Last year, I learned the hard way about using Dr. Seuss in story time settings. I actually attempted four stories with some adaptations for length, but it was still horribly long. For this year's Dr. Seuss celebration, my game plan was to use one of the shorter Dr. Seuss stories and/or clip back pages and use it as inspiration for the theme. After looking through some of the Spanish options, I settled on One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and selected other "fish" stories. For One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, I skipped every other two page spread, which really helped with length and didn't take away from the silly shenanigans since it's the kind of story that doesn't have to be read page by page. (When I adapt stories, I also make sure to tell the audience that if they check out such and such book, it might not be exactly the same as the way I read or told the story.)
Hora de Cuentos Plan:
Theme: Dr. Seuss/Fish
Literacy Skill: Print Awareness
Walk-in song: La Fiesta/Tatiana (Serie Millennium, disc 1)
Welcoming comments
Literacy tip: Cuando usted lee un libro con su hijo, ponga su dedo debajo de las palabras para que sepan que usted está leyendo las palabras--no los dibujos. Señalando letras y las palabras le permite saber a los niños que la palabra escrita es útil.
Activity song: Pimpón/José-Luis Orozco (Diez Deditos)
Fingerplay: Al Subir una Montaña
1st story: Clic, Clac, Plif, Plaf/Doreen Cronin
Activity song: Un Pulpito/Charlotte Diamond (Soy Una Pizza)
Fingerplay: Riquirrín y Riquirrán
2nd story: Un Pez, Dos Peces, Pez Rojo, Pez Azul/Dr. Seuss
Standing fingerplay: La Cafetera
3-D story: El Pez Arco Iris (The Rainbow Fish)/Marcus Pfister *book prop
4th story: Un Cuento Curioso de Colores *big book
Instrument song: Todos Mis Juguetes/Colibri (En el Lejano Bosque) *with rhythm sticks
Stamp hands and bubbles
Hand-stamp song: Cochecito de Música/Francisco Gabilondo Soler ( Cri Cri 100 Años, disc 2)
Bilingual Story Time Plan:
Theme: Dr. Seuss/Fish
Literacy Skill: Print Awareness
Walk-in song: Have Some Fun Today/Imagination Movers (Eight Feet)
Welcoming comments
Literacy tip: When you read a book to your child, put your finger under the words, so that they know you are reading words--not pictures. Pointing out letters and words lets children know that written words are useful. Cuando usted lee un libro con su hijo, ponga su dedo debajo de las palabras para que sepan que usted está leyendo las palabras--no los dibujos. Señalando letras y las palabras le permite saber a los niños que la palabra escrita es útil.
Activity song: Pimpón/José-Luis Orozco (Diez Deditos)
Fingerplay: Al Subir una Montaña
1st story: Clic, Clac, Plif, Plaf/Doreen Cronin
Activity song: Octopus/Charlotte Diamond (10 Carrot Diamond)
Fingerplay: I'm a Little Teapot
2nd story: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish/Dr. Seuss
Standing fingerplay: Riquirrín y Riquirrán
3-D story: El Pez Arco Iris (The Rainbow Fish)/Marcus Pfister *book prop
4th story: Ten Little Fish/Audrey Wood
Instrument song: Todos Mis Juguetes/Colibri (En el Lejano Bosque) *with rhythm sticks
Stamp hands and bubbles
Hand-stamp song: The Unbirthday Song/Sharon, Lois, & Bram (The Elephant Party)
The Craft: Fishbowl of Color
For the craft, I sent kids home with a sandwich baggie with ten little fish (every bag had 10 fish: two red, purple, blue, green, and yellow fish, so no one could argue) and a cut-out of a fishbowl. I just hand drew it on white construction paper and had a volunteer use it as a template, but there are plenty of coloring pages online that could be used instead. I cut little fish with a die-cut available at the library. I did discover that my local media center for teachers in my county (and county librarians and library assistants) have a big die-cut of a fish bowl. Next time!
You'll need:
-white construction paper (cut in fishbowl shape)
-tiny fish (cut in a variety of colors; my library happened to have a die-cut for tiny fish)
-I sent the kids home with the craft, but you could provide glue sticks or white glue in small containers with a coffee stirrer or Q-tip to use for dipping after your program to have the children glue their fish.
Instructions for the kids:
-Glue your fish! Count them! Name the colors!
