Preschool Storytime - Hats

Inspired by the Hat Storytime from MissMegStorytime.

We Are Here Together - From Open/Closing Songs by Storytime Katie“Here, Here” (Tune: “Skip to My Lou”)
Here, here, we’ll all here
Here, here, we’ll all here
Here, here, we’ll all here
We’re all here in storytime

Hello, children, how are you?
Hello, grown-ups, how are you?
Hello, friends, how are you?
We’re so glad to see you!


Books
Where Is Mary’s Hat by Stephene Barroux
Hooray For Hat by Brian Won
Whose Hat Is That by Anita Bijsterbosch


Songs
Head Shoulders Knees and Toes  Carol Hammet from It's Toddler Time 

Hokey Pokey by Carol Hammet from It's Toddler Time 

Freeze by Greg and Steve from Kids in Action

Peter Hammers  by Laura Johnson from Circle Time Songs and Games

Sticky Bubble Gum by Hugh HanleyI don't have the cd so we just sang it ourselves. To hear the tune and see the lyrics with actions, visit SongsForTeaching.

Song with Puppets

To tune of Laurie Has a Pig on Her Head  by Laurie Berkner from The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band but utilizing my supply of puppets which sadly does not include a pig.

Laura has a dog on her head
Laura has a dog on her head
Laura has a dog on head
and she keeps it there all day

Cow – Horse- Cat - Skunk

Laura has a skunk on her head
Laura has a skunk on her head
Laura as a skunk on her head
so we all just ran away



Feeling Faces from SunflowerSTorytime. 

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
Where did it go? (bring out empty hands)

Jack in the box sits so still
Will he come out
Yes he will


Closing
We Clap Our Hands Like This - 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.

Craft
Our Hat Craft is from the Hat Storytime from MissMegStorytime.   I printed the coloring sheet and precut the bow ties and hat stripes using up lots of scrap paper from the office.  I encouraged the children to draw other things on the hat like a brim, feathers or fun shapes.  Of course I forgot to make mine pretty before class started so my demo is a little bland. 


Laura

Disclaimer