I did this storytime back in March before we had toddler and baby storytimes, so this one was geared towards preschoolers!
Books we read
Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
A Cake All For Me by Karen Magnuson Beil
Songs we sang
Do You Know the Muffin Man?
Do you know the muffin man,
the muffin man, the muffin man?
Do you know the muffin man,
who lives on Drury Lane?
Hot Potato
We listened and danced to Hot Potato by the Wiggles on Spotify using our Bluetooth speaker.
Ten Little Cookies
1 little, 2 little, 3 little cookies
4 little, 5 little, 6 little cookies
7 little, 8 little, 9 little cookies
10 little cookies all for me!
Credit: King County Library System
Flannel Activity
Down Around the Corner
Down around the corner in the bakery shop
Were 5 little cookies with sprinkles on top
Along came someone with a nickel to pay
They bought a little cookie and took it away
Credit: Storytime Katie
Early Literacy Tip
Practice counting! Our song and flannel board activity were just practicing counting and now our book includes counting in a fun way. You can even practice counting how many snacks are on the plate or anything you see in everyday life. Learning counting skills helps with early numeracy and has been connected to improvements in early literacy, early learning, and has shown to lead to higher success in school.
Signs and Spanish Words
Dessert is postre in Spanish and the baby sign can be found here.
Cookie is galleta in Spanish and the baby sign can be found here.
Cake is pastel in Spanish and the baby sign can be found here.
How it went
We started out doing baking movements like stirring and rolling to get some energy out and then got into the first book. I did have some younger kids there since we don’t have a younger storytime and Pinkalicious was a bit long for them, but the older ones seemed to enjoy themselves.
Overall, this was a fun storytime and a fun theme with so many book options!