Shadows with a Groundhog Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

   

 

• Book #1 – Who Will See Their Shadows This Year? by Jerry Pallotta, illustrated by David Biedrzycki

• Stand-up Activity – What Is a Shadow? (action rhyme I found in STEP Into Storytime by Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting and Kathy Fling Klatt)

• 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 - Guess That Shadow! (rhyme and flannelboard game I found on the blog Sunflower Storytime)

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

• Book #2 – Groundhog Day by Clara Cella

• Activity – "The Tempo Marches On" from Jim Gill Sings Do Re Mi On His Toe Leg Knee by Jim Gill 

• Closing - Dance with scarves to the song "Shake Your Scarves" from The Second Line: Scarf Activity Songs by Johnette Downing

  

 

• Art Experience – Use a glue stick on a shadow matching worksheet (I did all of the cutting before hand)