Pretty Ladybugs

Pretty Ladybugs

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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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

• Pretty Ladybugs

-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.

#bookfacefriday Squirrel!

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

• Five Little Tulips

-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

• Animal Pairs

-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