More Green Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

   

• Book #1 – Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox, illustrated by Judy Horacek

• Stand-up Activity – Green Are the Hills (action rhyme I found in Storytime Crafts by Kathryn Totten)

• 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 - Hi Ho for St. Patrick's Day (adapted by Carol Hopkins, to the tune of "The Farmer In the Dell")

This shamrock is green, this shamrock is green,
Hi, ho for St. Patrick's Day,
This shamrock is green.

This leprechaun wears green, this leprechaun wears green,
Hi, ho for St. Patrick's Day,
This shamrock is green.

(Repeat with more green objects: snake, bird, Popsicle, etc.)

• Letter of the Day - "g" for green

• Book #2 – The Green Tractor from Cottage Farm/Hothouse Books (board book)

• Activity – "There's a Little Wheel a-Turnin' In My Heart" from Buzz Buzz by Laurie Berkner (action song)

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

  

 

• Art Experience – Crayon coloring on shamrock drawing