Preschool Storytime 6-22-17: Transportation

Today's storytime was all about things that go! So after saying hello to all our friends, I asked a few questions to the group of kids about the type of travel they've experienced. We talked about riding in the car, flying in an airplane, sailing on a boat, and then tried to name as many vehicles as we could. This was a fun exercise to introduce the theme of transportation and start the kids feeling engaged in the storytime.

Our first story was Beep! Beep! by Sam Hearn. This story went over a lot better with the preschoolers than it did with the babies. The preschoolers were excited about identifying and counting all the cars as they lined up, and actually laughed at the joke at the end.

Next, we did two movement songs in a row: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" and "Hurry, Hurry, Drive That Firetruck." I usually use "Firetruck" as a baby lap bounce, but discovered today that it's possibly more fun on your feet! 

Our next story was Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman, and it was an interactive hit! Before we started reading I taught the kids the words and actions for the book's refrain: "dump it in, smash it down, drive around the trashy town!" By the end they were screaming it. It was amazing.

Today, we did two movement songs before going straight into goodbye, without a third book. I love sharing three stories with the preschoolers, but sometimes they're just too wiggly to sit still for it. However, "Little Red Wagon" and "Wheels on the Bus" were both big hits, and after bubbles, I sent them home to their parents sufficiently hyped up! #evillibrarian 

My version of "Wheels on the Bus"