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August Preschool Storytime: Five Senses

Updated: Nov 30, 2018



Introduction: This storytime is developed specially for preschool children ages 4 & 5 and their parent/caregiver. Enjoy 1 hour of books, songs, rhymes, socialization, and a craft with other young children and their parent/caregiver. Each session of preschool storytime consists of a variety of activities that incorporate reading, talking, writing, singing, and playing. Each week we will introduce new ideas while building knowledge from prior storytimes this year. No worries, if this is your first time here, welcome. We are glad to meet you.

Date: Every Saturday

Time: 11:00 a.m.

Age Range: 4 and 5 years olds

Skills Supported: Phonological Awareness, vocabulary, socialization, reading, writing, and listening.

Preschool Standards:

Reading Literature: Prepare children for listening to a new book during read alouds by building on background knowledge (e.g., make appropriate connections to children’s work and interests, predict topic by looking at front cover illustration, look at a few illustrations throughout the book to build anticipation, identify title, author, and illustrator and the roles of each)

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use:

Begin to determine the meaning of new words and phrases introduced through preschool reading and content.

Letter Knowledge: Children begin to demonstrate an understanding of beginning phonics and word skills. Associate many letters with their names and their most frequent sounds. Phonological Awareness: Draw children’s attention to the sounds children hear in words (e.g., by asking for the children whose name starts with "A" sound). Engage children in activities, read storybooks and poems, sing songs and chants that have repetitive patterns, alliterations, rhymes, and refrains that are engaging and playful.

Social/Emotional: Develop children's awareness of a wide range of feeling with appropriate vocabulary during storytelling. Engage appropriately with peers and librarian.

Information Books: Actively participate in read aloud experiences using age appropriate information books Compare and contrast favorite story books and favorite informational texts and discuss which book is fiction (e.g., tells a story) and which book is information (explains or shares real information).

Frequency: Once a week

Weekly Attendance: 20 children and their parent/caregiver

Staff or Volunteer: 1 staff member and 2 volunteers

Format: Drop-in program

Budget: $5.00

  • A large can of dill pickles. $5.00

Supplies:

Books shared: (from collection)

  • August by Julie Murray

  • I Hear a Pickle (and Smell, See, Touch, and Taste It, Too!) by Rachel Isadora

  • My Five Senses by Aliki

Other books to display at storytime:

  • The Bear Went Over the Mountain by Iza Trapani

  • I See, I Touch by Guiliano Ferri

  • Five For a Little One by Christopher Raschka

  • The Five Senses by Julie Murray

  • Forest Friends' Five Senses by Cristina Garelli

  • Hello Ocean by Pam Munoz Ryan

  • Kevin's Big Book of the Five Senses by Liesbet Slegers

  • The Touch Book by Jane Belk Moncure

Pre-storytime Preparation:

  • None

 

1. Introduction: Welcome to preschool storytime. My name is Ms. Debbie. I am so glad to see you today. I am so happy to see adults in our program today. It is more fun for your children, when you are here with them to enjoy reading, writing, singing, talking and playing together. Today, I will be passing around a bottle of dill pickles to teach about the five senses. Please let Ms. Peggy know if there is any reason we should allow your child to take a pickle out of the jar.


2. Opening Song



Lyrics:

Hello, hello, how are you?

Hello, hello, how are you?

Hello, hello, how are you?

How are you today?


I am fine, I am great.

I am fine, I am great. (The Kilboomers: Kids Music Channel, 2015)

I am fine, I am great.

I'm very well today.


Hello, hello, how are you?

Hello, hello, how are you?

Hello, hello, how are you?

How are you today?


I am hungry, I am tired.

I am hungry, I am tired.

I am hungry, I am tired.

I'm not so good today.


Hello, hello, how are you?

Hello, hello, how are you?

Hello, hello, how are you?

I am very good today.


3. Early Literacy Aside: Explain

Today's early literacy component is phonological awareness. This skill is important because children need to be able to hear the sounds before they can sound out words. Today we are going to look at different ways you can help you child develop this skill. There will also be an example on our weekly preschool newsletter.

(Ghoting and Martine-Diaz, 2013, p. 154)


4. Theme Talk:

[Children sit at circle] My name is Ms. Debbie. My first name starts with the letter "D". Who wants to tell me their name? Go around the circle, have parents encourage children to participate and aide them in telling me their first name and the letter their first name starts with.

How many children have come to storytime today? Let's count together. Point to each child and count. There are ten children here today. Today we are going to read a book that talks about our eyes, ears, mouth, hands and noses. Parents, Ms. Peggy is going to be passing out dill pickles to the kids. Children, we are going to do something funny. Ms. Peggy is going to pass around a pickle. When Ms. Peggy passes the pickles around, look at the pickle. Touch the pickle, what does it feel like? What does it smell like? Ms. Debbie takes a bite out of the pickle. Wow, I can hear a crunchy sound.


5. Book



I Hear a Pickle (and Smell, See, Touch, and Taste It, Too! by Rachel Isadora


(Credit Image: BCCLS, 2018)













6. Song

Hokey Pokey Senses [tune: "Hokey Pokey" ]


You put your fingers in,

You put your fingers out;

You put your finders in,

and shake them all about.


You do the hokey-pokey,

and turn yourself around.

That's what it's all about!


You put your Blinky eyes in...

You put your listen ears in...

You put your sniffing nose in...

You stick your tasting tongue in...

(Johnson County Library, 2015, March 24).


7. Information Book



My Five Senses by Aliki

We are going to talk about our five senses. Think of the pickle. What is one of our five senses. (Point to eyes), yes it is look, What is another sense. (Make a sniffle). Yes it is smell. Continue with the rest of the senses. (hear, taste, touch). Begin reading the book, looking for answers. Example: I can see! I see with my _____.

(Credit of Image: BCCS, 2018)


8. Activity:

TOUCH YOUR NOSE - suit actions to words.

Touch your nose, Touch your chin

That’s the way this game begins.

Touch your eyes, touch your knees;

Now pretend you’re going to sneeze.

Touch your hair, touch one ear;

Touch your two pink lips right here.

Touch your elbows, where they bend

That’s the way this touch game ends.

(Credit: Freal, M., Sarette, C., Hadley, T., & Bixby, T.,2010, April, p. 76).


9. Early Literacy Aside: Example

When you talk and sing with your children, koi can emphasize the rhythm of words by tapping them out. This helps the children hear how words can be broken apart or segmented. This will help them when they are puzzling out words as readers. (Ghoting and Martine-Diaz, 2013, p. 155)

10. Information Book:














January is the first month of the year.

February is the (hesitate to get children to answer) ______ month of the year.

March is the (hesitate to get children to answer) ______ month of the year.

April is the (hesitate to get children to answer)________ month of the year.

May is the (hesitate to get children to answer) __________ month of the year.

June is the (hesitate to get children to answer)__________ month of the year.

July is the (hesitate to get children to answer)__________ month of the year.

That makes August the (hesitate to get children to answer) _________ month of the year.

This book will tell us real things about the month of August, like holiday's and the weather.

(Credit Image: BCCLS, 2018)


11. Early Literacy Aside: Empower

Have fun with your child as you play with words and their sounds and rhythms when you talk and sing together. You can have lots of fun while you help your child get read to decode, or figure out, words(Ghoting and Martine-Diaz, 2013, p. 156). Please stay after storytime as we have the children complete a worksheet on the five senses. If you can't stay, Ms. Peggy can give you a copy of the activity to do at home oryou can get a copy of the activity on our Parent/Caretaker Resource Pathfinder page.


12. Closing Song

Lyrics



Goodbye, goodbye.

It’s time to go.

Goodbye, goodbye.

I don’t want to go.

See you later, alligator.

Bye bye bye, butterfly.

Goodbye!

13. End of Storytime activity

We are going to do an art activity that will get your child more familiar with our five senses. Ms. Peggy will be handing out a worksheet. Please have your child write their name on the back of the paper. If need be, help them. I will come around and show you a technique to help teach your child how to write their name. It all starts with one letter at a time. Have your child cut out the five body parts and paste it in the correct spot. If need be, cut out pieces for your child. With help, have your child glue the picture in the right spot. Read each phrase to your child, pointing to each word.


14. Takeaway

Parents are given our Preschool Storytime Newsletter. A copy of it is located on the Parent/Caretaker Resource Pathfinder page.


 

References:


BCCLS. (2018). August. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from https://catalog.bccls.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.7&pos=1


BCCLS. (2018). I Hear a Pickle (and Smell, See, Touch, and Taste It, Too. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from https://catalog.bccls.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.7&pos=1


BCCLS. (2018). My Five Senses. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from https://catalog.bccls.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.7&pos=1


Childrensmusic. (2016, January 16). See you later, alligator: Goodbye song. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/UQfvAlmr5g0


Freal, M., Sarette, C., Hadley, T., & Bixby, T. (2010, April). Themes: 75 Preschool themes, from ABC to zoo, with books, fingerplay, flannel stories and toddler specials. Retrieved from https://buildingstrongchildren.usu.edu/files/StorytimeThemes.pdf


Ghoting, S.N., & Martin-Diaz, P. (2013). Storytimes for everyone!. Chicago, IL: ALA



Johnson County Library. (2015, March 24). Five Senses Preschool Storytime [Web log post]. Retrieved from https://www.jocolibrary.org/kids/storytime-blog/five-senses-storytime-time





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