Cats Spanish and Bilingual Story Time: August 4th and 6th, 2011

Hora de Cuentos Plan:
Theme: Cats
Literacy Skill: Print Awareness

Walk-in song: Somos Felices

Welcoming comments

Literacy tip: Ask “Is this how you hold a book?” (upside down) and “Is  this where you start a book?” (last page to front page). 

Activity song:  Cabeza y Hombros

Fingerplay: Ábranlas, Ciérrenlas

1st story: La Primera Luna de Gatita/Kevin Henkes

Activity song: Marcha de las Letras

Fingerplay: Estos son mis deditos pulgares y les gusta bailar…

2nd story: Un Gato y un Perro/A Cat and a Dog/Bob Kolar 

Standing fingerplay: Cinco Pollitos

3-D story: ¡Ay, Ese Gato Gordo!(Drat That Fat Cat!)/Pat Thomson

4th story: Cool Cats Counting (Gatos Contando)/Sherry Shahan 

Instrument song: Jingle Bell Symphony *with bells

Stamp hands and bubbles

Hand stamp song: El Señor Don Gato/José-Luis Orozco (Canto y Cuento)

Bilingual Story Time Plan:
Theme: Cats
Literacy Skill: Print Awareness

Walk-in song: So Happy You're Here!/Hap Palmer

Welcoming comments

Literacy tip: Ask “Is this how you hold a book?” (upside down) and “Is  this where you start a book?” (last page to front page). 

Activity song:  Cabeza y Hombros

Fingerplay: Open/Shut Them

1st story: La Primera Luna de Gatita/Kevin Henkes

Activity song: Hands Are for Clapping/Jim Gill (Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song…)

Fingerplay: Cinco Pollitos

2nd story: A Cat and a Dog/Un Gato y un Perro/Bob Kolar

Standing fingerplay: Tommy Thumb

3-D story: ¡Ay, Ese Gato Gordo!(Drat That Fat Cat!)/Pat Thomson

4th story: Cool Cats Counting/Sherry Shahan 

Instrument song: Jingle Bell Symphony *with bells

Stamp hands and bubbles

Hand stamp song: El Señor Don Gato/José-Luis Orozco (Canto y Cuento)