Rascally Rabbits!
/Hello, blog. It's me. :D
It's been a while, but I had a fabulous storytime this week and had to share. Expect more regular posts from me as I get back into the groove. Our theme this week was rabbits (because we don't have very many good Valentine's Day books and I don't really like Valentine's Day all that much anyway).
BOOKS:
We read Big Mean Mike by Michelle Knudsen and illustrated by Scott Magoon and The Black Rabbit by Philippa Leathers.
Both of these were wonderful. Big Mean Mike gets a tiny bit long, but my storytime tots really liked trying to find where the bunnies would show up next. The Black Rabbit is great for younger kids - the older ones pointed out right away that the black rabbit was Rabbit's shadow, but it was nice to talk about shadows with the younger ones post story.
FINGERPLAY:
I do not recommend planning to do a fingerplay that you knew when you were a kid and then not practice and so consequently you get to storytime and you can't remember what happens halfway through. Yeah. Don't do that. Do practice your fingerplays ahead of time.
We did "Little Bunny Foo Foo," which goes like this:
Little Bunny Foo Foo hopping through the forest
Scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head
Down came the good fairy and she said,
"Little Bunny Foo Foo, I don't want to see you
Scooping up the field mice and bopping them on the head.
I'll give you three chances and if you don't listen,
I'll turn you into a goon!"
[Repeat three more times and then LBFF gets turned into a goon]
And the moral of the story is: Hare today, goon tomorrow.
SONG:
We listened and danced to the "Bunny Hop" by the Wiggles.
CRAFT:
Our craft was Valentine's related, BUT IT WAS STILL A RABBIT. We made a little bunny valentine, because, you know, somebunny loves you. :D