Stinky Garbage 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.

 

Opening #3: Fee Fi Fo Fum

Fee fi fo fum,
(clap for each syllable)

See my fingers,
(wiggle fingers)

See my thumbs.
(wiggle thumbs)

Fee fi fo fum,
(clap for each syllable)

Good bye fingers,
(hide one hand behind back)

Good bye thumbs.
(hide the other hand behind back)

(Repeat several times moving and saying the words faster and faster)

 

Literacy activity flannelboard: There Was an Old Woman Recycling Rhyme (adapted by Carol Hopkins from a rhyme found at Storytime Source Page)

Directions: Give each child a picture of bottles, cans, boxes, or newspapers.  Each child comes up to put their picture on the board when their recyclable item is said.  

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe 
She had so much trash, she didn't know what to do
She learned from a friend to separate a few
And got herself a Recycling Bin.

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
She had so much trash, she didn't now what to do
She piled up the bottles, the bottles, the bottles,
And took them out back to the Recycling Bin.

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
She had so much trash, she didn't know what to do
She piled up the cans, the cans, the cans,
And took them out back to the Recycling Bin.

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
She had so much trash, she didn't now what to do
She piled up the newspapers, the newspapers, the newspapers,
And took them out back to the Recycling Bin.

  

  

 

Book #1: I Stink! by Kate & Jim McMullan 

Theme activity #1: I'm a Little Garbage Truck (action song to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot" written by Carol Hopkins)

I'm a little garbage truck, watch me go
Here is my hopper
Here is my cab
When I get all filled up, to the dump I go
Just tip me over and dump the garbage out

 

Theme activity #2: Morning at the Dump (fingerplay written by Carol Hopkins)

(show ten fingers)
Early in the morning, down at the dump
See the dump trucks standing all in a row
See them dump their garbage
(bend fingers)
Dump, dump, dump
Now watch them rolling away
(roll hands over each other)
To go gather more
(sign language for "more")

  

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) 

  

***Parent literacy tip: When you are reading books with your child, don't forget to talk about feelings.  This helps build vocabulary and understanding.     

Book #2: The Earth Book by Todd Parr 

Book #3: Garbage Trucks by Paul Zachary 

Closing music with bells: “The Tempo Marches On” from Jim Gill Sings Do Re Mi on His Toe Leg Knee by Jim Gill      

  

 

Art activity:  Color and glue stuff onto a garbage truck drawing

Optional other books:
Trashy Town by Andrewa Zimmerman and David Clemesha, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino 
All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanaka