Pajama Time!
/When I was in high school, one of the most popular kids shows on tv was Bananas in Pajamas. The theme song was annoying and one of the worst earworms I've ever had.
Here it is for your listening enjoyment. I don't recommend it as a good storytime song, but you just have to experience if you haven't. We did pajamas for storytime and encouraged pajama wearing (even though few kids took us up on that).
BOOKS:
We read Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney and Beep Beep Go to Sleep by Todd Tarpley, illustrated by John Rocco.
Both of these books are great, but I think that the kids like Llama Llama more than Beep Beep. The parents, on the other hand, really liked Beep Beep. I think next time that I do a pajama storytime I think I'll pick more sleep related books. There really aren't that many books out there about pajamas.
FINGERPLAY:
We did an adapted version of "Ten in the Bed" for our fingerplay this week: Five in the Bed. My mom used to sing this one to me and my brother when we were little.
Ten in the bed (show ten fingers)
And the little one said
"Roll over! Roll over!" (roll your hands)
So they all rolled over (roll you hands)
And one fell out (show one finger)
[Repeat with nine and so on]
SONG:
I knew in the back of my head that Sandra Boynton had songs to go along with her books, but I couldn't remember which ones until I stumbled across a recording of Pajama Time! We got the shakers out and shook shook shook to this one!
CRAFT:
We decorated Llama Llama's red pajamas for him! This was one of those happy process crafts that I love. I had some leftover construction paper pieces that I put out with (DUH DUH DUHHHHHHHHHHH) safety scissors. Kids cut the bigger pieces into littler pieces and glued them on the pajamas. It was a good scissor activity and I talked about why using the scissor early is so important. Here are my red pajamas.