Friendship Storytime

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

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

• Book #1 – My Best Friend by Pat Hutchins

• Stand-up Activity – "Hey Little Friend" from Sing It! Say It! Stamp It! Sway It! Volume 3 by Peter and Ellen Allard (action song)

• Bridge - 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 

• Flannelboard - Five Friends (I found this at the website http://www.stepbystepcc.com/friendship.html) 

• Book #2 – Tumble Bumble by Felicia Bond

• Activity – Friends (a fingerplay I found at http://www.stepbystepcc.com/friendship.html)

• Closing - Tambourines using the music "I Really Love to Dance" fromBuzz Buzz by Laurie Berkner

• Art Experience – Use color pens on paper towel tube friendship bracelets