Fox Storytime

Animal of the day--FOXES

Picture Books on Foxes:

FOX AND FLUFF--Crum
FOUR FAMISHED FOXES AND FOSDYKE--Edwards
HATTIE AND THE FOX--Fox
RED FOX AT McCLOSKEY'S FARM--Heinz
DO LIKE A DUCK DOES--Hindley
ROSIE'S WALK--Hutchins
MY LUCKY DAY--Kasza
THE RUBBER-LEGGED DUCK--Keller
LITTLE CHICKEN AND LITTLE FOX--Sidjanski
AROUND THE HOUSE THE FOX CHASED THE MOUSE--Walton
IF A CHICKEN STAYED FOR SUPPER--Weston
DINNERTIME!--Williams

Fox rhymes:

FOXY LOXY (adapted by me 3-10-99)

Foxy Loxy,
Touch your toes. (touch toes)

Foxy Loxy,
Touch your nose. (touch nose)

Foxy Loxy,
Pat your head. (pat head)

Foxy Loxy,
Go to bed. (lay head on folded hands)

Foxy Loxy,
Wake up now. (stretch arms above head)

Foxy Loxy,
Take a bow. (bow)

Foxy Loxy,
Touch the ground. (touch floor)

Foxy Loxy,
Turn around. (turn)

Foxy Loxy,
Sit back down. (sit)

Foxy Loxy,
Don't make a sound. (finger to lips)


FIVE RED FOXES
(I wrote this 3/9/99 & have used it with small beanie babies & as a flannelboard)

Out in the woods under the sun,
Up ran a red fox and that made one.

One red fox under a sky so blue,
Up ran another and then there were two.

Two red foxes sitting by a tree,
Up ran another and then there were three.

Three red foxes trotting by the shore,
Up ran another and then there were four.

Four red foxes watching a beehive,
Up ran another and then there were five.

Five red foxes sunning by the shore,
One went swimming and then there were four.

Four red foxes underneath a tree,
One chased a squirrel and then there were three.

Three red foxes looking for something new,
One found some berries and then there were two.

Two red foxes having so much fun,
One chased a butterfly and then there was one.

One red fox enjoying the bright sun,
It ran home for supper and then there were none.


FOXY, FOXY, TURN AROUND.

Foxy, foxy, turn around.
Foxy, foxy, touch the ground.
Foxy, foxy, dance on your toes.
Foxy, foxy, touch your nose.
Foxy, foxy, jump up now.
Foxy, foxy, take a bow.
Foxy, foxy, turn around.
Foxy, foxy, sit right down.


HERE IS FOXY

Here is foxy's pointed ears. (point to ears)
Here is foxy's nose. (point to nose)
Here is foxy's bushy tail. (point to "tail")
Now up and off he goes! (trot around)


FOX HAS GOT A LONG RED TAIL

Fox has got a long red tail,
Shake that tail, shake that tail!
Fox has got a long red tail,
Shake that tail now!

Fox has got a pointy nose,
Wiggle that nose, wiggle that nose!
Fox has got a pointy nose,
Wiggle that nose now!

(continue Fox has got: two front paws; two pointy ears; two bright eyes; long pointy teeth, etc)


Flannel board ideas:
FIVE RED FOXES (see above)
HENNY PENNY (you can make your own or purchase)
FOX IN A BOX.

Dragons, dragons, I love dragons

I love to do dragons for storytime. I've listed an overview of books, flannel board stories and fingerplays that I've used. When possible, I've listed the sources for copyrighted works, links for those I've found on-line, and the actual text of those I've created or adapted.

Books:

THE EGG by M.P. Robertson
THE BEST PET OF ALL by David LaRochelle/illustrated by Hanako Wakiyama
THE PAPER BAG PRINCESS by Robert Munsch/art by Michael Martchenko
WHO WANTS A DRAGON? by James Mayhew/illustrated by Lindsey Gardiner
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A DRAGON by Jack Kent
SPARK THE FIREFIGHTER by Stephen Krensky/illustrated by Amanda Haley
THE PET DRAGON: A Story about adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters by Chrisoph Niemann
THE KISS THAT MISSED by David Melling
BABY DRAGON by Amy Ehrlich/illustrated by Will Hillenbrand
LITTLE ONES DO by Jana Novotny Hunter/illustrated by Sally Anne Lambert
GRAMPS AND THE FIRE DRAGON by Bethany Roberts/illustrated by Melissa Iwai
THE LITTLE GIRL AND THE DRAGON by Else Holmelund Minarik/pictures by Martine Gourbault
NO HUGS TILL SATURDAY by Julie Downing
PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON by Peter Yarrow & Lenny Lipton/paintings by Eric Puybaret

Flannel board stories:
COLOR DRAGONS (see below)
LITTLE DRAGON'S BIRTHDAY (tracking down the source on this--I did from memory)
TEN DIZZY DRAGONS from SUPER STORYTELLING by Carol Elaine Catron & Barbara Catron Parks
THE DRAGON a poem by Jean Kenward (used PrintShop 15 to make flannelboard pieces)
S-P-A-R-K (see below)

Tell & Draw Story
THE LITTLE DRAGON MONSTER from CHALK IN HAND by Phyllis Noe Pflomm

Finger plays:
I found several at http://storytimepreschooltodders.blogspot.com
Dragon, Dragon (see below)
If I Were A Dragon (see below)

COLOR DRAGONS

Red dragon,
Green dragon,
Yellow dragon,
Blue....

Orange dragon,
Brown dragon,
Purple dragon, too!

How many dragons do we see?
Count them now along with me,
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
Seven bright dragons fly in the heavens.

Original author unknown, adapted by me on 9-26-01

S-P-A-R-K

There was a dragon that I knew
And Spark was his name.
S-P-A-R-K
S-P-A-R-K
S-P-A-R-K
And Spark was his name.

(On the second verse, remove the K & clap instead of saying "K". Continue replacing a letter with a clap until all five letters are claps)

Dragon, Dragon

Dragon, dragon, turn around
Dragon, dragon, touch the ground
Dragon, dragon, fly up high
Dragon, dragon float in the sky
Dragon, dragon, shake your tail
Dragon, dragon, pound a nail
Dragon, dragon, give a roar
Dragon, dragon, drop to the floor.


If I Were A Dragon

If I were a dragon, a dragon, a dragon,
If I were a dragon, here's what I'd do:

I'd fly and glide and soar and dip,
If I were a dragon that's what I'd do.

If I were a dragon, a dragon, a dragon,
If I were a dragon, here's what I'd do:

I'd stomp and roar and blow my fire,
If I were a dragon, that's what I'd do.

If I were a dragon, a dragon, a dragon,
If I were a dragon, here's what I'd do:

I'd twirl around then sit back down,
If I were a dragon, that's what I'd do.

Okay, that's the bare bones. Have fun with it!