Five Little Tulips
Ladybug has 1 black spot.
1 black spot, 1 black spot.
Ladybug has 1 black spot.
Pretty ladybug!
Repeat for 2 through 6.
My inspiration: Mel’s Desk and What Happens in Story Time
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Month: April 2017
Little Me: Bugs and Insects
Monthly Theme for April: Spring
Weekly Theme for 26 April: Bugs and Insects
Story Time Plan
-Opening
- The More We Get Together
- Bread and Butter
- Up, Down, Turn Around
-Book
- Ten Little Caterpillars / Bill Martin, Jr.
-Finger Plays
- It is Springtime
- Nine Little Flowers
- Here is a Beehive
-Book
- Butterfly, Butterfly / Petr Horacek
-Nursery Rhyme
- Little Bo Peep
-Finger Plays
- Bumblebee, Bumblebee
- Five Little Flowers
-Felt Board
-Finger Plays
- I’m a Little Planted Seed
- Dig a Little Hole
- The Gardener Plants a Seed
-Big Book
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar / Eric Carle
-Musical Movement: Scarves
- Wave Your Scarves
- We Wave Our Scarves Together
-Closing
- Up, Down, Turn Around
- Now It’s Time to Say Goodbye
-Activities
Thoughts
It was an antsy crowd today, so I skipped a book and some songs to shorten the story time session down.
Five Little Tulips
Five Little Tulips
Five pretty tulips, in the meadow grew.
“Hmmm.” I said “I bet they smell pretty, too!”
So I bent down to sniff, but they tickled my nose!
Ahh-ahh-choo! Oh no-away one flower blows!
My inspiration: Storytime in the Stacks
Little Me: Flowers and Gardens
Monthly Theme for April: Spring
Weekly Theme for 19 April: Flowers and Gardens
Story Time Plan
-Opening
- The More We Get Together
- Bread and Butter
- Up, Down, Turn Around
-Book
- My Garden / Kevin Henkes
-Finger Plays
- It is Springtime
- Nine Little Flowers
- Here is a Beehive
-Book
- Flower Garden / Eve Bunting
-Nursery Rhyme
- Little Bo Peep
-Finger Plays
- Bumblebee, Bumblebee
- Five Little Flowers
-Felt Board
-Finger Plays
- I’m a Little Planted Seed
- Dig a Little Hole
- The Gardener Plants a Seed
-Big Book
- Growing Vegetable Soup / Lois Ehlert
-Musical Movement: Shaker Eggs
- Shake Your Shaker
- We Shake Our Eggs Together
-Closing
- Up, Down, Turn Around
- Now It’s Time to Say Goodbye
-Activities
Thoughts
I think everyone was having a rough day today…lots of tears! Because of that, I cut some of the songs out to shorten it.
Little Me: Baby Animals
Monthly Theme for April: Spring
Weekly Theme for 12 April: Baby Animals
Story Time Plan
-Opening
- The More We Get Together
- Bread and Butter
- Up, Down, Turn Around
-Book
- Wee Little Bunny / Lauren Thompson
-Finger Plays
- It is Springtime
- Nine Little Flowers
- Here is a Beehive
-Book
- A Book of Babies / Il Sung Na
-Nursery Rhyme
- Little Bo Peep
-Finger Plays
- Bumblebee, Bumblebee
- Five Little Flowers
-Felt Board
-Finger Plays
- I’m a Little Planted Seed
- Dig a Little Hole
- The Gardener Plants a Seed
-Big Book
- Barnyard Banter / Denise Fleming
-Musical Movement: Bells
- Let’s Make a Rainbow
- Wave Your Ribbons
-Closing
- Up, Down, Turn Around
- Now It’s Time to Say Goodbye
-Activities
Thoughts
I was feeling a little under the weather, so I cut this story time short. I learned a valuable lesson…always, always, always bring your water bottle into story time!
Animal Pairs
Animal Pairs
I didn’t have a rhyme for today’s felt. Instead, I chose four of the most “spring-like” animals from the Eric Carle illustrations and played a match the baby animal to the parent animal. Melissa, author of Mel’s Desk, had some great suggestions for what to do with these felts!
My inspiration: Mel’s Desk
