Houses
/In retrospect, it seems silly to do a storytime just about houses and not HOMES, but that's what I did. I will definitely change this around a bit if I decide to redo it and use some stories about apartments and trailer homes too.
BOOKS:
We read The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson and The Napping House by Audrey & Don Wood.
The House in the Night didn't work as well as I had hoped. With some practice reading the pictures out loud, it could work fairly well, but it isn't a match for The Napping House, my tried and true favorite.
FINGERPLAY:
For our between-the-stories activity, we did "Here is a House."
Here is a house build up high (hands over head to make a roof)
With two big chimneys reaching for the sky (raise arms up high)
Here is a window (draw a square with your hands)
Here is a door (pretend to open door)
If we look inside (pretend to look inside)
There’s a mouse on the floor! (scamper fingers away)
SONG:
We listened to "Rooms" by Tim Kubart.
CRAFT:
I was inspired by Storytime Katie's paperbag houses so we made our own. I love how they turned out and the kids liked adding all the windows and doors.