Farm Animals Storytime

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

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – ***Hello, Day! by Anita Lobel
• Activity – Clippity Clippity Clop (action rhyme I adjusted from another rhyme)

Clippity, clippity clop,
The horses go clip clop.
They gallop to the right.
They gallop to the left.
They gallop all around...
And they come to a stop.
Clippity, clippity clop.

• Flannelboard - Old Macdonald Had a Farm (song)
• Book #2 - Maisy At the Farm by Lucy Cousins (pop-up)
• Activity - Two Little Chickens (a take on the Two Little Blackbirds fingerplay)
• Closing - Scarves using "Water, Wind and World" from The Second Line by Johnette Downing
• Craft – Fingerprint spots on a cow drawing

***Parent Literacy Enhancement - Researchers have noted 6 areas of early literacy learning that kids need to experience to be ready to learn to read. One of these areas is Print Motivation. Print Motivation is an interest in and the enjoyment of books and reading. Reading books aloud to your kids at home, coming to storytime; these are all activities that increase Print Motivation.