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Leah Oswald's Preschool Storytime Program Page

 

 

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Written by Deborah Diesen

Illustrated by Dan Hanna

(Farrar Straus Giroux 2008)



 

 

Written by Lucy Cousins

(Candlewick Press 2005)

 

 

 

 

 

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Under the Sea! Let's Read Books About Ocean Friends!

 

ALSC Competencies:

 

I. Knowledge of Client Group

  1. Understands theories of infant, child, and adolescent learning and development and their implications for library service.

     6.  Understands and responds to the needs of parents, caregivers, and other adults who use the resources of the children's department. 

     7.  Cultivates an environment which provides for enjoyable and convenient access to and use of library resources.

 

III. Communication Skills

     4. Communicates effectively when addressing or presenting to large or small groups of children and/or adults.

 

VI. Programming Skills

  1. Designs, promotes, presents, and evaluates a variety of programs for children of all ages, based on their developmental needs and interests and the goals of the library.
  2. Identifies and utilizes skilled resource people to present programs and information.
  3. Provides library outreach programs which meet community needs and library goals and objectives.
  4. Establishes programs and services for parents, individuals and agencies providing childcare, and other professionals in the community who work with children.
  5. Promotes library programs and services to underserved children and families.

 

Age Group of Audience: Preschool Ages 3-6

 

Books:

 


I Am the Biggest Thing in This Ocean written by Kevin Sherry

A giant squid brags about being bigger than everything else in the ocean--almost.

 

Hooray for Fish! written by Lucy Cousins

Little Fish has all sorts of fishy friends in his underwater home, but loves one of them most of all. Hooray for Fish! uses bright, colorful illustrations with simple, fun rhyming.

 

The Pout-pout Fish written by Deborah Diesen and illustrated by Dan Hanna

The pout-pout fish believes he only knows how to frown, even though many of his friends suggest ways to change his expression, until one day a fish comes along that shows him otherwise.

 

Activities including fingerplays, songs, and readings:

 

Opening/Ritual Songs  [4 minutes]

 

“Hello Song” (Tune: Skip to Lou)

Source: Story Time Secrets

http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/p/hello-and-goodbye-songs.html

 

“If You’re Ready” (Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It)

Source: storytime katie

http://storytimekatie.com/songs-rhymes/openingclosing-songs/

 

 

Read Book #1: I Am the Biggest Thing in This Ocean. Sherry, Kevin.   [4 minutes]

 

Action Rhyme [3 minutes]

 

“I’m a Little Octopus”

Action Rhyme_Octopus.docx

 

Read Book #2: Hurray for Fish. Cousins, Lucy.  [4 minutes]

 

Movement Rhyme/Songs:  [4 minutes]

 

“Waves on the Sea” (Tune: Wheels on the Bus)

Source: SurLaLune Storytime

http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/storytime/fish/

 

“Did You Ever See a Fishy?” (Sung with fish finger puppet or hands shaped like a fish)

Source: King County Library System

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBLZ8xwEDvg

 

Read Book #3: The Pout Pout Fish. Diesen, Deborah [5 minutes]

 

Closing Songs                      [2 minutes]

 

Sing ABCs

 

“We Wave Goodbye Like This” (Tune: “Farmer in the Dell”)

Source: Story Time Secrets

http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/p/hello-and-goodbye-songs.html

 

 

Hands-on Learning Component:

 

Children will create an octopus craft as an enrichment activity following the ocean-themed stories read in storytime. The storytime presenter will circulate around the room modeling behavior that is supportive to preschool learning and helping the children and parents as they complete their craft.

Instructions:   

  1. Cut seven lines for eight legs on paper stopping in the middle
  2.  Add white reinforcement labels to legs to represent the octopus suckers in today’s story
  3.  Draw a face
  4. Curl up legs
  5.  Staple the octopus body closed
  6. Punch two holes in top on opposite sides
  7. Attach a string

 

 

Materials List: 

Paper (folded in half with bottom half scored with seven lines for eight octopus legs)

Reinforcement Labels 

Scissors

Markers 

Stapler

Hole punch

String

 

Caregiver Involement and/or ECRR2 Family Education:

 

Early Literacy Skill: Phonological Awareness

 

Modeling Behaviors:

As I sing songs with the children, we clap out word syllables to emphasize word parts.

 

Early Literacy Aside for Caregivers: 

Singing slows down language and places emphasis on each syllable, or word part. When we sing to children, it helps them to hear different sounds in words. The ability to hear, recognize, and use different sounds will help children develop stronger literacy skills over time. 

 

 

Early Literacy Skill: Vocabulary Awareness

 

Modeling Behaviors:

As I read The Pout-pout Fish, I emphasize vocabulary that may not be familiar to a preschooler. I act out words with expression, inflection, or motion to help children understand word meaning.

 

Early Literacy Aside for Caregivers: 

Today’s book, The Pout Pout Fish, uses several words children may not yet understand. When explaining a new word, you can relate it to a word your child already knows. For example, a scowl means a frown. Having a large vocabulary and knowing the names of things is one of the skills needed when children begin sounding out words and reading. 

 

References

 

Association for Library Service to Children. 2009. Competencies for Librarians Serving Children in Public Libraries. http://www.ala.org/alsc/edcareeers/alsccorecomps (accessed November 23, 2014).

 

Cousins, Lucy. Hooray for Fish! Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2005.

 

Diesen, Deborah and Dan Hanna (Illustrator). The Pout-pout Fish. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008.

 

Octopus Craft. Photograph from the Personal Collection of Leah Oswald. Used with permission.

 

Sherry, Kevin. I Am the Biggest Thing in This Ocean. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2007.  

 

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