Panda Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

• Book #1 – Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr., illustrated by Eric Carle

• Stand-up Activity – Panda Bear, Panda Bear (action rhyme adapted by Carol Hopkins from the traditional "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around" rhyme)

Panda bear, panda bear turn around

Panda bear, panda bear touch the ground

Panda bear, panda bear dance on your toes

Panda bear, panda bear touch your nose

Panda bear, panda bear reach up high

Panda bear, panda bear jump to the sky

Panda bear, panda bear find your feet

Panda bear, panda bear find your seat

• 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 - "All Types of Bears" rhyme found in Artsy Toddler Storytimes by Carol Garnett Hopkins (I made this one using clipart and magnets)

• Book #2 – Doctor Maisy by Lucy Cousins

• Activity – "If You're Happy and You Know It" from Songs for Wiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music

• Closing - Scarves using the song "Flitter Flutter" from The Second Line by Johnette Downing 

  

• Art Experience – Color panda finger puppet with crayons

Duck, Duck, Goose Preschool Storytime

Storytime for 3 to 5 year olds.

• Opening - "A Tooty Ta" from Dance Like This by Mr. Al

• Color recognition flannelboard - Goosey Goose Colors 

A flannelboard color rhyme written by Carol Hopkins.

Directions: Make a set of geese in different colors. Hand these geese out to the children, one per child. Say the rhyme, naming one color each time. The children come up and place their goose on the board when you say the color of their goose.

Goosey, goosey gander

Please come play with me.

Goosey, goosey "red" goose

Join the flock and me.

• Book #1 - Look Out Suzy Goose by Petr Horáček

• Stand-up activity - Goose Pops Out of the Water (action song written by Carol Hopkins to the tune of "Pop Goes the Weasel")

The goose waddles all over the town

(waddle walk)

The goose walks up to the water

The goose stops to make a sound

(pause to honk like a goose)

Now HOP right into the water!

(jump)

The goose swims all around

(make swimming motions)

The goose swims in the water

The goose stops to make a sound

(pause to honk like a goose)

Now POP right out of the water!

(jump)

• Activity - Little Ducklings (action chant adapted by Carol Hopkins)

Ten little duckling line up in a row

(stand up straight)

Quack, quack, quack

(clap three times)

And away they go.

They walk behind their mother waddling to and fro

(waddle walk)

Quack, quack, quack

(clap three times)

And away they go.

Down to the big pond, happy as can be

(make large circle with both arms)

Quack, quack, quack

(clap three times)

And away they go.

They jump in the water to bob up and down

(bend knees a couple of times to bob)

Quack, quack, quack

(clap three times)

And away they go.

They swim all around, and swim right out of sight

(make swimming motions)

Quack, quack, quack

(clap three times)

And away they went.

(wave good-bye)

  

  

• Book #2 - Come Along Daisy! by Jane Simmons

• Book #3 - Goose Needs a Hug by Tad Hills (board book)

• Closing - Dance with scarves to the song "Silly Dance Contest" from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes by Jim Gill

 

 

 

• Art experience - Use crayons, scissors, and glue sticks with the Duck, Duck, Goose pattern worksheet I found in the August/September 2008 Mailbox magazine

Ducks and Geese Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

• Book #1 – Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming

• Stand-up Activity – Little Goose, Little Goose (action rhyme adapted by Carol Hopkins from the tradition rhyme (Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around")

Little goose, little goose waddle around. 

Little goose, little goose touch the ground.

Little goose, little goose wings go flap.

Little goose, little goose beak goes, "Honk! Honk!"

Little goose, little goose jump into the river.

Little goose, little goose give a little shiver.

Little goose, little goose find your feet.

Little goose, little goose find your seat.

• 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 - Where Is the Duckling and Gosling?

I adapted this flannelboard from one I found at AnnesLibraryLife. Place colored eggs on the board with one baby duck and one baby goose hidden behind the eggs. The children must guess where the babies are by calling out the colors. Fun and easy to make. 

• Book #2 – I Went Walking by Sue Williams, illustrated by Julie Vivas (big book)

• Activity – I'm a Duck/Goose (sung to the tune of "Frere Jacques," adapted by Carol Hopkins from a song found at Step By Step Child Care)

I'm a duck, I'm a duck
(sign language for duck)
Watch me waddle, as I walk

(waddle walk)

Hear me when I talk, hear me when I talk

Quack, quack quack! Quack, quack, quack!

I'm a goose, I'm a goose

(sign language for goose)

Watch me sway, as I walk

(waddle walk)

Hear me when I talk, hear me when I talk

Honk, honk, honk! Honk, honk, honk!

• Closing - Scarves using the song "Flitter Flutter" from The Second Line by Johnette Downing 

  

 

 

  

• Art Experience – Glue feathers to a goose drawing. 

Flannel Friday: Counting Berries in a Canoe

I created this counting set to go with the book Jamberry by Bruce Degan.  Simply count the number of berries in the canoe. The canoe is made from clipart and the berries are craft foam circles. I glued magnets to the back of each piece so I can use it on my magnet board.

After I made this set I realized it doesn't necessarily need to be a canoe.  I could say it is a plate or a bowl with berries or even balls piling up in it.