Additional Classroom Connections This storytime can be expanded to continue children’s exploration of water and the natural world.
Social & Emotional
Music & Movement Circle Game Invite groups of five children to be hopping frogs. Repeat until all children participate.
Show and Share Invite children to practice sharing by organizing a Show and Share.
• Have children select a favorite toy or book. (This can come from the classroom or home.) • Invite each child to present his/her toy or book to the class and tell why it is special. • Children put a name card by their item and leave it in the sharing corner (or on a sharing table). • Encourage children to visit the sharing table during free time. • Give children extra name cards. After using a friend’s item, they leave a name card next to it to indicate that they shared that item. Classroom Interactions Promote Concept Development Use classroom experiences to develop important concepts and thinking skills. • Encourage children to use analysis and reasoning skills in classroom discussions of books and curricular topics. • Ask questions that focus children on why, how, classifying, comparing and contrasting, predicting, and evaluating. • Guide children as they brainstorm their own ideas for projects, writing, and other products. Support them as they plan and execute their ideas. • Make connections as they come up among books, experiences, ideas, and activities. Guide children to look for connections on their own.
Five Little Frogs One little frog Went hop, hop, hop. It hopped on a rock And sat on top.
A second little frog Went hop, hop, hop. It hopped on a rock And sat on top. (Continue with three, four, and five little frogs) How many frogs are on the rock?
One, two, three, four, five! Now the five get to dive!
Actions: 1. One frog hops into the circle at a time. 2. When there are five frogs, they count off and then they dive out.
Language & Literacy Vocabulary: Naming and Describing Learning new theme-related vocabulary prior to reading the texts helps children extract more meaning from each text. Share illustrations and photographs of the natural word to stimulate interest in the theme and help children learn new words. Encourage children to use their new vocabulary to describe the images. Display three or four colorful water-related photographs. Ask children to name things that they recognize and to use describing words to talk about them. Create a chart listing the words they mention and use these words to label the photographs. Refer to these words and pictures as you read the books during Storytime.
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