Fun with Boxes! Sept 21

Two big boxes that the library received a shipment in prompted this storytime, which included:

Sitting in my box, by Dee Lillegard

Wild animals of all shapes and sizes join a boy in his box, until - wait! It's too crowded in here. Who wants to get out?

 

Meeow and the Big Box, by Sebastien Braun

Meeow uses his imagination to turn his box into something fun. What can you do with a box?

Also see these other books about Meeow:

Meeow and the Little Chairs

Meeow and the Pots and Pans

Meeow and the Blue Table

Not a Box, by Antoinette Portis

Why are you standing in that box little bunny? Because, it's not a box! It's my....mountain, rocket ship, whatever I want it to be, not-a-box!

Other books by Portis:

Not a Stick

A Penguin Story (I especially like this one)

 

The kids seemed to really enjoy being Jack-in-the-Boxes:
Jack in the box
Sitting so still (crouch down)
Won't you come out Jack?
Yes I will! (jump up)

And, a song about surprises in boxes:

I See a Box

  (sung to “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)

 

Someone’s at the door.  I hear knocks. (knock)

I open up the door.  I see a box. (shout “hurray!”)

I open up the box.  The box is full of socks.

I really do not want a box of socks. (boo hoo, pretend to cry)

 

Repeat with rocks, then sing:

 

Someone’s at the door.  I hear knocks.

I open up the door.  I see a box.

I open up the box.  The box is full of blocks.

I really, really want a box of blocks.

We closed with "Polly Wolly Doodle," which we'll use again:

We clap our hands as we sing our song
Polly Wolly Doodle all the day
We clap our hands as we sing our song
Polly Wolly Doodle all the day!
Come along, come along
We are going on our way
Come along, come along
Singing Polly Wolly Doodle all the day!

(repeat with: stamp our feet, turn around, wave goodbye)

See you next week!