After our Good Morning songs, we dived into our first book.

BOOK: Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld

Skipping 95% of the dialogue in this book was a must for me to make it work with my group.

BOOK: Tyler Makes A Birthday Cake! by Tyler Florence and Craig Frazier

The word count for this book is 825 words.  Just saying. . . . . Be aware. 

BOOK: Dozens of Doughnuts by Carrie Finison

The kids help me with sound effects in this book.

LouAnn the Bear is making doughnuts and keeps getting unexpected visitors at her door who ring her door bell, "DING, DONG!"

Whenever the line came up in the story, the group said this phrase for me. 

For this to work, we used a secret hand signal to indicate when to say the phrase (I pretended to ring a doorbell with my free hand).  

SONGS

Pat-A-Cake

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man

Bake me a cake as fast as you can.

Roll it and pat it and mark it with a "B"

Put it in the oven for baby and me!

 Happy Birthday

In Tyler Makes A Birthday Cake, it's Tofu the dog's birthday. We sang Happy Birthday to Tofu after the reading.

 RHYME

Ten Little Cookies

Ten Little Cookies laying on a plate
Grandma eats 2 and then there are 8.
When Grandpa comes home, 2 cookies he picks
Leaving on the plate only 6.
Brother comes home, slamming the door.
He eats two cookies, then there are 4.
When sister comes home, there are still a few.
She eats a couple, then there are 2.
Baby wake up. His nap is done.
He eats a cookie, then there is 1.
The cat jumps on the table and eats the last 1.
Poor dog! He's too late. He only gets a crumb. 

 Both of these books are fantastic and were big crowd pleasers. The illustrations in Beth Ferry's book were particularly fun. 

BOOK: We're Going On A Treasure Hunt by Kelly DiPucchio
 Before reading, go over pirate terms they will hear in this book such as: ahoy, Yo-Ho-Ho, me hearties and  booty.

SONG: Sail, Sail, Sail Your Ship

Sail, sail, sail your ship

Gently over the sea

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

A pirate's life for me.

credit: Storytime Katie

SONG: The Waves at the Beach (Tune: The wheels on the bus)

The waves at the beach go up and down

Up and down

Up and down

The waves at the beach go up and down all day long

    OTHER VERSES . . .

Lobsters go snap

Clams open and shut

Pirates go "Give me your gold!" 

Sharks go chomp

Dolphins jump up and down

 MUSIC SONG: Silly Pirate Song by Jack Hartmann

This is a really cute sequencing song. As the song progresses, different people (surfer, mermaid, shark, octopus, etc) interrupt the pirate and it all builds up til the end.

Other ideas for music songs to play and dance to could be "You're Welcome" or "How Far I'll Go"from Moana. Also, "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid.         

AN UPDATE POST!

For a teen program several years ago, we played Book Cover Bingo. 

Here is an updated collection of Bingo sheets with newer published books. These YA books are predominately stand alone books - only 3 or 4 series books are included. 

We pulled books that are well circulated or are being talked about at our library.

There are 30 different sheets total. The same 24 books are used on each sheet.

 Click here for link to my new bingo sheets.

Click here for the orginal link to our Book Cover Bingo program from 2016.