Terrific Fire Trucks - 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: Firefighters In Their Color Coats (adapted by Carol Hopkins from a rhyme I found at http://www.preschooleducation.com/sfire.shtml)

I used clip art images I found with firefighters in red, yellow, and black coats.  I then handed each child a firefighter image.  The children placed their firefighter on the board after I said their color in the rhyme.

Lots of little fire fighters sleeping in their beds. 
"Ding! Ding! Ding!" went the bell.
And out come the {red} coats.
They race to the fire and put out the flames.
Then the _____ (count the firefighters on the board) little firefighters went back to bed again.

(repeat for as many colored firefighter coats you have on hand, then move on to this last bit of rhyme.)

The morning has come,
The firefighters finally got some sleep.  
They are all ready now to start a brand new day!

  

Book #1: Fire Chief Fran by Linda Ashman, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter

Stand-up activity: “Drive the Fire Truck” from Songs for Wiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music

Sit-down activity: "Fantastic Fire Truck" action song to the tune of "Wheels On the Bus" that I found in a Mailbox Kindergarten magazine (October/November 2009, page 59)

The wheels on the fire truck go round and round,
Round and round, round and round.
The wheels on the fire truck go round and round,
All through the town.

(Repeat with more versus)

The hoses on the truck go spray, spray, spray…

The lights on the truck go flash, flash, flash…

The siren on the truck goes woo, woo, woo…

 

Transition: Open-Shut Them (fingerplay) 

Open, shut them
(open and close hands)
Open, shut them
Give a little clap (clap)
Open, shut them

Open, shut them
Put them in your lap
(put hands in lap)

Creep them, creep them
Under your chin
(creep fingers up chest)
Open your mouth, but don't put them in
(do as words say)

Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Give a little clap
Open shut them
Open shut them
Put them in your lap 

  

***Parent literacy tip:  Play sorting games with your child.  Use items you can find around the house.  Talk about what is the same and different about these items.                       

Book #2: Maisy’s Fire Engine by Lucy Cousins (board book)

Book #3: Elecopter by Michael Slack    

Closing music with scarves: “Flitter Flutter” from The Second Line by Johnette Downing  

Art activity: Metallic pens coloring on a fire truck outline, plus gluing ladders and wheels to it.    

Optional other books:
Fire Trucks (My Favorite Machine series from Xist Publishing) by Victoria Marcos
Flashing Fire Engines by Tony Mitton, illustrated by Ant Parker