Preschool Storytime: Things that Go

This week, I decided to do a "Things that Go" storytime all because I wanted to do Miss Sarah's version of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat".  I borrowed a couple of her other ideas too this week.  

1. Hello Song: Glad to See You by Peter and Ellen Allard

2. Letter of the Day presentation: G for Go!

3. Read Book: I’m Dirty by Kate and Jim McMullan

Preschool Storytime: Colors

This week, I did a colors storytime.  It has become my habit to ask the kids what they think the theme is before we start.  It came as no surprise that they had difficulty with this theme.

Here's what I had planned:

1. Hello Song: Glad to See You by Peter and Ellen Allard

2. Pictures and Letter of the Day: C for Colors!

3. Read Book: My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss

Preschool Storytime: Dinosaurs!

Tuesday's storytime will be Dinosaurs!  Here's the plan:

1. Hello Song: Glad to See You by Peter and Ellen Allard
2. Letter of the Day: "D" 
3. Read Dinosaur Roar by Paul Stickland 

First Preschool Storytime: Puppies

I started my first preschool storytime by borrowing the formula my friend Kristine uses at the Phoenix Public Library where I got my start.  Her basic structure is:

1. Hello Song: Glad to See You by Peter and Ellen Allard
2. Letter of the Day presentation: Show six pictures and have them guess the letter of the day
3. Read a Long Book
4. Sing a song with props (bells, bean bags, scarves etc)
5. Fingerplay/Feltboard
6. Sing an action song
7. Read a simple book
8. Sing either "The Wheels on the Bus" or "If You're Happy and You Know It"
9. Blow Bubbles to Ten Little Bubbles by Sara Hickman
10. Sing a Goodbye Song (example Goodbye by Old Town Folk Music)
11. End with handing out each kid a die-cut letter of the day, coloring page and stamping  their hands with the letter.

With this in mind, I organized my storytime around the theme "Puppies".