Balancing Big and Little Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

   

 

• Book #1 – Balancing Act by Ellen Stoll Walsh

• Stand-up Activity – "The Grand Old Duke of York" from More Tickles & Tunes by Kathy Reid-Naiman

• 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 - Balancing a Snake

I created a simple scale with pieces I found at home. I found something that worked as the fulcrum and a lid to a plastic container as the cross beam. I then placed a bean bag snake on one end of the scale. I found some woodland creatures from a counting game to act as the counter weight to the snake. The children helped me count how many animals it took to balance the weight of the snake. 

• Letter of the Day - "T" is for teeter-totter

• Book #2 – Charlie Chick by Nick Denchfield and Ant Parker (pop-up)

• Activity – This Is (fingerplay adapted by Carol Hopkins)

This is big, big, big

This is small, small, small

This is tall, tall, tall

This is short, short, short

This is fast, fast, fast

This is slow, slow, slow

This is yes, yes, yes

This is no, no, no

This is right, right, right

This is left, left, left

This is hide

(cover eyes with hands)

This is... Peekaboo!

• Closing - Dance with scarves using the song "Milkshake" from Songs for Wiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music

 

 

• Art Experience – Glue colorful small and large wallpaper squares onto a regular sheet of blue paper