We had fun reading stories about flies today – tiny little flies and a fly who needed to find his wings!
Below are some of the stories, songs & rhymes we shared:
OPENING SONGS:
Welcome Everyone!
Welcome, welcome everyone,
Now we’re here, let’s have some fun!
First we clap our hands just so,
Then we bend and touch our toes,
Welcome, welcome everyone.
Now we’re here, let’s have some fun!
Clap Everybody and Say Hello!
Clap everybody and say hello,
Clap everybody and say hello,
Clap everybody and say hello,
No matter what the weather…. Stamp everybody and say hello,
Stamp everybody and say hello,
Stamp everybody and say hello,
No matter what the weather….
Repeat chorus with
(Wiggle, Jump, Sing…)
(Kathy Reid-Naiman – Sally Go Round the Sun CD)
ACTION RHYME:
Open Shut Them
Open shut them, open shut them (hands open and close)
Give a little clap clap clap (hands clap)
Open shut them, open shut them (hands open and close)
Place them in your lap, lap, lap. (place hands in lap)
Creep them crawl them, creep them crawl them (crawl fingers up both arms)
Right up to your chinny, chin, chin (tap fingers onto chin)
Open up your little mouth BUT (keep tapping and open mouth)
DO NOT LET THEM IN!!! (quickly place both hands behind back)
FINGERPLAY:
Two Little Shoo Flies
(using two fingers)
Two little shoe flies sitting on the wall,
One named Peter, the other named Paul.
Fly away Peter, Fly away Paul, come back Peter, come back Paul!
Book 1: Tiny Little Fly by Michael Rosen
ACTION SONG:
Roll Your Hands
Roll, roll, roll your hands as fast as fast can be
Do it now, let me see, do it now with me.
Clap, clap, clap your hands as loud as loud can be
Do it now, let me see, do it now with me.
Tap, tap, tap your feet as softly as can be
Do it now, let me see, do it now with me.
Shake, shake, shake your feet as quickly as can be
Do it now, let me see, do it now with me.
Roll, roll, roll your hands as fast as fast can be
Do it now, let me see, do it now with me.
(Carol Hammett & Elaine Bueffel, Toddlers on Parade CD)
FLANNELBOARD:
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly!
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.
I don’t know why she swallowed the fly,
I think she’ll cry.
There was an old lady who swallowed a spider,
that wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
I don’t know why she swallowed the fly.
I think she’ll cry.
There was an old lady who swallowed a bird.
How absurd to swallow a bird.
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wriggled and jiggle and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don’t know why she swallowed the fly
I think she’ll cry.
There was an old lady who swallowed a cat.
Imagine that, she swallowed a cat.
She swallowed the cat, to catch the bird.
She swallowed the bird, to catch the spider….
There was an old lady who swallowed a dog.
My what a hog, to swallow a dog.
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat….
There was an old woman who swallowed a goat,
Just opened her throat! to swallow a goat.
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog…..
There was an old lady who swallowed a cow.
I don’t know how she swallowed a cow.
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat…..
I know an old lady who swallowed a horse…
She’s full of course!
MOVEMENT songs with egg shakers:
Shake Your Shakers Slowly & We’re Going to the Market (#16 & #17)
Book 2: Fly! by Karl Newsom Edwards
VIDEO:
So Smart! Where’s the Frog?
CLOSING SONGS:
Itsy Bitsy Spider
I’m a Little Teapot/2 Little Blackbirds
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Good Bye Babies in sign
Storytime’s Over Stretch