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.