Story Time Theme – Grandparents

This was my last week of story times for the fall season and I decided it was high time we celebrated grandparents.  My grandparents live half-way across the country and I don’t get to see them as much as I would like. Plus they are getting older and as their health starts to decline, I’d really like to see them more often.  So with them heavy on my mind, I decided we’d talk all about grandparents at story time this week.

Opening

• Traditional: Put Your Hands Up In the Air (song) & Open Shut Them (fingerplay)
• Parachute: Rockin’ the Chute (Shakin’ the Chute music CD)
• Yoga: Warm-up (Rock n Roll, Zip up Spine, Deep Breaths, Cat/Cow, Dog)

Book 1: Banjo Granny by Sarah Martin Busse

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: What Grandmas/Grandpas Do Best by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Transition (changes weekly)

• Traditional: Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
• Parachute: Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes – move the parachute to each part of the body
• Yoga: Balance (Poses: Mountain, Star, Shifting-weight Star Pose, Falling Star, Tree)

Book 3: The Napping House by Audrey Wood

Closing

• Traditional: Shake Your Sillies Out Puppet Show
• Parachute: Freeze (Shakin’ the Chute music CD)
• Yoga: Cool-down (Poses: Bridge, Happy Baby Pose, Star Pose/Deep Breaths)