Storytime for 2 and 3-yr old: Pet Day

Seeing some of the blogs share a little of what they do in story time, I decided once and while to share a little of what I do for programming ( daycare, 2 and 3, and school-age/family. Pictures sometime in the future.)

Yesterday was the first 2 and 3-yr old program for fall 2012. Between toddlers, parents, and tagalongs ( a few babies), I had 21 in attendance. It was Pet Day ( because it was around Labor Day weekend of last year that Baxter, greyhound/lab mix, came to live with me), so we had a book about a dog ( Homer by Elisha Cooper)  a book about cats ( I love Cats by Sue Stainton), and made a dog puppet. We also did a book about identifying colors, did some counting songs and a  bear hunt ("Going on A Bear Hunt"), and shook some eggs to " I Know a Chicken" and " Hey Diddle Diddle" ( and I was  almost attacked by the felt board.LOL)

Here are just a few of the songs we did-

Two Little Birdies Sitting on a Hill
Two little birdies sitting on a hill,
One named Jack and one named Jill.
Fly away, Jack! Fly away, Jill!
Come back, Jack! Come back, Jill!

Twinkling Stars (Movement Chant*)

(Sung to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”)

Twinkle, twinkle, little stars, (Wiggle fingers)

 Stand and twinkle where you are. (Stand up while wiggling fingers)

Twinkle high and twinkle low. (Put hands in the air then at your feet)

 Twinkle fast and twinkle slow. (Shake hands fast then slow)

Twinkle, twinkle, little stars (Continue wiggling fingers)
 Now sit and twinkle where you are. (Sit back down) 

Going on Bear Hunt

Refrain: (clap)
We're going on a bear hunt,
Going to catch a big one.

Oh look, some grass.
We can't go over it, can't over under it, can't go around. ( Motion under, over, and round)
We got to walk, walk, walk (Pretend to walk)
Oh ( Refrain)
Oh look, a river
We can't go over it, can't over under it, can't go around.
We got to swim, swim, swim. (Pretend to swim)
Refrain
Oh look,  a cave.
We can't go over it, can't over under it, can't go around.
We got to tiptoe (Tiptoe-improvise that it is dark, turn on "light", see bear!!)
Oh no, there's a bear, but he's not happy!
So run out of  the cave...the river... the grass.. shut the door. Phew

(More can be added, such as a tree, a hill, etc, if you have time.)

The next Storytime for 2 and 3-yr olds will be Monday, October 1 at 10 am.  We'll be asking " What falls in the fall?"
  See you soon!