Passive Craft Table - Donut Magnets

 

 

For this passive program, I put out a craft table that was available all day long.  The intention of the table was to walk up and help yourself to the intended craft on the last day of the school year.  

This craft was to create a donut magnet (a craft kit I found at https://www.bakerross.com/doughnut-mix-match-magnet-kits-1).    

 

Extra supplies I added to the kit:

-         Glitter glue

-         Pompoms

 

This was a low cost, low staff intensive activity with some interesting results!  

Autumn Leaves Falling - Baby Toddler Storytime

A Tuesday morning storytime for ages 0-2 years old.  

Opening #1: Skinnamarink (action song from Car Songs: Songs to Sing Anywhere by Dennis Buck from Kimbo)

Opening #2: Sticky, Sticky Bubblegum (fingerplay)

Sticky, sticky bubblegum, bubblegum, bubblegum; 
Sticky, sticky bubblegum;
Stuck to your __________.
1, 2, 3, PULL!

(Repeat with more body parts)

 

 

Book: Fall Leaves Fall by Zoe Hall, illustrated by Shari Halpern

Stand-up activity: Falling Leaves (scarf song to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" I found at My Storytime Corner blog)

Leaves, leaves, leaves will fall
(stand up and sway) 

Gently all around

Falling left falling right
(arms move left and right with fluttering fingers)

Fluttering to the ground.
(fall to the ground)

 

Sit-down activity: Brown Squirrel, Brown Squirrel (action rhyme that I found at Adventures of a Bookworm blog but have also seen versions elsewhere) 

Brown squirrel, brown squirrel
Shake your bushy tail
(wiggle bottom)
Brown squirrel, brown squirrel
Shake your bushy tail
Wrinkle up your little nose
(tap nose)
Put a nut between your toes
(hold hands up like claws)
Brown squirrel, brown squirrel
Shake your bushy tail. 

 

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!

 

Lap rhyme #2: Frog Jump Over the Great Big Stick (lap bounce action rhyme written by Carol Hopkins)

Frog be nimble, frog be quick,
Frog jump over the great big stick.
(lift baby/arms up)

Frog be nimble, frog be slick,
Frog swim under the great big stick.
(make swimming motions with arms)

Frog be nimble, frog go click,
Frog almost falls off the great big stick.
(pretend to fall off lap)

Frog be nimble frog be fine,
Frog gets a kiss at storytime.
(blow kisses)

 

Lap rhyme #3: Roly Poly (hand rolling opposites 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, clap, clap, clap.
Roly poly, roly poly, tap, tap, tap.
Roly poly, roly poly, fast, fast, fast.
Roly poly, roly poly, slow, slow, slow.
Roly poly, roly poly, I love you!

 

Lap rhyme #4: Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes (traditional body parts action song)

Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and toes.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and toes.
And eyes and, ears and, mouth and nose.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and toes.

 

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) 

 

***Literacy tip: Narrative skills are being able to describe things and to tell stories.  It also helps with comprehension.  Ask your child what happens next as you read together. 

Letter of the day: "L” is for leaf or leaves

 

 

Flannelboard: Four Little Apples (counting down rhyme found in Ready to Go Storytimes: Fingerplays, Scripts, Patterns, Music, & More by Gail Benton and Trisha Waichulaitis)

Closing song with Scarves: “Around and Around” from Welcome from Miss Carole by Carole Peterson

 

 

 

 

Mini-Camper Summer Camp Storytime Week 5

   This summer I was invited to give a special weekly storytime at a local summer camp for 5- and 6-year-olds.    

     

Book:

Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups by Tadgh Bentley 

 

Craft activity: 

We made an orca leaping over paper plate waves. This craft was inspired by something I found online that was a dolphin.  I changed the animal to make it go with the book I read.  

Leaves Apples Fall - Family Storytime

A Tuesday morning storytime for ages 0-6 years old.  

Opening #1: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” from Songs for Wiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music

Opening #2: Roly Poly Oh So Fast (hand rolling body part chant adapted by Carol Hopkins)

Roly poly, roly poly, oh so fast!
Roly poly, roly poly, oh so slowly.
Roly poly, roly poly, up.
Roly poly, roly poly, down.
Roly poly, roly poly, hands on your head.
Roly poly, roly poly, hand on your feet.

(Repeat with other body parts)

Roly poly, roly poly, hands in your lap.

 

 

Literacy activity flannelboard: Color Leaves Falling (color name flannelboard to the tune of "Are You Sleeping")

{_Red_} leaves falling
{_Red_} leaves falling
In the wind
In the wind
Bring it up right now
Bring it up right now
To the board
To the board

(Repeat with other leaf colors)

  

 

Book #1: Apple Farmer Annie by Monica Wellington

***Parent literacy tip: Narrative skills are being able to describe things and to tell stories.  It also helps with comprehension.  Ask your child what happens next as you read together.    

Stand-up activity: “I’m a Little Teapot” from This Little Piggy by Adam Stemple, Jane Yolen, et al

Sit-down activity: Four Red Apples (fingerplay to the tune of "This Old Man")

4 red apples, on the tree

2 for you and 2 for me

So-o shake that tree and watch them fall

1, 2, 3, 4, that is all

 

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: We Love Fall! by Diane Muldrow, illustrated by Jill Dubin

Closing music with rhythm sticks: “Goin’ On a Bear Hunt” from Kids in Action by Greg & Steve

   

Art activity: Decorate a brown construction paper headband/crown by gluing craft foam leaves and silk leaves to it. 

 

 

 

Mini-Camper Summer Camp Storytime Week 4

  This summer I was invited to give a special weekly storytime at a local summer camp for 5- and 6-year-olds.    

     

Book:

This Book Will Get You to Sleep! by Jory John, illustrated by Olivier Tallec 

 

Craft activity: 

We made jingle sticks to keep ourselves awake.  I actually made this craft last year with this same group, but the kids had so much fun with it that I brought it back again this year.  Slide three jingle bells on a pipe-cleaner.  Decorate a large craft stick.  Then, wrap the pipe cleaner around the craft stick.