| Opening Song | Welcome by Carole Peterson |
| Calendar | The kids helped identify the Date, Day, Month, Season, and Weather |
| ASL | We learned the ASL for: My Name |
| Rhyming Match with National Holidays | The kids had to identify what two words rhymed with “Name”. I had the words the following words: Brain Rain Bananas for National Banana Day Animal Crackers for National Animal Cracker Day |
| Book | Animal Soup by Todd Doodler |
| Silly Rhyme | “My Name Is…” Hi, my name is Joe And I work in a button factory One day, my boss said to me, “Joe, are you busy?” I said no. “Push the button with your right hand.” (keeping pushing with right hand; add left hand, right foot, left foot) … One day, my boss said to me, “Joe are you busy?” I said yes!! Source: Storytime Katie Use Buzzers/or Buttons for Funny Sounds |
| Rhyme | Hickity Pickity Hickety-Pickety Bumble Bee Won’t you say your name for me? Briony Let’s Fly and Say it. Briony (make bumble bee go up and down with syllables) Let’s fly it fast! Briony Let’s fly it slow. Briony Hand out Bumble Bees/pom-poms. Have the kids move their bees up and down with syllables. If the crowd is too large, have guardians work one on one with their kids. Source: Adapted from Stories With Ms. Jenna |
| Game | Name Hunt Have guardians write their child’s name on a piece of post-it and then collect them. Put the names around the room and then have the children find their names. |
| Name Recognition Activity | Construction Paper and Goldfish Have the adults write out their kids’ names on paper. Then have the kids trace their names with the goldfish moving with the flow of the letters. |
| Dance Song | Bumbleebee by The Laurie Berkner Band The kids kept their Pom-Pom and danced with it. |
| Dance Song | What’s My Name from The Descendants |
| Cool Down | We melt all the way down to floor until we are laying down. We sing the Alphabet and count up to 5 and Down from 5. |
| Goodbye Song | Skidamarink by Old Town School of Folk Songs |
Storytime Craft: I saw several versions of this craft on the internet. For the crayons, I labeled the top of the crayon with the letters of my name and the bottom of the crayon with numbers. I also mentioned to the patrons they could label the crayon with its color.
