Mother Goose!

May 13, 2014

Mother Goose!

A storytime devoted to those classic nursery rhymes we all know and love - with a new twist!

Books:

The Foggy Foggy Forest by Nick Sharratt
      A shadowy picture book! This book offers a shadowed outline of all the creatures that fill the Foggy Foggy Forest before revealing a full color picture on the next page. The kids had a great time trying to guess what the picture could possibly be.

Old Mother Hubbard by Jane Cabrera
     "Old Mother Hubbard went to her cubbard to get her old dog a bone..." And then what? This book lets you know all the silly things Old Mother Hubbard will do for her dog.

Mary Had a Little Lamp by Kack Lechner
     What would've happened if Mary had a Lamp instead of a Lamb? Some pretty silly things and this is one silly books!

Songs:

Opening Song: Where is Thumbkin?  -  Kimbo

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

Song 3: Hickory Dickory Dock  -  Wee Sing Mother Goose

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

Song 5: Shake My Sillies Out  -  Raffi

Song 6: If You're Happy and You Know It  -  Kimbo

Song 7: Wheels on the Bus  -  100 Singalong Songs for Kids

Felt/Magnet Board:

This week we did our old "Let's see if the kids can guess this story" game with our felt board pieces. This time we tried:

Little Boy Blue:

 And Hickory Dickory Dock:

 

Of course, the parents helped a little. The kids gave their guesses and then we all sang the rhymes together. 

Craft:

 A Humpty Dumpty Craft!!

We printed out the Humpty Dumpty broken egg puzzle/template from I Heart Craft Things! We printed a basic brick background onto red cardstock to serve as the wall for Humpty Dumpty's fall and used paper band-aids to stitch him back together. The kids really enjoyed the band-aids part of the craft. Though, be warned, the putting Humpty together again is more difficult than it appears!.