Fairy Tale Storytime
Scott Bahlmann
Opening: Shake My Sillies Out – Raffi
Book: Emerald Tree – Janet Palazzo-Craig
(I like this story, but the kids were a little antsy toward the end. Better told than read.)
Activity: The Cow Jumped...
(Had a cow puppet and a moon prop, started the Hey Diddle Diddle but had the cow jump under, behind, around, onto the moon. Finally the kids helped me get it right! from Liesl Johnson)
Book: The End – David LaRochelle
(This was a lot of fun. I first asked if anyone knew how a fairy tale ended, and one boy shouted out "And they all lived happily ever after" [bless him] which is how this story begins!)
Activity: The Troll -
from the CD Animal Songs by Geof Johnson
(The kids liked moving, but it felt kind of awkward. I think I just wasn't familiar enough with the song.)
Book: In the Foggy Foggy Forest - Nick Sharratt
(I thought this would be more popular, while the kids liked it they weren't all gung ho.)
Shadowplay: Masha and the Bear
(see the full version here)
(A traditional Russian tale that I made a shadowplay for during Russian Storytime.)
Book: Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox
(Very cute, quite a few words had the kids confused though I think. Still, they got the general meaning, the parents enjoyed it more.)
Activity: Dancing in Bubbles
(Played some classical music, it was a ballroom in my imagination at least!)