Storytime: Big Appetites

Family Storytime for ages 3-8 with craft.  So hungry!  You'll want to eat this storytime up when Thanksgiving rolls around.

Books:

 

Not quite a book, but I used a story prop for There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly.

I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie

by Alison Jackson and pictures by Judith Byron Schachner

Bark, George

by Jules Feiffer

Additional Books:

Badger's Fancy Meal by Keiko Kasza

"Eat" Cried Little Pig by Jonathan London and pictures by Delphine Durand

Gobble It Up!: A Fun Song About Eating by Jim Arnosky

Harry Hungry! by Steven Salerno

Hungry Hen by Richard Waring and pictures by Caroline Jayne Church

Lunch by Denise Fleming

Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola

The Super Hungry Dinosaur by Martin Waddell and pictures by Leonie Lord

Songs:

Flip-Flap Jack Flannel Board

 

from Ready-To-Go Storytimes by Gail Benton and Trisha Waichulaitis

See more song ideas

Tiffany Erickson. "Big Appetites Storytime Compliation-Long." 11 Jun 2009. (13 Jun 2009)   Pubyac website is here.

Craft:

Turkey Hat

from http://familyfun.go.com

Storytime: Cars and Trucks

Family Storytime for ages 3-8


Books:

Rattletrap Car

by Phyllis Root and pictures by Jill Barton

My Truck is Stuck!

By Kevin Lewis and Daniel Kirk

Truckery Rhymes

By Jon Scieszka and pictures by David Shannon, Loren Long and David Gordon

Seals on the Bus

By Lenny Hort and pictures by G. Brian Karas

Additional Books:

Alphabeep by Debora Pearson ad pictures by Edward Miller

Big Wheels by Anne Rockwell

Choo Choo Clickety-Clack! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe

I Love Trucks! by Philemon Sturges and pictures by Shari Halpern

This Car by Paul Collicutt

A Truck Goes Rattley-Bumpa by Jonathan London and pictures by Denis Roche

Songs:

Car Song

Sung to: "Bingo"

Before the song, practice putting on your seatbelts, and turning the ignition.  "Drive" your car while you sing.

Look at my bright shiny car
I'm driving it today.
C - A - R (BEEP! BEEP!)
C - A - R (BEEP! BEEP!)
C - A - R (BEEP! BEEP!)

I'm driving it today!

Wheels on the Bus (of course)

Craft: 

Tire Track Painting

Put out a bunch of toy cars and stamp pads.  Let the kids roll the cars over the stamp pads and "drive" them over the paper.  When they are done put out buckets of soapy water and little sponges and let the kids have a "car wash".  My kids liked the soapy water better than the craft.  The second time I did this craft I put leftover tops of deli trays (see left) under the bins of soapy water.  Easy craft and very fun.

Storytime: Owls

Family Storytime for ages 3-8 with craft


Books:

Owl Babies

By Martin Waddell and pictures by Patrick Benson

Cock-A-Doodle Hooooooo!

By Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom

I'm Not Cute!

By Jonathan Allen

A Book of Sleep

By Il Sung Na

Additional Books:

Little Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Jen Corace

The Littlest Owl by Caroline Pitcher and Tina Macnaughton

Owliver by Robert Kraus and pictures by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey

Songs:

Owl in the Tree

(Sung to: Skip to My Lou)

(C) Owl in the tree says "Who, who, who."

(G) Owl in the tree says "Who, who, who."

(C) Owl in the tree says "Who, who, who."

(G) "Who, who, who (C) are you?"

Point to a child and ask their name.  I had more success asking for volunteers first so I didn't put the shy ones on the spot.  And, when the shy ones did volunteer they had time to compose themselves.  I also let them hold a stuffed owl after they said their name, and pass it on to the next child.  From www.preschooleducation.com, ukulele/guitar chords are mine.

Owl Hokey Pokey

You put your right wing in.

You put your right wing out.

You put your right wing in.

And you flap it all about.

You do the owl hokey pokey and you fly yourself around.

That's what it's all about.  Hoo, hoo!

Verses:

Left wing

Right claw

Left claw

Beak

Whole, feathered self

Song ©Megan Hegna 2010

Craft:

Paper Bag Owl Craft

from www.dltk-kids.com