Halloween Special

I've been reading Halloween books for the past couple of weeks and although lots of new books have come out, I still enjoy reading some of the classics to the kids.

The Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey, which is the story of a little dachshund, who saves the day even though other dogs laugh at his shape and costume is a favorite. The kids love performing a readers theater of the story afterwards. Here's a copy of the script: http://www.timelessteacherstuff.com/readerstheater/Hallowiener.html 


I love reading The Witches' Supermarket by Susan Meddaugh, The Vanishing Pumpkin by Tony Johnston, and The Big Pumpkin by Erika Silverman.  With so many pumpkin stories, I usually have kids try out some pumpkin making activities on ABCYA (http://www.abcya.com). After reading The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams, kindergartners try their hand at making a scarecrow on Highlights Kids (http://www.highlightskids.com/flash/build-scarecrow).

Here's my Halloween storytime program:
Opening Song: Hello, Friends

Book 1: Pumpkin Trouble by Jan Thomas

Fingerplay: The Itsy Bitsy Spider

Book 2: Ten Timid Ghosts by Jennifer O'Connell

Song: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Book 3: The Witches' Supermarket by Susan Meddaugh

Song: If You're a Ghost and You Know It (from sunflowerstorytime.com)
Tune: If You're Happy and You Know It
If you’re a ghost and you know it, just say BOO!

If you’re a ghost and you know it, just say BOO!

If you’re a ghost and you know it and you really want to show it,

If you’re a ghost and you know it, just say BOO!

If you’re a skeleton and you know it, Shake your bones……

If you love Halloween and you know it, clap your hands…….

If you’re a black cat and you know it, say MEOW……

Book 4: Dem Bones by Bob Barner

Book 5: Tucker’s Spooky Halloween by Leslie McGuirk

Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”

We wave goodbye like this.

We wave goodbye like this.

We clap our hands for all our friends.

We wave goodbye like this.

Closing Song: We Wave Goodbye Like This

Craft: Skeletons with Qtips.

Fall Leaves Storytime

My pajama storytime sessions are for children between the ages of 3 to 7 (siblings can come together).


Opening Song: Hello, Friends using sign language (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKCGF2hvq3I), which is from Jbrary's Youtube channel.

Opening Rhymes: Open, Shut Them and Two Little Blackbirds

Book 1: Fall Is Not Easy by Marty Kelley

Book 2: My Leaf Book by Monica Wellington

Fingerplay: Leaves
Leaves are falling from the trees (flutter fingers down)
Yellow, brown, and red.
Falling, falling from above.
One landed on my head! (Hands on head)

Song: Leaves on the Trees
Tune: The Wheels On the Bus
The leaves on the trees turn orange and brown,
orange and brown, orange and brown,
The leaves on the trees turn orange and brown all over town.
The leaves on the trees come tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down,
The leaves on the trees come tumbling down all over town.
The leaves on the ground go swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish
The leaves on the ground go swish, swish, swish all through the town.


Book 3: Let It Fall by Maryann Cocca-Leffler

Book 4: Ask Me by Bernard Waber





Closing Song: The More We Get Together



Craft: Leafy dots 

I printed the tree shape onto construction paper and then kids could use a variety of fall colored paints to make trees using Qtips as painting tools.