Howdy Partner, this here's what we did for a rootin-tootin' cowboy themed story time.
Song: Good Morning Dear Earth
Song: If You're Happy and You Know It
Flannel/Action Rhyme: I Gave My Horse an Apple
I gave my horse an apple,
She gave me a neigh
I gave my horse a carrot,
She shook her head this way
I gave my horse a lump of sugar,
And she gave me a smile,
Then took me on a ride that lasted half a mile
Book: A Wild Cowboy
by Dana Kessimakis Smith
by Dana Kessimakis Smith
Finger Play: 2 Little Blackbirds
Finger Play: Engine on the Track
Song: Shake My Sillies Out
Song: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Song: Itsy Bitsy Spider
Flannel: The Colorful Cowboy
Book/Song: She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain
by Jonathan Emmett
by Jonathan Emmett
Song: Turn Around from Hap Palmer's Getting to Know Myself
Make and Take Craft: Create a Cowboy
Supplies:
-construction paper
-crayons
-glue sticks
-construction paper hats and boots (pre cut)
Process: The day before story time I cut out a bunch of hats and boot from brown construction paper. I gave the kids crayons, glue sticks and a full piece of paper to glue on the hat and boots and then fill in the rest for themselves.Time: Prep took 5 minutes, the craft took 25.
How did your group like She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain? I've tried singing it with and without a book with my story time audiences, and they never seem to connect with it.
ReplyDeleteIt worked really well with this book. I kinda sang as I read the pages, and I skipped one or two of the motions. I made the kids find the girl on every page and we stopped to talk a lot about what was going on the in pictures. We did all the motions. They seemed into it. I don't think just singing the song would have worked nearly as well.
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