Here Comes the Weather - 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.

 

 

Literacy activity flannelboard: When Windy Hats Blow (found in storytime collection at PCLS)

When I hear the wind blow,
I look up into the sky.
Instead of things like birds or planes,
I watch the hats fly.

Each one different from the last,
Every color do I see.
Some are big and some are small,
As they fly by me. 

Here comes a _blue_ hat flying by,
Now a _yellow_ hat is in the sky.
Next a _red_ hat on its way,
Then a _brown_ hat flies away.

_Green_ and _black_, _orange_ and _white_,
Even _purple_,… what a sight!
I like it when it rains or snows,
But most of all, I like it when the windy hats blow. 

  

  

Book #1: What Will the Weather Be Like Today? by Paul Rogers, illustrated by Kazuko

Stand-up activity: Itsy Bitsy Spider (traditional fingerplay)

Activity: “The Goldfish” action song from Laurie Berkner

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 

  

***Parent literacy tip:  Language used in storybooks is different from what we use when we are speaking, so children hear different words when we read to them This builds vocabulary!                        

Book #2: Here Comes the Rain by Mary Murphy  

Book #3: What Can You Do in the Wind? by Anna Grossnickle Hines, illustrated by Thea Kliros (board book)     

Closing music with scarves: “Flitter Flutter” from The Second Line by Johnette Downing  

  

Art activity: Glue precut sun and clouds on paper then use Q-tips to paint raindrops around them    

Optional other books:
The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates and Juniper Bates
Singing In the Rain based on the song by Arthur freed and Nacio Herb Brown, illustrated by Tim Hopgood