Hungry

Februrary 18, 2014

Hungry!

A storytime devoted to a favorite activity of ours: eating!

Books: 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle


If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff

Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile by Won-Lyd Paye

The Gingerbread Man

The kids really enjoyed every book this week! The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a staple, of course, so everyone was familiar with it and already loves it. We have a BIG BOOK version of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie which really help keep the waning attention towards the end of storytime. Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile is an amazing retelling of an African folktale - Mrs. Chicken convinces the Hungry Crocodile that they are sisters to avoid becoming dinner. We told the Ginerbread Man with printed stick puppets to convey the story.


Songs:

Opening Song: Where is Thumbkin? - Kimbo

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








 Song 3: Peanut Butter and Jelly - Kimbo

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

 Song 5: Shake your Sillies Out - Raffi

 Song 8: If You're Happy and You Know It - Kimbo

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

Felt / Magnet Board:

This week we did What Apple is the Worm In? We hid the worm in the last apple on the board (of course) and pulled away each apple one by one to see if that's the apple the worm in hiding in.Before we pulled each apple we had the kids tell us which color the apple was - Red? Orange? Yellow? Lots of fun and very easy.

Craft:

This week we did a simple, printable fruit basket to go along with our Hungry theme. We found it at first-school a website devoted to activities for preschoolers. They have lots of other crafts that are printable and adorable.

Food!

November 5, 2013

Food!

A storytime devoted to some yummy deliciousness! To start off the yummiest of months, November, we decided to go with Food.

Books:

Lunch by Denise Fleming

May I Please Have a Cookie? by Jennifer E. Morris

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers

Songs:

Opening Song: Where is Thumbkin? - Kimbo

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

Song 3 (Our Theme Song Pick): Peanut Butter and Jelly - Kimbo

 Song 4: Shake My Sillies Out - Raffi

Song 5: Dance Your Fingers / Clap Along With Me - Wee Sing for Baby

Song 6: Wheels on the Bus - 100 Singalong Songs for Kids

Felt Board / Magnet Board

We did a modified version of "Which House is the Mouse in?" turning it into "Which Apple is the Worm in?" We had the kids identify the colors of the apples and then we checked to see if the worm was in that apple - of course he was hiding until the very end! I used basic black and white clipart I found on the Internet and colored them in. An easy printout of this board is here!

Craft

We had this in our leftovers from Summer file - and it worked great with our food theme! Many thanks to Learn Create Love Blog. There are a ton of free, printable crafts to use at home or in the classroom!

How Many Did You Have?

We had 43 all together today!

How Did It Go?
Pretty well all in all. Most of the kids knew The Very Hungry Caterpillar and definitely enjoyed guessing the foods in Lunch. Overall, I'd say it was a success!