Letter U

Letter U- Underwear, umbrellas, unicorns, ugly, under, up,

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Music: Animal Crackers

 

Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

Read first story Aliens Love Underpants, Pants, or Dirty Joe the Pirate, 

Read second story Bear in Underwear, The Underpants Zoo or The Very Ugly Bug

Song Head and Shoulders, Knees and Underpants

Head and shoulders, knees and underpants

Knees and underpants, knees and underpants.

Head and shoulders knees and underpants,

Eyes, ears, mouth and underpants.

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Read third story Fortunately, Unfortunately, or Up Above & Down Below

Fingerplay: Five Umbrellas

Five umbrellas stood by the back door,
The red one went outside, then there were four
Four umbrellas, pretty as could be
The blue one went outside, then there were three
Three umbrellas with nothing to do
The green one went outside, then there were two
Two umbrellas not having much fun
The yellow went outside, then there was one
Just one umbrella alone in the hall,
The purple one went outside, and that was all! 

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Craft- Bear in Underwear

Materials: photocopy of bear and cut out legs, glue, markers.

Colour bear and decorate underwear. Glue on bears legs to cover underwear.

Letter T

Letter T- Tigers, turtles, turkeys, teddy bears, toys, trains, trucks, tractors

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Music: Animal Crackers

Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

Read first story Augustus and his Smile, Stripe or Owen & Mzee

 Fingerplay Five Little Turtles

Five little turtles went out to play,
Over the hill and far away.
Their mama called "Come back, back, back!"
Four little turtles came crawling back.

Four little turtles went out to play,
Over the hill and far away.
Their mama called "Come back, back, back!"
Three little turtles came crawling back.

Three little turtles went out to play,
Over the hill and far away.
Their mama called "Come back, back, back!"
Two little turtles came crawling back.

Two little turtles went out to play,
Over the hill and far away.
Their mama called "Come back, back, back!"
One little turtle came crawling back.

One little turtle went out to play,
Over the hill and far away.
Their papa called "Come back, back, back!"
And five little turtles came crawling back.

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Read second story Beware of Tigers, Tiger on a Tree or Lord of the Forest

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.]

 Read third story Just Like Bossy Bear pr The Voyage of Turtle Rex

 Craft- Tiger

Materials: Orange construction paper tiger, collage paper pieces, black construction paper to tear into stripes, googly eye, markers, glue.

Collage paper onto the tiger, tear or cut black paper into stripes. Glue on stripes. Glue on googly eye and colour in nose with marker.

Idea from Horseplaycraftyparties.co.uk

Letter S

Letter S- Sharks, soup, snakes, space, spiders, sheep, sun, starfish

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Music: Animal Crackers

1.                   Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

2.                   Read first story Chicken Soup, Harry and Horsie or Shark vs Train

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3.       Nursery Rhyme  Flannelboards  “There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly”

4.                   Read second story Don't Eat the Teacher!, Hide and Snake or Boy Soup

5.                   Fingerplay – Five Little Fishes

Five little fishes (hold up five fingers)

swimming in the sea (one hand to be fish swimming side to side)

teasing Mr. sharkie (hands by head, thumbs in ears, wiggle back and forth)

"can't catch me" (shake index finger)

 along came Mr. sharkie (two hands together prayer style swimming back and forth)

quiet as can be, (hold index finger to lips)  

and  snapped that fishie right out of the sea (clap hands together like a shark's mouth)

 now there's four little fishes swimming in the sea (hold up four fingers)
count down one fish at a time and then at the end of one little fishie swimming in the sea, instead of no more fishes you sing...

"now Mr. shark said I'm full" (rubbing tummy)

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6.                   Read third story Frog in Space or Mouse Count

7.                   Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (Touch parts of body as indicated. Repeat and increase tempo with each verse)

Head, shoulders, knees and toes,

Knees and toes.Knees and toes.

Head, shoulders, knees and toes,

Knees and toes.Knees and toes.

And eyes, and ears, and mouth, And nose.

Fingerplay: I am the Sun

I am sun, shining hot and bright. (arms over head)

When I go to sleep, day turns into night. (rest hands on head)

When I wake up, I stretch and yawn, (stretch and yawn)

And turn the darkness into dawn. (arms over head)

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8.                   Craft- Shark

Materials: Blue construction paper shark shape, small paper plate, scissors, googly eyes, glue markers

Cut zigzag teeth shape around the plate, fold in half, glue to shark shape. Glue on eyes. Colour inside of mouth.

http://almostunschoolers.blogspot.com/2011/03/paper-plate-shark-craft.html

Dino Dig 2012

We had a fantastic time at this year's Dinosaur Dig! 

It took place from 1-2 on Saturday March 10th. We started off reading some great pop-up books. Pop-up Dinosaur by Patrick Watson and Let's Look at Dinosaurs by Frances Barry.

To kick off the dig we had a sand pit to dig for dinosaurs and bones and some gigantic dinosaur puzzles to complete. Then it was time to get crafty.

There were dinosaur hats to decorate with dino stickers, some fossil fun with clay to imprint dinosaurs and shells into and finally some deconstruction with our very own dirt/plaster bowl to excavate and find the dinosaurs and fossils.

After all this dusty fun it was snack time. We enjoyed Dinosaur Nest brownies and Jurassic Juice while hearing a couple of more dinosaur stories.


This time I'm Big by Kate and Jim McMullan and I am a Tyrannosaurus by Anna Grossnickle Hines.

Letter R

Letter R-  Rabbits, rainbows, roosters, rainforests, rats, raisins, rain, red, rocks, rice, robots

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Music: Animal Crackers

1.                   Storytime – Welcome Song

Storytime is starting, starting, starting.

Storytime is starting, come and listen to me.

2.                   Read first story Animal Babies in the Rainforest, The Rats Came Back or Seven Little Rabbits

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3.       Nursery Rhyme  Flannelboards Itsy Bitsy Spider

4.                   Read second story Elmer and the Rainbow, Red Red Red or Robot Zot

 

5.                   Fingerplay - Five Umbrellas

Five umbrellas stood by the back door,
The red one went outside, then there were four.
Four umbrellas stood pretty as can be,
The blue one went outside, then there were three.
Three umbrellas stood with nothing to do,
The green one went outside, then there was two.
Two umbrellas stood watching for the sun,
The yellow one went outside, then there was one.
Just one umbrella stood alone in the hall,
The white one went outside, and then that was all!

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6.                   Read third story More and More Rabbits, Rooster's Off to See the World or The Rabbit's Race

7.                   Song: Bunny, Bunny

Bunny, white bunny  [Place pointer fingers beside head.]
With ears so tall,
And your two pink eyes,
And a mouth so small, [Make O with mouth.]
Wiggle goes one ear, [Wiggle one finger.]
Wiggle goes the other, [Wiggle other finger.]
Hop, hop, hop, hop Home to your mother!  [Hop away in four hops.]

8.        Craft- Paper Roll Rabbit

Materials: brown construction paper ears and feet, pink construction paper triangles, paper rolls, cotton ball, glue, googly eyes, markers.

Glue on ears, feet and tail. Glue on googly eyes and draw on face.

. http://nurturestore.co.uk/easter-bunny-craft