Preschool Storytime: Farm

Graphic created on PicMonkey with Clipart from Krista Wallden of Creative Clips

I cannot believe how fast our Fall storytime session flew by!  This was my last week of the fall session with my preschool storytime friends.

The kiddos enjoyed singing and playing "High Stepping Horses" because we had the opportunity to be quite silly with it.  They also really enjoyed Todd H. Doodler's Veggies with Wedgies.  Vegetables wearing underwear does have a lot of preschool humor appeal.  Some of the kiddos were howling with laughter, so I think it was safe to say that this book was a hit!

The Plan

Welcome

Hello Song: We Clap and Sing Hello
To the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell"
Credit: Storytime Katie

We clap and sing hello,
We clap and sing hello,
With our friends at storytime,
We clap and sing hello!


Big Movement Song (ETM): Clap Your Hands


Action Rhyme: To Market, To Market

To market, to market to buy a fat pig;
Home again, home again, jiggety-jig.
To market, to market, to buy a fat hog;
Home again, home again, jiggety-jog.

Letter of the Week: Ii
Introduce the Letter of the Week with the magic bag.  Wondering what it is - read about it here
Magic Bag items: Ice cream (plastic play food), iguana puppet, letter I

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​"Magic Bag Song"
To the tune of "Do You Know the Muffin Man?"
Credit: N. Lawton

Let's all look in the magic bag,
The magic bag, the magic bag.
Let's all look in the magic bag
to find out what's inside.

Caregiver Handout:

Big Movement Song (ETM): High Stepping Horses


Action Rhyme:  Over in the Barnyard
Credit: Storytime Katie

Over in the barnyard
Early in the morning
See the yellow chickies
Standing in a row
See the busy farmer
Giving them their breakfast
Cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep
Off they go

Book:  Veggies with Wedgies by Todd H. Doodler

Big Movement Song (ETM): Come and Follow Me


Action Rhyme:  Farm Chores
Credit: Storytime Katie

This is the way we plant our seeds, plant our seeds, plant our seeds
This is the way we plant our seeds so early in the morning

This is the way we water our seeds, water our seeds, water our seeds
This is the way we water our seeds so early in the morning

This is the way our seeds grow up, our seeds grow up, our seeds grow up
This is the way our seeds grow up so early in the morning

This is the way we pick our plants, pick our plants, pick our plants
This is the way we pick our plants so early in the morning

This is the way we eat our plants, eat our plants, eat our plants
This is the way we eat our plants so early in the morning



Flannel:  The Cow on the Farm
To the Tune of "The Wheels on the Bus"
Credit: Baby Rhymes

The cow on the farm says moo, moo, moo
Moo, moo, moo
Moo, moo, moo
The cow on the farm says moo, moo, moo
All day long

The pig on the farm says oink, oink, oink
Oink, oink, oink
Oink, oink, oink
The pig on the farm says oink, oink, oink
All day long

The sheep on the farm says baa, baa, baa
Baa, baa, baa
Baa, baa, baa
The sheep on the farm says baa, baa, baa
All day long

The rooster on the farm says cock-a-doodle-doo
Cock-a-doodle-doo, Cock-a-doodle-do
The rooster on the farm says cock-a-doodle-doo
All day long

Action Rhyme:  Everybody Clap, Clap, Clap
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Everybody clap, clap, clap
Everybody tap, tap, tap (gently tap top of head)
Everybody pat, pat, pat (pat legs)
Everybody stomp, stomp, stomp
Everybody jump, jump, jump
Everybody twist, twist, twist
Everybody sit, sit, sit

Book:  Does a Cow Say Boo?  by Judy Hindley

Music Activity: Rhythm Sticks
We Tap Our Sticks Together
Adapted from Jbrary 

We tap our sticks together
We tap our sticks together
We tap our sticks together
Because it's fun to do

Tap them up high
Tap them down low
Tap them in the middle
Because it's fun to do

We drum our sticks together
We drum our sticks together
We drum our sticks together
Because it's fun to do

Drum them up high
Drum them down low
Drum them in the middle
​Because it's fun to do

"Caribbean Calypso" and "Hansel and Gretel Polka"

Goodbye Song:  We Wave Goodbye Like This
To the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell"
Credit: Storytime Katie

We wave goodbye like this.
We wave goodbye like this.
We clap our hands for all our friends.
We wave goodbye like this.​