Today we had lots of story-time fun with pockets! Our first book this morning was:
A Sock is a Pocket for Your Toes (a pocket book), by Elizabeth Garton Scanlon. This rhyming book about pockets has a fun, light cadence that kept the children laughing!
We also read: Peek in my Pocket (a lift-the-flap book), by Sarah Weeks. We had fun identifying the shapes inside the pockets of each animal on the page.
Rhymes/Songs
Here are few fun rhymes and songs we sang about pockets.
In my pocket is a Zoo (Old McDonald tune)
In my pocket is a zoo E-I-E-I-O
There’s a tiger in there too E-I-E-I-O
With a ROAR here, and a ROAR there
Here a ROAR, there a ROAR, everywhere a ROAR-ROAR
In my pocket is a zoo E-I-E-I-O
Repeat with other kinds of animals
**I used various animal puppets for this song and pulled them out of the pockets in my storytime apron. The children made the animal noises. I used a tiger, gorilla, and elephant puppet, but you can use any puppets you have handy**
I’ve Got Something in my Pocket (rhyme)
I’ve got something in my pocket,
It belongs across my face.
I keep it very close to me
In a very special place.
I know you’ll never guess it,
If you guess a long, long while.
So I’ll take it out and put it on –
It’s a great big happy smile!
**I used a stick puppet with a large toothy smile and put it near my face for the last line of this rhyme**
Craft/Activity
Pocket Craft (adapted from the Pokeball Craft)
http://www.dltk-kids.com/pokemon/mpokeball_pocket_craft.htm )
Materials:
- Die-cuts of various animals, shapes, and objects
- 15 paper plates (whole)
- 15 paper plate halves
- Foam pieces, stickers, whatever is handy
- Crayons/markers to decorate the plates
- scissors
- glue
- stapler
- Hole punch
- String or yarn
Instructions:
- Children will color/decorate their pockets with crayons/markers, foam pieces, etc.
- Parents will staple the half-plate to the full plate to create the pocket. They may punch a hole in the top of the whole plate so that children can hang their pockets around their necks, on a doorknob, etc.
- Children will put the object/image/die cut of their choice in their personal pocket!
