Hats!
/I have a surprisingly huge hat collection - old hats, new hats, costume hats. I remember collecting hats, but I never really ever wore hats. I still don't usually wear hats, but they're perfect for a storytime.
BOOKS:
We read I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen and A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke.
These are two tried-and-true storytime classics. I Want My Hat Back is fun for adults and children - the kids get to figure out the mystery of who had Bear's hat, but the adults really get the punchline at the end with Rabbit. A Hat for Minerva Louise is so so so cute and interactive, as the kids tell Minerva (or me) what Minerva is ACTUALLY wearing.
FLANNELBOARD:
I used a version of Miss Mary Liberry's Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are You In the Blue Hat? I made a bunch of hats of felt and an itty bitty kitty. Before we started the game, I put the kitty up and covered him with one of the hats and then put the rest of the hats on. We talked about the hats and what they were used for or who would wear them. Then the guessing began!
Everyone had a blast. We played twice and I managed to keep them from guessing the kitty hat for a while.
SONG:
We listened to "The Hat Song" by David on Sesame Street.
CRAFT:
We made our own newspaper hats! Here I am wearing mine. We used a piece of newspaper (one sheet - not a double) and folded it into a hat. We did need to do a little taping to make our hats more durable.