Springtime Animals Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

    

• Book #1 – My Spring Robin by Anne Rockwell, illustrated by Harlow Rockwell and Lizzy Rockwell

• Stand-up Activity – "Eensy Weensy Spider" from Toddler Tunes by Cedarmont Kids

• 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 - Bluebird Bluebird Through My Window (traditional color song)

• Letter of the Day - "S" is for Spring

• Book #2 – Caterpillar Spring, Butterfly Summer by Susan Hood, illustrated by Caludine Gévry (novelty board book)

• Activity – Five Spring Flowers (fingerplay adapted by Carol Hopkins)

Flowers tall, flowers small

Flowers planted by the wall

Blowing in the springtime breezes

Not for little children sneezes

Let us count the flowers alive

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Five little flowers thrive in the springtime sun

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

  

 

• Art Experience – Use a glue stick to glue crepe paper streamers to a shortened power towel tube to create a windsock