This Reading Adventure
Treasure Chest Kit has been assembled to provide a thematic list of storytime
materials for use by enhanced members and their patrons. The kit is
geared toward the preschool age group yet is flexible enough to capture the
interest of toddlers and early school age children. The Activity Ideas are designed to be aids to use the
materials listed in the kits.
If you would like more information concerning this project, contact SERLS via
e-mail at dirserls@oplin.org.
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Material Type |
Title |
Author |
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BOOK |
Ba Ba Sheep, Wouldn't Go To Sleep |
DENNIS PANEK |
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BOOK |
Buzz Buzz Buzz |
BYRON BARTON |
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BOOK |
The Completed Hickory Dickory Dock |
JIM AYLESWORTH |
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BOOK |
Each Peach Pear Plum |
JANET and ALLAN AHLBERG |
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BOOK |
The Folks In The Valley: A Pennsylvania Dutch A B C |
JIM AYLESWORTH |
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BOOK |
Goody O'Grumpity |
CAROL RYRIE BRINK |
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BOOK |
The Great Pig Escape |
EILEEN CHRISTELOW |
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BOOK |
The Hog Call To End All! |
SUANN KISER |
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BOOK |
I Know An Old Lady G. |
BRIAN KARAS |
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BOOK |
Inside A Barn In The Country: A Rebus Read-Along Story |
ALYSSA SATIN CAPUCILLI |
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BOOK |
Lamb: See How They Grow |
ANGELA ROYSTON |
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BOOK |
Mary Had A Little Lamb |
SARAH JOSEPHA HALE |
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BOOK |
Mary Wore Her Red Dress And Henry Wore His Green Sneakers |
MERLE PEEK |
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BOOK |
Milk |
DONALD CARRICK |
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BOOK |
Oink |
ARTHUR GEISERT |
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BOOK |
Old MacDonald Had A Farm |
TRACEY CAMPBELL PEARSON |
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BOOK |
Parents In The Pigpen, Pigs In The Tub |
AMY EHRLICH |
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BOOK |
Pigsty |
MARK TEAGUE |
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BOOK |
The Thing That Bothered Farmer Brown |
TERI SLOAT |
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BOARD BOOK |
Baa! Who's On The Farm? |
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BOOK & TAPE |
Piggies |
AUDREY WOOD |
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CASSETTE |
Girls And Boys, Come Out To Play! |
THE BAROLK FOLK |
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VHS |
The Teddy Bears' Picnic |
ROSENSHONTZ |
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PUPPET |
White Lamb |
Read and sing Old MacDonald Had A Farm. Then invite children to
make animal stick puppets. Give each child a paper plate to color as an animal
face. Then use paint stirrers, rulers or dowels to make stick puppets. Sing the
song again using the stick puppets.
Introduce several stories with the lamb puppet. Let each child pet and
cuddle the lamb. Children can make their own lamb puppets out of brown paper
lunch bags and cotton balls. Make a "wooly" lamb by gluing cotton
balls onto the face of the puppet. Invite children to imitate the sounds of
lambs and sheep. Use the puppets as you sing Mary Had A Little Lamb and
recite Little Bo Peep.
The cassette Girls And Boys Come Out To Play is a delightful
change from most Mother Goose recordings. The Barolk Folk use the baroque style
of music to present familiar Mother Goose songs. Children will be
surprised to hear these "different" versions of their old favorites.
Play "Put the Snout on the Pig." Cut a 15 inch diameter circle
from posterboard. Draw inverted triangles for the pig's ears on the top of the
circle. Color the face pink if you have not used pink posterboard. Cut a 4 inch
diameter circle from the remaining posterboard for a snout. Draw two circles
for nostrils. Invite the children to pin the snout on the pig, using tape to
hold it in place.
The Farm
I went to visit a farm one day:
I saw a cow across the way,
And what d'you think I heard it say?
MOO, MOO, MOO.
(Repeat using different animals)
Little Piggy-Wig
Little piggy-wig on the farm close by,
(Raise one thumb)
All by himself he ran away from the sty.
The dog said "Woff,"
The cow said "Moo,"
The sheep said "Baa,"
The dove said "Coo,"
Little piggy-wig began to cry,
And as fast as he could he ran back to the sty.
(Hide thumb behind back)
White Sheep
This is the white sheep,
(Left hand is the sheep and right hand the shears)
The farmer cuts off the wool one day.
(Index and middle fingers make the blades that open and close)
The wool was spun into thread so fine,
And made into cloth for this coat of mine
.
Ask your local children's librarian about more fingerplays, activities and
books such as these recommended titles: