Picnic Storytime

Preschool – Picnic

IntroductionWelcome by Miss Carole
Daily ReportMonth, Day, Season, Weather
ASLOutside
BookDon’t Feed the Bears by Kathleen Doherty
ShapesPicnic Shapes
Have three different plate shapes with different food shapes. Kids tell me what food shape matches what plate.

Inspiration: Turner Tot
Book 
Weekly RhymeThis is Big, Big, Big (Long Version)
Group ActivityAnt Invaders
Have the kids help create a cheeseburger by identifying the ingredients.
Then hide the ant and have the kids tell you where it is hiding.

Source: The Mailbox
Prepositional Work/Caregiver ActivityButton Ants
Hand out each child a button and an ant. Have kids place their ant in relation to the button based on the preposition paper.
Action RhymeWatermelon, Watermelon
Tune: Are you Sleeping? Watermelon, watermelon,
Red and Green! Red and Green! Let’s take all the seeds out.
Let’s take all the seeds out.
And count them!
And count them!
Source: The Mailbox
Action RhymeAnts at the Picnic
Tune: Skip To My Lou  

Chorus:
Ants at the picnic, what’ll I do? Ants at the picnic, what’ll I do? Ants at the picnic, what’ll I do? Guess I’ll eat real fast! (Pretend to gobble food)  

Ants, ants, ants on my feet, (shake feet)
Ants, ants, ants on my knees, (shake knees)
Ants, ants, ants in my pants, (jump around)
Gotta’ get rid of those ants!  

(Repeat chorus)  

Ants, ants, ants on my hands, (shake hands)
Ants, ants, ants on my arms, (shake arms above your head)
Ants, ants, ants down my shirt, (shake shirt)
Gotta’ get rid of those ants!  

(Repeat chorus)  

Ants, ants, ants on my ears, (shake head, brush ears)
Ants, ants, ants on my tongue, (shake tongue)
Ants, ants, ants in my hair, (shake hair) Gotta’ get rid of those ants!  

(Repeat chorus)  

Source: Storytime Around the Year by Kimberly K. Faurot
Activity SongScampering Ants
Have the kids crawl around the floor while I play music. When the music stops, the kids have to quickly go hide in a nest. Source: Busy Bees: Fun for Two’s and Threes
Dance SongThe Ants Go Marching by Doggyland (with bean bag)
Have kids try to dance with the beanbag on their head without dropping it.
Dance SongPeanut Butter Jelly Time by Party City
Closing SongsABC’s and Counting to 10.
Goodbye songSkidamarink By Old Town School of Folk Music

Craft:

Take-Home Worksheet:

Toddlers – Picnic

IntroductionHello Everybody by Miss Carole
Daily ReportMonth, Season, Weather
Weekly RhymeClap, Clap, Clap Your Hands
ASLOutside
BookWatermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli
Food IdentificationWhat’s in my Picnic Basket?
Pull out food and silly items for kids to identify whether each item belongs at a picnic.
Book I Love Bugs! by Philemon Sturges
Weekly RhymeThis is Big, Big, Big (Short Version)
Prepositional Body WorkHand each child a plastic ant.
Have kids try to balance the ant on different body parts.
*On their head
* In their pocket
*Out of their pocket
Movement RhymeThe Ants Go Marching
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah.
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah.
The ants go marching one by one.
The little one stops to suck his thumb.
And they all go marching down to the ground to get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ants go dancing one by one, ta-da! ta-da!
The ants go jumping one by one, pop pop, pop pop
The ants go spinning one by one, dizzy, dizzy.
My own adaptation with different movements from the original rhyme.
Finger RhymeWatermelon Has One Black Seed
Tune: Do You Know the Muffin Man?

Watermelon has one black seed,
One black seed,
One black seed.
Watermelon has one black seed,
Pretty watermelon.  

Count up to three.
Source: King County Library System
Dance SongHot Potato by The Wiggles/Lenny Pearce
Dance SongSpaghetti Legs by Jim Gill
Closing SongsABC’s and Counting to 5
Goodbye songSkidamarink By Old Town School of Folk Music

Craft:



Take-Home Worksheet