Theme: Ready for Spaghetti

PR: This preschool story time uses oodles of noodles to introduce stories, rhymes and songs that help develop early literacy skills. Oh, the pastabilities!

__BOOKS/STORIES USED  _________________

BIG BOOK: On Top of Spaghetti by Tom Glazer
Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti by Anna Hines
The Monster Mac & Cheese Party by Todd Parr
Tony Baroni Loves Macaroni by Marilyn Sadler

__  SONGS  __________________________

Noodles in My Soup
(Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)

There are noodles, noodles, noodles in my soup.
There are noodles, noodles, noodles in my soup.
There are oodles, oodles, oodles of the most delicious noodles.
There are noodles, noodles, noodles in my soup.
 (Slurp, Slurp!)

__  FINGERPLAYS / RHYMES_______________

Spaghetti! Spaghetti!

    Spaghetti! Spaghetti!
                     You’re wonderful stuff.
   I love you spaghetti,
                     I can’t get enough.
   You’re covered with sauce
       and you’re sprinkled with cheese.
   Spaghetti! Spaghetti!
                    Oh, give me some please!

__  OVERVIEW & PURPOSE_______________

Gross motor skills (parachute)

__  NEW WORDS INTRODUCED  ____________

Oodles, types of pasta

__  ACTIVITY  _________________________

Meatballs on parachute

__  MATERIALS NEEDED  ________________

Balls of yarn, parachute


__  CRAFT  ___________________________

 Lion manes

__  MATERIALS NEEDED  ________________

Lion face template, spaghetti, crayons, glue

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