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.