1) This document provides details about a story time event for 2-5 year olds focused on the letter F. 2) The event includes letter exercises, rhymes, songs, listening to stories, and movement activities related to the letter F. 3) Some of the activities mentioned are singing and acting out "Five Little Speckled Frogs" and doing syllable clapping with children's names.

1. Gotta Move! Story Time
Letter F
For 2-5 year olds
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2 & 4 Thursdays at 11:00 a.m.
“THE MORE WE GET TOGETHER” (see poster)
LETTERCISE1 skill: letter knowledge/discovering letters
F (hands in the air) /f/ (hands on waist) frog … fingers … five (touch ground)
(Sing to: “Skip to My Lou”)
Long straight line … push at the top and middle (x3)
To make the letter F /f/
RHYME TIME (Nursery and Action Rhymes) skill: vocabulary/discovering words
“Five Little Speckled Frogs” from Ultimate Kids Songs Collection
Five little speckled frogs sat on a speckled log
Eating the most delicious bugs
One jumped into the pool where it was nice cool
Leaving just ___ green and speckled frogs
“Ten Fingers” from Sing It! Say It! Stamp It! Sway It! Vol.2 by Peter and Ellen Allard
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Accessed 3/1/10: http://www.universalpreschool.com/how-to/active_alphabet.asp
Feldman, Jean and Holly Karapetkova. I Love Letters! (98-9).

2. SOUNDS AND SYLLABLES skill: phonological awareness/discovering sounds
Older children can say their own names and parents of younger children say their names for
them. Say the name, "Kendra.” Then say it while clapping the syllables, "Ken-dra." Then whisper
it while clapping the syllables. Then “hooray” it, “Kendra!! YAY!!”
“Heckedy, peckedy bumblebee, won't you say your name for me?"
LISTENING STORY Big Frog Can’t Fit In by Mo Willems
PARTICIPATION OR MOVEMENT STORY skill: narrative/discovering stories
Adapted from Heleen van Rossum’s Will You Carry Me?
Fiona was happy. All morning, she had played on the playground, but now it was time to go home.
So Fiona felt sad and tired … She stretched toward her father and said, “Will you carry me?”
“If you’re too sad and tired to walk,” said her father we should try … JUMPING!”
So together Fiona and her father jumped! At first, Fiona felt happy, but soon she felt sad and
tired. “I’m too sad and tired to jump anymore,” said Fiona. “Will you carry me?”
“If you’re too sad and tired to jump,” said her father we should try … SWIMMING!”
(repeat with FLYING, then RUNNING)
Fiona and her father ran all the way home, and Fiona felt happy!
CIRCLE TIME skill: print motivation/discovering books
“Circle Songs” from Hap Palmer’s Early Childhood Classics
“IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT”
YOU READ TO ME, I’LL READ TO YOU skill: print awareness/discovering print
Using our ”Ready to Read To-Go” Kits