Preschool Storytime - Lego / Building reboot

A remix of my original Lego/Construction program. 

Opening

Sit Down, Stand Up Song by Rick Goldin

Everybody stand up

Everybody sit down

Now stand up again

And turn around

Keep standing up

But not for long

Cause this is the sit down stand up sit down stand up sit down song

Books
Stanley the Builder by William Bee - This was great. The kids were engaged with the story and I plan to use the other Stanley books.

Tip Tip Dig Dig by Emma Garcia - We made lots of noise using our egg shakers during this story.

Diggers Go by Steve Light - I love the fun noises in all the books in this series but the kids didn't enjoy it nearly as much as I did.


Songs
Peter Hammers by Laura Johnson from Circle Time Songs and Games

I Can Shake My Shaker Egg by Mr. Eric and Mr. Micheal from Rockin' Red

Put Your Fingers In the Air by Carole Peterson from Baloney

Hello My Name is Joe by Peter and Ellen Allard from Sing It Say It Sway It vol 2

Dance Freeze Melt by Mr. Eric and Mr. Micheal from Rockin' Red


Felt Board
5 legos in a tower tall

I want to knock them over and make them fall
I'll clean up my toys one by one
let's count to see when I am done

4 legos in a tower tall
I want to knock it over and make them fall
I'll clean up my toys one by one
let's count to see when i am done

3 legos in a tower tall
I want to know it over and make them fall
I'll clean up my toys one by one
let's count to see when i am done

2 legos in a tower tall
I want to knock them over and make them fall
I'll clean up my toys one by one
let's count to see when i am done

1 lego in a tower tall
I want to knock it over and make it fall
I'll clean up my toys one by one
But there's nothing to count because we are all done.

Egg Shaker Rhyme
Shake Your Shaker (to the tune of London Bridge) from LibraryLand.

Shake your shaker in the air,
Shake it here, shake it there.
Shake your shaker in the air,
Shake your shaker.

Shake it high and shake it low,
Shake it yes, shake it no.
Shake it high and shake it low,
Shake your shaker.

Shake it up and shake it down,
Rub your shaker on the ground.
Shake it up and shake it down,
Shake your shaker.

Shake it near and shake it far,
Drive your shaker like a car.
Shake it near and shake it far,
Shake your shaker.

Shake it fast and shake it slow,
Shake it stop, shake it go.
Shake it fast and shake it slow,
Shake your shaker.


Action Rhyme
I’m a Builder Tune of “Frere Jacques” (Modified from the original by Jean Warren) From Preschool Express.

I’m a builder!
Hear me pound!
Hear my sound!
Tap- a tap, a tap-tap
Tap-a tap, a tap-tap
All day long!
All day long!

Tune Cube
This Little Piggy

I learned that after you toss the cube to find the rhyme for the day you have to pick up the cube or one of your kids will grab it and smash it to the floor repeatedly before you can get it back.


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.

At the end we played with Duplo blocks for about a half an hour. 

Laura

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Preschool Storytime - Lego/Construction

Howdy

This is the program that I sweated and fretted over so it would be perfect for job interviews.  It may be a bit neurotic but I did have a great time presenting this storytime to my preschoolers and their parents.

Opening

• Song - Hello Everybody by Peter and Ellen Allard
• Book - Tip Tip, Dig Dig by Emma Garcia
• egg shakers -  Construction Time on Sunflower Storytime.

• Song - Everything is Awesome from The Lego Movie Soundtrack
• free dance with egg shakers 

• Hello My Name is Joe - Peter and Ellen Allard 

• Felt Board - Five Little Legos 

Originally I wanted to do Five Little Legos, which I had seen on Thrive After Three. Sometimes I'm limited by my own imagination but this time I was limited by supplies. So I made up a new rhyme for counting Lego Blocks.

5 legos in a tower tall
I want to knock them over and make them fall
I'll clean up my toys one by one

Felt Lego blocks that stick to nearly
everything, even wool pants.

let's count to see when I am done

4 legos in a tower tall
I want to knock it over and make them fall
I'll clean up my toys one by one
let's count to see when i am done

3 legos in a tower tall
I want to know it over and make them fall
I'll clean up my toys one by one
let's count to see when i am done

2 legos in a tower tall
I want to knock them over and make them fall
I'll clean up my toys one by one
let's count to see when i am done

1 lego in a tower tall
I want to knock it over and make it fall
I'll clean up my toys one by one
But theres nothing to count because we are all done.

• Book - Who made this cake? by Chihiro Nakagawa 

• Felt Board - Dump Trucks
• I saw this idea from Construction Time on Sunflower Storytime.  They suggest you use colored paper strewn on the floor and encourage the children to match the colors of the paper to the colors of the truck.  In the original there are three trucks but I had fives colors from the Lego project so there are five trucks too.

Great simple shapes I can use over
and over again. 

Dump trucks, dump trucks, Cleaning up the town.
Do you see any garbage lying around?
Pick up the trash and match it to a truck, 
Soon the whole town will be all cleaned up!

• Book - Diggers Go by Steve Light

• Finger Play - I’m a Builder Tune of “Frere Jacques” (Modified from the original by Jean Warren)

I’m a builder!
Hear me pound!
Hear my sound!
Tap- a tap, a tap-tap
Tap-a tap, a tap-tap
All day long!
All day long!

• Book - Trucks Go by Steve Light

• Finger Play - Five Little Nails (Modified from the original by Melissa Depper, Denver Colorado)

Five little nails, standing straight and steady.
Here I come with my hammer ready!
BAM! BAM! BAM! One nail goes down.
Four little nails are left to pound.

Four little nails, standing straight and steady.
Here I come with my hammer ready!
BAM! BAM! BAM! One nail goes down.
Three little nails are left to pound.

Three little nails, standing straight and steady.
Here I come with my hammer ready!
BAM! BAM! BAM! One nail goes down.
Two little nails are left to pound.

Two little nails, standing straight and steady.
Here I come with my hammer ready!
BAM! BAM! BAM! One nail goes down.
One little nail is left to pound.

One little nail, standing straight and steady.
Here I come with my hammer ready!
BAM! BAM! BAM! That nail goes down.
No little nails are left to pound.

• Book - Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker

Closing 

Peter Hammers

Laura

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