Storytime: “K” is for Keys
Storytime: “K” is for Keys
Here’s the key to, well… the mystery! Locks and keys are fascinating to children. Try putting a favorite toy, book, or treat in a suitcase and lock it with a luggage padlock. Then hide the key and give your child a clue of where to find the key. Watch the delight as they open the suitcase and find the surprise. Of course, this is a great moment to help them see mystery… K is the fist letter in the word, “key.”
Join us Tuesdays, and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. or Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room.
Ages 2-5
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
Tip
Rhymes and songs that involve sequencing and memory can help children prepare for school. In the rhyme, “I’m a Duck,” children listen for a certain phrase and then react to it with a physical movement. In addition to having fun, they are actually developing their gross motor skills.
Activity
Have fun together while acting like the various animals in the rhyme, “I’m a Duck!”
Books Presented
The Little Golden Key by Roberto Aliaga
Duck Duck Moose by Mary Sullivan
Rhyme Crime by Jon Burgerman
Dot and Jabber and the Big Bug Mystery by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Little Mouse
Little mouse, little mouse
Are you in the red* house?
*blue, pink, yellow…
I’m a Duck
Tune: Frere Jacques (Are you Sleeping?)
I’m a duck, I’m a duck, (sign language for duck)
Watch me waddle, as I walk. (waddle walk)
Hear me when I talk, Hear me when I talk
Quack, Quack, Quack! Quack, Quack, Quack!
I’m a moose, I’m a moose,(sign language for moose)
Watch me clomp, as I walk. (clomp walk)
Hear me when I talk, Hear me when I talk
Moook, moook moook! Moook, moook moook!
I’m a goose, I’m a goose, (sign language for goose)
Watch me sway, as I walk. (waddle walk)
Hear me when I talk, Hear me when I talk
Honk, honk honk! Honk, honk honk!
Crafts and Activities
K is for Key
Make a fun key windchime
Additional Books
Little Library Mouse: Even When You are Little, You can Imagine Big by Stephanie Lisa Tara
Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty? And Other Notorious Nursery Tale Mysteries by David Levinthal
HEY! A Colorful Mystery by Kate Read
A pink fish is mistaken for something scary and a rumor about a great big fish hiding in the deep grows. The red octopus is especially rattled.
The Three Golden Keys by Peter Sis
Led by a cat on a magical journey through Prague, a man encounters some of the city’s landmarks and three traditional Czech fairy tales while trying to find the keys to his childhood home.
