Storytime--Ice Cream!

Today was the first Storytime since school got out, so I had quite a few older kids today. This always means modifying Storytime for the older audience (in what questions you ask, how you read the books, ect.) This one went great! Ice cream is just a good topic. The kids loved all the books, and one little boy asked me if he could take out the Curious George book when we were done, which of course he could! The flannelboard was awesome, and the craft was great as ever.

Books:
Ice Cream King by Steve Metzger
Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems
Curious George Goes To An Ice Cream Shop by Alan J Shalleck and Margret Rey
The Ice Cream Shop by J.E. Morris


Flannelboard:



“Ice Cream Colors”
We have ice cream, the best in town,
Let us begin with chocolate brown.

Now, let us scoop us some bubble-gum pink,
It is sweet and yummy, the best, some think.

Here is ice cream minty and green,
It is the creamiest I have ever seen.

Yellow ice cream is lemony and tart,
We like its taste from the very start.

Scoops of blueberry would make my day,
Look at all this ice cream, hip, hip hurray!

Red ice cream is a strawberry delight,
All these scoops are a heavenly sight.

Vanilla white is a popular flavor,
It tastes very good to an ice-cream craver.

Purple ice cream really gives me a kick,
Good and yummy till the very last lick.

Ice cream, ice cream, what a cool sensation,
We love ice cream in any combination!

(from Storytime Katiehttp://storytimekatie.com/2014/04/04/flannel-friday-ice-cream-colors/)

Fingerplay:

5 little ice cream cones so good to eat.
The first one said, “I’m a summer time treat,”
The second one said, “It’s such a hot day,”
The third one said, “I’m melting away.”
The fourth one said, “Don’t lose your top!”
The fifth one said, “Oh dear,”
KERPLOP!

(from the Perry Public Library http://www.perrypubliclibrary.org/webfm_send/66)

Action Activity:

Ice Cream
I like ice cream. Yes I do!
One scoop for me?
No! Make it two!
Hmmm two scoops of ice cream,
I want more
How about three?
No, make that four!
1, 2, 3, 4,
Splat! “oh no! It’s on the floor!”

(from Sunflower Storytime http://sunflowerstorytime.com/2013/10/04/ice-cream/)

Craft:

Ice Cream Cones With Sprinkles



Print out an outline of a cone, and let the kids color and glue on "sprinkles" (torn paper) to their heart's delight. A total winner!