Baseball

(May 2011)

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.