I love storytime blogs! There are many times that the ideas and creativity of another librarian have saved me. So, although there is no shortage of these blogs available, I thought I would start adding some of my storytime plans to our blog.
Moons and Stars: Together Time (2-3 year old)
*****Together Time is a weekly 45 minute program that runs in 6 week sessions.
Opening Song: Welcome, Welcome Everyone
Opening Song: Up, Down, Turn Around
Up, down, turn around, touch the sky and touch the ground,
Wiggle fingers, wiggle toes, wiggle shoulders, say hello.
Fingerplay: Big
Yellow Moon
Big
yellow moon shines so bright, (Arms above head in circle shape.)
Glides
across the starry night, (Arms move above head.)
Looks down at me (Hand shades eyes.)
Asleep in bed, (Hands together at side of face.)
Whispers, "Good night, sleepyhead."(Forefinger in front of mouth.)
Big yellow moon, your turn is done. (Arms above head move down in front of body.)
Here comes Mr. Morning Sun. (Arms move above head in circle shape.)
I wake up. (Arms stretch out.)
You go to bed. (Hands together at side of face.)
"Sleep well, Moon, you sleepyhead."(Forefinger in front of mouth.)
Looks down at me (Hand shades eyes.)
Asleep in bed, (Hands together at side of face.)
Whispers, "Good night, sleepyhead."(Forefinger in front of mouth.)
Big yellow moon, your turn is done. (Arms above head move down in front of body.)
Here comes Mr. Morning Sun. (Arms move above head in circle shape.)
I wake up. (Arms stretch out.)
You go to bed. (Hands together at side of face.)
"Sleep well, Moon, you sleepyhead."(Forefinger in front of mouth.)
Fingerplay: Zoom, Zoom, Zoom We're Going to the Moon (we like to rub our hands together for zooming)
Zoom, zoom, zoom, we're going to the moon
Zoom, zoom, zoom, we'll be there very soon
So if you'd like to take a trip, just step inside my rocket ship
Zoom, zoom, zoom, we're going to the moon
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, lift off!
Big Book: Goodnight
Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Action Song: Skidaramink (we like to howl at the moon!)
Action Song: 5 in the Bed (we started at 5 and used the pictures in Ten in the Bed by Jane Cabrera, because there is one on the moon!)
Props: Using foam circle props, we did a series of songs related to colors and circles (each child and caregiver received one)
Song: Color Song (to tune of Where is Thumpkin?):
Where is yellow, where is yellow?
Here we are, here we are
Shake, shake your yellow; shake, shake, your yellow
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you (go through all colors)
Song: Moon, Moon, Moon by The Laurie Berkner Band We used our circles to act out this song)
Nursery Rhyme: Hey Diddle Diddle (we did this one with jumping over our foam moons, then gathered our circles by counting them up)
Book in Hand/Shared Story: Hey Diddle Diddle [illustrated by Jeanette Winter] (We borrowed multiple copies of the board book version to read together with parent and caregiver.)
Stamps: Hand stamps are a big deal for this age group, and I have been experimenting with when best to do them. This week as the child handed in his copy of the book, he or she received a star hand stamp. This also helped moved us into our stories and songs about stars.
Props: Each child received a star on a stick prop that we had in our supply closet. Since the next story is about stretching for a star to put it in your pocket, this seemed like a good way to keep the kids engaged in our story. (It worked...for most of us!)
Book: Little Chick by Amy Hest (story about stretching for star, where we stretch with our stars)
Then we used our star on a stick props to sing a few star rhymes/songs.
Song: Catch a falling star by Perry Como
Song: Catch a falling star by Perry Como
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Never let it fade away
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Save it for a rainy day
Rhyme: Star Light
Star Bright
Star light, Star bright
First star I see tonight
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have the wish I wish tonight.
Star light, Star bright
First star I see tonight
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have the wish I wish tonight.
Fingerplay: Four
Little Stars
Four little stars winking at me, one shot off and then there were three.
Three little stars with nothing to do, one shot off and then there were two.
Two little stars afraid of the sun, one shot off and then there was one.
One little star not having any fun, it shot off and then there were none!
Four little stars winking at me, one shot off and then there were three.
Three little stars with nothing to do, one shot off and then there were two.
Two little stars afraid of the sun, one shot off and then there was one.
One little star not having any fun, it shot off and then there were none!
Credit:
Child’s Play Family Daycare Website
Song: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Scarves:Shake our Scarves Together
Scarves: Experimenting with up high and down low; shaking fast and slow; and throwing our scarves in the air and to each other I played a moon song in the background (Suggestion: Catch the Moon by Elizabeth Mitchell and Lisa Loeb)
Art Project: Using a recipe my colleague had for puffy paint using flour, salt and water, we made our own full moons. We used sturdy craft paper, our foam circles, and chalk to trace our circles. Then kids colored in the moon with chalk and we painted the puffy paint over top. We used the book Moon Plane to talk about how the moon is bumpy.
Other related books (we looked at pictures of these and I left them out so kids could look at them after storytime)
Moon Plane by Peter McCarty
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