Today in storytime, we talked about Friendship!
We started out by singing and dancing to "Shake Your Sillies Out" by Raffi.
And then sang our weekly opening song, Hands Go Up
And then sang our weekly opening song, Hands Go Up
Book 1: The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend By Dan Santat
Activity 1: Head Shoulders Knees and toes
Fingerplay: Five Good Friends - From Once Upon a (Story) Time
Five good friends went out to play
On a bright and sunny day
One good friend said, "I can't stay."
Then there were four good friends left to play
Four good friends went out to play
On a bright and sunny day
One good friend said, "I can't stay."
Then there were three good friends left to play
Three good friends went out to play
On a bright and sunny day
One good friend said, "I can't stay."
Then there were two good friends left to play
Two good friends went out to play
On a bright and sunny day
One good friend said, "I can't stay."
So just one good friend was left to play
So he went home on that sunny day.
Book 2: My Friend Rabbit By Eric Rohmann
Activity 2: Shakers & Shaker Song
Book 3: Katie Loves the Kittens By John Himmelman
Activity 3: Will You Be a Friend of Mine? - From the Johnson County Library's "Let's be Friends" Storytime
Will you be a friend of mine, friend of mine, friend of mine?
Will you be a friend of mine and [insert action word] around with me?
jump... bow... clap... hop on one foot...
Song: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Book 4: Mo Willems Presents: Leonard the Terrible Monster By Mo Willems
Activity 5: Open, Shut Them
Activity 6: Sticky, Sticky Bubblegum - From the lovely ladies at Jbrary
Book 5: Little Elliot, Big City By Mike Curato
Activity 7: ABCs & Itsy Bitsy Spider
BUBBLES
Bean Bag Song
Activity 1: Head Shoulders Knees and toes
Fingerplay: Five Good Friends - From Once Upon a (Story) Time
Five good friends went out to play
On a bright and sunny day
One good friend said, "I can't stay."
Then there were four good friends left to play
Four good friends went out to play
On a bright and sunny day
One good friend said, "I can't stay."
Then there were three good friends left to play
Three good friends went out to play
On a bright and sunny day
One good friend said, "I can't stay."
Then there were two good friends left to play
Two good friends went out to play
On a bright and sunny day
One good friend said, "I can't stay."
So just one good friend was left to play
So he went home on that sunny day.
Book 2: My Friend Rabbit By Eric Rohmann
Activity 2: Shakers & Shaker Song
Book 3: Katie Loves the Kittens By John Himmelman
Activity 3: Will You Be a Friend of Mine? - From the Johnson County Library's "Let's be Friends" Storytime
Will you be a friend of mine, friend of mine, friend of mine?
Will you be a friend of mine and [insert action word] around with me?
jump... bow... clap... hop on one foot...
Song: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Book 4: Mo Willems Presents: Leonard the Terrible Monster By Mo Willems
Activity 5: Open, Shut Them
Activity 6: Sticky, Sticky Bubblegum - From the lovely ladies at Jbrary
Book 5: Little Elliot, Big City By Mike Curato
Activity 7: ABCs & Itsy Bitsy Spider
BUBBLES
Bean Bag Song
I had about 14 kids and 7 adults in storytime today. The kids loved talking about their friends and definitely recognized the friendships in all the books we read. They really enjoyed reading Little Elliot, Big City, especially because we got to talk about our favorite kinds of cupcakes! Also, during Beekle, when we got to the page where Beekle climbs a tree to look for a friend, I asked my group, "Do any of you ever climb trees?!" Most kids either said yes or no, but one girl yelled out "No! I'm not an animal!"
Cheers!
Cheers!