Letter Y

Letter Y- Yellow, yaks, yarn, you, yes, yawn, Yeti, yolks, yoyo, yummy, yucky, yam, yell

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s

Storytime – Welcome Song and Storytime is Starting Song

Read first story dinner time, There are cats in this book

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Fingerplay: Yawning Yaks

Five yaks yawned a lot--    (Hold up 5 fingers and yawn.)
Time for bed believe it or not.   (Lay hands aside of face as asleep.)
For your mother you must obey.     (Shake pointy finger.)
And when you get up, just yell yea!  (Jump up and say “yea.”)

Song: The Grand Old Duke of York

Oh, the Grand Old Duke of York, (march in place)
He had ten thousand men. He marched them up to the top of the hill, (reach arms up high)
And he marched them down again. (lower arms)
And when they were up, they were up. (reach arms up high)
And when they were down, they were down. (lower arms)
And when they were only half way up, (hold arms at waist height)
They were neither up nor down. (reach  up and down again)

The Grand Old Duke of York, (march in place)
He had ten thousand men. He marched them up to the top of the hill, (reach arms up high)
And he marched them down again. (lower  arms)
And he marched them to the left. (march left)
And he marched them to the right. (march right)
Then he marched them round and round (march around)
And marched them out of sight. (march to sitting down)

Read second story The Gingerbread Man, One Yak Called Jack

 

Action Song: Rhyming Game

Say farm Farm Now touch your arm

Say south South Now touch your mouth

Say crumb Crumb Now touch your thumb

Say sand Sand Now touch your hand

Say pin Pin Now touch your chin

Say rose Rose Now touch your nose

Say bread Bread Now touch your head

Say pie Pie Now touch your eye

Say yummy Yummy Now touch your tummy

Say colder Colder Now touch your shoulder

 

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Read third story Yuck!

 Fingerplay: Color Rhyme

If your clothes have any red, Put your finger on your head.

If your clothes have any blue, Put your finger on your shoe.

If your clothes have any green, Wave your hand so that you’re seen.

If your clothes have any yellow, Smile like a happy fellow.

If your clothes have any brown, Turn your smile into a frown.

If your clothes have any black, Put your hands behind your back.

If your clothes have any white, Stomp your feet with all your might.

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Craft: Yarn Butterfly

Materials: Craft sticks, pipe cleaners, yarn

Cross 2 craft sticks and twine together using half a pipe cleaner to make an “x”. Wrap each side of the x starting in the middle and moving out to the ends of the sticks. Using half a pipe cleaner wrap once around the middle and twist to make the two antennae.

Idea from Gummylump