Kings & Knights

Opening Song: We Clap and Sing Hello!

Talk: Letter of the week: K.  Kids brought things from home that begin with the letter K: keys, ketchup, (wrestler action figure), kiwi, kitten, kit (a baby fox), kangaroo.

We talked about Castles, Knights & Kings from the book “Discover Kids Knights & Castles”-Walker 940.1

Read:

King Jack & the Dragon – Bentley

Sing: Drawbridge Ditty – Mailbox magazine Aug/Sept 2010

See the drawbridge going up,

Going up, going up.

See the drawbridge going up,

We can’t cross.

See the drawbridge going down,

Going down, going down.

See the drawbridge going down,

Let’s all cross.

Read: 

The Knight & the Dragon - DePola

Activity: Show and tell - Lola, the falcon

What happened: We didn’t do a lot of different things in today’s storytime, but our song took a little while to do so that everyone could have a turn.  The kids with the drawbridge song were really funny to watch! I laid a blue sheet on the floor to be our “moat” and the kids reacted to it like it was really water!  When the drawbridge went down over the sheet and I told everyone they could walk across it, they all just stood there.  Some of the kids had to be guided by their parents across!  After a couple of times they decided it was okay and had fun with it.  Craig (our library director's husband) brought in his falcon, Lola.  I think the kids and the parents really enjoyed it and the kids were calm and listened carefully.  They were also really good to not try to pet the bird, which I was really afraid of.