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!.

Nursery Rhymes

April 8, 2014

Nursery Rhymes
A storytime devoted to the good ole classics!
Books:

The Great Nursery Rhyme Disaster by David Conway
     When Little Miss Muffet decides she's bored of being scared by that spider, she decides to infiltrate her neighboring rhymes and havoc ensues!!
Hey Diddle Diddle by Eve Bunting
     This book showcases all kinds of animals playing all kinds of instruments in a music box setting.
The Little Red Hen by Byron Barton
     The classic story of the Little Red Hen who toils with growing, harvesting, and grinding of flour to make a loaf of bread. Does she share it with those who refused to help her along the way? Yeah - she does...but we changed that little bit to show it's always a good idea to share.

Songs:

Opening Song: Where is Thumbkin?  -  Kimbo

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

Song 3: Shake My Sillies Out  -  Raffi

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

Song 5: Put Your Little Foot  -  Fun N' Folk

Song 6: Eensy Weensy Spider  -  Wee Sing Together

Song 7: If You're Happy and You Know  -  Kimbo

Song 8: Wheels on the Bus  -  100 Singalong Songs for Kids

Felt/Magnet Board:

 

 

 

This week we used our handy dandy felt board packs to tell the story of Little Miss Muffet and Hey Diddle Diddle. I put the pieces on the board one by one and tried the have the kids guess which Nursery Rhyme we were looking at - then we recited them together.

Craft:

 This week we did a simple, printable, Humpty Dumpty finger puppet craft. We lovingly borrowed this craft from the good people at DLTK-Teach.