Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Larry Groce (Disney Children’s Favorite Songs Volume 4) [It’s time to get on the bus and go to story time!]
Movement Song: “Can’t Sit Still” by Greg & Steve (Kids in Action)
Announce Theme: Picnics
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: The Pigs’ Picnic by Keiko Kasza
Counting Rhyme with Flannel Board: “Five Little Strawberries”
Book: We’re Going on a Picnic! by Pat Hutchins
Fingerplay: “The Ant Hill”
Book: Mouse’s First Summer by Lauren Thompson or Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack by Doreen Cronin
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Handout to Parents: Early Literacy Extras from Perry Public Library’s Goin’ on a Picnic Storytime Theme
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Larry Groce (Disney Children’s Favorite Songs Volume 4) [It’s time to get on the bus and go to story time!]
Movement Song: “Can’t Sit Still” by Greg & Steve (Kids in Action)
Announce Theme: Picnics
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: We’re Going on a Picnic! by Pat Hutchins
Counting Rhyme with Flannel Board: “Five Little Strawberries”
Book: One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes
Fingerplay: “The Ant Hill”
Book: Squeak’s Good Idea by Max Eilenberg
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Picnics
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: The Perfect Picnic by Ciara Flood
Movement Song: The Ants Go Marching
Book: We’re Going on a Picnic! By Pat Hutchins
Flannel Board: Five Little Strawberries
Book: One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Take Home: Drawing pages from The Perfect Picnic