Hats – Preschool – LIBRIONYIAN

Opening Song

We clap and sing hello,
We clap and sing hello,
With our friends at storytime,
We clap and sing hello!

We wave and sing hello…
We stomp and sing hello…

Books

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Magritte’s Marvelous Hat by D.B. Johnson
The Queen’s Hat by Steve Antony
This Is Not My Hat by John Klassen

Matching Game

The kids identified the different occupations and then had to match the head to the body. I found the template at Powerful Mothering.

Action Rhymes

I am Wearing a Hat

I am wearing a hat.
I am wearing a hat.
Look at me-e.
Look at me-e.
I am wearing a hat.
Source: Story Time with Signs & Rhymes

I had the kids start off saying this quietly and then we progressed our noise level.

Hats
A cowboy wears a cowboy hat (Hands encircle head)
As he gallops on his horse.(Gallop)
Firefighters hats keep them safe (Hands encircle head)
As fires run their course.(Spraying motion with hose)
A clown wears a point hat (Hands form point on head)
And a smile upon his face (Draw smile on face)
And astronauts wear helmets, (Encircle face with hands)
When blasting into space. (Palms together, shoot hands up to sky.)
Source: CarolSimonLevin

The Magic Hat
Tune: The Farmer in the Dell

Put on your magic hat. (Pretend to put on hat.)
Put on your magic hat. (Pretend to put on hat.)
Oh, you can do most anything (Spread hands wide.)In your magic hat!

You can hop and hop and hop…etc.
You can make a face…etc.
Close with: You can sit right down…etc.
“Sometimes it is hard to keep the hat on your head:”
Source: CarolSimonLevin

Tall Hat, Short Hat

Tall hat, (arms straight up on either side of head)
Small hat (hands cupped just above head)
Big hat (arms outspread) Cap (hands cover head)
Let me take them off again (repeat motions in reverse)
And put them in my lap. (fold hands in lap)
Source: readVirginia