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| PreSchool Storytime Ages 2-6 with a focus on numeracy, the life cycle of an apple tree, also incorporates animal names & animal noises, sign language, and oral storytelling. |
Open with Sign Language Song: “Let’s Take a
Little Walk” from “Pick Me Up: Fun
Songs for Learning Signs” track 15
Storytelling: Little
Red House (oral storytelling – listening and repetition -- lots
of versions, here’s one: http://www.missbsclassroom.com/thinking-story-the-little-red-house-with-no-doors-and-no-windows/
flannel pieces optional, need real apple and knife for the “star” reveal)
Song: Apple Song (Tune: Itsy Bitsy Spider, source unknown)
Once a little apple seed was planted in the ground.
Down came the rain, falling all around.
Out came the sun as bright as bright could be
And the little seed grew up to be an apple tree.
Book: One Red Apple
– Harriet Ziefert (younger) or The
Terrible Plop -- Ursula
Dubosarsky (older)
Glove: Five Red Apples (younger, use
numeral cards to reinforce number concepts)(source unknown)
Five red apples hanging in
a tree
The juiciest apples you
ever did see.
The wind came by and gave
an angry frown
And one little apple came
tumbling down…
Gloves: "1 little 2 little 3 little Apples" (from “Cindy” on Perpetual Preschool, to the tune:
“1 little 2 little 3 little Indians”) (older)
1 little 2 little 3 little apples,
4 little 5 little 6 little apples,
7 little 8 little 9 little apples, 10 apples on my
tree.
Munch little, munch little, munch
little apples
Crunch
little, crunch little, crunch little apples
Bunch
of little, bunch of little, bunch of little apples,
Good
for you and me!
Action: Apple Tree
Apple Tree Turn Around (source unknown)
Apple tree turn around; (turn)
Apple tree touch the ground. (bend)
See it swaying in the air; (stand swaying arms)
Apples apples everywhere! (extend arms)
Apple tree turn around
Apple tree touch the ground.
Book: The Apple Pie Tree -- Zoe Hall (non-fiction
elements, life cycle of an apple tree) or Fall Apples: Crisp & Juicy 634.11 Rustad
Action: Apple Pie chant (suit actions to words)
Chorus: Apple, apple
(slap legs twice, then clap hands
twice in rhythm) Apple Pie!
First
you need apples
So
you pick them, pick them chorus
Put them in the sink
And you wash them, wash them chorus
Then
you take the apples
And
you cut them, cut them chorus
Next you roll the crust
& you roll it, you roll it chorus
Drape
it in the pan
&
you pinch it, you pinch it chorus
Take some cinnamon sugar
And sprinkle it, sprinkle it chorus
Put
it in the oven
&
you bake it, you bake it chorus
Take it out of the oven
& you smell it, you smell it chorus
Take
out your knife
&
you slice it, you slice it chorus
Take some ice cream
& you scoop it, you scoop it chorus
Then
you take the pie
And
eat it, eat it!! Chorus
Singable Book: Ten Red Apples – Pat Hutchins (numeracy:
1-10 numerals, one-to-one correspondence, subtraction, animal identification,
animal sounds)
Flannel Song: A Wiggly Worm (Tune: Boom! Boom! Ain’t it
Great to be Crazy!)
Chorus: Yum! Yum! Don’t you know I love apples?
Yum!
Yum! Don’t you know I love apples?
Red
and Green and yellow, too…
Yum!
Yum! Don’t you know I love apples?
Way up high in an apple tree, I
saw two eyes look at me.
I reached for an apple, it
started to squirm…oops! I found a wiggly worm!
Chorus
That wiggly worm is a friend of mine. We eat apples all the time.
I let him crawl back to that tree…
hey! That worm is looking at me! Chorus
After hand stamping: Song: Apples & Bananas – Raffi (phonemic awareness)
Additional book possibilities: 10 Apples Up on Top -- Dr. Seuss, How to make an apple pie
& see the world -- Marjorie Priceman (age 5+), 10 Red Apples – Virginia Barthalamew (younger). A wonderful book for Kindergarten and up: One Green Apple - Eve Bunting (age 5& up, Beautiful story about a young newly-arrived immigrant named Fatah who gains self-confidence when the green apple she picks on a school field trip perfectly complements the other students' red apples.)
Miss Tara's blog has some other great ideas! http://storytimewithmisstara.blogspot.com/2012/10/wiggle-worms-10-2-12.html
9/2013
