Boxes

Theme for Wednesday, September 17: Boxes!

Opening: Open, Shut Them

Book: Not a Box by Antoinette Portis

Action Rhyme: I Like to Be a Jumping Jack; From Storytime Katie

I like to be a jumping jack

And jump out from a box

I like to be a rocking horse

And rock and rock and rock.

I like to be a spinning top

And spring around and round

I like to be a rubber ball

And bounce right to the ground.

Book: Sitting In My Box by Dee Lillegard

Song: A Hunting We Will Go; From NancyMusic

A hunting we will go, a hunting we will go

We'll catch a fox and put him in a box

And then we'll let him go.

A hunting we will go, a hunting we will go

We'll catch a snake and put him in a cake 

And then we'll let him go.

A hunting we will go, a hunting we will go

We'll catch a cat and put him in a hat

And then we'll let him go

A hunting we will go, a hunting we will go

We'll catch a pig and put her in a wig 

And then we'll let her go

A hunting we will go, a hunting we will go

We'll catch a goat and put her in a boat

And then we'll let her go.

A hunting we will go, a hunting we will go

We'll catch a giraffe and listen to her laugh

And then we'll let her go.

I made a storytime cube (a box!), to go with the song.  I found pictures of the six different animals and taped them on the cube.  The kids took turns tossing it onto the floor and seeing which animal was on top.

The fox!

Then we sang "A Hunting We Will Go," and the child came up to the flannel board and taped the animal (I made extras) to the picture that rhymed with it (i.e. fox...box)

By the end, the flannel board looked something like this:

And this:

It was lots of fun, and it helped us work on our rhyming skills!

Transition Rhyme: Ten Little Fingers

I have ten little fingers and they all belong to me.

I can make them do things, would you like to see?

I can shut them up tight, I can open them wide.

I can put them together, I can make them hide.

I can make them jump high, I can make them jump low.

I can rolly, rolly them around and fold them just so.

Book: The Happy Little Yellow Box by David A. Carter

Song: A Tooty Ta from Johnny Only's CD Kids Music You Can Dance To!

Craft: Jack-in-the-Box; From The Crafty Crow

We made jack-in-the-boxes!  I gave each child a template of an open box.   They glued the head, the hat, and the spring onto the paper to make their jack-in-the-box.  Then they decorated it with googly eyes, stickers, and crayons!