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Preschool plays can be SO much fun when your focus is on the children enjoying the process and using books and stories they already know!
Here are some preschool concert programs with ideas for snacks and a service project idea for each!
Preschool Is Hoppin'!
Use the following books to act out some plays! The children can act out the many different parts of the stories!
1. It's Mine by Leo Lionni
2. Jump, Frog, Jump! by Robert Kalan
You might have half the children act out the story It's Mine and have the other half act out Jump, Frog, Jump! Then they would all come together to sing the song.
Or, brainstorm ways for all of your children to act out both stories!
3. Five Green and Speckled Frogs!
Five green and speckled frogs (Hold up 5 fingers OR squat down like a frog and jump up when they sing "One jumped into the pool).
Sat on a speckled log
Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Now there are four green speckled frogs.
Four green and speckled Frogs
Sat on a speckled log
Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Now there are three green speckled frogs
Three green and speckled frogs
Sat on a speckled log
Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Now there are two green speckled frogs
Two green and speckled frogs
Sat on a speckled log
Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Now there is one green speckled frog
One green and speckled frog
Sat on a speckled log
Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
It jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Now there are no more speckled frogsHere is a great version book of this song!
- Themed Snack Ideas
Pretzel/Apple Frogs (use pretzel bends for the feet, an apple slice for the body on top of the pretzel and mini marsh mallows for eyes); green apples, "flies" (raisins), frog juice (lime juice).
- Service Project Connection
CONTACT ME if you have a service project idea for this theme!
Fairy Tales: Preschool Style
Make masks and have the children dress in appropriate colors for the characters! These are fun to act out and you can make the "back grounds" just using what you have! We used a bean bag chair from our classroom for one of the beds, as an example!
1. The Three Little Pigs
2. Little Red Riding Hood
3. Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- Themed Snack Ideas
CONTACT ME! I'm at a loss for snacks for this one!
- Service Project Connection
Write letters and cards of encouragement to cheer up nursing home residents who may have limited family in the area.
Brrrr, It's Cold Outside!
1. Act out The Mitten by Jan Brett
This is such a great book! There are SO many ways to act this out!
Your preschoolers can act it out by having children hold up (to show the families) a stuffed animal for each animal as you read it and then place the animal in a large, white sock (make one out of fabric).
Or, Have the children dress up as each animal. Make a large sock shaped carboard frame from a refrigerator box. The children climb behind the cardboard frame so the families can see them.
Choose some of your favorite winter songs to sing and do hand motions to or just as a sing along!
2. Frosty the Snowman
3. Dance Like Snowflakes
Sung to Are You Sleeping
Dance like snowflakes! Dance like snowflakes!
In the air, in the air.
Twirling, whirling snowflakes.
Floating here. Floating there.
4. The Cold Wind
Sung to Happy Birthday
The cold wind blows.
The cold wind blows.
It makes my body shiver.
From my head to my toes.
BRRRRRRR!
- Themed Snack Ideas
How about an Ice Cream Social snack time!
- Service Project Connection
Collect non-damaged, gently loved coats for children for the local shelter.
It's A Zoo Around Here!
1. Three Billy Goats Gruff
The children will have fun acting this story out, so long as they have months to practice and have fun with it!
2. Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?
The children can walk in in pairs holding pictures or stuffed animals of each animal as you narrate this story!
3. Animal Actions Have the children act out the motions in a few of the songs from Greg and Steve's Kids in Motion CD: The names of the tracks are: Animal Action 1 and/or Animal Action 2
4. Sing The Little One Said...Roll Over!
5. Sing and act out 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Your children can to the hand motions for this or act out the entire rhyme!
- Themed Snacks
There are so many zoo type snacks! CONTACT ME to tell my your favorites!
- Service Project Connection
Contact your local zoo for information on sick animals that may need supplies or on adopting an animal!
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