Winter 2018 Preschool Storytime: Week One 1-2-18

Yay!!!  Storytimes are back!!!  I made some adjustments to my format for the Winter 2018 session.  For starters instead of math activities I am adding sight words and letters of the day along with including an app called Endless Alphabet.  That's not to say I'm not going to include math activities should the opportunity arise.  The Kaboom game I am including this session is based on something I found on Pinterest (oh magical Pinterest...) where you write down things on popsicle sticks and include some with KABOOM on them.  It can be anything from math problems to sight words, but in my case I wrote down actions that the kids act out during a rhyme.  For Kaboom, they get to explode.  This was a HUGE hit BTW. :)  After storytime I am giving the kids a Lego building challenge each week.  This week they created castles with some making up stories to go along with them!

Here are the rhymes I am using this session. 

Elevator Song 

https://kcls.org/content/elevator-song/

Tune: Do Your Ears Hang Low?
Oh, the city is great and the city is grand (Stand up and dance with a bouncy step)There are lots of tall buildings
On a little piece of land
We live way up on the fifty-seventh floor
And this is what we do
When we go out the door
Take the elevator up, take the elevator down (3 times) (lift baby up, lower baby down)Then we spin around (spin around)

I Look Through My Window

I look through my window, and who do I see?
Children, Children,
_____ at me!  (Use actions from the Kaboom game such as marching, jumping, bouncing, etc.)

Popcorn Kernels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myp8OjcE-rg
Tune: Frere Jacques
Popcorn kernels, popcorn kernels,
In the pot, in the pot,
Shake them, shake them, shake them,
Shake them, shake them, shake them,
Til they pop!  Til they pop!

Winter 2018 Preschool Storytime

Week One:  1-2-18

Opening Song:  “Good Morning” (Track #1 Songs for Wiggleworms)

Rhyme:  “I Look Through My Window” (with Kaboom game)

Rhyme:  “The Elevator Song”

Book:  The Skin You Live In / Michael Tyler, illustrated by David Lee Csicsko

Letters of the Day / Endless ABC app on iPad:  Aa Bb Cc

Sight Words of the Day:  The, And, I

Song:  “Doodlebugs” (Track #2 Whaddya Think of That? / Laurie Berkner Band)

Book:  A New Friend For Sparkle / Amy Young

Scarf Song:  “Popcorn Kernels”

Book:  Tap the Magic Tree / Christie Matheson

Shaker Song:  “Milkshake” (Track #18 Songs for Wiggleworms)

Closing Song:  “Goodbye” (Track #38 Songs for Wiggleworms)

After storytime building challenge:  Castle