Bedtime

Questions:

Do you read a story at night before you go to sleep?

Read Alouds:

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Llama, Llama, Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney 

Tuck Me In! by Dean Hacohen

Flannel Boards:

The Napping House by Audrey Wood

Time for Bed by Mem Fox

Dream Horses

Last night I had a wonderful dream

About all kinds of horses I’d never seen.

Around and around my bed

Trotted a horse that was vibrant and red.

From out of the midnight hue,

Ran a horse of a lovely blue.

Then to my delight I did behold

A horse of brilliant, deep rich gold.

Appearing from the bright moonlight

Was a horse that shone a dazzling white.

The last horse that night to be seen

Was an amazing horse, his color green.

Five sparkling horses met me in my dreams

When both moonlight and starlight gleams.

Songs:

“Good Night Story Time” by Hap Palmer

“Hush, Little Baby” by Songs for Wiggleworms

Action Songs:

“Yawn Yawn Yawn” by the Wiggles

“Jammies” by Go Fish

“Jim Gill’s Lullaby” by Jim Gill

“Last Night I Had a Dream” by Laurie Berkner

“Late Last Night” by Joe Scruggs

Fingerplays:

Going to Bed

This little child is going to bed,

                [point to self]

Down on the pillow he lays his head.

                [lay head on hands]

He wraps himself in a blanket tight

                [hug body]

And this is the way he sleeps all night.

“Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!”

                [snore]

Time for Bed

Time for bed,
Fluff up the pillow,
Lay down your head.

[lay head on hands]
Pull up the blanket,
Tuck it in tight.

[arms down tightly against sides]
Close your eyes

[close eyes]
And sleep all night.

                [snore]

I Dreamt...

I dreamt I was an elephant

With a trunk so very long,  

[extend arm out]

Eating lots of leaves

To grow up strong.

[flex muscles]

I dreamt I was an octopus

With eight long arms,

[wave arms]

Swimming through the ocean

With my undersea charms.

                [pretend to swim]

I dreamt I was a butterfly

With wings bold and bright,

[clasp thumbs and flap hands]

Flying all day long

Until the dark of night.

                [pretend to fly]

I dreamt I was a child

And reading was what I loved to do –

[close and open palms]

When I woke up,   

My dream came true!

                [stretch and yawn]

Craft: 
Popsicle Stick Ladder