Cowboys is a really fun storytime theme. I found some Pinterest boards with ideas. Here's one from
Colleen at Teaching Heart and
Jana's board here. Here's
another from Linda Martin that has some really adorable pins. Anyway, a few years ago I decided to put together a Cowboy storytime. I couldn't find many rhymes so I made up several to fill in my theme. The titles are links to the rhymes.
Cowboy Boots!
I can't remember where I got the pattern for the boots since I made these several years ago. It could have been a Mailbox magazine pattern. I subscribed to Mailbox magazine when I taught preschool many years ago. I'm sure you could find a clipart pic that would work. I love the glitter and large sequin 'spurs' of these colorful boots!
I also made up a rhyme about Cowboy Joe and his colorful
Cowboy Hats! Cowboy Joe wears a different color hat each day of the week. I made this set out of pellon and embellished with glitter, sequins and fabric paint.
I found 2 new picture books that fit the Cowboy theme. The first might be storytime material;
Cowboy Boyd and Mighty Calliope by Lisa Moser. Another really cute book that would be better for reading at home is
Giddy-up Daddy! written and illustrated by Troy Cummings. The only slightly cowboyish song that I have right now is
Mama Don't Allow. We love to clap our hands and stomp our feet and bounce up and down and spin around; but our favorite is to shout, "Yee-Haw!" in storytime.
*Update* I found a funny cowboy song, "The Cowboy Song": a funny song by Bryant Oden.
Cowboys, boots and hats are a LOT of Fun with Friends at Storytime!!
Miss Margaret and I and our newest staff member, Camille, are busy planning the fall programming session. When you get three storytime-picture book lovers together the ideas are abundant!! We are planning several themes in a row with a unifying device of a story that our mascot, Harvey is 'writing'. This will tie into our ECRR component of Writing! So the first week we are doing Astronauts and space, then Pirates, then Cowboys, then Ninjas and finally, Monsters! That will get us to our Halloween Hoot and dress up fun! I made a set of 5 friends that we will use each week as we talk about our story. I can tell from the pictures that I need to do a little trimming but I was too excited to wait to share them with everyone. Here's the link for my dress up friends from last year. Here is a second version of the Friends dressing up rhyme from that post...Five Jack-o-lanterns shining Bright (opt. version). Friends that dress up are going to be a lot of Fun with Friends at Storytime!! There are more great ideas on the Flannel Friday Roundup. Check out the wonderful resources on the Flannel Friday Pinterest Boards. Here's the link for the official Flannel Friday blog for more info!
