Toddler Storytime Theme: Counting
Today’s storytime is Toddler Storytime Theme: Counting! Because what small child doesn’t like to help with storytime by counting. Check out these great diverse counting books that expose kids to different languages, cultures, and races.
Books:
- Can You Count Ten Toes? by Lezlie Evans (We counted in English on most of these pages, but I did ask each group if they spoke any of the languages to help us out)
- Island Counting 1 2 3 by Frané Lessac
- One is a Drummer: A Book of Numbers by Roseanne Thong
Fingerplays, Flannelboards, Rhymes & Songs:
- Song: “Put Your Hands Up In the Air”
- Fingerplay/Flannelboard: 5 Little Monkeys “No More Monkeys” by Asheba, Putumayo Kids Presents: Animal Playground
- Flannel Board/Movement Song: “A Yellow Squash” based on “A Douglas Fir”
A yellow squash, a yellow squash (hold hands together above your head to create the neck of a gourd)
An orange jack-o’-lantern (draw a large circle using both your arms to create a pumpkin shape) and a yellow squash
A yellow squash, a yellow squash
An orange jack-o’-lantern and a yellow squash
Red oak leaf (flutter hands down to the ground as if leaves are falling), red oak leaf, An orange jack-o’-lantern and a yellow squash
Red oak leaf, red oak leaf,
An orange jack-o’-lantern and a yellow squash
- Song: “Gettin’ My Ya-Ya’s Out” by Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could, Just Say Hi!
- Rhyme: “Two Little Blackbirds”
Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill.
One named Jack and one named Jill.
Fly away Jack, flay away Jill.
Come back Jack, come back Jill.
Two little blackbirds flying in the sky.
One named Low and one named High…
Two little blackbirds sitting on a pole.
One named Fast and one named Slow…
Two little blackbirds sitting on a gate.
One named Early and one named Late…
Two little blackbirds sitting on a car
One named Near and the other named Far…
Two little blackbirds sitting on a cloud
One named Quiet and the other named Loud…
Two little blackbirds sitting on a mast
One named Slow and the other named Fast…
- Puppet Show: “Shake Your Sillies Out”
For even more storytime themes, stop by my comprehensive list of themed and theme-less storytimes for kids from birth to Kindergarten.