Friendship Storytime Plan
Friendship Storytime Plan
Books
Hey Duck by Carin Bramsen
Smick! by Doreen Cronin
How to Lose a Lemur by Fran Preston-Gannon
Pom and Pim by Lena Landstrom
Two Bunny Buddies by Kathryn Galbraith
Yeti and the Bird by Nadia Shireen
Virgil and Owen by Paulette Bogan
A Surprise for Giraffe and Elephant by Paul Gude
Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry
You Make Me Smile by Layn Marlow
Friends by Miles van Hout
I Will Surprise My Friend by Mo Willems
You Will Be My Friend by Peter Brown
Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
Penguin and Pinecone: a friend story by Selina Yoon
Bears on Chairs by Shirley Parenteau
The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
Songs
I Had a Friend by Laurie Berkner
Best Friends by Madagascar (soundtrack)
Skinnamarink (traditional)
You Are My Sunshine (traditional)
Fingerplays/Action Rhymes
If You're Friendly and You Know It
Say Say Oh Playmate (traditional)
Art Project
Every Child Ready to Read Skills/Practices
Sing— Children sing along with songs during storytime.
Talk— Ask the children about their friends, talk about how to be nice and make friends.
Read— Ask the children to read sight words on pages and describe what the friends are doing with each other.
Write— Children write names on their nametags.
Play— Children play along to action rhymes.
Possible Asides to Parents & Caregivers
Reading books with novel words and learning to describe things in different ways helps build vocabulary.
Pointing out letters or words on a page, and asking children to say words with you, helps them understand that printed words and letters correspond to what they hear.
Singing familiar songs helps children build awareness of the sounds that make up larger words.
Minnesota Early Childhood Indicators of Progress
Domain: Language, Literacy and Communications:
Language comprehension
Artistic expression and interpretation
Vocabulary and syntax
Shape and picture recognition and interpretation
Motivation, engagement
Letter recognition
Concepts of print
Comprehension of narrative text
Further Resources
Minnesota Early Childhood Indicators of Progress