The storytime was pretty identical to the one I did last year, so here is a quick summary.
Memory Box: Giraffe from Higher! Higher!
Astronaut PiggyWiggy by Christyan Fox. PiggyWiggy dreams of being an astronaut, visiting space, and maybe even befriending some aliens.
How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers. Eager to have a star of his own, a boy devises ways of catching one.
I asked the kids if they thought that they could reach high enough to catch a star and while most kids were saying, "No," a couple of kids stood up and reached and they indeed did catch a star! Once the kids realized we were dropping stars into reaching hands, they all reached for one.
The stars were punched out of thick gold scrapbooking card stock.
We sang "Twinkle Twinkle" to settle everyone down after the star-catching excitement
Higher! Higher! by Leslie Patricelli. This book only contains a few words (higher, hi, high five, bye, again), but I love it because it fosters the imagination and it's a book the pre-schoolers can READ with me.
*Flannel: "Six Little Men in a Flying Saucer" (see picture above)
Six little men in a flying saucer flew around the world one day
Looked left and right at us
But didn't like the sight of us
So one more flew away....
Movement:
Trip into space with ribbons
We pretended we got our space gear on, blasted off, saw planets and waved to aliens, floated on the moon, did our best space dance, and then descended back to earth while I played "First Kid in Outer Space"
The Earth Turns Around (each child got an earth, moon, and sun)
The earth turns around
The earth turns around
Once a day, every day
The earth turns around
The moon goes 'round the earth
Once a month, every month
The moon goes 'round the earth
The earth goes 'round the sun
The earth goes 'round the sun
Once a year, every year
The earth goes 'round the sun
Letter of the Day: Letter match
While I like your story time, I love that you posted how you pass out the parts and the songs. I am always looking for new ideas!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this week. I love your letter match board. I'm pinning it to do at home.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the audience particpation with the earth, moon, and sun. Do the kids get to keep them or do you have a clever way of getting them back?
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ReplyDeleteWhat kind of actions/activity did you do with the cut out moon, sun and earth? Just holding them up or something more organized? This is a great program, by the way!
ReplyDeleteThey did just hold the pieces, but moved them according to the words in the song. They spun the earth around, the held the earth and moved the moon around it, and then held the sun and moved the earth around it as we sung the verses
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