Garden Seeds Preschool Storytime

Storytime for 3 to 5 year olds:

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

• Color literacy activity flannelboard - Spring Flower Colors

I got a song at a workshop a few years back about the colors of spring flowers written by Lorraine Burdick. I passed out different colored flowers to the children. Then I sang the song changing the color of the flower each time I sang it.  The children with the colored flower that I just said comes up to place their flower on the board.  

  

  

  

• Book #1 - Dandelions: Stars In the Grass by Mia Posada

• Stand-up activity - "Baby Bumblebee" action song from Toddler Action Songs by Cedarmont Kids

• Sit down activity - A Little Plant (adapted action rhyme)

In the heart of a seed
Buried oh so deep, a little plant lay fast asleep
"Awake," said the sun
"Come up through the earth."
"Awake," said the rain
"We are giving you birth."
The little seed heard and giving it a try
Pointed its leaves
Up to the sky

• Book #2 - Call Me Tree by Maya Christina Gonzalez

• Book #3 - If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson

• 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 - Glue, cut, and color with a "Seed Munch" worksheet I found in a Mailbox magazine, using gluesticks, color pens, and scissors