This is a sample handout for a preschool storytime for children ages 4, 5 and 6 years old. Much of the wording and activities are borrowed from Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting and Pamela Martin-Diaz's book Early Literacy Storytimes @ your library and the ALA Every Child Ready to Read @ your library training manual. This sample was a handout from a preschool storytime at the Harrison County Public Library in Corydon, IN. Parents are not required to stay during the library's storytime. That is why the back of the double-sided handout is a take-home parent tip because most of the parents are not in the activity room during the storytime. These tips let the parents know what early literacy skill was featured during the storytime and how to make a connection at home. Most of the storytimes at HCPL include a craft or activity in addition to the stories, fingerplays and songs. Not all of the books included are read during each storytime. Books are selected based on the children present and their response to the material. For more information contact Alisa Burch, Youth Services Manager, Harrison County Public Library at aburch@hcpl.lib.in.us .
Barnyard Song by Rhonda Gowler Greene
Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
The Cow who Clucked by Denise Fleming
Mrs. Wishy-Washy’s Farm by Joy Cowley
Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Holly Berry
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Farmer in the Dell The farmer in the dell The farmer in the dell Hi-ho, the derry-o The farmer in the dell The farmer takes a wife The farmer takes a wife Hi-ho, the derry-o The farmer takes a wife The wife takes a child The wife takes a child Hi-ho, the derry-o The wife takes a child The child takes a nurse The child takes a nurse Hi-ho, the derry-o The child takes a nurse The nurse takes a dog The nurse takes a dog Hi-ho, the derry-o The nurse takes a dog The dog takes a cat The dog takes a cat Hi-ho, the derry-o The dog takes a cat The cat takes a rat The cat takes a rat Hi-ho, the derry-o The cat takes a rat The rat takes the cheese The rat takes the cheese
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Hi-ho, the derry-o The rat takes the cheese
The cheese stands alone
The cheese stands alone Hi-ho, the derry-o The cheese stands alone
I Went to Visit a Farm One Day I went to visit a farm one day, I saw a pig along the way, And what do you think I heard it say? Oink, oink, oink! Verse 2: horse…neigh, neigh, neigh Verse 3: cat… meow, meow, meow Verse 4: duck… quack, quack, quack Verse 5: sheep… baa, baa, baa Verse 6: dog… bow wow wow Down on Grandpa’s Farm (chorus)We’re on our way, we’re on our way Down on Grandpa’s farm there is a big brown cow Repeat chorus after each additional verse: a big pink pig (oink) |
Parent Tip Take-Home – Phonological Awareness
Research indicates that phonological awareness, or the ability to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words, is an important skill for children to know before they go to school.
Today at the Library…
We read some books about farm animals. We also played the “Say it Slow, Say it Fast” game with the farm animals and sent cards for your child to play the game at home. Have you child show you how to play. If he or she doesn’t remember this is how to play: hold up the cards with the picture of the donkey. Say “this is a picture of a donkey. Say that word with me. Now we’ll say it slowly: don-key.” As you say it slowly, hold up one half of the card at a time. Then say it again fast and hold up both halves of the card together. For fun make up some silly words. Use the don from donkey and the ster from rooster. Put them together: don-ster, or roo-key. It is fun to play with the sounds in words.
We also did some rhyming riddles, like the ones below. Try to make some up with your child. It is fun to rhyme, and it will help the children later as they try to decode or sound out words once they are learning how to read.
I am thinking of an animal that lives on a farm…
It swims in a pond, and it rhymes with luck. duck
Its babies are called foals, and it rhymes with course. horse
It likes to eat bones, and it rhymes with log. dog
It likes milk, and it rhymes with hat. cat
Its coat is wool, and it rhymes with beep. sheep
It honks, and it rhymes with moose. Goose
Try making up rhyming riddles using people’s names, kinds of food or whatever else sounds like fun!
Thanks for keeping the learning going.