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:
Millie's Chickens by Brenda Williams © 2015
The Sky is Falling by Mark Teague © 2015
Chicken in Space by Adam Lehrhaupt © 2016
Loopy Coop Hens: Letting Go by Janet Morgan © 2013
Booklist: JoCoLibrary - Preschool - Chickens
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!
5. LOOK 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.
I Know a Chicken [Tune: I Know a Chicken ]
Oh, I know a chicken and she laid an egg
Oh, I know a chicken and she laid an egg
Oh my goodness, it’s a shaky egg!
Shake your eggs!
(Fast, slow, circle, etc.)
Hens of a Different Color
This little hen is BLACK,She stands in the barnyard by the big hay stack.
This little hen is RED, She is vert tired and won't get out of bed.
This little hen is BROWN, She is feeling sad and wearing a frown.
This little hen is YELLOW, She's friends with the rooster; he's a handsom fellow.
This little hen is WHITE, She dances and plays, oh what a sight!
This little hen is PURPLE, She spends her day running around in a circle.
This little hen is GREEN, She is the silliest hen I've ever seen.
This little hen is BLUE, She lays eggs for me and you.
This little hen is PINK, She goes down to the pond to get a drink.
All of these hens live at the farm, out in the big RED barn. [Move hands gently in rocking motion]
The Chickens in the Coop [Tune Wheels on the Bus: ]
The chickens in the coop go bock bock bock,
Bock bock bock, bock bock bock
The chickens in the coop go bock bock bock, All day long.The roosters in the coop go Cock-a-doodle-doo….
The chicks in the coop go peep peep peep…Credit: Storytime Hooligans
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.