Storytime
– Welcome Song and Story time is starting song.
Read
first story One Spotted Giraffe, Beware of the frog, Jump!
Song: Five Green and Speckled Frogs
Five
green and speckled Frogs (Hold five fingers (frogs) on top of your other
arm (log). Sat on a hollow log eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool (jump a finger off the log into the pool) where it was nice and cool. Now there are four green speckled frogs (Hold up four fingers)
Four green and speckled Frogs. Sat on a hollow log eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool. Now there are three green speckled frogs
Three green and speckled frogs. Sat on a hollow log eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool. Now there are two green speckled frogs
Two green and speckled frogs. Sat on a hollow log eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool. Now there is one green speckled frog
One green and speckled frog. Sat on a hollow log eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
It jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool. Now there are no more speckled frogs
One jumped into the pool (jump a finger off the log into the pool) where it was nice and cool. Now there are four green speckled frogs (Hold up four fingers)
Four green and speckled Frogs. Sat on a hollow log eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool. Now there are three green speckled frogs
Three green and speckled frogs. Sat on a hollow log eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool. Now there are two green speckled frogs
Two green and speckled frogs. Sat on a hollow log eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool. Now there is one green speckled frog
One green and speckled frog. Sat on a hollow log eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
It jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool. Now there are no more speckled frogs
Song: Slippery
Fish
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.)
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)
Enormous Whale,
enormous whale, gulp, gulp, BURP!
Excuse ME! (Cover your
mouth)
Read
second story The Monkey goes bananas, There was an old pirate who swallowed a fish, Dinosaur farm
Song: Little Green Frog (Action Song! Actions in [ ]'s)
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!]
Read third story That is not a good idea!, Outfoxed
Crafts: Cupcake Liner
Fish
Materials: Construction paper, cupcake liners, glue, markers,
googly eyes
Flatten one cupcake liner and snip to make mouth. Glue onto
construction paper. Cut one liner into chunks and use for tail, fins and
scales. Glue pieces onto the construction paper. Glue on googly eye. Draw on
bubbles and seaweed.
Idea from 4 Crazy Kings