All the DAZE Productions: Early Literacy and Storytelling

Activity Ideas:
Animal Walk
(Have children act out each animal)
The lion walks on padded paws
The squirrel leaps from limb to limb
While flies can crawl straight up a wall,
And seals can dive and swim
The worm, it wiggles all around,
The monkey swings by it's tail,
and birds may hop upon the ground
Or spread their wings and sail.
But boys and girls have much more fun
They leap
and dance
And walk
And run

Grandma's Spectacles
These are Grandma's spectacles,
This is Grandma's hat.
This is the way she folds her hands,
And lays them in her lap.

Prince with a Feathered Cap
Here is a Prince with Feathered Cap,(pretend to take off hat and bow)
Here are his boots, which go tap, tap, tap. (tap feet)
Here is the Princess with a Crown(pretend to hold crown over head)
Here is her lovely gown(hold out gown and curtsy)
Here is the castle tall and wide(spread out hands and arms tall and wide)
Where they can play safely inside!(wrap arms around self and hug)

Five Cookies
Five little cookies in the bakery shop.
Shinning bright with the sugar on top.
Along comes (child's name) with a nickel to pay.
He/she buys a cookie and takes it away.
(continue with four, three, two and one).

Three Little Nickels
Three little nickels in a pocketbook new,
(hold up three fingers)
One bought a peppermint, and then there were two,
(bend down one finger)
Two Little nickels before the day was done,
One bought an ice cream come, and then there was one
(bend down another finger)
One little nickel I heard it plainly say,
"I'm going into the piggy bank for a rainy day!"

Ten Fingers Finger Play
I have ten fingers    (hold up both hands, fingers spread)
And they all belong to me, (point to self)
I can make them do things-
Would you like to see?

I can shut them up tight   (make fists)
I can open them wide    (open hands)
I can put them together   (place palms together)
I can make them all hide (put hands behind back)

I can make them jump high   (hands over head)
I can make them jump low   (touch floor)
I can fold them up quietly   (fold hands in lap)
And hold them just so.

Literacy DAZE