Take me out to some baseball storytime.
Opening Song
Wiggle Song
Literacy Activity: Letter B
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Sign Language: ball, play
Book: Rhinos Who Play Baseball by Mammano
Activity: Take Me Out to the Ballgame by Countdown Kids
(Toss soft balls as the song plays)
Take me out to the ballgame
Take me out with the crowd
Buy me some peanuts and crackerjack
I don’t care if I never get back
With our root, root, root for the home team
If they don’t win, it’s a shame
For it’s one, two, three strikes
You’re out at the old ballgame
Take me out to the ballgame
Take me out with the crowd
Buy me some peanuts and crackerjack
I don’t care if I never get back
With our root, root, root for the home team
If they don’t win, it’s a shame
For it’s one, two, three strikes
You’re out at the old ballgame
Book: Watch Me Throw the Ball by Mo Willems
Active Song: This is the Way…
(Do stretches first to warm up then continue)
This is the way we throw the ball, throw the ball, throw the ball
This is the way we hike the ball when we play baseball
(pretend to throw the baseball)
What else do we do when we play baseball?
This is the we catch the ball, catch the ball, catch the ball
This is the way we catch the ball, when we play baseball
(pretend to catch a baseball)
What else do we do when we play baseball?
This is the way we hit the ball, hit the ball, hit the ball
This is the way we hit the ball when we play baseball
(pretend to hit with a baseball bat)
What else do we do when we play baseball?
This is the way we run the bases, run the bases, run the bases.
This is the way we hike the ball when we play baseball
(pretend to run and slide?)
Book: Pete the Cat Play Ball by James Dean
Closing Song
Craft: Baseball Pennant. The children added stickers to a paper pennant.
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