Elephant Theme Story Time

Although it rained for a while when I brought daughter to the public library for the preschool story program today, about 20 kids attended it too. Today's theme was about elephants and here is the outline of the program.

1. Nursery Rhyme Finger Play
Five Little Monkeys
5 little monkey’s swinging in the tree
teasing Mr. Alligator can’t catch me….can’t catch me
along came Mr. Alligator quiet as can be
and snapped that monkey out that tree

2. Brief facts about African Elephants' nose and what the nose can do
3. Read book 'Little Elephant's Clever Trick'
4. Read book 'Never Mail an Elephant'

5. Poem 'One Elephant Went Out to Play'

One elephant went out to play,
Upon a spider's web one day.
He had such enormous fun,
That he called for another elephant to come!

Two elephants went out to play...

6. Read book 'Elmer'
7. Song & book ' If you're happy and you know it'
8. Circle song 'The more we get together'
9. Craft: color your own 'Elmer' elephant and free elephant bookmark.