Lights in the Dark Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

   

 

• Book #1 – Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle

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

• 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 - "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" traditional song

Directions: Hand out colored stars to every child. Sing the song once. Then change out the word "little" with a color of a star. The children come up to place their star on the board when their color is sung. 

• Letter of the Day - "L" is for light

• Book #2 – Night Lights by Susan Gal

• Activity – During the Night (action chant written by Carol Hopkins)

During the night I know that...

Stars twinkle in the sky

Bats fly and swoop through the air

Owls flap their wings before saying, "Who-Who"

Cats jump from place to place

Opossums climb up trees

Raccoons run across the grass

Wolves howl at the moon

And I lie in my bed to sleep

• Closing - Tambourines to the song "Fruit Salad Salsa" from Victor Vito by Laurie Berkner 

   

 

• Art Experience – Place foil star stickers on light-bulb cut outs