Red

Red

Age 2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Music: Alex Mahe Wakin' Up the Sunshine

1. Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting,

Storytime is starting come listen with me.

 2. Read first story Bright Red Kisses, The Little Red Hen, Little Red Riding Hood or The Red Book

3. Fingerplay: Itsy Bitsy Spider

The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the waterspout, down came the rain and washed the spider out. Out came the sun and dried up all the rain so the itsy-bitsy spider climbed up the spout again!

The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the kitchen wall, whoosh went the fan and made the spider fall, off went the fan, no longer did it blow, so the itsy bitsy spider, back up the fan did go.

The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the big oak tree, she slipped on a limb and landed next to me, out came the sun and dried up all the rain, so the itsy bitsy spider, went right back up again.

The itsy bitsy spider climbed up without a stop, she spun a silky web right at the very top, she wove and spun and when her web was done, the itsy bitsy spider, rested in the sun.

4. Read second story Lemons Are Not Red, Llama Llama Red Pajama, Red Light Green Light or Ted in a Red Bed

5. Sing: Old MacDonald

Old MacDonald had a farm, E I E I O, And on his farm he had some chicks, E I E I O. With a chick chick here and a chick chick there, Here a chick, there a chick, ev'rywhere a chick chick. Old MacDonald had a farm, E I E I O.

Old MacDonald had a cow,

Old MacDonald had a pig,
Old MacDonald some geese,
Old MacDonald had a horse

Old MacDonald had a mule,

Old MacDonald had a duck.

6. Craft: Paper Plate Streamer Ring
Paper Plates, Streamers, Markers

Cut the middle out of a paper plate so that you have a ring. You can decorate the ring if you want to, but it's really not necessary. Then staple crepe paper streamers around three quarters of the ring on the outside. The kids then hold onto the ring at the spot without any streamers and run in the breeze. You can also use ribbon, strips of paper, or yarn instead of streamers.