Intro and hello
Felt story
Movement song or video
Book
Movement song
Goodbye
This storytime is special for a couple of reasons. First, it's the only one that I give a handout with pictures of the signs on it, so that the kids and grownups can refer to it during storytime and then practice at home. Second, I'm experimenting with adding an AV component to storytime by showing videos to follow along with instead of just listening to songs.
Handout:
Intro and hello:
Hello: "Hello Friends"
Before turning on the music, I teach the kids (and grownups) the American Sign Language sign for "friends." Then we boogie, wave, and sing hello to all our friends!
Warming Up Motor Skills: "Open, Shut Them"
On this song we do the movements described in the lyrics: open our hands, close our hands, clap three times, put our hands in our lap, creep our fingers up to our chin, and don't let them in our mouths.
Stretch: "Tall/Small"
This is a short, easy stretch the kids get a kick out of. While we're stretching, I like to encourage them to reach for the ceiling, touch their toes, then make themselves into a tiny ball.
Felt Story
"Teddy Wore His Red Shirt" (to the tune of "Mary Wore Her Red Dress"
As we sing, I encourage everyone to practice the color signs. Between verses I hold up the next article of clothing and ask the kids what kind of clothes it is and what color it is. Technically the black gloves are supposed to be shoes, but they always think they're mittens so I just go with it.
Teddy wore his red shirt, red shirt, red shirt
Teddy wore his red shirt, all day long.
Teddy wore his blue pants, blue pants, blue pants
Teddy wore his blue pants, all day long.
Teddy wore his yellow hat, yellow hat, yellow hat
Teddy wore his yellow hat, all day long.
Teddy wore his green socks, green socks, green socks
Teddy wore his green socks, all day long.
Teddy wore his black gloves, black gloves, black gloves
Teddy wore his black gloves, all day long.
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| Teddy without clothes |
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| Teddy with clothes |
Video
"Colors" by My Smart Hands
During the video, I encouraged everyone to practice along. I haven't used videos in storytime before, but it seemed to be a welcome activity.
This is the only storytime that I don't close with bubbles, because directly following is another program called Stay and Play where I set out 4-5 bins of toys for a 30 minute free play. Adding bubbles to that seems to be too much stimulation.
Book
Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
This book is great for colors and counting. Even though the theme of this storytime was colors, I briefly went over how to count to ten in sign language as well.
Movement Song
"I See Something Blue"
Before turning on the music, I explain that the song will tell us which color to look for. When we hear the name of the color, we practice the sign and then hunt for the color somewhere in the room.
Goodbye
"Until We Meet Again" from Out of the Box
When we sing this song, I help them recall the sign for friends from the hello song, and teach them a couple others as we sing: meet, time, and say. |
| Friends |
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| Meet |
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| Goodbye |
| Friend(s) |
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