Pouring rain forecast for this weekend, but we’ve had some lovely spring days so I planned a Rainbow storytime to keep things bright.
- Opening:
- ♫ Clap and Sing Hello ♫
- ♫ Wheels on the bus ♫
- I ain’t gonna paint no more by Karen Beaumont and David Catrow
- ♫ Open Shut them ♫
- ♫ These are the colours that we know ♫
- Felt: Make a rainbow
- ♫ Can you find the colours ♫
- A colour of his own by Leo Lionni
- Little Chameleon’s Colour Game
- ♫ If You’re wearing any red ♫
- ♫ Bend and stretch ♫
- Wiggle my fingers
- Last short story: Duckie’s rainbow by Frances Barry
- Game: Green says go go go… (using felt props)
- Closing Songs:
- ♫ Roly Poly goodbye ♫
- ♫ We wave goodbye like this ♫
Other story options:
- Lemons Are NOT Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
- Butterfly, Butterfly by Pert Horacek
- Planting a Rainbow Lois Ehlert
- Wow said the owl by Tim Hopgood
- Little white rabbit by Kevin Henkes