Max Counts His Chicks - Rosemary Wells
A counting book, and a book with a moral all rolled into one! How would you feel if Ruby kept finding all of the chickens? Have fun counting up to 10 and back again!
Jelly Bean
Countdown- Poem and Felt
So I found this great lesson plan on 123 Learn Curriculum (Click HERE for the entire lesson and templates). It suggested I use real jelly beans or flannel ones. I chose flannel simply because some kids have allergies to the dyes in jelly beans and I thought this way there would be no hurt feelings.
5 little jelly beans
I wish I had more!
I'll eat the (color) one
Now there are four!
5 little jelly beans
I wish I had more!
I'll eat the (color) one
Now there are four!
4 little
jelly beans
Tasty as can be
I'll eat the (color) one
Now there are 3!
Tasty as can be
I'll eat the (color) one
Now there are 3!
3 little
jelly beans
Only a few.
I'll eat the (color) one
Now there are 2.
Only a few.
I'll eat the (color) one
Now there are 2.
2 little
jelly beans
Eating them is fun
I'll eat the (color) one
Now there is one.
Eating them is fun
I'll eat the (color) one
Now there is one.
1 little
jelly bean
The last one for me
I'll eat the (color) one
I'm as happy as can be!
The last one for me
I'll eat the (color) one
I'm as happy as can be!
Easter Parade - Berlin
Most of you may never had an Easter Bonnet, or walked in an Easter Parade. It seems like its a pastime of yore. I had an Easter Bonnet as a child though, and I remember learning and singing this song every year. If you know the song, why not teach it to another generation? I promise you that you will get a lot of blank stares, but the grandmas in the room will think it's great. So go ahead! Just make sure you know how to pronounce rotogravure before you get to that part of the song!
Song:
Easter Parade:
In your Easter bonnet,
with all the frills upon it, you’ll be the grandest lady in the Easter
Parade. I’ll be all in clover, and when
the look you over, Ill be the proudest fella in the Easter Parade.
On the avenue, 5th
Avenue, the photographer will snap us, and you’ll find that you’re in the
rotogravure. Oh I could write a sonnet,
about your Easter Bonnet, and of the girl I’m taking to the Easter Parade.
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick - Lucille Colandro
Because I really enjoy all of the "Old Lady" books, I especially like to sing and immortalize these books in felt. The kids love the silliness and love to let me know when she is eating something that is ridiculous. Here is my felt set. I like to let the kids put the items in or near the basket. The artwork is directly out of the book.
Time for a DANCE! Here is The Bunny Pokey
You put your bunny ears
in, you put your bunny ears out, you put your bunny ears in and you shake them all about. You do the bunny pokey and you hop, hop up
and down. That’s what it’s all about!
Continue with:
Bunny paws
Bunny nose
Bunny Tail
Whole Bunny
Bunny paws
Bunny nose
Bunny Tail
Whole Bunny
Easter Bunny's Assistant - Jan Thomas
This book cracks me up! I love all of Jan Thomas' books. You will learn which of your kiddos have that preschool-humor down as the skunk...well, skunks up the place when he gets SO EXCITED!! Use your big voices for this hilarious book!
STEM activity - Shaker Eggs
This was GREAT fun. What happens when I put beans in the eggs and shake them up? What if I put in pennies. Does it sound the same? How about rice or marbles or feathers? We tried a few things to see what they would sound like, then I let the kids fill eggs with what they wanted. Together we used the shaker eggs to shake our sillies out in song and dance.
ALTERNATE FELT SET!
Since doing this particular story time, I have done more with bunnies. Actually, I have done another Easter story time too. Click HERE for more resources for Easter. The felt set above is simply a fun bunny story that has the kids saying "OH NO NOT AGAIN!" It is called Too Many Bunnies by Matt Novak and you can CLICK HERE for more on this felt set....including the entire story in case you don't have the book on hand.
Craft - Bunny Collage
Look at how cute!! These bunnies are made by swirling a little white paint with a Q-Tip, and then using Q-tips for ears. Simple and fun for the kids!I hope this helps while putting together some of your trickier holiday story time themes! Thanks for stopping by!
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