Number Counting Preschool Storytime

Storytime for 3 to 5 year olds:

• Opening - "A Tooty Ta" from Dance Like This by Mr. Al

• Counting literacy activity flannelboard - Make a graph of favorite colors. Each child brings up their chosen color and places it on the board in the corresponding column. Then we count each color. Which color has more?  Which color has less?

• Book #1 - One Is a Drummer: A Book of Numbers by Roseanne Thong, illustrated by Grace Lin

• Stand-up activity - Two Little Hands (action rhyme)

Two little hands go clap, clap, clap

Two little feet go tap, tap, tap.

Two little fists go thump, thump, thump.

Two little legs go jump, jump, jump.

One little body turns around,

And everyone sits quietly down.

 

 

• Book #2 - Snappy Little Numbers by Kate Lee and Caroline Repchuk, illustrated by Derek Matthews (pop-up)

• Book #3 -  Three Little Mermaids by Mara Van Fleet (pop-up)

• Closing - Dance with scarves to the song "Silly Dance Contest" from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes by Jim Gill

• Art experience - Coloring sheet with crayons

Counting Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

• Book #1 – Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin, illustrated by James Dean

• Stand-up Activity – "Jumping and Counting" from Jim Gill's Irrational Anthem And More Salutes to Nonsense by Jim Gill 

• Bridge - 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 

• Flannelboard - Berries in a Bowl 

Count the number of berries (circles) placed above the bowl. 

• Letter of the Day - "C" is for cat and counting

 

• Book #2 – One, Two, Three! by Sandra Boynton (board book)

• Activity – Lots of Pairs (fingerplay I found in Preschool Mailbox Magazine, Dec./Jan. 2011-12, page 33)

• Closing - Dance with scarves using the song "Milkshake" from Songs for Wiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music

 

• Art Experience – Glue buttons onto a counting strip (practice self control to place only 10, no more than 10, on the strip of paper)

Flannel Friday: Counting Berries in a Canoe

I created this counting set to go with the book Jamberry by Bruce Degan.  Simply count the number of berries in the canoe. The canoe is made from clipart and the berries are craft foam circles. I glued magnets to the back of each piece so I can use it on my magnet board.

After I made this set I realized it doesn't necessarily need to be a canoe.  I could say it is a plate or a bowl with berries or even balls piling up in it.

Counting Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

• Book #1 – Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin, illustrated by James Dean

• Stand-up Activity – "Jumping and Counting" from Jim Gill's Irrational Anthem and More Salutes to Nonsense by Jim Gill

• Bridge - 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 

• Flannelboard - Five Kittens (a counting down flannelboard rhyme I picked up some where many years ago)

Five little kittens

Sleeping on a chair

One rolled off

Leaving four there.

Four little kittens 

One climbed a tree

To look in a bird's nest

Then there were three.

Two little kittens 

Playing near a wall

One little kitten chased a red ball.

One little kitten 

With fur as soft as silk

Left all alone

To drink a dish of milk.

• Book #2 – Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews

• Activity – Two Little Hands (action chant I picked up many years ago)

Ten little fingers go wiggle, wiggle, wiggle.

Two little hands go clap, clap, clap.

Two little feet go tap, tap, tap.

Two little fists go thump, thump, thump.

Two little legs go jump, jump, jump.

One little body turns around,

And everyone sits quietly down.

• Closing - Tambourines using the song "Clap Your Hands Clap Your Hearts" from Tickles and Tunes by Kathy Reid-Naiman

 

 

 

• Art Experience – Glue buttons onto a counting strip of 10

Counting Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – The Ants Go Marching edited by Ann Owen, illustrated by Sandra D'Antonio
• Activity – Hickory Dickory Dock (fingerplay)

Hickory dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
(run fingers up arm to high overhead)
The clock struck one.
(clap once)
The mouse ran down.
(run fingers down arm and down body)
Hickory dickory dock.

Repeat with:
...the clock struck two, the mouse said boo!
...the clock struck three, the mouse said whee!
...the clock struck four, there is no more.

• Book #2 – Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
• Activity – Two Little Hands (action rhyme)

Two little hands go clap, clap, clap.
Two little feet go tap, tap, tap.
Two little fists go thump, thump, thump.
Two little legs go jump, jump, jump.
One little body turns around.
And everyone sits quietly down.

• Closing - Rhythm sticks using "Goin' On a Bear Hunt" from Kids In Action by Greg and Steve
• Craft – Make a count to 5 book with stapled pieces of paper

Counting Storytime

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – The Ants Go Marching edited by Ann Owen, illustrated by Sandra D'Antonio
• Activity – Hickory Dickory Dock (fingerplay)

Hickory dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
(run fingers up arm to high overhead)
The clock struck one.
(clap once)
The mouse ran down.
(run fingers down arm and down body)
Hickory dickory dock.

Repeat with:
...the clock struck two, the mouse said boo!
...the clock struck three, the mouse said whee!
...the clock struck four, there is no more.

• Book #2 – Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
• Activity – Two Little Hands (action rhyme)

Two little hands go clap, clap, clap.
Two little feet go tap, tap, tap.
Two little fists go thump, thump, thump.
Two little legs go jump, jump, jump.
One little body turns around.
And everyone sits quietly down.

• Closing - Rhythm sticks using "Goin' On a Bear Hunt" from Kids In Action by Greg and Steve
• Craft – Make a count to 5 book with stapled pieces of paper