Music Storytime
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Where possible, authors are noted.
Play music on a CD and give each child a musical instrument to play while the music is playing. Some great Children's musical instruments are egg shakers, maracas, jingle bells attached to a circle of ribbon, drums, triangles, and much more.
Books:
Here we go 'round the mulberry bush by Iza Trapani
I Ain't gonna paint no more by Karen Beaumont
Five little monkeys sitting in a tree by Eileen Christelow
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
There was an old lady who swallowed a shell by Lucille Colandro
The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani
Craft:
Option 1
Create a small square pouch out of paper (half of an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper) and fill with beans or macaroni. Tape securely so children will be unable to tear into it. Have children color the pouch or print out a sheet that fits over the pouch with musical instruments on it and have them color that first, then attach with tape to pouch.
Option 2:
Fill toilet paper rolls with beans or macaroni. Cover with colored Duct Tape and give to the children as a take home shaker
Option 3:
Take two styrofoam or paper plates, put together and fill with beans or macaroni, securely tape or staple the entire way around the outside of the plates.