Story Time Theme – Orange
This week’s story time theme is the color and the fruit – ORANGE! I have found that color themes are really easy to do because you can find a bunch of stories that incorporate a certain color. This fall I choses orange for the obivous reason that it works really well for pumpkin and fall leaves stories. Many of our families do not dress-up for Halloween so I’ve stopped reading strictly Halloween stories and focus more on Fall themed stories.
Opening
- Traditional: Put Your Hands Up In the Air (song) & Open Shut Them (fingerplay)
- Parachute: Rockin’ the Chute (Shakin’ the Chute CD)
- Yoga: Warm-up (Rock n Roll, Zip up Spine, Deep Breaths, Cat/Cow, Dog)
Book 1: The Ugly Pumpkin by, Dave Horowitz
Transition
- Traditional: 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
- Parachute: When the Parachute Goes Up Song (sung to the tune of If You’re Happy and You Know It)
- Yoga: Sun Salutations (Poses: Mountain, Reach Up, Touch the Ground, Hands at Knees (flat back), Plank Pose, Cobra, Downward Facing Dog, Walk Toward Hands, Repeat)
Book 2: Roadwork by, Sally Sutton / Armadillo’s Orange by, Jim Arnosky (for Yoga Story Time)
Transition (changes weekly)
- Traditional: Jumpin’ In the Leaves (Makin’ Music ~ Jumpin’ In the Leaves)
- Parachute: Fast and Slow (The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band) – shake parachute fast and slow
- Yoga: Core Strengthening (Poses: Cobra, Whale, Bow, Ball, Boat)
Book 3: We’re Going On a Leaf Hunt by, Steve Metzger
Closing
- Traditional: Shake Your Sillies Out Puppet Show
- Parachute: Freeze (Shakin’ the Chute CD)
- Yoga: Cool-down (Poses: Bridge, Happy Baby Pose, Star Pose/Deep Breaths)