Raindrops Preschool Storytime

Storytime for 3 to 5 year olds:

• Opening - "A Tooty Ta" from Dance Like This by Mr. Al

• Literacy activity - Raindrops spell the word "rain"

Make a bunch of raindrops with one letter from the word "rain" on them.  Hand each child one raindrop.  Slowly spell the word.  As you say the letter in their hand, the children place their raindrops on the board. **Add some math by counting the number of raindrops on the board. 

    

  

  

• Book #1 - The Rain Train by Elena De Roo, illustrated by Brian Lovelock

• Stand-up activity - Choo-Choo Train (traditional action rhyme)

This is a choo-choo train,  

(bend arms at elbows)
Puffing down the track.  

(rotate forearms in rhythm)

Now it’s going forward,  

(push arms forward, continue rotating motion)
Now it’s going back.  

(pull arms back, continue rotating motion)
Now the bell is ringing,  

(pull bell cord with closed fist)
Now the whistle blows.  

(hold fist near mouth and blow)
What a lot of noise it makes,  

(cover ears with hands)
Everywhere it goes!  (stretch out arms)

• Sit down activity - April Showers Bring... Mud! (action rhyme to the tune of "The Ants Go Marching" that I found in a Mailbox Preschool magazine, April/May 2004, page 6)

• Book #2 - Red Rubber Boot Day by Mary Lyn Ray, illustrated by Lauren Stringer

• Book #3 - Kipper's Rainy Day based on the books by Mick Inkpen (lift-the-flap)

• Closing - Dance with scarves to the song "Silly Dance Contest" from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes by Jim Gill

 

 

• Art experience - Tear blue paper into raindrops to be glued onto a worksheet.  Pens were also set out for coloring. (I'm pretty sure I found this worksheet in a Mailbox magazine.)