Sheep Follow the Jeep - 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: Counting Sheep (number counting flannelboard)

  

Book #1: Sheep In a Jeep by Nancy Shaw, illustrated by Margot Apple (big book)

Stand-up activity: “Jumping & Counting” action song from Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem and More Salutes to Nonsense by Jim Gill

Sit-down activity: Ten Sheep (fingerplay adapted by Carol Hopkins)

(Show and count 10 fingers)
10 little sheep munching on grass,
Happy little sheep to follow the lass.
They wander to the right.
They wander to the left.
They come to a stop in a new field of green.
10 little sheep soft and well fed,
Curl up to sleep in the grass for a bed.

 

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:  Five of the best ways to prepare your child to read are talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing with your child.                     

Book #2: The Sheep Follow by Monica Wellington

Book #3: Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox, illustrated by Judy Horacek (big book)   

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

 

Art activity: Glue cotton onto paper plate, then color and cut out a sheep’s head to put on it   

Optional other books:
Hello, Day! by Anita Lobel
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle