Storytime from the Liberry: The Letter M

I beg your pardon for not being up to date on my storytime posts. I was doing really good and scheduling time to post after each storytime every week....

That was about 5 weeks ago (the shame!)

The Letter M

If you have an older/more attentive group you can start out by asking them what things begin with the letter M. Moms, mountains, motorcycles, monkeys, moose and mustaches!

For interactive props, I cut up black mustaches and glued them on large craft sticks. The toddlers got to play with them throughout storytime and used them in our first book. And it quite delightful  (and surreal) to read a story to a room full of toddler and babies sporting little mustaches !

Welcome Song: The Wheels on the Bus

Book: Mustache Baby by Bridget Heos  

Song: Open Shut Them

Book: Ten Naughty Little Monkeys by Suzanne Williams

Fingerplay: Three Little Monkeys
Three little monkeys sitting in a tree (Hold up 3 fingers)
Eating a banana just like me (pretend to eat a banana)
One had a frown (Frown)
One had a grin (Smile)
And one had banana all over his chin! (rub chin)

Song: ABC Song
 

Book: Looking for a Moose by Phyllis Root - An action/movement book similar to "Going on a Bear Hunt" Onomatopoeia words for increasing vocabulary and phonological skills.

Dancing Song: Shake Your Sillies Out

Book: Two Little Monkeys by Mem Fox 

Closing Song: Wheels on the Bus

With enough research and effort this could easily be an all monkey story time with a focus on counting (add in 5 little Monkeys). A pursuit worth the effort for an older crowd, but I'll bet my toddlers might get bored with it pretty quick.

If you interested in doing a storytime that is all mustaches, look no further than the valuable resource that is Sunflower Storytime.