Opposites - A Storytime Outline

This was fun theme to present to the children. The books were great and the flannel board was awesome!

T = Toddler Storytime
P = Preschool Storytime

BOOKS

A Garden of Opposites written and illus. by Nancy Davis(T)

Where is the Green Sheep? written by Mem Fox and illus. by Judy Horacek (T)
I ::LOVE:: this book! Any chance to tie into a program theme I will read it!

Opposnakes: A Lift-the Flap Book About Opposites written and illus. by Salina Yoon (T)
The toddlers liked the pictures in this book, especially they unfolded and made the book really long!

Round Trip written and illus. by Ann Jonas (P)
I saw a Children's Librarian read this book back when I was a Library Assistant years and years ago and ever since I had wanted to read the book in my own storytime. Finally I have!

Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit written and illus. by Catherine Rayner (P)
This is such a fun book! I love the ending as did the kids!

Big Smelly Bear written and illus. by Brita Teckentrup (P)
The parents thought that this was a funny book!

SONGS & RHYMES

Opening Rhyme: Open, Shut Them (T, P)
(follow actions)
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Give a little clap
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Lay them in your lap
Creep them, creep them up to your chin
Open your mouth wide, but don't put your fingers in!
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Give a big clap
Open, shut them
Lay them in your lap.

Five Clean and Dirty Pigs (T, P)
Five pigs so squeaky clean
Cleanest you've ever seen
Wanted to go outside and play
Oink! Oink!
One jumped into the mud
Landed with a big THUD! (make a big clap to some sound effect, if you want)
Then there were four clean squeaky pigs.

Repeat, counting down

One pig so squeaky clean
Cleanest you've ever seen
Wanted to go outside and play
Oink! Oink!
He jumped into the mud
Landed with a THUD
Then there were no more clean squeaky pigs

Remember to count how many dirty piggies you have! 
Source: Mel's Desk via Storytime Katie 

The Itsy Bitsy Spider (T, P)
(follow actions with your fingers and arms)
The itsy bitsy spider (move your fingers like a spider going upward)
went up the water spout.
Down came the rain (wiggle your fingers like rain is falling)
and washed the spider out! (sweep with your hands like the a wave of water washed the spider out)
Out came the sun (raise arms overhead in a circle to make a sun)
and dried up all the rain.
And the itsy bitsy spider (make your finger spider go upwards again!)
went up the spout again! 

The Great Big Hairy Spider (T, P)
tune: The Itsy Bitsy Spider
(follow actions)
The great big hairy spider
climbed up the water spout.
Down came the rain
and washed the spider out!
Out came the sun
and dried up all the rain.
And the great big hairy spider
climbed up the spout again!

Closing Rhyme: Touch Your Nose (T, P)
(follow actions)

Touch your nose

Touch your chin

That's the way this game begins

Touch your eyes

Touch your knees

Now pretend you're going to sneeze!

Aaachooooo!

Touch your hair

Touch one ear

Touch your two red lips right here

Touch your elbow where it ends

And that's the way this touch game ends.

FLANNEL BOARD

Five Clean and Dirty Pigs (T, P)
I saw the flannel boards for this on both Mel's Desk and Storytime Katie's blogs and fell in love. The pigs are adorable! So, obviously I had to make some for myself. The rhyme was a a huge hit!

CRAFT

Clean Pig, Dirty Pig (T)
Inspired by our flannel board, the toddlers got to make a craft that hand on clean pig and one dirty pig. A lot of the children actually understood the concept!

Black and White Pictures (P)
This craft was based off of Jonas' book. The children had to glue random shapes made from white construction paper on to a sheet of black construction paper. I had made a funny looking boat on a lake. Some of the resulting pictures were cars, rockets, and balloons. It was fun to see the imagination flowing in the artwork!

ACTIVITY

Egg Shakers (T, P)
We all got to play with the egg shakers. We shook them really hard and fast to make it loud. Then we shook them slow and soft to make it quiet. We shook toward the sky and down by the ground as well as in front of us and behind us. Egg shakers are always a lot of fun!

PICTURE

Piggies are soooo cute!

Five Clean and Dirty Pigs flannel board,
Created by Dorothy WP-CC, 2011

Clean Pig, Dirty Pig, Toddler Storytime craft,
Created by Dorothy WP-CC, 2011