Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Birthday Presents!

 I adapted a rhyme from In The Children's Room blogspot to make a different felt set.  My version is called Birthday Presents!.  This was a super easy and quick set to make! I already had the variegated color yarn to make the pom pom style bow for each present.  I will hide the items behind the boxes and reveal the 'present' as we play. They never get tired of this technique! You can make your 'presents' reflect your kiddo's interests. I printed and laminated and cut out each item.  I just put a small piece of tape on the back to hold it until we 'open' the present.  I did add a piece of Velcro to the top of each felt piece to hold it as we're handling it.  You can always play, Which One's Missing? after you have all the items showing! Birthday presents are so much Fun with Friends at Storytime.  Check out my other Birthday themed posts Here! 




Fireworks in the Sk


Here's a set I use with 2 different rhymes.  

is sung to the Tune of Row, Row, Row You Boat.

Boom, crack, whistle, pop!
Fireworks in the sky.
See them lighting up the night,
On the Fourth of July!
Red, blue, gold, white and green
With fireworks we say,
Happy Birthday, America,
It's Independence Day!


*Five little firecrackers getting ready to zoom

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle
(shake hands from low to high and voice goes from quiet to loud:
BOOM!
(clap hands above head)
(cover firecracker on board with matching fireworks)

*4, 3, 2, 1

5 little Firecrackers zoomed up so high,
making 5 sparkling fireworks to fill the night sky!

Fireworks are so much Fun with Friends at Storytime!