"Colorful Creatures" Preschool Storytime

Check our calendar for the next Antioch or other JCL Location Storytime, hope to see you there!

1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS 
Here are the books we read at storytime:

Leon the Chameleon by Melanie Watt © 2001
Spots in a Box by Helen Ward ©  2015
Blue Ethel by Jennifer Black Reinhardt © 2017
P. Zonka Lays an Egg by Julie Paschkis © 2015

Booklist: JoCoLibrary - Preschool - Color

 

2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
Check out our Staff Picks for Notice Print All Around You.

 

3. TALK, TALK, TALK ​
Check out our Staff Picks for Talk, Talk, Talk.

 

4. TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING ​
Read aloud and read along with Tumblebooks: interactive books, puzzles and more. Also give Bookflix a try!

 

5LOOK FOR LETTERS EVERYWHERE
Try some fun alphabet activities from the Antioch Youth Services Pinterest page.

 

6. TAKE TIME TO RHYME, SING AND PLAY WORD GAMES
Here are the rhymes and songs from today:

Welcome To Storytime! [tune: Twinkle, Twinkle]

Welcome, welcome everyone,
Now we're here, let's have some fun.
First we'll sing the ABC's,
then we'll read and sing with me.
Welcome, welcome, everyone,
Now we're here let's have some fun.

 

Little Chameleon's Color Game 

Little Chameleon let's play a game today
Change your color to match the things that I say!

Fluffy clouds in the sky, cotton balls, a polar bear,
Sometimes this is the color of people's hair.  (White)

The sun and a lemon, sunflowers too,
Squash and bananas to name a few!  (Yellow)

The great big ocean, the big, high sky,
Yummy berries to put in a pie! (Blue)

The grass and frogs, a small snake that slithers by,
Peas and broccoli, my, oh my!  (Green)

Pretty flowers, cotton candy, a little bunny nose,
Cute baby pigs and tiny baby toes!  (Pink)

Three things I can think of that are this beautiful hue,
Some pansies, sweet grapes and eggplants too!  (Purple)

Now try this color of leaves in the fall,
Pumpkins and carrots and a basketball!  (Orange)

We like this color when it's chocolate to eat,
dirt in the garden or wood for a seat.  (Brown)

This color is dark, the opposite of white. 
You'll see this color when you turn off the light!  (Black)

Roses and cherries, a Valentine's heart;
Yummy strawberries baked in a tart!  (Red)

Little Chameleon now it's time for you to rest.
You've changed to all the colors that we like the best!

Ladybug Spots [Tune: "The Muffin Man" ]

Ladybug has 1 black spot,
1 black spot, 1 black spot.
Ladybug has 1 black spot,
Pretty ladybug!
credit: http://www.preschooleducation.com/sbug.shtml

Colorful Kittens 

Six little kittens found a box of paint. 
They jumped right in... Their mother will faint! 
The first little kitten came out red. 
"I'll be orange!" the second one said. 
The third little kitten turned bright yellow. 
"I'll be green," said the next little fellow. 
The fifth kitten said, "My favorite is blue." 
"Purple for me," said the sixth with a mew. 
Dancing home the little kittens go, 
To show their mother a kitten rainbow! 
Mama cat said, "You're the most colorful kittens that I've ever seen!" 
Then one...by one...by one...by one...by one...by one... 
She licked them all clean! 

credit: https://thelionisabookworm.blogspot.com/2014/11/storytime-cats.html

The More We Read Together [Tune: The More We Get Together]

The more we read together, together, together,
The more we read together, the better it is!
'Cause reading and singing and talking together,
Is how you learn the six skills for reading by six.

Hope to see you at our next Antioch Preschool Storytime!