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Deborah Fagnan
Dec 19, 20187 min read

July Preschool Storytime: Farm

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: Background knowledge, 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)

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: $27.00

Supplies:

Books shared: (from collection)

  • Down on the Farm by Merrily Kutner

  • July by Julie Murray

  • Life on the Farm by Teddy Both


Other Books to Display at Storytime:

  • Color Farm by Lois Ehlert

  • Down on the Farm by Merrily Kutner

  • Everywhere a Moo, Moo by Scholastic

  • Farm by James Brown

  • Farm by Xavier Deneux

  • Farm Animals by Rod Campbell

  • Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm by Joy Cowley

  • Touch and Trace Farm by Jonathan Litton


Pre-storytime Preparation:

  • Print out Farm: Barn and cut out the pieces

  • Cut out animals for each child.

 

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.

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

Reading books with your children is one of the best ways to help your child be ready to learn to read. Your children like to imitate you. Books are great conversation starters. Today, I'll point out how you can build your child's background knowledge, or what they know, by the way you talk with them as you read together.

.(Ghoting and Martine-Diaz, 2013, pp. 92-93)


4. Theme Talk:

Children sit a circle time. 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. Who can tell me a name of a animal that is on a farm? Yes, a rooster is a animal that is on a farm. How does he speak? Today, we are going to read a fun book about different animals that live on the farm, and how they talk and what their job is on the farm? Who can tell me what a job is? A job is doing work and getting paid for it. Being a police officer, a doctor and a farmer are examples of jobs.


5. Book:



Down on the Farm by Merrily Kutner

(Credit Image: BCCLS, 2018)











6. Song

The Animals on the Farm

(Sung to the tune of Wheels on the Bus)


The cow in the barn goes moo, moo, moo

Moo, moo, moo. Moo, moo, moo.


The cow in the barn goes moo, moo, moo

Moo, moo, moo. Moo, moo, moo.


The pig in the pen goes oink, oink, oink

Oink, oink, oink, Oink, oink, oink,


The pig in the pen goes oink, oink, oink

Oink, oink, oink, Oink, oink, oink,


The hens in the coop go cluck, cluck, cluck

Cluck, cluck, cluck. Cluck, cluck, cluck.


The hens in the coop go cluck, cluck, cluck

Cluck, cluck, cluck. Cluck, cluck, cluck.


The lambs on the hill call baa, baa, baa

Baa, baa, baa. Baa, baa, baa


The lambs on the hill call baa, baa, baa

Baa, baa, baa. Baa, baa, baa


The ducks on the pond go quack, quack, quack

Quack, quack, quack. Quack, quack, quack


The ducks on the pond go quack, quack, quack

Quack, quack, quack. Quack, quack, quack

(Pre-K Fun. 2012)


7. Information Book:

We are going to talk about the job of the farmer. Does anyone think they know one of the jobs of a farmer? A job is doing work and getting paid for it. One job of a farmer is to take care of all the animals. What are some animals that live on the farm?



Life on the Farm by Teddy Both

(Credit Image: BCCLS, 2018)






8. Activity:



Old MacDonald Had a Farm: Puppet Show

Using our existing puppet theatre, the librarian and a volunteer put on a show of Old MacDonald. The hope is that children will particpate as we sing the song.




9. Early Literacy Aside: Example

Before you start reading a book to your child, ask your child a couple of questions about what they think the story is going to be about, or what they think will happen in the story. This is a fun way to have children tap into their prior knowledge before learning new.


10. Information Book




July by Julie Murray. What do you think this book is, a fiction book or a nonfiction book? (Show the cover of the book. Yes, this is a nonfiction book because it tells us (hesitate to get the answer) ________. Who can tell me what month it is? I am going to read a nonfiction book about July. Who remembers what month was last month? Yes, it was June.

(Credit Image: BCCLS, 2018)



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.

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

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


11. Early Literacy Aside: Empower

According to research, background knowledge is essential for reading comprehension. Put simply, the more you know about a topic, the easier it is to read a text, understand it, and retain the information. Read as many books on one topic as possible. What you find is that children will develop a deeper knowledge and expertise on that topic. These interests will drive children to read more.(Reading Rockets, 2017)


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 the farm.



  • Ms. Peggy is going to give you a template of the barn.

  • Ms. Suzy will give you animals for your barn.

  • Have your child color each animal. Ask your child what color should the pig be? What color should the cow be? What color should the sheep be? What color should the rooster be?

  • Trace the bran onto red construction paper.

  • Trace the roof and window on black construction paper.

  • Cut the doors on the barn so they will open.

  • Cover the back of the doors with red construction paper.

  • Glue the barn to green construction paper.

  • Glue the roof and window onto the barn.

  • Have your child color the scenery. What color should the tree be? What color should the cloud be? What color should the sun be? What color should the hay be?

  • Glue animals inside the barn doors. (All Kids Network, 2018)


14. Takeaway

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



 


References:


All Kids Network. (2018, October 16). Peek-a-boo barn craft. Retrieved from https://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/animals/farm/barn-animals.asp


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


BCCLS. (2018). July. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from https://catalog.bccls.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.7&pos=12


BCCLS. (2018). Life on the farm. [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


Ghoting, S.N., & Martin-Diaz, P. (2013). Storytimes for everyone!. Chicago, IL: ALA Editions.The Kilboomers: Kids Music Channel. (2015, August 4). Hello song. [Video]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/x23rTDl4AMshttps://youtu.be/x23rTDl4AMshttps://youtu.be/x23rTDl4AMshttps://youtu.be/x23rTDl4AMshttps://youtu.be/x23rTDl4AMshttps://youtu.be/x23rTDl4AMshttps://youtu.be/x23rTDl4AMshttps://youtu.be/x23rTDl4AMs


Harriscountypl. (2008, May 6). Old Macdonald puppet show. [Video]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/SBnSyHwLN-I




Pre-K Fun. (2012). Farm Songs, Poems, and Fingerplays. Retrieved from http://www.prekfun.com/THEMES/PREKthemes/A-F/Farm/Farm__Songs.htm


Reading Rockets. (2017, December 11). Building Background Knowledge. Retrieved from http://www.readingrockets.org/article/building-background-knowledge




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