Letter J

Letter J –Jungle, Jellybeans, jam and jellyfish

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Music: Ralph's World: At the Bottom on  the Sea

1.                 Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

 

2.                 Read first story If I Were a Jungle Animal, Monkey Truck or  Wonderful Junk

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3.                   Nursery Rhyme: Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water

Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill went tumbling after

Then up Jack got and home did trot as fast as he could caper

He went to bed and patched his head

With vinegar and brown paper.

4.                   Read second story If You're Happy and You Know It, Some Dogs Do or Previously

 

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5.                  Song- Five Little Monkeys Swinging in a Tree

Five little monkeys swinging in a tree,

Teasing the alligators, you can catch me, you can catch me....

Along came a alligator quiet as can be.......

And snapped that monkey right out of that tree!

Four little monkeys swinging in a tree,

Teasing the alligators, you can catch me, you can catch me....

Along came a alligator quiet as can be.......

And snapped that monkey right out of that tree!

Three little monkeys swinging in a tree,

Teasing the alligators, you can catch me, you can catch me....

Along came a alligator quiet as can be.......

And snapped that monkey right out of that tree!

Two little monkeys swinging in a tree,

Teasing the alligators, you can catch me, you can catch me....

Along came a alligator quiet as can be.......

And snapped that monkey right out of that tree!

One little monkey swinging in a tree,

Teasing the alligators, you can catch me, you can catch me....

Along came a alligator quiet as can be.......

And snapped that monkey right out of that tree!

No little monkeys swinging in a tree...

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6.                 Read third story Jack and the Beanstalk, Twenty-Four Robbers or Wonderful Junk

7.                 Song: Peanut Butter and Jelly

Peanut, Peanut Butter

Peanut, peanut butter. Jelly. Peanut, peanut butter. Jelly.

First you take the peanuts and you dig em, you dig em, you dig em, dig em, dig em.

Then you crush em, you crush em, you crush em, crush em, crush em.

Peanut, peanut butter. Jelly. Peanut, peanut butter. Jelly.

Then you take the berries and you pick em ……

Then you squish em, you squish em…

Then you take the bread and you spread em, you spread em ……

Peanut, peanut butter. Jelly. Peanut, peanut butter. Jelly

Then you take the sandwich and you bite it, you bite it ….

Then you chew it, you chew it, you chew it chew it chew it…

Then you swallow, you swallow, you swallow, swallow, swallow (GULP)

Peanut, peanut butter. Jelly. Peanut, peanut butter. Jelly

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8.                 Craft- Jellyfish

Materials: Cloud shape cut from construction paper, 12 inch long crepe paper streamers, goggly eyes, markers

Decorate jellyfish shape with markers, glue on eyes and streamers.

 http://abrittwithoutboys.blogspot.com/2011/04/preschool-letter-j

Letter I

Letter I –Insects, Ice Cream, Iguanas and Islands

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Music: Family Time by Ziggy Marley

            1.  Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

             2.  Read first story Bedtime Bugs, Can't Catch Me, Should I Share My Ice Cream?, The Delicious Bug, 

         3.  Fingerplay- The Itsy Bitsy Spider

The itsy bitsy spider
Crawled 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
Crawled up the spout again

Flannel Board Little Miss Muffet

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider and sat down beside her.
And frightened Miss Muffet away!

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4.                Song- Five Little Ice Cream Cones

Five little ice cream cones standing in a row,
each has a scoop and an ice cream cone,
out came the sun and it shown all day,
one little ice cream cone melted away

Four little ice cream cones...
Three little ice cream cones...
Two little ice cream cones...
One little ice cream cone...

 

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5.            4. Read second story Big Rig Bugs, I Wanna Iguana, Ten Busy Buzzy Bugs,  Crocs!

6.             5. Counting Rhyme- Oh Me, Oh My a Fly

ONE       One fly in the web,Oh me, oh my.
The web begins to tremble,
In comes another fly! How many flies? TWO
Two flies in the web, Oh me, oh my.
The web begins to tremble, In comes another fly!
How many flies? THREE
Three flies in the web, Oh me, oh my.
The web begins to tremble, In comes another fly!
How many flies? FOUR
Four flies in the web, Oh me, oh my.
The web begins to tremble, In comes another fly!
How many flies? FIVE
Five flies in the web, Oh me, oh my.
The spider eats them one by one. 5-4-3-2-1
How many flies? NONE
That’s ZERO flies!

6. Read third story  Hello, Bugs!, In Front of the Ant, Tiny Little Fly

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7.           7. Craft- I- Iguana

Materials: Shapes for I, head, tongue, tail and spikes, goggly eyes, glue

Glue shapes for I into letter I shape. Glue on head, tail, tongue and back spikes. Glue on googly eyes.

http://www.meetthedubiens.com/2010/06/alphabet-craft-i-is-for-iguana.html

Letter H

Letter H –Horses, Hippos, Hats and Hens

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Music: Country Goes Raffi

1.   Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

2.   Read first story Are You a Horse?, Hush, Hush!, Ten Fat Hens, Elmer and the Hippos, or I Want My Hat Back

3.   Action Poem: Hats

A cowboy wears a cowboy hat [Hands encircle head.]
As he gallops on his horse,  [Galloping motion.]
A firefighter's hat keeps her safe  [Hands encircle head.]
As fires run their course.  [Spraying motion as with hose.]

A clown wears a pointy hat  [Hands form point on head.]
And a smile upon her face.  [Smile broadly.]
And astronauts wear helmets  [Encircle face with hands.]
When blasting into space.  [Palms together, shoot hands up to sky.]

4.             Read second story Don't Touch My Hat!, My Favourite Hat or Chicken, Pig, Cow Horse Around, Hat

5.   Flannel Board: The Three Little Pigs (3 pigs, 3 houses and wolf)

There was a little pig,
And he built himself a house,
For the Wolf was eating
Every pig he saw, saw, saw.
With a huff and then a puff,
Old Wolf ate him soon enough,
For the silly pig had built his house
With straw, straw, straw.

A second little pig,
Built himself a little house,
When he heard the Wolf was
Eating all the pigs, pigs, pigs,
With a huff and then a puff,
Old Wolf ate him soon enough,
For the silly pig had built his house
With twigs, twigs, twigs.

Another little pig,
Built himself a little house,
But he never thought of
Using straw or sticks, sticks, sticks,
With a huff and then a puff,
Old Wolf blew, but not enough,
For this pig got wise and built his house
With bricks, bricks, bricks.

 

5.     Crafts- Clothes Pin Horse (idea from the National Wildlife Federation)

Materials: horse shape cut out from construction paper, yarn, clothespins, glue, markers

Colour and glue on yarn for mane and tail, clip on 2 clothespins for legs.

Letter G

Letter G –Geese, Gorilla, Grasshopper, Goat and Giraffe

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Music: Smithsonian Folkways Children's Collection

1.   Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

2.   Read first story Gumption, Rescue Bunnies, Tall, Let's Count Goats, or Go-Go Gorillas

3.   Action Poem: Grandma's Glasses Fingerplay
These are Grandma's Glasses (make glasses with fingers over eyes)
Here is Grandma's cap (make triangle with hands and put on head)
This is the way she folds her hands (fold hands together)
And puts them in her lap (put hands in lap)
These are Grandma's glasses (make glases with fingers over eyes)
These are grandpa's hat (pretend to pull down a big hat over head)
And this is the way he folds his arms (fold arms over in front of body)
Just like that! (Shake head) 

4.   Nursery Rhymes: Georgy Porgy

Georgy Porgy, pudding and pie,
Kissed the girls and made them cry.
When the boys came out to play,
Georgy Porgy ran away.

Old Mother Goose

Old Mother Goose, when
She wanted to wander,
Would ride through the air
On a very fine gander.

5.             Read second story Oh, Look!, Silly Little Goose!, That's Not Funny!, or The Goose that Almost Got Cooked

6.          Rhyme: Giraffe
The spotted giraffe is tall as can be, (raise one arm as high as you can),

His lunch is a bunch of leaves off a tree,(nibble with fingers of hand of outstetched arm)

He has a very long neck and his legs are long too,(point to raised arm and legs)

And he can run faster than his friends at the zoo!

7.     Crafts:  Paper Plate Goose

Materials: small paper plate with piece cut out, construction paper beak, feathers, glue, markers.

Glue triangle beak on neck, glue on feathers draw on eye.

Mother Goose idea from www.Librarystorytimeandcrafts.wordpress.com

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