Frogs & Toads Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Toad by Ruth Brown
• Activity – Can You Growl Like a Tiger? (action rhyme found in Family Storytime: Twenty-four Creative Programs for All Ages by Rob Reid)
• Flannelboard - 5 Green and Speckled Frogs (song)
• Book #2 - *** Hop Jump by Ellen Stoll Walsh
• Closing - Tamborines using "Kookaburra" from Where Is Thumbkin?: Action Songs for Every Month by Kimbo
• Craft – Use round bingo style paint dabbers on a frog drawing to create speckled frogs

*** Parent enhancement - You can run your finger under the words of the title as you say it. This helps kids understand that you are reading the text, not the pictures. Do this only with the title or a repeated phrase so it does not get in the way of sharing the story.