One thing I know I'll be using is Anna's delightful secret weapon song, The Watermelon Song, but beyond that, I need pre-K and K suggestions! I'll be digging into my favorite blogs for more ideas later today, but in the meantime, here's what I did this morning:
Opening Song: Hello, how are you?
Song: Seven Continents on our Globe
Very fitting for the summer reading theme, this book imagines what it would be like to be the Earth, spinning in space, crawling with animals and people, and filled with mystery. The text is highly poetic, with some instances of concrete poetry (icebergs that crack, for example), and the illustrations are very abstract, but the oversized pages and interesting colors drew me right in, and though the kids were very quiet, I think the story spoke to them on some level, too.
Song: Rum Sum Sum
Book: Papa, Do You Love Me? by Barbara Joosse, illustrated by Barbara Lavallee (2005)
This is a story set in Africa, and featuring the Masaai culture. A father answers his son's many questions about the depth and breadth of his love. This book introduces a lot of African vocabulary, but also speaks to the universality of a father's love. The boys in this audience especially liked the lion, and the father's promise to scare him off with his shield and spear.
Song: Boots by The Laurie Berkner Band (from Victor Vito)
A perfect square faces adversity in the form of being poked full of holes, shredded, cut into strips, and shattered, but each time it makes the best of the situation by making something new out of its pieces. This book can be extrapolated in a lot of ways, and lends itself to a wonderful craft project (which I didn't do, but any library easily could.)
Song: Taba Naba by The Wiggles from (It's a Wiggly Wiggly World)
Song: Turn Around by Hap Palmer (from Getting to Know Myself)
Goodbye Song: Skinnamarink
Only two more story times this week - a Pre-K class visit this afternoon, and baby lap time tomorrow. Then I get three days to relax before the next round!
Hi Katie, I saw you on book blogs, and I am following. I love YA and middle grade-- which I read and review.
ReplyDeleteHere's my blog:
http://kristianalva.blogspot.com/
Best, Kristian
Katie, my #1 tip (and it works for baby as well as preK storytime) is find some rhymes/games that you like and do them every week. It will save you a LOT of planning time and you are more likely to get participation from the kids and adults if they know what to expect.
ReplyDeleteYou can change them every session if you get bored, but I know people who have gone years using the same rhymes. The ones I am using this session are "Open Them, Shut Them," "Little Mouse," and "Let's Hear You Roar Like a Lion."
Words are here: http://sotomorrow.blogspot.com/2011/04/preschool-storytime-overview.html
Thanks for the suggestion, Anne! I do Open, Shut Them with my babies on Fridays, but I don't know those other two - I'll have to give them a try sometime.
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