2’s and
3’s, 4’s and 5’s
Storytime
– Welcome Song
Storytime is
starting, starting, starting.
Storytime is
starting, come and listen to me.
Read first story Chickens to the Rescue, Guess Who Says Moo? or Toads on Toast
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sitting on a stone, let's call his four friends back, Yoo-hoo, Yoo-hoo
So he won't be alone.
Read second story Creepy Carrots!, Bad Frogs or The Busy Beaver
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 shark 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)
Excuse ME! (Cover your mouth)
Read third story The Foggy Foggy Forest, Beware of the Frog or Just a WalkSong: Little Green Frog
Mm, Mm went the
little green frog one day, [stick tongue out on 2nd
"Mm"]
Mm, Mm went the little green frog, [stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm"]
Mm, Mm went the little green frog one day, [stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm"]
And they all went Mm, Mm, Aahh! [stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm" and open mouth wide for Aahh!]
But! We all know frogs go, [CLAP]
Lahdeedahdeedah! [CLAP] Lahdeedahdeedah! [CLAP] Lahdeedahdeedah!
We all know frogs go, [CLAP] Lahdeedahdeedah!
They don't go [stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm" and open mouth wide for Aahh!]
Mm, Mm went the little green frog, [stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm"]
Mm, Mm went the little green frog one day, [stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm"]
And they all went Mm, Mm, Aahh! [stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm" and open mouth wide for Aahh!]
But! We all know frogs go, [CLAP]
Lahdeedahdeedah! [CLAP] Lahdeedahdeedah! [CLAP] Lahdeedahdeedah!
We all know frogs go, [CLAP] Lahdeedahdeedah!
They don't go [stick tongue out on 2nd "Mm" and open mouth wide for Aahh!]
Crafts: Paper Plate
Frog
Materials: small paper plate cut in half, 2” yellow construction
paper circles, 1” long red construction paper strips curled, black diamond
shaped construction paper, glue,markers
Glue yellow eyes on paper plate, add black diamonds as pupils,
glue on red tongue and colour frog.