Brave Superhero Books - Family Storytime

A Wednesday 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: Superheroes Move All Around Town (to the tune of “Wheels On the Bus” that I adapted from one I found on the Literary Hoots blog at http://www.literaryhoots.com/2015/04/superhero-storytime.html)

The superhero _arms_ can flex and lift,
flex and lift, flex and lift;
The superhero _arms_ can flex and lift,
All around town.

…_Eyes_ go zap, zap, zap.

…_Legs_ run very fast.

…_Cape_ flies with a zoom!

 

   

 

Book #1:  There’s a Superhero In Your Book by Tom Fletcher, illustrated by Greg Abbott

Theme activity #1: Did You Ever See a Hero? (adapted from an action song I saw on the Jbrary blog, to the tune of "Did You Ever See a Lassie?")

Did you ever see a hero, a hero, a hero

Did you ever see a hero, flying through the sky?

Flying this way and that way

Flying this way and that way

Flying round and around

Flying round and around

Did you ever see a hero

Flying down to the ground?

  

Theme activity #2: "Grand Old Duke Of York" action song from Where Is Thumbkin? by Kimbo

Transition: Dance Your Fingers (fingerplay adaption from a video I saw from New York Public Library)

Dance your fingers up;
(put fingers high in the air)

Dance your fingers down;
(touch the ground)

Dance your fingers from side to side;
(move hands from left to right side of body and back again, several times)

And dance them all around.
(hands move in a large wiggly circle in the air in front of your body)

Dance them on your shoulders;
(fingers wiggle on your shoulders)

Dance them on your head;
(fingers wiggle on top of your head)

Dance them on your tummy;
(fingers wiggle on top of your tummy)

And put them all to bed.
(fold hands in lap or tuck under armpits)

  

Book #2: Go Away Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley 

Book #3: Owl Babies by Martin Waddell, illustrated by Patrick Benson (big book) 

Closing music with egg shakers: “I Know a Chicken” from Whaddaya Think of That? by Laurie Berkner        

  

 

Art activity:  Make superhero armbands with slapbracelets, bingo dabbers, and stickers

Optional other books:
Ten Rules of Being a Superhero by Deb Pilutti 
Bear Feels Scared by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Jane Chapman