Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Storytime: Bathtime (with 2's)

I'm currently doing a 2s Storytime at one library, and a 3-5 Storytime at another. So in order to maintain some sanity, I'm trying to pick one theme for both each week and adapt it for the different ages. Some of my 2s are REALLY little and some of my 5s are already in school.

Books:




Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
Bathtime for Little Rabbit by Jorg Muhle
scrubba dub by Nancy Van Laan
The Pigeon Needs a Bath! by Mo Willems

More Ideas:
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
Time To Get Out of the Bath, Shirley by John Burningham
Five Minutes Peace by Jill Murphy
Time for a Bath by Phillis Gershator
Bubble Bath Pirates! by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Animal Baths by Bob Barner

Songs/Fingerplays:

'I Had a Little Turtle'
'Row, Row, Row Your Boat'
'Itsy Bitsy Spider'
'After My Bath'
'I Had a Little Turtle'
(adapted from Miss Lucy hand rhyme)

I had a little turtle, his name was Tiny Tim.
I put him in the bathtub, to see if he could swim.
He drank up all the water, he ate up all the soap.
And now he's sick in bed, with bubbles in his throat!

Check out the great hand movements from this Youtube link to a Jbrary video:
Jbrary 'I Had a Little turtle'

Flannelboard:
Instead of the flannelboard, today we used the wipe-off dogs I made from the book Dog's Colorful Day. Depending on what you laminate with, you can use dry-erase markers or crayons to have the kids draw the spots on Dog as you read the story, or after.

2s Activity:

First we had to blow bubbles!

Then, using the song "This is the Way We Wash Our Hands", we played with scarves and pretended to dry off after the bath. Here are the lyrics and movements from the King County Library System:
This is the Way We Wash Our Hands


3-5s Craft:
bubble-wrap prints

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