Letter M

Letter M- Monkeys, mice, moose, monsters

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Music: Etta James Let's Roll

1.                1.  Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

2.                2. Read first story The Gruffalo's Child, If You're a Monster and You Know It,  or Shout! Shout It Out!

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3. Monster, Monster

Monster, monster, turn around. 

Monster, monster, touch the ground. 

Monster, monster, reach up high. 

Monster, monster, squint your eyes. 

Monster, monster, show your teeth. 

Monster, monster, stamp your feet.

4.     Read second story Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree, 
Looking for a Moose,  or Stuck in the Mud

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5.             5.   Fingerplay: Itsy Bitsy Monkey 

The itsy bitsy monkey climbed up the coconut tree  
[Have hands climb.] 
Down came a coconut that bopped him on the knee  
[Drop fist from over head to hit yourself on the knee.] 
Along came his Mama, who kissed away the pain  
[Kiss your fist.] 
Then the itsy bitsy monkey climbed up the tree again  
[Climb hands again -having kids stretch as high as they can reach.

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5.                6. Read third story If You Give a Moose a Muffin, Mouse was Mad, There Was an Old Monster! or What Time is it Mr. Crocodile?

7.   Song: Three Blind Mice

Three blind mice, Three blind mice
See how they run, See how they run!

They all ran after The farmer's wife
She cut off their tails With a carving knife
Did you ever see Such a sight in your life
As three blind mice?

7.                8. Craft- Mice Fingerpuppet

Materials: Construction paper folded in half cut in arc, pink circles, glue, googly eyes, pencil crayons, yarn, hole punch

Glue folded paper on arc leaving finger hole, glue on pink ears, draw on whiskers, glue on googly eyes. Punch hole and tie on yarn tail. www.dltk-holidays.com/xmas/mouse_finger_puppet.htm

Letter L

Letter L –Lemons, lions, ladybugs, lambs, leopards, lanterns

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

1.             Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

2.             Read first story Are Lemons Blue?, The Little Little Girl with the Big Big Voice, Do Lions Live on Lily Pads?, or  Lions Lunch?

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3.             Five little kittens

Five little kittens standing in a row (hold up 5 fingers)

They nod their heads to the children so (bend fingers)

They run to the left, they run to the right (run fingers to the left and then to the right)

They stand up and stretch in the bright sunlight (stretch fingers out tall)

Along comes a dog who's in for some fun (hold up one finger from opposite hand)

MEOW! See those little kittens run (let fingers run).

4.             Read second story Do Lions Like Lettuce?, Mary Had a Little Lamb, or Dinosaur vs the Library

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5.             Flannel board: Mary Had a little lamb

Action Rhyme:Going on a Lion Hunt
Goin' on a lion hunt. Goin to catch a big one. I'm not afraid. Look, what's up ahead?
Mud!
Can't go over it. Can't go under it. Can't go around it. Gotta go through it. [Make sloshing sounds and move hands as if slogging]
Goin' on a lion hunt. Goin to catch a big one. I'm not afraid. Look, what's up ahead?
Sticks!

Can't go over it. Can't go under it. Can't go around it. Gotta go through it. [Snap fingers]
Goin' on a lion hunt. Goin to catch a big one. I'm not afraid. Look, what's up ahead?
Trees!
Can't go over it. Can't go under it. Can't go around it. Gotta go through it. [Make gestures climbing up/down.]
Goin' on a lion hunt. Goin to catch a big one. I'm not afraid. Look, what's up ahead?
Gate!
Can't go over it. Can't go under it. Can't go around it. Gotta go through it. [Make gate-opening gestures.]
Goin' on a lion hunt. Goin to catch a big one. I'm not afraid. Look, what's up ahead?
River!
Can't go over it. Can't go under it. Can't go around it. Gotta go through it. [make swimming gestures]
Goin' on a lion hunt. Goin to catch a big one. I'm not afraid. Look, what's up ahead?
Grass!
Can't go over it. Can't go under it. Can't go around it. Gotta go through it. [move hands together/apart] 
Goin' on a lion hunt. Goin to catch a big one. I'm not afraid. Look, what's up ahead?
Cave!
Can't go over it. Can't go under it. Can't go around it. Gotta go through it. [act like you are feeling your way in a dark cave]
Feel yourself along the wall.  Oh, oh What's this?  Something funny.
With a long soft thing on it's end!  With two sharp things!  Two big gleaming sharp things!
A LION!!!  Run for your life!
Run out of the cave!
Crawl through the grass!
Swim across the river!
Run through the gate!
Run around the trees!
Jump over the sticks!
Slosh through the mud!
Run into the house!
Close the door!
Run up the front stairs!
Crawl under mom's bed!

I wasn't afraid. Were you?

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5.             Read third story Lemons Are Not Red, What the Ladybird Heard, or  Big Red Lollipop

6.             Song: Five Little Ladybugs

Five little ladybugs, climbing on some plants,

Eating the aphids, but not the ants!

The first one said: "Save some aphids for me!"

The second one said: "These are tasty as can be!"

The third one said: "Oh, they're almost gone!"

The fourth one said: "Then it's time to move on!

The fifth one said: "Come on, let's fly!"

So they opened their wings and flew through the sky.

7.             Craft- MAKING LANTERNS

Materials: Construction paper folded in half with 1”marks along fold., scissors, stapler, markers

Give each child a piece of 9” x 12” construction paper and some scissors. Decorate with markers. Have them cut on the lines to with-in 1” of the opposite edge. When finished cutting, show your children how to open their papers and then roll the paper into a cone and securing the ends together with staples. The lanterns should expand out from the middle to resemble old time lanterns.

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