Boo to You preschool storytime plan

It's fall, which means preschool storytimes are back in session.  I've had only a handful of storytimes over the past few months, as most have been presented by Miss Brindi. 

Since it is nearly Halloween, I'm sharing my Halloween themed storytime plan.  We called the storytime, Boo To You. (click for the pdf of my plan).  In addition to having a craft for the kids, I also gave each one a little treat (idea from here).

Candy Corn Collage

Five Little Pumpkin treats

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Going Green Preschool Storytime Plan

 April 22 is Earth Day.  In celebration of it, we had a Going Green themed for preschool storytime.  While I did find many books on the green lifestyle, I wasn't finding many fingerplays and songs that I felt the children would enjoy.  So I shared the books on my handout and as a display in the room, and instead did a frog themed program.  

You can get my Going Green storytime plan by clicking here. 

 

When I was looking for a craft, I came across several using paper plates.  Doing those would require lots of coloring or painting, or having green plates.  I didn't want to do that, since I can have a fairly large group of preschoolers.  Instead I decided to make my own template in MS Publisher and copy it onto various shades of green paper.  You can get my template by clicking here.

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Here is my sample, along with all of the curled tongues, dotted eyes, and copied templates.  

 

Over the Rainbow Preschool Storytime Plan

As a general theme for St. Patrick's Day, we decided to go Over the Rainbow.  I incorporated a holiday themed book into my storytime plan (There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Clover! by Lucille Colandro), but mostly focused on colorful stories and rhymes. 

To download and view the full preschool storytime plan, click here. Please note, to view the files, you will need a version of Adobe Acrobat Reader (get it free here).

Our craft was a fairly simple one.  Using a lovely sky blue colored paper, I copied this rainbow (click here for pdf) that I made a few years ago. The kids could then glue torn pieces of colored paper onto the appropriate bands.  The kids ha a lot of fun with it and several of the adults were thrilled that I incorporated the appropriate number of bands and included indigo.

The finished product.  I made some extras and put them out as a Make-and-Take.

Holiday fun - two storytimes!

Here's a treat - two holiday storytime plans!  

Thanksgiving - Giving Thanks

Thanksgiving Storytime Plan
Cute turkey craft

For Christmas - Sing a Seasonal Story

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