Letter F

Letter F –Fish, Frogs, Fingers, Fox, Feet and Flowers

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Music: An Elephant Never Forgets

1.   Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

2.   Read first story Excuse Me!, Fran's Flower, Jump, Frog, Jump, Ten Little Fish

3.   Action Poem: Five Frisky Frogs
Five little frisky frogs, hopping on the shore (hold up five fingers)
One hopped into the pond -SPLASH!! (jump out)
So then there were just four,

four little frisky frogs (hold up four fingers)
Climbing up a tree, one fell into the grass, BOOM! (pretend to fall)
So then there were just three, 

three little frisky frogs (hold up three fingers)
Bathing in the dew, one caught a sneezy cold A-CHOO (sneeze)
So then there were just two, 

two little frisky frogs (hold up two fingers)
Sleeping in the sun, One slept the day away, SNORE! (pretend to sleep)
So then there was just one, 

one little frisky frog (hold up one finger)
Sitting on a stone, let's call his four friends back, Yoo-hoo, Yoo-hoo
So he won't be alone.

Song:  Slippery Fish

Slippery fish, slippery fish sliding through the water (put two hands together and glide them through the air)

Slippery fish, slippery fish, Gulp, gulp, gulp

OH NO! He's been eaten by an

Octopus, octopus squiggling in the water (Wave your arms up and down like the flailing arms of an octopus.)

Octopus, octopus, gulp, gulp, gulp

OH NO! He's been eaten by a

Tuna fish, tuna fish flashing in the water (two hands fingertips touching to give impression of bigger fish)

Tuna fish, tuna fish, gulp, gulp, gulp

OH NO! He's been eaten by a

Great White Shark,great white shark lurking in the water (Place one hand, with fingers straight upwards, on top of your head.)

 Great white shark, great white shar,k gulp, gulp, gulp

OH NO! He's been eaten by an

Enormous Whale, enormous whale spouting in the water (Make big upward motions with your arms to resemble the spouting of water by a whale)

Enormous Whale, enormous whale, gulp, gulp, BURP!

Excuse ME! (Cover your mouth) 

4.             Read second story Fish Eyes:a book you can count on, Frog on a Log, Little Quack's New Friend, Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea, Goosie's Good Idea

5.             Counting Rhyme: Ten Little Finger

I have ten fingers and they all belong to me (hold hands up) I can make them do things Would you like to see?
I can shut them up tight (form fist) Or open them wide (hold fingers out)
I can put them together or make them all hide (Close both fists) I can make them jump high (put hands over head)
I can make them go low (put hands down) I can fold them quietly and hold them just so (put hands in lap)

6.     Crafts:  Paper Plate Fish

Materials: small paper plate with piece cut out and attached to back with staples to make fish, tissue paper, glittery confetti paper, glue, googly eyes

Glue tissue paper, glittery paper and googly eye on fish.

Fish craft idea from http://mamasmiles.com/