Who Are You?

Who are you?
Age 2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s
Duration 45 minutes

Music - "Celebration of Family"

1. Storytime – Welcome Song
Storytime is starting, starting, starting.
Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

2. Read first story “When You Were Small”

3. Fingerplay- "Five candles"

Five candles on a birthday cake. Five, and not one more.

You may blow one candle out, [make blowing sound and motion]

and that leaves four!

Four candles on a birthday cake there for all to see.

You may blow one candle out, [make blowing sound and motion]

and that makes three!

Three candles on a birthday cake Standing straight and true.

You may blow one candle out, [make blowing sound and motion]

and that leaves two!

Two candles on a birthday cake helping us have fun.

You may blow one candle out, [make blowing sound and motion]

and that leaves one!

One candle on a birthday cake we know its task is done.

You may blow this candle out, [make blowing sound and motion] and that leaves none!

4. Read second story “The Family Book", “The Hokey Family” or “ABC Like Me”.

5. Fingerplay: The Family

This is my Father (point to thumb)

This is my mother (point to index finger)

This is my brother tall (point to middle finger)

This is my sister (point to ring finger)

This is the baby (point to little finger)

Oh! How we love them all! (clasp hands)

6. Craft: Family Tree
Materials needed:
green foam sheets
2 pipe cleaners
jar or cup
sand
scissors
hole punch
pens or markers
Directions:
1. Twist the pipe cleaners around each other, making one large branch.
2. .Pour the sand into the jar and "plant" your branch in the sand so that it is standing upright like a small tree.
3. Cut leaf shapes out of green construction paper. Each leaf represents someone in your family, so cut enough leaves for your parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers ... whoever you want to put on your family tree!
4. Punch a hole in each leaf and tie it to the tree.

Valentines Day

Valentines
Age 2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s
Duration 45 minutes

1. Storytime – Welcome Song
Storytime is starting, starting, starting.
Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

2. Read first story “Red is Best”

3. Poem: A Kiss

There's something in my pocket,

Could it be a moose?

Could it be a train with a bell and a caboose?

Could it be a snake or some sticky glue?

Right here in my pocket is a KISS from me to you! (blow kiss)

4. Read second story “Valentine Mice", “Skidamarink”, “The Ballad of Valentine”, "Mouse's First Valentine", "Will you be my Valenswine?", "Smitten", "Slugs in Love", "Be my valentine", or "The Day it rained valentines".

5. Fingerplay: Valentines

Valentines, valentines how many do you see?

Valentines, valentines count them now with me.

One for father, (hold up thumb)

One for mother (hold up index finger)

One for grandma, too. (hold up middle finger)

One for sister (hold up ring finger)

One for brother (hold up little finger)

And here is one for you! (make heart shape with thumb and index finger)

6. Craft: Bighearted Hello
Craft Materials:
Scissors
Red construction paper, and foam hearts , glitter
Hole punch
Heavy red yarn
glue
40-millimeter googly eyes
Markers
White paper

Cut 1 large heart from paper and 4 smaller foam ones
Punch 4 holes in the large heart and 1 in each of the smaller hearts.
Cut two 12-inch lengths of yarn, then thread each piece in through an armhole and out through a leg hole. Tie on the hands and feet.

Glue on the googly eye, then draw on eyelashes and a smile.

Add glitter .

Write your message on a small piece of the white paper, then glue it to one of the hands.

Suggested messages: I've got my eye on you!

Soup

Soup
Age 2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s
Duration 45 minutes

Music: Sing in the Bathtub by John Lithgow

1. Storytime – Welcome Song
Storytime is starting, starting, starting.
Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

2. Read first story “Stone Soup”

3. Poem: Chocolate Soup (Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)

Dip some ice cream in a bowl,

Then add chocolate while it's cold

Let it melt 'til it gets soft.

Lick your sticky fingers off.

Stir it, stir it, til it's goop,

Now you've made a chocolate soup!

Action Poem: Itsy Bitsy Spider
The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again.

4. Read second story “Duck Soup”,“Gator Gumbo”, “Growing Vegetable Soup”, “An Island in the Soup”, "Martha Blah Blah" or “Delicious”

5. Action Song: Monster Soup

There are monsters everywhere,

Monsters wandering in my hair,

Monsters on the corner stair,

Monsters in the rocking chair,

Monsters going up the wall,

Monsters that are very tall,

If I caught them in a bunch,

I'd have monster soup for lunch.

6. Craft: Soup Picture

Make a fun picture of soup using noodles and construction paper.

Materials Needed:

Heavy Construction Paper Alphabet Shapes – foam shapes, alphabet stamps. Other items for soup- feathers, paper scraps, markers.

Glue, scissors, stamp pads

Instructions: Cut a large circle out of construction paper, any color - this will be the bowl. Then make another circle, about 1/2 inch smaller, out of a light colored piece of paper - this will be the alphabet soup broth. Glue the broth circle into the center of the bowl circle.

Now comes the fun part! Use noodles, shapes or stamps and "write" your name or other words in your soup bowl.