Letter D

Dutifully domineering the alphabet, we doggedly did letter D!  I feel like I really need to make big felt letters when we talk about these or print off some letters. I don’t know why on earth I haven’t yet.  We do talk about the letters when we start and talk about the sounds that each letter makes.

BOOKS: 

We read Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd and Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin.

Dragons Love Tacos might have been a little long for my storytime crowd.  I think this would work superbly as a kindergarten or even early elementary read aloud.  Dog’s Colorful Day is brilliant though.  The kids helped both with the counting and with naming the colors.

ACTIVE PLAY:

I wasn’t quite sure what to call this.  It isn’t exactly a song or a fingerplay.  It’s “I’m a Mean Old Dinosaur” sung to the tune of “I’m a Little Teapot” WITH ACTIONS.

I’m a mean old dinosaur big and tall (gesture high and wide)
Here is my tail (wiggle butt)
Here is my claw (make mean claws with hands)
When I get all hungry (rub tummy)
I just growl (Roar!)
Look out kids, I’m on the prowl! (stalk around like a T-Rex)

We definitely had to do this one twice!  I borrowed this from Miss Anna presents.

SONG:

We danced to the Fruit Salad Salsa by Laurie Berkner!  I really like this song.  I made up a few actions to go with it, nothing major, just stuff that goes along with the lyrics and we danced.

CRAFT:

We made wee little ballerina puppets!  The dancers are people of color because I think they look nice and we don’t talk enough about diversity in storytime.  The kids (girls especially) loved dancing their little ballerinas all over the place.