Fruit Basket - Family Storytime

A Tuesday morning storytime for ages 0-6 years old.  

Opening #1: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” from Songs for Wiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music

Opening #2: Roly Poly Oh So Fast (hand rolling body part chant adapted by Carol Hopkins)

Roly poly, roly poly, oh so fast!
Roly poly, roly poly, oh so slowly.
Roly poly, roly poly, up.
Roly poly, roly poly, down.
Roly poly, roly poly, hands on your head.
Roly poly, roly poly, hand on your feet.

(Repeat with other body parts)

Roly poly, roly poly, hands in your lap.

 

 

Color literacy activity flannelboard: Basket of toy fruit
(I found bag full of plastic toy fruit.  I handed out the toys to the children.  Then the children placed their toy in the basket after I called out its color.) 

***Parent literacy tip:  When you give your child positive reinforcement by clapping or telling them they did a good job, you are encouraging them to act both independently and cooperatively.    

 

  

Book #1: The Little Mouse, the Red RipeStrawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood

Stand-up activity: “I’m a Little Teapot” from This Little Piggy by Adam Stemple, et al.   

Sit-down activity: Pat-a-Cake (traditional clapping nursery rhyme) 

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 a "B"
Put it in the oven for baby and me. 

 

Transition: 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 

  

Book #2: Who Eats Orange? by Dianne White, illustrated by Robin Page

Book #3: How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Mark Teague   

Closing music with jingle bells: “Fruit Salad Salsa” from Victor Vito by Laurie Berkner

   

Art activity: Watercolor paint pineapple shape.  Trace handprint on green paper.  Cut out this green handprint and glue it to the top of the pineapple shape to be the leafy top. 

Optional books:
Counting to Bananas: A Mostly Rhyming Fruit Book by Carrie Tillotson, illustrated by Estrela Lourenco
Jamberry by Bruce Degen