Storytelling3-5yrs

MONSTER MASH!

Target age group – 2 to 5 years

Books:

Rhymes/Songs:

  • If you’re a monster and you know it (to the tune of “If you’re happy and you know it”) 
   If you’re a monster and you know it, wave your arms,
   Additional verses: show your claws, gnash your teeth, stomp your feet.
  • Monster, monster, turn around 
   Monster, monster, turn around.
   Monster, monster, touch the ground.
   Monster, monster, reach up high.
   Monster, monster, squint your eyes.
   Monster, monster, show your teeth.
   Monster, monster, stamp your feet.
  • If I were a monster 
   If I were a happy monster, I’d go ha! ha! ha! (laugh)
   If I were a sad monster, I’d go boo, hoo, hoo,(rub eyes)
   If I were a mad monster, I’d go stomp, stomp, stomp,(stomp feet)
   If I were a scared monster, I’d go AAHH! AAHH! AAHH! (scream)
   But I’m just me, you see, so I’ll just dance, dance, dance!

Activities/Crafts:

  • Kids are invited to come dressed as monsters.
  • Monster masks made – Kids make masks from paper plates and a variety of collage materials provided – paper, wool, cello, stickers etc. A craft stick taped to the back of the mask enables kids to hold the mask in front of their face.
  • A dance around the library to the sounds of ABC kids ‘Scary songs and terrifying tunes’
  • Morning tea of green cordial and gummy worms.

(Vikki Hoskins, Shoalhaven Libraries - Sanctuary Point Branch)

Spooky Kooky Story Time

Target age group: 3 -5yrs

Recommended books:

Songs/Rhymes:

Craft:

  • Monster Shield (A shield with a "scary" monster picture on the front, which they cut out, decorate, and use to scare off any monsters they might encounter).

(Michael Scutti, Wagga Wagga City Library)

Scare up a good story

Target age group: 4 - 6 yrs

Books:

  • A Dark Tale by Ruth Brown
  • The Scared Little Bear by Keith Faulkner and Jonathan Lambert
  • Mr Beast by James Sage and Russell Ayto

Fingerplays, rhymes and songs:

  • The Ghost 
   There once was a ghost, (extend hand and wiggle fingers) 
   Who lived in a cave. (form hollow with palm for "cave") 
   She scared all the people (point to children) 
   And the animals away.
   She said "Boo" to a fox, (point at a child) 
   She said "Boo" to a bee, (point at a child) 
   She said "Boo" to a bear, (point at a child) 
   She said "Boo" to me! (point at self)
   Well, she scared that fox, (nod head "yes") 
   And she scared that bee. (nod head "yes") 
   She scared that bear, (nod head "yes") 
   But she didn't scare me! (shake head "no")
  • One Little Ghost 
   One little ghost flew down the street. (Wave hand through the air.)
   "I wonder," he said, "what I will meet-- (Place finger to temple, thinking.)
   One hairy spider, (Hold up one finger, then move hand like spider.)
   Two black cats, (Hold up two fingers, then put two fingers from each hand on head for cat ears.)
   Three wild witches with pointy hats, (Hold up three fingers, then place fingertips of hands together to form hat.)
   Four old owls in a hollow tree, (Hold up four fingers, then form an oval with both hands for eyes to look through.)
   And five brother bats to fly with me!  (Hold up five fingers, then hook thumbs of both hands together and flap fingers for bat wings.)
  • If I was a witch 
   If I was a witch (walking fingers) 
   I would climb on my broom (hold up index finger as broom)
   And fly away with a zoom zoom zoom (Put witch on broom and make her fly)
  • Sing the Wheels on the Bus 
   But instead of wheels, wipers, doors etc, have ghosts going boo, skeletons going rattle, monsters going roar and children going argh!
  • Five Monsters jumping on the bed (instead of five monkeys)
  • Dingle-Dangle Scarecrow
  • Old MacDonald had a haunted house 
   Eieio, and in that house he had a bat, eieio, with a flap flap here and a flap flap there, here a flap, there a flap everywhere a flap flap, old Macdonald had a haunted house, eieio
   with a  mummy (shuffle-shuffle), monster (roar roar), black cat (meow meow) , witch (cackle-cackle)
  • If you’re scared and you know it 
   Clap your hands, give a scream, cover your eyes, jump in the air

Craft:

  • Make the black cat from A Dark Tale. Using template, colour-in the cat, cut him out and assemble.

(Katrina Stolk, City of Canterbury Library)

Are you scared?

Target age group: 3-5 years

Recommended books:

Recommended finger rhymes and / or songs:

Ideas for activity and / or craft:

  • Dinosaur coloring page
  • Bear coloring page

(Michella McIntosh, Woollahra Library)

Batty about Books

Target age group: 3-5 years

Books:

Craft:

Fingerplay

  • Five little bats by Jenny Campbell 
   Hold up five fingers
   Five little bats crawling on the floor (make one hand creep like a caterpillar along the other arm)
   One flew away (link thumbs together and flap away)
   Then there were four

   Hold up four fingers
   Four little bats having from a tree (swing 4 fingers upside down)
   One flew away (link thumbs together and flap away)
   Then there were three

   Hold up three fingers
   Three little bats sleeping all day through (hold hands together and lay head on them)
   One flew away (link thumbs together and flap away)
   Then there were two

   Hold up two fingers
   Two little bats hiding from the sun (cover eyes with hands)
   One flew away (link thumbs together and flap away)
   Then there was one

   Hold up one finger
   One little bat not having fun (stick bottom lip out and look sad)
   He flew away (link thumbs together and flap away)
   Then there was none.
   Make a fist

(Jenny Campbell, Narrabri Library)

Batty for Books

Target age group: 3-5 years

Books:

Rhymes:

  • IF YOU ARE A MONSTER (sung to: If you’re happy and you know it) 
   If you’re a monster and you know it, wave your arms,
   If you’re a monster and you know it, wave your arms.
   If you’re a monster and you know it, then your arms will surely show it.
   If you’re a monster and you know it, wave your arms.
  • MONSTER HOKEY POKEY 
   You put your right claw in,
   You put your right claw out,
   You put your right claw in,
   And you shake it all about.
   You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around,
   That’s what it’s all about.

   Left claw etc.
   Right hoof etc.
   Left hoof etc.
   Monster head etc.
   Whole self etc.

   Continue with:
   ....show your claws.
   ....gnash your teeth.
   ....stomp your feet.
   ....growl out loud.
  • IF YOU EVER SEE A MONSTER (Tune: Did you ever see a lassie) 
   If you ever see a monster, a big ugly monster.
   If you ever see a monster, here’s what you do!
   Make this face.....and this face.....and this face.....and this face (have children make different kinds of faces)
   If you ever see a monster.  Be sure to shout...
   BOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
  • EENCY WEENCY/HUGEY GOOGEY SPIDER (use fingers to do actions) 
   Eency weency spider
   Climbed up the water spout
   Down came the rain
   And washed poor eency out
   Out came the sunshine
   And dried up all the rain
   So eency weency climbed
   Up the spout again!

   (use large spider hand puppet)
   Hugey Googey spider
   Climbed up the water spout
   Down came the thunderstorm
   And washed poor Hugey out.
   Out came the sunshine
   And dried up all the rain
   So Hugey/Googey climbed
   Up the spout again!
  • OLD MCMONSTER (Tune: Old MacDonald had a farm) 
   Old McMonster had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
   And on this farm he had a snake, E-I-E-I-O.
   With a hiss-hiss here, and a hiss-hiss there,
   Here a hiss, there a hiss,
   Everywhere a hiss-hiss.
   Old McMonster had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

   Old McMonster had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
   And on that farm he had a:
   Rat, with a scurry, scurry.
   Bat, with a flutter, flutter.
   Spider, with a creep, creep.
   Frog, with a ribbit, ribbit.
   Fly, with a buzz, buzz.

Felt board:

  • three billy goats gruff

Craft:

  • Bats on pegs fridge magnets 
   - bat shape templates
   - wooden pegs
   - coloured stickers for eyes
   - stick on magnet cut into strips for the pegs
   - glue/scissors
   - pencils/crayons/textas

(Sharon Jones, Kiama Public Library)

IT’S SPOOKY TIME!

Target Audience: 3-5 year olds

Books:

Songs/Rhymes:

  • I know a hairy bear (Play School Favourites)
  • The Tiger (Play School Favourites)
  • I’m not afraid (Best of Play School)
  • Scarytown (Listen)

Craft:

  • Purple Monster

Film:

  • Leonardo, the Terrible Monster

(Heike Ohrmann, Rockdale Library and Information Service)

Silly Scary Stories (Don't want to worry or upset the mums or carers by naming it 'Scary Stories')

Target age group: preschool to primary, 2 - 10 years old

Recommended books:

Recommended finger rhymes and/or songs:

  • Little Miss Muffet 
   Little Miss Muffet, 
   Sat on a tuffet,
   Eating her curds and whey,
   Along came a spider,
   Who sat down beside her,
   And frightened Miss Muffet away

   Little Miss Muffet,
   Sat on a tuffet,
   Eating her curds and whey,
   Along came a spider,
   Who sat down beside her,
   And said
   "Excuse me miss, is this seat taken?"

   Sing the rhyme then hold up the book 'Miss Muffet and the spider' by Sue Graves 
   and announce 'Lets find out what really happened' and read the book
  • Incy wincy spider (with a twist) 
   Try it, I was dubious at first but my granddaughter (18 months) loves it sung this way 
   and the mums of our story time participants told us how the children would repeat this version at home. 
   Don't forget the actions!

   Insy wincy spider crawled up the water spout,
   Down came the rain and washed poor Insy out.
   Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain,
   So, Insy wincy spider crawled up the spout again.

   Now with a big deep, deep voice sing.....

   The big fat hairy spider crawled up the water spout,
   Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
   Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain,
   So the big fat hairy spider crawled up the spout again.

   Then with a very high squeaky voice sing.....

   The itsy bitsy spider crawled up the water spout,
   Down came the rain and wash the spider out.
   Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain,
   So the itsy bitsy spider crawled up the spout again.

Ideas for activity and or craft:

  • COLOURING IN - S is for spider colouring and maze activity sheet
  • SPIDER WEB (Easier to show than to describe) 
   Make one to show the children and carers the end result (My daughter used this idea at playgroup, without the web, the kids just placed lots of items between the contact and the kids loved it. We have ours hanging in a window)

   Materials
   - Piece of contact, a rectangle bigger than A4, when folded in half is a square
   - Wool, cut into strands about 30cm or let the children cut their own lengths
   - Wool handle so the web can hang up in a window, etc.
   - Cotton wool, use a large pad of cotton wool and pull apart for thin threads
   - printed pictures of spiders or have the children draw and cut out their own

   Instructions
   - Peel back half of the contact backing
   - Place wool on the sticky contact in the shape of a spider's web (to make it easier have a printed spider web page to place underneath)
   - Add thin cotton wool threads
   - Have a piece of wool in the middle at the top so you can hang the web
   - Don't' forget to place the spider on the web
   - Peel back the remaining contact and place carefully over so everything is sealed in the contact

(Cheryl Harvey, Thornton Library)

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