with fancy crowns!

  

  

  

• Book #1 - The Princess and the Pig by Jonathan Emmett, illustrated by Poly Bernatene

• Stand-up activity - The Noble Duke of York (traditional action song) 

The noble duke of York, he had 10,000 men
He marched them up the hill and then he marched them down again
When you're up, you're up
When you're down, you're down
And when you're only halfway up
Your neither up or down

• Sit down activity - Lords and Ladies In a Row (fingerplay written by Carol Hopkins)

Five ladies in waiting, standing in a row
They bow their heads to honor the queen
Five noble lords, standing in a row
They bow their heads to honor the king
They stand in two straight lines and politely applaud
Then they come together and dance at the ball

• Book #2 - Do Princesses Really Kiss Frogs? by Carmela LaVigna Coyle, illustrated by Mike Gordon 

• Book #3 - Princess Baby by Karen Katz 

• Closing - Dance with scarves to the song "Silly Dance Contest" from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes by Jim Gill

 

• Art experience - Bingo paint dabbers and stickers on a royal crown 

Royal People Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

  

 

• Book #1 – King Bidgood's In the Bathtub by Audrey Wood, illustrated by Don Wood (big book) 

• Stand-up Activity – "Duke of York" action song from More Tickles & Tunes by Kathy Reid-Naiman 

• 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 - Sing a Song of Sixpence (nursery rhyme)

Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye;
Four and twenty blackbirds
All baked in a pie.
When the pie was opened,
The birds began to sing;
Wasn't that a dainty dish
To set before the king?
The king was in his counting-house,
Counting out his money;
The queen was in the parlor
Eating bread and honey.
The maid was in the garden
Hanging out the clothes;
When down came a blackbird,
And snapped at her nose!

• Letter of the Day - "R" is for Royalty

• Book #2 – Princess Baby On the Go! by Karen Katz (board book, lift-flap) 

• Activity – Not Much Different (action chant written by Carol Hopkins)

A prince has a crown, and he bows to say, "Hello."
A princess has a crown and she curtseys to say, "How do you do."
They can run
They can dance
They can jump
They can sit
They are not much different from you or me

• Closing - Scarves to the song "Popcorn Calling Me" from Buzz Buzz by Laurie Berkner 

 

 

• Art Experience – Bingo paint dabbers on a royal shield 

Birthday Fun Preschool Storytime

Storytime for 3 to 5 year olds:

• Opening - "A Tooty Ta" from Dance Like This by Mr. Al

• Literacy activity - Alphabet Boxes 

I handed each child one of these alphabet discovery boxes that my library got from Lakeshore Learning. We then sang the alphabet song and the children brought up their box at the appropriate letter.  

  

  

• Book #1 - The Secret Birthday Message by Eric Carle 

• Stand-up activity - "If You're Happy and You Know It" action song from Wee Sing Children's Songs and Fingerplays by Wee Sing 

• Sit down activity - Pat-A-Cake (traditional clapping song)

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man.

Bake me a cake as fast as you can

Pat it, and roll it, and mark it with "B"

And put it in the oven for Baby and me!

• Book #2 - The Birthday Queen by Audrey and Don Wood 

• Book #3 - The Mixed-up Truck by Stephen Savage 

• Closing - Dance with scarves to the song "Silly Dance Contest" from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes by Jim Gill

 

 

• Art experience - Cut out candles to glue onto a drawing of a birthday cake