Letter Q

Letter Q-  Quilts, queens, quack, quiet, quail, q-tips, quarters

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Music:

1.                   Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

 

2.                   Read first story "Quack!" said the Billy Goat, Quiet! or Quiet, Wyatt!

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3.       Nursery Rhyme  Flannelboards

4.                   Read second story Cock-a-Doodle Quack! Quack!, Quiet! There's a Canary in the Library

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5.                   Read third story The Quiet Book, Be Quiet, Mike!

6                     Song: Five Little Ducks

Five little duckies went out to play (hold up fingers), over the hills and far, far away.(make arch with hand)  The mommy ducky yelled "QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK". (quack with hand) Four little duckies came back, back, back. (count down with fingers)

Four little duckies went out to play, over the hills and far, far away. The mommy ducky yelled "QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK". Three little duckies came back, back, back.

Three little duckies went out to play, over the hills and far, far away. The mommy ducky yelled "QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK". Two little duckies came back, back, back.

Two little duckies went out to play, over the hills and far, far away. The mommy ducky yelled "QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK". One little ducky came back, back, back.

One little ducky went out to play, over the hills and far, far away. The mommy ducky yelled "QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK".
No little duckies came back, back, back.

No little duckies went out to play, over the hills and far, far away. The daddy ducky yelled "QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK".
Five little duckies came back, back, back.

7        Craft- Quacking Beak

Materials: yellow paper beak shapes, paper eyes shapes, markers, glue

Glue two edges of beaks together. Colour pupils on eyes and glue on top of beak. Make them quack

. http://storytimeinenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/10/quack.html

Letter P

Letter P – Pigs, paint, polar bears, penguins, puppies, pumpkins, pineapples, peanuts

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

1.     1. Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

2.     2. Read first story Bark, George or Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes

3.     3. Nursery Rhyme  Flannelboards

4. Fingerplay: Penguin Family

One royal penguin . .feeling very blue (hold up one finger)
Called for his brother then there were two (hold up two fingers)
Two royal penguins. . .swimming in the sea (swimming motion)
Called for their sister then there were three (hold up three fingers)
Three royal penguins waddle on the shore (waddle)
Call for their mother, then there were four (hold up four fingers)
Four royal penguins learning how to dive (Make diving motion)
Call for their father, then there were five (hold up five fingers)

5.      5.   Read second story I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! or Press Here

6.  Rhyme: This Little Piggie This little piggie went to market,  This little piggie stayed home. This little piggie had roast beef, This little piggie had none.  And this little piggie cried "wee, wee, wee," All the way home.

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7.     7. Read third story If You Were a Penguin, Punk Farm or Poor Puppy

8      8. Song: Peanut Butter

Chorus:
Peanut, peanut butter - and jelly!
Peanut, peanut butter -and jelly!

First you take the peanuts and you dig 'em, you dig 'em. (Pretend to dig up peanuts)Dig 'em, dig 'em, dig 'em.
Then you smash 'em, you smash 'em. (Pretend to smash peanuts) Smash 'em, smash 'em, smash 'em.

Then you spread 'em, you spread 'em. (Pretend to spread the peanut butter) Spread 'em, spread 'em, spread 'em.

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Then you take the berries and you pick 'em, you pick 'em.  (Pretend to pick berries) Pick 'em, pick 'em, pick 'em.

Then you smash 'em, you smash 'em (pretend to smash berries) Smash 'em, smash 'em, smash 'em.
Then you spread 'em, you spread 'em. (Pretend to spread jelly) Spread 'em, spread 'em, spread 'em.

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Then you take the sandwich and you bite it, you bite it. (Pretend to bite a sandwich) Bite it, bite it, bite it.

Then you chew it, you chew it. (Pretend to chew a sandwich) 

 Then you swallow it, you swallow it. (Pretend to swallow peanut butter sandwich) Swallow it, swallow it, swallow it.

9. Craft- Polar Pictures

Materials: foam stickers, construction paper, markers.

Make a chilly picture using stickers and markers. 

Letter 0

Letter O – Octopus, opposites, ostriches, ocean, owls, oranges and outer space.

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Music:

1.     1.              Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

2.     2.              Read first story Big, Bigger, Biggest!, Hooray for Fish!, An Octopus Followed Me Home, The Way Back Home or You and Me: We're Opposites

3.                   Nursery Rhyme  Flannelboards

Opposite Song

We can do opposites, opposites, opposites.
We can do opposites follow me.

Top and bottom (Point to top of head, then bottom of foot.)
 Front and back (Touch front, then back.) 

 Happy and sad (Make a happy face, then look sad.)

 Left and right (Extend left arm, then right.)

Up and down (Point up and then down.)

LOUD and soft (Shout and whisper.)

Open and shut (Open and close fists.)

 Stand and sit (Stand up and sit down.)

 and put them in your lap! (Put your hands in your lap.

4.     4.              Read second story Good Thing You're Not an Octopus!, I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean or The Tickle -Octopus

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5.                   O RIDDLES I sleep all day and search at night. I sit in trees and “hoot”. Who am I? (An owl) I live in the ocean. Sometimes I can make a pearl inside my shell. Who am I? (An oyster) I live in the ocean I have 8 legs. Who am I? (An octopus) I have long legs and a long neck. I like to search for food in the sand. Who am I? (An ostrich)

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6.     6.              Read third story Higher! Higher!, Little Owl's Night, Where is the Green Sheep? or Basghetti Spaghetti

7.                   Song: Octopus

An octopus has Eight long arms (Hold up four fingers on each hand)
It lives in the sea, but don't be alarmed (Wave hands back and forth to show no worry)
He squirts out ink (Clap hands), when he is the prey
And grows a new arm when it's torn away.(Hold up arm as high as you can) 

8.                   Craft- Toilet paper roll Octopus

Materials: toilet paper rolls, scissors, googly eyes, glue, markers, paper reinforcements.

Cut eight slits up 2/3rds of way up toilet paper roll. Colour with markers. Curl legs upward. Draw on mouth and glue on googly eyes.

Letter N

Letter N- Nine, nice, noses, night, net, naked, nap, nursery rhymes and nails

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

1.                1.   Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

2.          2.  Read first story Not a Stick, The Seals on the Bus, or Let's Do Nothing

3.  Nursery Rhyme Flannelboards

4.                  4. Read second story Numbers from Nature or Whose Nose is this? 

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5.                5. Finger play: Ten in a Bed

There were ten in a bed and the little one said "Roll over, roll over" So they all rolled over and one fell out

There were nine in a bed and the little one said "Roll over, roll over" So they all rolled over    and one fell out

There were eight in a bed and the little one said "Roll over, roll over" So they all rolled over and one fell out

There were seven in a bed and the little one said "Roll over, roll over" So they all rolled over and one fell out

There were six in a bed and the little one said "Roll over, roll over" So they all rolled over and one fell out

There were five in a bed and the little one said "Roll over, roll over" So they all rolled over and one fell out

There were four in a bed and the little one said "Roll over, roll over" So they all rolled over and one fell out

There were three in a bed and the little one said "Roll over, roll over" So they all rolled over and one fell out

There were two in a bed and the little one said "Roll over, roll over" So they all rolled over and one fell out

There was one in a bed and the little one said "Good night!"

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6.                6.  Read third story One Drowsy Dragon or  Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed

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?

8.           8.  Craft- Chalk Night Drawing

Materials: Black construction paper, chalk, sticky stars

Draw night scene on black paper, add stars in the sky.