Preschool Program

Tyler Public Library

Amanda Stephen

Target Audience: Children of pre-school age, 2 to 4 years

Goals: To introduce books and some pre-literacy skills to preschoolers and caregivers. To
address an issue that many preschoolers face, a new sibling. To model how caregivers can be
doing movement, reading books, and singing songs with preschoolers in the home.
Promotion: Advertise on library website, library bulletin board, and make half-sheet fliers for
program. Go to apartment complexes near library to post and hand out fliers. Distribute fliers
to nearby HeadStarts and preschool programs and have them give to their students.
Location: Storyroom in Tyler Public Library
Length of Program: 35 minutes
Theme: New Babies
Outline:
Introduction: General Introduction and Rules2 minutes
Songs: 5 Little & Hands Go Up2 minutes
Book: Little Rabbits New Baby6 minutes
Flannelboard Game: Baby & Me3 minutes
Book: Big Brothers are the Best2 minutes
Song & Movement: Snowky Pokey4 minutes
Book: The New BabyMayer2 minutes
Flannelboard Game: Animal Babies4 minutes
Book: A New Baby Arrives4 minutes
Craft: Baby Feet craft5 minutes

Details:
Songs:
5 Little
5 little fingers on this hand (Hold up 5 fingers)
5 little fingers on that hand (Hold up 5 fingers on the other hand)
A dear little nose (Point to nose)
A mouth like a rose (Point to mouth)
Two little cheeks so tiny and fat (Point to cheeks)
Two eyes and two ears (Point to eyes and then ears)
And ten little toes (Point to toes)
That is the way the baby grows.

Hands Go Up
To the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
"Hands go up and hands go down,
I can turn myself around,
I can stand up on one shoe,
I can listen, so can you,
(Repeat first 4 lines)
I can sit, I'll show you how,
Storytime is starting now."
http://elementarylibraryroutines.wikispaces.com/Storytime

Snowey Pokey
You put your right mitten in, You take your right mitten out,
You put your right mitten in and you shake it all about.
You do the Snowey pokey and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.
Note continue with additional verses:
You put your left mitten in
You put your scarf in
You put your right boot in
You put your left boot in
You put your hat in
You put your snowself in
etc.
http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/winter/songs.htm
Games
Baby & Me
Ask children what children eat. Have flannels of different foods they can bring up and put on
flannelboard. Ask children what babies eat. Have flannel of a bottle a child can put on board.
Continue this process with what preschoolers/babies wear, what preschoolers/babies play, where
preschoolers/babies sleep. Make sure all children get at least one chance to place flannel on the
board.
Animal Babies
Have photos of adult animals and baby animals with Velcro on the back of them. Pass out cards
to children. Ask who has the card for the animal that can be milked flies etc. Have child
come put card on flannel board. Next ask who has the baby of that animal. Ask children what
the name of that baby animal is. Once group decides, or you tell them, what the name of the

baby animal is, have that child come place their animal on the board. Continue until all the
animals and their young are on the flannel board. Once again review the name of each animal
and the baby. List of possible pairs is below.
cow/calf
elephant/calf
dog/puppy
ape/baby
bear/cub
chicken/chick
duck/duckling
cat/kitten
kangaroo/joey
duck/duckling
goose/gosling
The Enchanted Learning website at
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/animals/Animalbabies.shtml offers a very
comprehensive list of the names of mother and baby animals
Craft
Baby Feet
Materials: Construction paper, Washable paint in a variety of colors OR Ink pads in variety of
colors, (Paper plates if using paint)
Instructions: Explain activity to child and caregiver. Give a piece of construction paper to each
child. Spread plates with paint on them or ink pads throughout craft area. Have each child, with
the assistance of caregiver, place the side of their fist in paint or on ink. Each child presses down
on construction paper with hand. Repeat with other hand. This makes the main part of the
babys foot. Have each child press a finger down in ink or paint and apply to paper to make
babys toes.
Books: * ones used in above storytime
*Barber, Nicola. The Big Day! A New Baby Arrives. New York: PowerKiDS Press, 2009.
Holub, Joan. What Can Our New Baby Do? A Lift-the-Flap Book. New York: Little Simon,
2004.
*Horse, Harry. Little Rabbits New Baby. Atlanta: Peachtree, 2006.
Landolf, Diane Wright. What a Good Big Brother! New York: Random House Childrens Books,
2009.
*Manushkin, Fran. Big Brothers are the Best. North Mankato, MN: Picture Window Books,
2012.

*Mayer, Mercer. The New Baby. New York: Random House, 1983.
Packard, Mary. The New Baby. New York: Childrens Press, 2004.
Richmond, Marianne. So Youre Going to be a Big Brother. Naperville, IL:Sourcebooks
Jabberwocky, 2009.
York, Sarah Mountbatten-Windsor, Dutchess of. Michael and His New Baby Brother. New
York: Sterling, 2007.