"Snuggle Up" Storytime

BOOKS

Llama Llama Red Pajama, by Anna Dewdney


I Dare You Not to Yawn, by Helene Boudreau


Kiki's Blankie, by Janie Bynum


SONGS/FINGERPLAYS

Fuzzy Wuzzy Blanket

Oh I wish I was a fuzzy wuzzy blanket
That is what I'd truly like to be
"Cuz if I was a fuzzy wuzzy blanket
Everyone would snuggle up with me!

I Have a Fuzzy Blanket

I have a fuzzy blanket
To Snuggle in at night
I wrap it all around me
And pull it warm and tight.

FLANNEL BOARD

I once had a blanket.
It was fluffy and new.
I once had a blanket,
And its color was __________ (blue).

I once had a blanket,
The prettiest I’ve seen.
I once had a blanket,
And its color was ________ (green).

I once had a blanket,
Soft as a pillow.
I once had a blanket,
And its color was _______ (yellow).

I once had a blanket,
At the foot of my bed.
I once had a blanket,
And its color was ________ (red).

I cut out rectangles of felt in the four colors to use on the flannel board.  I talked about rhyming words before hand (Llama Llama book has some rhyming words that we "practiced" ahead of time).  I ask the kids to guess what color they think it is in the rhyme. 

We also did "10 in the Bed" Flannel Board song/activity. We had done it before.  

There were 10 in the bed and the "red" one said, roll over, roll over, so they all rolled over and ____ fell out.

I have the kids name the color of bear that rolls off, and continue on until all that is left on the bed is the red one, and he says "ahhh, alone at last!"

CRAFT/ACTIVITY

"Quilt" out of cardstock and construction paper

 Just drew a grid on a piece of cardstock. These are 3x3 squares, so then cut 3x3 pieces of colorful construction paper. I also cut some of the 3x3 construction paper squares into triangles, so that the older kids could have a little more 'challenge'.  They could glue them onto the cardstock however they wanted, but I did challenge the little bit older kids to think about some type of pattern with the shapes and colors.

 I had Baby Llama pictures printed out on cardstock to glue to a  craft stick, that that Baby Llama could then cover up under their new quilt.