Outline:
Opening Song: Put Your Hands Up High
Opening Rhyme: Hands Go Up
Story: Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty? By David Levinthal
Song: Climbing up the Beanstalk
Tune: She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain
He'll be climbing up the beanstalk when he comes
He'll be climbing up the beanstalk when he comes
He'll be climbing up the beanstalk, he'll be climbing up the beanstalk,
He'll be climbing up the beanstalk when he comes
Additional verses:
He'll be hiding from the giant
He'll be taking lots of gold
He'll be chopping down the beanstalk
Source: My own adaptation inspired by something on Pinterest.
Song: When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears
When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears
Oh what did her two eyes see?
A bowl that was huge
A bowl that was small
A bowl that was tiny and that was all
She counted them: one, two, three
When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears
Oh what did her two eyes see?
A chair that was huge
A chair that was small
A chair that was tiny and that was all
She counted them: one, two, three
When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears
Oh what did her two eyes see?
A bed that was huge
A bed that was small
A bed that was tiny and that was all
She counted them: one, two, three
When Goldilocks ran from the house of the bears
Oh what did her two eyes see?
A bear that was huge
A bear that was small
A bear that was tiny and that was all
They growled at her: grrr, grrr, grrr!
Source: BBC
Opening Rhyme: Hands Go Up
Story: Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty? By David Levinthal
Song: Climbing up the Beanstalk
Tune: She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain
He'll be climbing up the beanstalk when he comes
He'll be climbing up the beanstalk when he comes
He'll be climbing up the beanstalk, he'll be climbing up the beanstalk,
He'll be climbing up the beanstalk when he comes
Additional verses:
He'll be hiding from the giant
He'll be taking lots of gold
He'll be chopping down the beanstalk
Source: My own adaptation inspired by something on Pinterest.
Song: When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears
When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears
Oh what did her two eyes see?
A bowl that was huge
A bowl that was small
A bowl that was tiny and that was all
She counted them: one, two, three
When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears
Oh what did her two eyes see?
A chair that was huge
A chair that was small
A chair that was tiny and that was all
She counted them: one, two, three
When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears
Oh what did her two eyes see?
A bed that was huge
A bed that was small
A bed that was tiny and that was all
She counted them: one, two, three
When Goldilocks ran from the house of the bears
Oh what did her two eyes see?
A bear that was huge
A bear that was small
A bear that was tiny and that was all
They growled at her: grrr, grrr, grrr!
Source: BBC
Story: Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
Song: The Gingerbread Man
Tune: "The Muffin Man"
Oh, do you know the Gingerbread Man,
Gingerbread Man, Gingerbread Man?
Oh, do you know the Gingerbread Man,
Who ran and ran and ran?
He said, "Catch me if you can,
If you can, if you can."
He said, "Catch me if you can,"
Then ran and ran and ran.
I can run like the Gingerbread Man.
Gingerbread Man, Gingerbread Man.
I can run like the Gingerbread Man,
Now catch me if you can.
Source: Preschool Education
Final Story: Nibbles, the Book Monster by Emma Yarlett
Activity time
Goodbye song
How it actually went:
This one was interesting because none of my regulars came; it was all new people. This meant that I had to explain, that the free-play portion was not typical, that normally craft/activity time was a little more structured. It also meant that they had no context for the various crafts and worksheets since they weren't at any of my previous storytimes. On the plus side, it meant that they hadn't already done them, so they weren't bored by them.
The songs I used this week were all songs that I had used previously, the intention was for them to be familiar to my regular kids, but well, see above paragraph.
The books were fun, but I had some youngsters in the crowd, so I had to do some editing on the fly. I forgot about how very long Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty? is. Nibbles, the Book Monster was a big hit. It's interactive, and the kids had fun helping me turn the pages.
I was really curious to see how kids would spend their half-hour of free time. For activities I had: LearnToLearn LEGO sets, the storytime playhouse for Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Dive into Shapes, "Sea" and Build Geometry set from Learning Resources, and pentominoes. For the crafts, coloring sheets, and worksheets, I put out all of my leftovers including: make your own beanstalk, weighted Bears and Goldilocks, various crafting/building materials (straws, toilet paper tubes, craft sticks, pipe cleaners/fuzzy sticks).
Not surprisingly, several kids opted to play with the LEGO kits right off the bat. I was really surprised though, by the number of kids who put them away and then decided to make a beanstalk. I had prepped the beanstalks for a previous storytime by gluing green paper to a paper towel roll and then hot gluing that to a paper plate for some stability. I also provided characters from Jack and the Beanstalk that the kids could color and place wherever they wanted to in their scene. I was really surprised by how popular that particular craft turned out to be!
Because I didn't have a structured activity, and I read the final story before I released the kids to have fun, families were free to leave whenever (technically they always are, but most families stay until the final story and goodbye song). So some stayed for about fifteen minutes of play time, others until about five minutes after storytime was supposed to end.
Even though I was sad that I did not see any of my regular kids, I was glad that so many new people decided to check out my storytime, and I think they had fun. I hope they come back again.
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