Soup Storytime
Soup Storytime Lesson Plan
Books
Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
Soup Day by Melissa Iwai
The Wolf’s Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza
Chicken Soup by Jean Van Leeuwen
Bee-Bim-Bop! by Linda Sue Park
Carrot Soup by John Segal
Duck Soup by Jackie Urbanovic
Songs
“Shake My Sillies Out” from More Singable Songs for the Very Young by Raffi
“I Feel Crazy So I Jump in the Soup” from Victor Vito by Laurie Berkner
“The Soup is Boiling Up” from Jbrary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnVxTT42Kik
Fingerplays/Action Rhymes
Stir,
Stir, Stir the Soup
(To tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”)
Stir, stir, stir the soup
Stir it all day long.
Add some (insert food name here),
Take a taste (slurrrp!)
Soup will make us strong. (flex arm)
Credit: Jeninthelibrary.com
Purple Stew
Lyrics
We're Making a Purple Stew
Whip, whip, whip, whip
We're Making a Purple Stew
Scooby Dooby Do
With purple tomatoes and
Purple Potatoes
and even a purple you!
Action
Whip,whip: pretend like you’re stirring
Purple tomatoes hold right hand out
Purple potatoes hold left with right out
And even a purple you, Point at the crowd
(Change colors: Blue/Yellow/Green/Red, etc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LoWiKnWTNI#t=13
“Story Soup Song”
(sung to the tune of “The Farmer in the Dell”)
The soup is boiling up, the soup is boiling up,
Stir slow—around we go
The soup is boiling up!
First we add some paper, first we add some paper,
Stir slow—around we go
The soup is boiling up!
Next we add some..
(continue to add things that go into stories such as: pictures, letters, ideas, music, imagination and so on..)
“The Vegetable Soup Song”
(Sung to the tune of “The Mulberry Bush”)
This is the way we wash our vegetables,
Wash our vegetables, wash our vegetables.
This is the way we was our vegetables
So early in the morning
(for our yummy soup)
Continue with other verses such as:
This is the way we peel our vegetables..
This is the way we chop our vegetables..
This is the way we add our vegetables..
This is the way we stir our vegetables..
This is the way we serve our vegetables..
This is the way we eat our vegetables..
Every Child Ready to Read Skills/Practices
Sing—Kids sing along with songs during
storytime
Talk— Ask the kids about what soups they like to eat, why they like
them, what color the soup is, etc. Why do we eat soup?
Read—Ask the kids to call out colors
during ‘Purple Stew’ song/ For “Duck Soup” ask the kids why Duck has gone off
to find the missing ingredients for his soup. Why do his friends think he’s in
the soup?
Write—Kids write their names on nametags
for storytime.
Play—Kids play along to the action rhymes during storytime/stirring
their soup, etc.
Possible Asides to Parents & Caregivers
· Reading helps us learn that letters look different, and have different names and sounds.
Tip: Make letters from clay or play dough. Children love to play with letters in their name.
· Very young children can understand spoken words long before they can speak any of them — so talk to them and you will be amazed at how your child responds.
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
Storytime Implemented
Storytime for 3 to 5 year olds
Introduction: Letter of the day is “S”
Book:The Wolf’s Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza
Song: “I Feel Crazy So I Jump in the Soup” from Victor Vito by Laurie Berkner
Book: Duck Soupby Jackie Urbanovic
Action Rhyme: “Purple Stew”
Book: Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
Song: “The Soup is Boiling Up” from Jbrary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnVxTT42Kik
Further Resources
Minnesota Early Childhood Indicators of Progress