Each Preschool Storytime includes activities that support all or most of the five early literacy practices identified as essential in helping your child develop the skills they need before they can learn to read. The five practices – singing, talking, reading, playing and writing – were developed for Every Child Ready to Read®, an initiative of the Association for Library Services for Children (ALSC) and the Public Library Association (PLA).
Reading:
Apple Harvest by Calvin Harris
Singing:
Hello, Friends!
(tune: "Goodnight Ladies")
Hello friends.
Hello friends.
Hello friends.
We're glad you came today!
Everybody Say Hello!
(tune: "London Bridge")
Everybody say hello, say hello, say hello,
Everybody say hello, hello Wesley!
(Wesley is my turtle puppet who pops out of my apron pocket whenever we sing this song. Then he sits quietly on his rock and listens to the stories and sings along with us. At the end of storytime he says goodbye to the children, gives them high fives, eats pretend food from their hands, blows kisses, and plays hide and seek!)
(tune: "Sally Wore a Red Dress")
What's in the green box,
The green box, the green box?
What's in the green box
For us today?
Today's green box held:
Play Food
Letter "a" Activity Sheets
An Applesauce Cone
Open, Shut Them!
Open, shut them,
Open, shut them,Open, shut them,
Give a little clap, clap, clap!
Open, shut them,
Open, shut them,
Lay them in your lap, lap, lap!
Waving, waving, waving, waving,
High up in the sky, sky, sky.
Wave to me...I'll wave to you.
Now let's all say goodbye, bye, bye.
We always say this rhyme at least twice, increasing the speed with each repetition!
Way Up High in the Apple Tree
(To prepare for this activity we all planted our feet firmly on the floor (roots), made our torso straight and tall (trunk), extended our arms (branches), and made two fists (apples)!
Way up high in the apple tree,
Two red apples smiled at me.
I shook that tree as hard as I could...
Mmmm! They were good!
We always say this rhyme at least twice, increasing the speed with each repetition!
Way Up High in the Apple Tree
(To prepare for this activity we all planted our feet firmly on the floor (roots), made our torso straight and tall (trunk), extended our arms (branches), and made two fists (apples)!
Way up high in the apple tree,
Two red apples smiled at me.
I shook that tree as hard as I could...
Mmmm! They were good!
I got busy helping with our applesauce-making activity and didn't get many photos!
Here are two taken during our after-storytime enrichment activities:
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