Hello Song:
(sung to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell")
Put your hands on your head,
Put your hands on your knees,
Put your hands behind you now,
If you please.
Put your hands on your tummy,
Put your hands on your toes,
Put your hands upon your cheeks,
Put them on your nose.
Put your hands in the air,
Put your hands on your hair,
Clap your hands, one, two, three
Then fold them on your knees.
(sung to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell")
Put your hands on your head,
Put your hands on your knees,
Put your hands behind you now,
If you please.
Put your hands on your tummy,
Put your hands on your toes,
Put your hands upon your cheeks,
Put them on your nose.
Put your hands in the air,
Put your hands on your hair,
Clap your hands, one, two, three
Then fold them on your knees.
Credit: The Very Ready Reading Program
Book: There Was a Tree by Rachel Isadora
A favorite children's song, "The Green Grass Grew All Around," becomes a colorful book filled with African wildlife.
Rhyme/Song:
Little leaves fall gently down,
Red and yellow, orange and brown (flutter hands down)
Whirling, whirling around and around (turn around)
Quietly without a sound (finger to lips)
Falling softly to the ground (begin to fall slowly)
Down and down and down and down (lie on floor)
Credit: Storytime With Ms. Kelly
Participation Book: Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson
Invites the reader to tap, rub, touch, and wiggle illustrations to make an apple tree bloom, produce fruit, and lose its leaves.
Song/Hand Rhyme:A tree may be a home for a bird (flap arms like a bird)
A tree may be a home for a bee (buzz hand like a bee)
A tree may be a home for a snake (slither like a snake)
A tree may be a home for a monkey (swing arms)
Would a tree make a good home for me? (point to self)
Credit: Storytime With Ms. Kelly
Book: A Tree for Me by Nancy Van Laan
A child climbs five different trees, looking for a place to hide and finding an increasing number of animals already in residence, until finally the perfect tree is found.
Visual Props Story: Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
I printed out clip art images and handed one to each child. The children brought up the item when it came up in the book.
When Floyd's kite gets stuck in a tree, he tries to knock it down with increasingly larger and more outrageous things.
Closing Song: (Tune: "The More We Get Together)
The more we read together, together, together
The more we read together,
The happier we'll be.
Big books and small books (reach arms out big then small)
Short books and tall books (reach arms down low then high)
The more we read together
The happier we'll be.
Credit: Unknown
Book: There Was a Tree by Rachel Isadora
A favorite children's song, "The Green Grass Grew All Around," becomes a colorful book filled with African wildlife.
Rhyme/Song:
Little leaves fall gently down,
Red and yellow, orange and brown (flutter hands down)
Whirling, whirling around and around (turn around)
Quietly without a sound (finger to lips)
Falling softly to the ground (begin to fall slowly)
Down and down and down and down (lie on floor)
Credit: Storytime With Ms. Kelly
Participation Book: Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson
Song/Hand Rhyme:A tree may be a home for a bird (flap arms like a bird)
A tree may be a home for a bee (buzz hand like a bee)
A tree may be a home for a snake (slither like a snake)
A tree may be a home for a monkey (swing arms)
Would a tree make a good home for me? (point to self)
Credit: Storytime With Ms. Kelly
Book: A Tree for Me by Nancy Van Laan
A child climbs five different trees, looking for a place to hide and finding an increasing number of animals already in residence, until finally the perfect tree is found.
Visual Props Story: Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
I printed out clip art images and handed one to each child. The children brought up the item when it came up in the book.
When Floyd's kite gets stuck in a tree, he tries to knock it down with increasingly larger and more outrageous things.
Closing Song: (Tune: "The More We Get Together)
The more we read together, together, together
The more we read together,
The happier we'll be.
Big books and small books (reach arms out big then small)
Short books and tall books (reach arms down low then high)
The more we read together
The happier we'll be.
Credit: Unknown