Storytime: Letters and Mail

Family storytime for ages 3-8 with craft. All about letters, mail and postmen.  


Books:

Millie Waits for the Mail by Alexander Steffensmeier



 Hi by Anne Herbert Scott


 
Will Goes to the Post Office by Olaf and Lena Landstrom

Additional Books: 

Here Comes the Mail by Gloria Skurzynski 

Larabee by Kevin Luthardt 

Tortoise Brings the Mail by Dee Lillegard and pictures by Jillian Lund  

Music:
 
 
"Mail Myself to You" from This Land is Your Land by Woody and Arlo Guthrie  


Songs and Fingerplays:

In His Mail Truck 
"She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain" 

He'll be coming in his mail truck when he comes,
He'll be coming in his mail truck when he comes,
He'll be coming in his mail truck,
He'll be coming in his mail truck,
He'll be coming in his mail truck when he comes.

he'll be wearing his blue uniform.......
he'll be bringing a package for me......
he'll bring mail for mom and dad.....
he'll pick up letters from our mailbox....

from preschooleducation.com  


Mail Carrier Song 
"My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean"

I get to sort the mail,
Then carry it to your home.
The mail comes from all over,
Like New York, Paris or Rome.
Mail, mail, mail, mail.
I love to deliver the mail, mail, mail.
Mail, mail, mail, mail.
I love to deliver the mail.
from preschooleducation.com  

Craft: 

You've Got Mail!

Provide stickers, crayons, etc. and let the kids make cards for themselves. Older kids can practice writing, little ones can have their parents help. Provide envelopes and have parents fill in the address. Send the letters that day or the next. My kids were so excited to have mail of their own in the mailboxes! Good for print motivation and letter awareness.