STORYTIME OUTLINE

ACTIVITY TITLE/SONG/SCRIPT EARLY LITERACY ELEMENT

Opening Song The More We Read Vocabulary, rhythm and
Together rhyme, phonological and
phonemic awareness
Welcome/Talking Point Welcome, everyone! I am Vocabulary
so glad you could be here
today. Are you already for
our storytime?

We are going to learn a

new song today and
together we are going to
learn new vocabulary
words, because singing
helps us develop our
vocabulary!

Book Abracadabra, It’s Spring! By Vocabulary, phonological

Anne Sibley O’Brien awareness, print awareness,
letter knowledge
Song Row row row your boat Vocabulary, rhythm and
rhyme, phonological and
phonemic awareness
Book Barnacle is Bored by Vocabulary, phonological
Jonathan Fenske awareness, print awareness,
letter knowledge
Song My Thumbs Are Starting to Vocabulary, rhythm and
Wiggle rhyme, phonological and
phonemic awareness
Everybody Take A Seat
Talking Point It’s a good idea to ask
questions about the story,
such as “What do you think
will happen next?” or
“What is this?” Asking
questions helps your child
make sense of the structure
of the story.
Book Dig In! by Cindy Jenson- Vocabulary, phonological
Elliot awareness, print awareness,
letter knowledge
Chant with felt board I went to visit a farm one Vocabulary, rhythm and
shapes day rhyme, phonological and
phonemic awareness
Book Duck, Duck, Dinosaur by Vocabulary, phonological
Kallie George awareness, print awareness,
letter knowledge
Song Everybody Knows I Love My Vocabulary, rhythm and
Toes rhyme, phonological and
phonemic awareness
Goodbye Song/Talking The Goodbye Train is Vocabulary, rhythm and
Point Leaving rhyme, phonological and
phonemic awareness
That’s the end of our
storytime, everyone! I hope
you all had fun, I know I
did. I hope to see you
during our next storytime!

Caregivers, when we help

children retell stories, they
begin to learn how stories
work- what happens first,
next and last. Learning how
stories work will help them
understand stories later
when they read and write
them.