A Saturday storytime for ages 0-6 years old.
Opening: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" from Songs for Wiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music
Literacy
activity / Flannelboard: Lots of
Little Owls (color literacy flannelboard adapted by Carol Hopkins from a rhyme
found at https://www.northmankato.com/sites/default/files/images/Owl%20Miss%20You%20Storytime.pdf)
(Hand out colored
owls to the children. Instruct the
children to place their owl on the flannelboard when their color is said in the
rhyme. Start off with one solitary owl
on the board.)
One little owl when the moon
was new,
Along came some more, and they were blue.
Lots of little owls perched
high in the tree,
Along came some more, and they were green.
Lots of little owls flew
down for a drink,
Along came some more, and they were pink.
Lots of little owl flew
around the town,
Along came some more, and they were brown.
(Count the owls
on the board)
_____ little owls saying, “Whoo! Whoo!”
Then they all flapped their wings and they flew away.
Book #1: Owl Babies by Martin Waddell, illustrated by
Patrick Benson
Literacy tip: Predictable patterns encourage reading together as
children will learn to repeat the patterns with you. When you come to a predictable
line, use voice or hand motions to encourage your child to say it along with
you.
Stand-up activity: Just Like an Owl (action song to the tune of “London
Bridges” that I found at the Upper Hudson Library System webpage)
Flap your wings and fly around, fly around,
fly around.
Flap your wings and fly around, just like an owl.
Open your eyes big and wide, big and wide,
big and wide.
Open your eyes big and wide, just like an owl.
Land on the ground and hop along, hop along,
hop along.
Land on the ground and hop along, just like an owl.
Turn your head and say, “Who! Who!” Say, “Who! Who!” Say, “Who! Who!”
Turn your head and say, “Who! Who!,” just like an owl.
Find your nest and sit right down, sit right
down, sit right down.
Find your nest and sit right down, just like an owl.
Sit-down activity / Bridge: Two Little Barn Owls (adaptation of “Two Little Blackbirds”
fingerplay rhyme by Carol Hopkins)
Two little barn owls sitting on a roof.
One named Jack. The other named Jill.
Fly back Jack. Fly back Jill.
Two little barn owls sitting on a roof.
Two little barn owls sitting on a roof.
One named Jack. The other named Jill.
Fly high Jack. Fly low Jill.
Two little barn owls sitting on a roof.
Extra lap rhyme #1: Tick Tock (lap bounce)
(bounce baby from leg to leg)
Tick tock, tick tock, I’m a little cuckoo
clock.
Tick, tock, tick tock, now it is one o’clock… Cuckoo!
(raise baby up for each cuckoo)
(repeat for other times of day)
Now it is two o’clock… Cuckoo! Cuckoo!
Now it is three o’clock… Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo!
Extra lap rhyme #2: Pat-a-Cake (traditional
clapping nursery rhyme)
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake,
baker's man
Bake me a cake as fast as you can
Pat it
And roll it
And mark it with a "B"
Put it in the oven for baby and me
Extra lap rhyme #3: Roly Poly (rolling fists action rhyme)
Roly poly, roly poly, up, up, up.
Roly poly, roly poly, down, down, down.
Roly poly, roly poly, out, out, out.
Roly poly, roly poly, in, in, in.
Roly poly, roly poly, slap, slap, slap.
Roly poly, roly poly, tap, tap, tap.
Roly poly, roly poly, go so fast!
Roly poly, roly poly, go so slow-ly.
Roly poly, roly poly, I love you!
Transition: Come 'A' Look And See (fingerplay song I first picked
up at a workshop conducted by Jane Cobb but can also be found on the music
CD The Baby Record by Bob McGrath)
Come a' look a' see, here's my mama,
(point to thumb)
Come a' look a' see, here's my papa,
(point to index finger)
Come a' look a' see, my brother tall,
(point to tall finger)
Sister, baby,
(point to ring, then baby finger)
I love them all.
(kiss the fingertips of your finger family)
Book #2: Good-night,
Owl! by Pat Hutchins
Closing song with Scarves: “Popcorn Calling Me” action song from Buzz Buzz by Laurie
Berkner
