Thursday, September 15, 2011

Sample Pre-K Story Time



Below are examples of a story time that I, Deanna Field, performed for the preschool aged children during the summers at East Flushing Library in Queens, NY

1.  I welcomed the children to the story time. 

2. I asked them how their summers are.  I asked them what they like to do in the summer and some of the answers were swimming and playing outside. 

3.  I showed them props of a swing, seesaw, baseball bat, mit and swimming pool diorama. 

4. I then read to them two picture books.  The first one was titled, "Please Play Safe - Penguin's Guide to Playground Safety" by Margery Cuyler and "If You're Happy and You Know It - Jungle Edition" by James Warhola

5. I sang finger plays to the children and made hand gestures along with the words and had the children mimic my hand gestures as I sang. 

The following finger plays performed are listed below. 

  Sports Outdoors Finger Plays  

                  
Let’s go Swimming! - (Sung to the tune of Frere Jacques – Are you Sleeping?)
Let’s go swimming, it’s refreshing.
It feels cool, in the pool!
I can swim the breast stroke!
Water wings help me float!
When it’s hot, the pool’s a cool spot!


Let’s Play Baseball! - (Sung to the tune of Frere Jacques – Are you Sleeping?)
Let’s play baseball, near the town hall
In the park, before it’s dark!
I’ll bring my own big bat.
I’ll find my baseball hat!
Let’s go team!  Play with steam!


I Play Golf! - (Sung to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
My name’s Randolph, I play golf!
I play on a big green course!
I have bright and round golf balls!
And my tees are very tall!
My name’s Randolph, I play golf!
I swing my club with such force!


The Playground - (Sung to the tune of Frere Jacques – Are you Sleeping?)
Summer is here; time for a cheer!
We are bound, for the playground!
Swings are fun in the sun!
Seesaws swing with motion!
The playground’s safe and sound!

The following finger plays above are by Deanna Field, Children’s Librarian - 2011

6.  The children made paper sunshines of outdoor activities. The children used paper plates, strips of paper and pictures of outdoor activities for the story time craft.  They placed strips of orange and yellow paper around the edge of the plate to make the rays of the sun.  In the center of the sun paper plate, the children pasted and colored pictures of outdoor activities, such as swimming, the playground, baseball, golf, etc.  Below is a sample of the craft:


A fun time was had by all!
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Dig into Summer Reading/Dig into the ground!




1.  I welcome the children to the preschool story hour.  I start to talk to them about the theme of the story time such as animals digging for food.

2.  I show them props of animals that dig for food or that crawl in the ground, such as earthworms, rabbits, moles, chipmunks, slugs, ants, etc.

3. I read stories about animals digging and moving underground.  The picture books that were read were the following:  "Underground" by Denise Fleming and "Mole's Hill - A Woodland Tale" by Lois Ehlert.

4.  As I read the picture books to the children, I have the children interact during the stories by introducing them to the characters in the books and having them say "Hi" to them.

5.  Finger plays about animals digging in the ground were performed.  The children moved their fingers and hands around to the words of the finger plays.

6. The children decorated their own moles with their mole hills using crayons, glue and paper plates.

The following mole hills were designed by the children below!








Saturday, July 30, 2011

Summer Reading Library Craftivities for Children Ages 3 and Up 2011

  
Supplies Used:  Brown cardstock, pom poms, dark crayons/markers, glue/tape, stickers and glittery foam sheet pieces. 
1. Fold the brown card stock into a cone/funnel shape and glue/tape the ends together so that the ends of the cone stay in place.  
2. Pom poms are stuffed in the top of the cone to resemble ice cream scoops. Tape is used around the top edges to make the pom poms stick in the cone.
3. The children used crayons and stickers to decorate their cones. They used glitter to add some sparkle to their pom pom scoops. 
4.  Enjoy the paper ice cream cone!






Paper Swimming Pool Dioramas


Supplies Needed:  White construction paper, sky blue tissue paper, pieces of cardstock, foam shapes, scissors, glue/tape, markers/crayons & stickers.

Steps to Follow:
1. The children glued sky blue tissue paper on white construction paper. They glued the tissue paper within a big circle to create an image of a pool. 

2. They glued on folded pieces of card stock around the edges of the pool to resemble chairs and chaise lounges.

3. Paper dolls cut from cardstock were used as human figures swimming or laying out by the pool.  The paper dolls were glued/taped onto or around the pool. 

4. Foam shapes were used for bathing suits and pool floats and were all attached to the diorama accordingly.

5. White folded paper was used for the diving board and stickers were used for accessories such as sunglasses. 

6. The children colored and drew other elements as well, such as a life guard sign or a welcome sign. 

Enjoy the swimming pools created by the children at the library posted below!










ZigZag Transportation Books





Supplies Needed: Cardstock,  glittery foam sheets, cotton/white yarn, stickers, crayons/markers, glue/tape & scissors. 

Steps Followed:
1. Card stock was folded into a zigzag accordian style.

2,  The children decorated each page or section with glittery foam stickers that were shaped in modes of transportation shapes, such as planes, boats, cars, trains, etc. (Some craft stores sell precut foam shapes, but the foam shapes used for this craft were cut from glittery sheets of foam using scissors.)

3. Cotton or white yarn was used to make clouds.

4.  The children embellished each mode of transportation by coloring in more designs and using stickers.

5. The children added to the scenery by drawing in road features, such as stop signs, train tracks, arrows, steam for the choo-choo train, clouds around the airplane, etc. 

 The idea of a zigzag transportation booklet is that vehicles travel in different directions and sometimes vehicles can move in zigzag directions all over the place. For example, up and down for a hot air balloon, back and forth for a car and train, up and forward for a plane, etc. 

Enjoy the zigzag books created below!













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