Secret Agents!

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As I was planning our Spy School event, I kept thinking, “Man, a secret agent storytime would be fun!” and then went looking and didn’t find much. I Spy storytimes, yes, Secret Agents, not so much. So here’s what I came up with.

BOOKS:

We read Secret Agent Man Goes Shopping for Shoes by Tim Wynne-Jones, illustrated by Brian Won and Secret Secret Agent Guy by Kira Bigwood, illustrated by Celia Krampien.

Book covers of Secret Agent Man Goes Shopping for Shoes and Secret Secret Agent Guy

These are both SUPER cute. They both went over well, but my crowd might have been a little too young. (Also it was my first storytime back in person so that probably skewed things too). I did sing Secret, Secret Agent Guy the first time through, but read it during Zoom storytime. I think it might work for a singing read-through a second time along.

FLANNELBOARD:

We practiced our skills of observation for this flannelboard. I found this idea from LibrErin and loved it. I cut out pictures of different objects that represent a variety of shapes. We then identified all the objects and I asked the kids to tell me which shapes they saw. (Someone even got the hexagon, guys!)

Here are the shapes. I printed them out on cardstock and then glued a piece of colored construction paper to the back so when we flipped them, the shape was easy to see. Here’s a link to the Canva document.

ACTION SONG:

I made this one up! I needed an action song and “Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear” is very adaptable.

Secret Agent

Secret Agent, sneak around
Tiptoe in place (or around the room if you’re not socially distancing)
Secret Agent, hit the ground
Lie flat on the ground
Secret Agent, jump up high
Jump as high as you can
Secret Agent, dodge the bad guy!
Lean as far as you can to one side
Secret Agent, flying kick!
Jump in the air and kick (be mindful of your surroundings!)
Secret Agent, hide real quick!
Find a place to hide or make yourself very small
Secret Agent, sneak away
Tiptoe around
Secret Agent saves the day!
Put your hands on your hips and stand up tall! (Power pose!)

DANCE BREAK:

For our dance break, we listened to “Granddad is a Spy” by The Not-Its!.