Friday, June 1, 2012

Stories about Stories

This one gets a little meta.  Everyone loves a good story within a story, so what not have a whole storytime about stories about stories.  (See what I mean-mind blowing!)

This is a great storytime to do for National Library Week, since one story will only lead children to another story featured in the first story.  I'm getting confused, so right to the storytime.


Stories about Stories
Preschool Storytime

Opening Song:  Bendable, Strectchable by Georgiana Stewart
Opening Rhyme: My Hands
Make my hands go up, make my hands go down.  Make my hands go to the side, now go round and round.  
Dance them on my shoulders, dance them on by head, dance them on my belly and now put them to bed!
 
Book:  Chester by Melanie Watt

Rhyme:  Little mice
Little mice are creeping, creeping, creeping
Little mice are creeping through the house.
Little mice are sleeping, sleeping, sleeping
Little mice are sleeping through the house
Old gray cat is creeping, creeping, creeping
Old gray cat is creeping  through the house.
And the little mice run away!

Book:  Hurry Up and Slow Down by Layn Marlow
Rhyme:  Hop Little Bunnies
See those little bunnies sleeping, until it’s nearly noon
Come let us wake them, with our merry tune.
Oh so still!  Are they ill?
Wake up little bunnies, hop, hop, hop
Wake up little bunnies, hop, hop, hop
Wake up little bunnies, hop, hop, hop
Hop, hop, STOP!

Book:  An Undone Fairy Tale by Ian Lendler

Rhyme:  All Around the Castle
All around the castle, the knight chased the dragon
The dragon thought was all in fun,
Roar! went the dragon
 
Book:  Ivan the Terrier by Peter Catalanotto

Song:  The Books are Coming Home Again 
a Miss Tiff Original
(Sing this to the tune of The Ants are Marching Home, and print out book covers so the children can identify each character.  Also, have the kids join in on the hurrah's  and such!)

The books are coming home again hurrah, hurrah!
The books are coming home again hurrah, hurrah!
Curious George climbs up the self
The Little Red Hen says “I’ll do it myself”
They can hardly wait to go out again to read by a friend!

The books are coming home again hurrah, hurrah!
The books are coming home again hurrah, hurrah!
Olivia and the Pigeon too
Followed by Elmer and Little Boy Blue
They can hardly wait to go out again to read by a friend!

The books are coming home again hurrah, hurrah!
The books are coming home again hurrah, hurrah!
The Big Bad Wolf blew and blew
Shoe Baby said “How do you do?”
They can hardly wait to go out again to read by a friend!

The books are coming home again hurrah, hurrah!
The books are coming home again hurrah, hurrah!
Goodnight stars and goodnight air
Goodnight noises everywhere.  SHHHH…….
They can hardly wait to go out again to read by a friend!
 
Closing Song:  Thank You Clap
My hands say thank you with a clap, clap, clap
My feet say thank you with a tap, tap, tap
Clap, clap, clap
Tap, tap, tap
And now we say goodbye! 

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