Hunt

February 4, 2014

We skipped a week due to an unprecedented ice storm that hit our area, basically shutting down EVERYTHING including the library! We were scheduled to do "Woods" in the week we missed and were all prepared (with books and everything!) but sadly it was not to be. Needless to say, Hunt was a bit of a scramble but we got through it (somehow!).

Anyhoo, we present: Hunt... a storytime about hunting for things :-)

Books: 

Hunting the Daddyosaurus by Teresa Bateman
A-Hunting We Will Go! by Steven Kellogg
We're Going on a Book Hunt by Pat Miller

We had to skip a few with We're Going on a Book Hunt - it's the story of a trip to the library and how to select a book, but we don't have shelf placement cards (which are a really good idea, however!) in our library so we passed over that section. The other books were very successful, especially A-Hunting We Will Go as the tune is pretty familiar to everyone.

Songs:
Opening Song: Where is Thumbkin? - Kimbo

 Song 2: Skinny-Marinky-Dinky-Dink - 100 Singalong Songs for Kids

 Song 3: The Frost Song




  Song 4: Dance Your Fingers / Clap Along With Me - Wee Sing for Baby

 Song 5: Shake your Sillies Out - Raffi

 Song 6: Walking, Walking - Wee Sing for Baby

 Song 7 (Theme Song Pick): A-Hunting We Will Go - 100 Singalong Songs for Kids


 Song 8: Walking, Walking - Wee Sing for Baby

 Song 9: Wheels on the Bus - 100 Singalong Songs for Kids

Felt/Magnet Board:
This week we did We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen for our magnet board section of storytime.

 We did a combination read-aloud-from-book and display-magnet-board-pictures-and-act-it-out for this week. As the story was read outloud, we showed printed pictures of the various obstacles (tall, wavy grass; thick, oozy mud; etc.) with physical hand motions ("Can't go OVER it. Can't go UNDER it. We have to go THROUGH it). It worked very well - the kids paid very close attention and even joined in with the motions. In case you didn't catch it - kizclub.com has great printables for many stories.

Craft:

We made a bear craft this week. We printed the templates from dltk-kids.com which is ALWAYS a major help when we need it the most. We have a ton of those inner cardboard tubes from toilet paper in our store room and always take the opportunity to use them when we can.

How Did It Go?
Honestly - it wasn't that bad. The kids are restless with the cold and ice (we're not used to that down here). We doubled up our songs between each book/activity and it really helped the kids refocus their attentions.

How Many Did You Have?
We had 51 this week :-)