Bees In the Grass Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

  

 

• Book #1 – Bees by Melvin and Gilda Berger

• Stand-up Activity – "Baby Bumblebee" action song from Toddler Action Songs 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 - From Five to Zero (a counting down rhyme I found in a Preschool Mailbox magazine, May/June 2016, page 7)

• Letter of the Day - "H" is for honey

• Book #2 – In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming

• Activity – Here Is a Beehive (a counting rhyme I found in the book What'll I Do With the Baby-O? by Jane Cobb)

• Closing - Rhythm sticks using "Goin' On a Bear Hunt" from Kids In Action by Greg and Steve 

 

• Art Experience – Bingo paint dabbers on beehive drawings