Wind Storytime

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

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Kite Flying by Grace Lin***
• Activity – Here Is My Kite (action rhyme I found in Mailbox Preschool magazine, Feb./Mar. 2005, page 26)
• Flannelboard - What a Windy Day (rhyme to the tune of "The Wheels On the Bus" that I found in Mailbox Preschool magazine, April/May 2008, page 33)
• Book #2 - What Can You Do In the Wind? by Anna Grossnickle Hines, illustrated by Thea Kliros (board book)
• Activity - Spring Winds (action rhyme I found in Mailbox Preschool magazine, April/May 2005, page 22)
• Closing - Scarves using "Water, Wind and World" from The Second Line by Johnette Downing
• Craft – Coloring sheet

***Parent Enhancement - Language used in storybooks is different from what we use when we are speaking, so children hear different words when being read to, which builds vocabulary.