Sports ball

This is my deviation from the science theme.  It’s the middle of the World Cup and teeball season, so I thought it would just be a disservice to not talk about sports in storytime.

BOOKS:

We read Froggy Plays Soccer by Jonathan London and Dino-Baseball by Lisa Wheeler

Froggy Plays Soccer was the best.  It’s funny and a little long, but engaging enough where kids weren’t getting too wiggly.  The repetitive FROOOOOOOOOGY! and the “Head it, boot it, knee it, shoot it, but don’t use your hands!” are parts of the London Froggy books that I really like and that keeps kids’ attention.  I didn’t realize that Dino-Baseball was kind of similar to Froggy in that it was a recap of a game.  It ended up being too long (even though it is SOOOOO cute).  I think I might pick a shorter (maybe even nonfiction) book for the next time I do sports.

SONG:

So I made this puppet ages ago.

It’s a little old lady who swallowed a fly puppet.  I haven’t had a chance to use it yet and that bums me out.  BUT! This week I made up a Little Old Lady song to go with our theme.

There was an old lady who swallowed a ball
I don’t know at all why she swallowed the ball
And that is all

There was an old lady who swallowed a mitt
What a nit wit! She swallowed the mitt
She swallowed the mitt to catch the ball
I don’t know at all why she swallowed the ball
And that is all

There was an old lady who swallowed a bat
How about that?! She swallowed the bat
She swallowed the bat to hit the mitt
She swallowed the mitt to catch the ball
I don’t know at all why she swallowed the ball
And that is all

There was an old lady who swallowed a cap
She ate it right up when it fell in her lap
She swallowed the cap to net the bat
She swallowed the bat to hit the mitt
She swallowed the mitt to catch the ball
I don’t know at all why she swallowed the ball
And that is all

There was an old lady who swallowed some cleats
Ew smelly feet! When she swallowed those cleats
She swallowed the cleats to stomp the cap
She swallowed the cap to net the bat
She swallowed the bat to hit the mitt
She swallowed the mitt to catch the ball
I don’t know at all why she swallowed the ball
And that is all

I made all the little things to go with the song.  The ball and the bat are wooden.  I cut the two ends off of a cheapy wooden candlestick from Hobby Lobby to get the bat.  The mitt is made of craft foam and the rest is felt.  I would have liked to make a 3D cap and shoes, but with summer reading I ran out of time.

CRAFT:

We made our own foam fingers! (out of construction paper because my library is poor).  The kids really liked this.  They could decorate their own and stapling them all was a breeze.  Quick and easy craft (which is good since my summer storytime numbers are growing).

Yes, I have this one on backwards.  (LOOK AT MY SWEET TATTOO!)