Preschool Storytime - Mother's Day

I'm hoping this post is better late than never.  At least it has me thinking about Father's Day and now I have a much better idea of what to try for Mother's Day next year. 

Opening
We Are Here Together - based on I Am Here & You Are Here by Peter & Ellen Allard from Sing it! Say it! Stamp it! Sway it! Vol. 3

I am here and you are here
and we are here together.
I am here and you are here
and we’re gonna clap our hands.
I am here and you are here
and we’re gonna stomp our feet.
I am here and you are here
and we’re gonna jump up and down.
I am here and you are here
and we are here together.
I am here and you are here
and we’re gonna have some fun.

Books

Is Your Momma a Llama by Deborah Guarino
I like It When... by Mary Murphy
Hug by Jez Alborough

Songs

Spaghetti Legs by Jim Gill - The Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes
Jump up , Turn around by Jim Gill - Moving Rhyme for Modern Times
Goldfish by Laurie Berkner - The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band

Little Red Box - Dr. Jean Sings Silly Songs
This song was so short that even though I had it on cd we just sang along together.  To my surprise several of the children knew the tune already.  The song was so well liked that we continued to sing it while adding other things we loved like our siblings and pets, also chickens.  :)  

I wish I had a little red box 
To put my mommy in. 
I'd take her out and go, 
Kiss, kiss, kiss,     (Kiss in air.) 
And put her back again.

Daddy: Hug, hug, hug.    (Hug self.)

Good Friends: "How do you do?" (Shake hands).

Felt Board
5 Little Hearts (colors rhyme)
All the little hearts that that I once knew
All lined up for me to view
But one is special, one is the best
One stands out above all the rest
My favorite heart’s name rhymes with …

With some groups I can call out a rhyming word for each of the colors and with some prompting the children will identity the correct color. Other times it works best to leave out the rhyming portion and state the last line as "My favorite heart's name is..." and we simply name all the colors as I point to them.

Scarves
Borrowed from Scarf Songs and Rhymes for Storytime on Jbrary.
One Bright scarf (adapted from 10 Little Fingers at Storytime Rocks)

One bright scarf waiting for the wind to blow (hold in hand)
Wiggle it high (wiggle scarf above head)
Wiggle it low (wiggle scarf by knees)
Shake it fast (wiggle scarf quickly)
Shake it slow (wiggle scarf slowly)
Put it behind your back (bring out empty hands)
Where did it go?


Jack in the box, sits so still
Will he come out, yes he will.

Closing – tune farmer in the dell
Borrowed from Opening/Closing Songs on Storytime Katie who borrowed it from Rhymes for Toddlers on Sunflower Storytime.

We clap our hands like this
We clap our hands like this
We clap our hands with all of our friends
We clap our hands like this.

We blow a kiss like this
We blow a kiss like this
We blow a kiss with all of our friends
We blow a kiss like this.

We wave goodbye like this.
We wave goodbye like this.
We wave goodbye with all our friends.
We wave goodbye like this. 

Nancy Tafuri

Film – Have You Seen My Duckling by Nancy Tafuri (5 minutes)


Laura

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