Storytime Plan Theme 4
Our world is filled with sounds to hear and imitate Launch the Theme Introduce the Poster Welcome children to the “Snap, Crackle, Moo!” theme by looking at the poster together and exploring the animal sounds.
The stories in this theme all focus on sounds. From a Daddy’s loud snore to animal noises to sounds of joy, the stories all help children practice careful listening. They also model engaging with others, a budding social and emotional skill for young children. Enjoy exploring these stories together and helping children relate to each other and the noisy characters in these silly tales. Skills Focus • Vocabulary: Sound Words • Comprehension: Compare & Contrast • Phonological Awareness: Onomatopoeia • Social & Emotional: Engaging With Others
We can see that the cow is saying moo and the sheep is saying baa . What might you hear if the pig spoke? the frog? the rooster? the duck? the blue bird?
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Use Sound Words Invite children to think about words that name sounds they hear in the classroom. As they name sounds, write the words on the board or on a chart. Invite children to illustrate the sounds.
What sound do you hear when we cut paper with scissors? when we fill the water pitcher? when we stack the blocks? What other sounds do you hear?
Resources
Take a Listening Walk Encourage children to listen carefully as you take a listening walk around the building or neighborhood. Record the sounds children notice, like birds singing, cars honking, or babies crying. Play the CD Play the song “El Empanadillero” from the Cuban Playground CD. Invite children to make movements and sounds they might see or hear in the kitchen of a restaurant or bakery (e.g., cracking eggs, mixing ingredients, patting dough, etc.). First Language Support • Provide translations of key words that will help children better enjoy and understand the stories. For example, for Spanish speakers: laugh = reir (v.) risa (n.) ; roar = rugir (v.) rugido (n.) ; crawl = gatear • As you mention words or sounds using onomatopoeia, ask children to share words or sounds that they like in their first language.
• Big Book: My Daddy Snores by Nancy H. Rothstein • Read-Aloud: Book! Book! Book! by Deborah Bruss • Read-Aloud: If You’re Happy and You Know It: Jungle Edition by James Warhola • Music: Cuban Playground • Character Cards: Animals from If You’re Happy and You Know It • Poster: Snap, Crackle, Moo! Refer to the Program Guide for Family Time and additional activities.
1111 STORYTIME 1
After Reading Aloud Talk About It! This book presents a good opportunity for children to think about what could really happen versus what is exaggeration. Some of this book seems like it could really happen. Some parts seem silly. Which parts do you think could really happen? What problem does the family have? How does Mommy try to solve the problem in the beginning? What helps Daddy stop snoring? Rumbled Like an Earthquake Go through the book and help children notice all of the ways that snoring is described: boomed like a dinosaur’s roar, rumbled like an earthquake, chugged like a freight train, buzzed like a bumblebee, and whistled like a teapot. Point out that they all use the word like . Encourage children to think of something loud. Then work together to create a way of describing it that uses the word like . Help children create pages for a book of similes. Reread Make a Monday-through-Sunday calendar. As you reread the story, help children notice the sounds on each day. Mark them on the chart. Then, talk about how the sounds changed from the beginning of the week to the end. English Language Development Flip through the book and pay special attention to the characters’ facial expressions. Provide children with the language to explain how the character is feeling ( The Mommy’s eyes are wide open and she looks very cold. ). Invite children to mimic the expressions. Research Connection The development of phonological awareness is linked to learning decoding skills later. As children gain awareness of large units of sound, this phonological awareness prepares them for hearing and discriminating smaller segments of words.
In My Daddy Snores , one family listens to lots of snoring noises during the night. Snoring can sound like a roaring dinosaur, a chugging train, and much more!
Engage children with this rhyme by matching simple movements with the sounds. Clap, Snap, Tap! 1. Begin with a simple pattern, such as: clap, clap, tap, tap, clap, clap. 2. Add a simple movement for each sound: clap hands for “clap” and tap knees for “tap.” 3. Do this a few times and then invite someone else to lead the game. Share the Big Book Introduce My Daddy Snores Read aloud the title and names of the author and illustrator as you share the book’s cover. Then, help children notice the “zzzzzz.” I see many letter “ z ’s” on this cover. Let’s count them. These letters make the sound / z /. That’s the sound some people make when they snore. Let me hear you snore. Now, let’s read this funny story. Read Interactively As you read the book, point out some of the exaggerations such as Daddy snoring like the dinosaur roaring and causing an earthquake. Model how you know this isn’t really happening as you read. Sometimes authors take a problem and make it sound even worse than it really is. Did Daddy really sound as loud as a dinosaur? Did the snore really shake Mommy out of the bed?
STORYTIME 2
After Reading Aloud Talk About It! Help children summarize the story. Why are the animals bored? Where do they go? Why can’t the librarian understand the animals? Why does the librarian finally understand the hen? How do most of the animals feel in the end? Why does the bullfrog feel differently? Favorite Books The librarian gives the animals three books that make them very happy. Ask children to imagine they are the librarian. What book would they recommend for the animals? Help each child create a cover for the book they would recommend. Reread Make a chart showing the animals from the book (horse, cow, goat, pig, duck, and hen). As you reread the story, point out the bold text that shows what each animal says. Have children name the first letter of each word as you write it on the chart under the correct animal. Then, read the chart together, stressing the first letter and beginning sound in each word. English Language Support Pause on the last page to help ensure all children understand the joke. Explain that read (pronounced red ) is the past tense of read (pronounced rede ). The frog is saying he has read that book before. Ask children to make the sound a frog makes. Then, read the last lines again with great expression so children can enjoy the joke! Research Connection Making animal sounds with children is a fun way to explore onomatopoeia and boost children’s phonological awareness. When children notice and play with the sounds of spoken language, they develop phonological awareness, an important foundation for future reading skills.
Book! Book! Book! tells the story of bored farm animals who discover the library and a love of books.
Engage children with this follow-the-leader game that requires careful listening. Quack, Quack, Book! 1. Invite children to flap their wings whenever you say quack , and open and close their hands like a book whenever you say book . 2. Slowly repeat the word quack , then add a surprise book every now and then to see how carefully children are listening. Share the Read-Aloud Introduce Book! Book! Book! Show the front cover, and read aloud the author’s and illustrator’s names. Explain that this book is about farm animals who are bored after summer ends and the children return to school. What animals do you see on the cover? It looks like they are going somewhere. Let’s read to find out where they go. Read Interactively As you read the story, invite children to act out the motions of each animal, including the sounds they make. The horse hung his head. Show me how you hang your heads. The pig pouted. Show me how you pout. Let me hear you neigh like the horse.
STORYTIME 3
After Reading Aloud Talk About It! After reading, flip through the pictures again and guide children to notice that the animals were all playground equipment before they came to life. What were the animals in the beginning? What happened to the animals? Do you think the animals really came to life, or do you think the children imagined it? If You’re Happy Invite children to talk about what makes them happy. Ask them to think of a sound or movement to perform when they are happy. Extend each child’s response to form a complete sentence. For example: When Lily is happy and she knows it, she meows like a cat: meow meow! Reread Invite children to take turns using the character cards to act out the story as you reread it. Encourage them to make sounds for each animal as they act out the story. English Language Development Repeat the song at the end of the book, pausing to let children say each last word (the action). For example, If you’re happy and you know it, clap your _____. Cloze activities like this can help English learners join in on a limited number of words before they’re ready to fully participate. Research Connection Several studies show the strong relationship between children listening to others and their literacy development. The more adults can help children distinguish the sounds they hear, the more children build their foundation for hearing syllables, words, and even sentences.
In If You’re Happy and You Know It , children imagine that animals at a playground come to life and join in the familiar movement rhyme.
Engage children with this classic movement rhyme. You can repeat the song with other verses like pull your ear , stomp your feet , etc. If You’re Happy If you’re happy and you know it Clap your hands. If you’re happy and you know it Clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it Then you really want to show it. If you’re happy and you know it Clap your hands!
Share the Read-Aloud Introduce If You’re Happy and You Know It Share the front and back covers as you read the title and author’s name. Then, talk about what you see. These animals look happy. What is this hyena doing? Yes, it’s laughing. Let me hear you give a big laugh. Let’s read to find out what else these animals do when they’re happy. Read Interactively Help children notice how the animals change when the grown-up is no longer looking. Then, encourage children to name each of the animals with you and invite them to do the actions called out on each page.
Can you stomp your feet like the elephant?
Connect the Stories Display the books and talk about the importance of sound in all three of them.
What new sound words did you learn from these books? What sounds do you really like? What sounds don’t you like? If you were an animal, what sound would you make?
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