I waited too long this year to request the pumpkin books I like to read in storytime, so instead I decided to try a candy-themed storytime as my nod to the holiday. It was fun! Picture books about/featuring candy are surprisingly few and far between, but I found some I liked and then went on a hunt for rhymes. These are the two I ended up using on the flannelboard:
5 sticky lollipops,
Fixed on sticks.
Take a sticky lollipop,
and lick, lick, lick!
4, 3, 2, 1.
I found a coloring book image of a lollipop that I liked via Google Image and used the edit picture color option in Microsoft Word to change the color of the lolly.
Candy Bar Countdown
5 little candy bars,
We wish we had more!
We'll eat the (color/name) one,
Now there are four!
4 little candy bars,
Tasty as can be.
We'll eat the (color/name) one,
Now there are three.
3 little candy bars,
Only a few.
We'll eat the (color/name) one,
Now there are two.
2 little candy bars,
Eating them is fun.
We'll eat the (color/name) one,
Now there is one.
1 little candy bar,
The last one we see.
We'll eat the (color/name) one,
We're happy as can be!
Yum! (rub tummies happily)
I just Googled for images of the wrappers of 5 different colored candies, printed, laminated, and attached velcro! (We ate ours by colors).
Great ideas!! Thanks for sharing! Now you need to do my toothbrushing storytime, LOL!!
ReplyDeleteI really like these ideas, and might adapt them to our small-town story times, so the children and I thank you. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking that baring peanut or other allergies, I might put a spot of velcro on the back of some fun-sized candies or fruit snacks, and toss one to each child as we eliminate it during the song.
Fun stuff, Amy. Keep 'em coming. :)
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I know, right, Kathryn? I did have more kids than usual that pointed out that we shouldn't eat too much candy. I thought about doing something similar, Amanda, and eventually decided against it, but with the right kind of crowd, that would be a fun idea.
ReplyDeleteI just jotted these down for our February storytimes! I thought candy would be a good theme for to celebrate just before Valentines Day. Can't wait.
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