Wheels All Day - 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: Colored Cars in the Basket
(I happened to get ahold of a bunch of wood cars of a variety of colors.  I handed out the cars, then asked the children to bring them up to the basket as I called out their color.  Afterwards, we counted how many cars we had.) 

  

  

Book #1: What Do Wheels Do All Day? by April Jones Prince, illustrated by Giles Laroche  

Stand-up activity: “Wheels On the Bus” traditional action song from Toddler Tunes by Cedarmont Kids   

Sit-down activity: “Little Red Wagon” action song from Wiggleworms 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: Freight Train by Donald Crews

Book #3: Giant Pop-Out Vehicles: A Pop-OutSurprise Book by Meagan Bennett (lift-flap, pop-up)

***Parent literacy tip:  Talk about putting toys in ordinal number order (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, etc.) to expand your child’s vocabulary and knowledge about numbers.  This can be done in any language!            

Closing music with egg shakers: “I Know a Chicken” from The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band by Laurie Berkner

  

 

Art activity: Color, cut, and glue traffic lights       

Optional other books:
The Bus for Us by Suzanne Bloom
Supertruck by Stephen Savage