Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” (It’s time to get on the bus and go to story time!)
Movement Song: “Can’t Sit Still”
(Introduce self and say hello to everyone)
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Announce Theme: Baseball!
Fingerplay: Here is a baseball
Book: Bats at the Ballgame by Brian Lies
Song: “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” (Disney Vol. 1, track #12)
Fingerplay: Here is a baseball
Book: Homerun by Robert Burleigh
Whole Body Movement: Jump Song
Book: Hit the Ball Duck by Jez Alborough
Fingerplay: Here is a baseball
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Extra Book:
Batter Up Wombat by Helen Lester (As much as I love this book, it's really more appropriate for older children. The preschoolers don't really get the play on words.)
A side note: Bats at the Ballgame was great, but my story time kids had a couple of complaints: The teams didn't have names and they thought the pictures were hard to see because of all the shadows.
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Baseball
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: Hit the Ball Duck by Jex Alborough
Movement: Baseball Player
Song: Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Book: Take Me Out to the Ballgame! By Jack Norworth, illustrated by Gary Clement
Flannel Board: Draw for Me, Five Little Baseballs
Fingerplay: Here Is a Ball
Poems: Warm Up, Play Ball!, A Baseball, and Poem Run from Poem Runs: Baseball Poems & Paintings by Douglas Florian
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Take Home: I Spy Baseball (Paper Trail Design)