Letter J

We jocularly joke about jumping through the alphabet.  Jamming J is up next!

BOOKS:

We read Gooey Jellyfish by Natalie Lunis and Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow.

Both of these books were great.  Gooey Jellyfish is simple – like many nonfiction titles at this level it has text boxes and sidebars with extra information that extends one’s understanding.  I skip most of those when I read these books in storytime, but it’s nice to have that extra info.  I had some extra help with Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed since most preschoolers know that one.

FINGERPLAY:

We did “Peanut Butter and Jelly” which is a combo fingerplay and chant kind of.  I remember loving this in elementary school and most of the kids really had fun with it too.

Here’s the text I used:

First you take the peanuts and you dig ‘em, you dig ‘em, you dig ‘em, dig ‘em dig ‘em
then you crunch ‘em, you crunch ‘em, you crunch ‘em, crunch ‘em, crunch ‘em
then you spread ‘em, you spread ‘em, you spread ‘em, spread ‘em spread ‘em
Peanut, peanut butter and jelly
Peanut, peanut butter and jelly

Then you take the grapes and you pick ‘em, you pick ‘em, you pick ‘em, pick ‘em, pick ‘em
Then you squish ‘em, you squish ‘em, you squish ‘em, squish ‘em, squish ‘em
Then you spread ‘em, you spread ‘em, you spread ‘em, spread ‘em spread ‘em
Peanut, peanut butter and jelly
Peanut, peanut butter and jelly

Then you take the sandwich and you bite it, you bite it, you bite it, bite it, bite it
And you chew it, you chew it, you chew it, chew it, chew it
And you swallow it, you swallow it, you swallow swallow swallow it
MMMMMmmmmm mmmmmm mmmm mmmmm
MMMMMmmmmm mmmmmm mmmm mmmmm

SONG:

Our song for this week was “Jump Jump” by Joanie Leeds and the Nightlights.  It’s an awesome song.  Fun sound, fun actions – gets everybody up and moving around.

CRAFT:

I have been waiting to do this craft since I very first started this job.  I pinned this a million years ago (okay maybe just a year and a half, but still!) and haven’t had a chance to use it yet. Paper bag jellyfish, everybody!  We did some watercoloring on paperbags and then I cut the tentacles and we glued on the eyes.  These are the three that I made over the course of the week’s storytimes.