Hello everyone! We hope you are all excited for I Promise by LeBron James.
Michelle and I have put together a bunch of fun activities and crafts for the little ones. Starting on Friday, November 1, the kits are available to pick up for our online storytime this month!
Enjoy a FREE copy of the book and more!
"I Promise" by LeBron James
"From NBA superstar LeBron James comes a slam-dunk picture book that inspires children to strive for greatness. Full of simple promises kids can make to rise to their best self, this empowering book is perfect for shared reading in and out of the classroom."
Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1BwbF4eNvs to watch the story read by illustrator Niña Mata for #BNStorytime. Then enjoy the activities! Everything is yours to keep!
Kits include:
a FREE copy of I Promise
information page
colors game (5 colored basketballs)
rhymes/song pages with weblinks (instrument included)
2 activity pages
2 coloring pages
I Promise craft
3 magnets from the story
Punny aspirational stickers
Here are the following pages that you will receive with your kit!
HANDOUT GAMES – play with included basketball handouts
Can You Show Me…?
(Tune: “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”)
Can you show me the orange basketball?
Orange basketball, orange basketball?
Can you show me the orange basketball?
And wave it in the air?
Yellow… red… brown… green
Hold It High – Choose one basketball from handouts
Hold your basketball high and stand
Now wave it around in gestures grand!
Hold your basketball below your chin
Now hold it way up high again
Hold your basketball against your nose
Now touch the basketball to your toes
Touch your basketball to the ground
Now wave that basketball all around!
Hold your basketball in front of you
Now turn around – one time, two!
Hold your basketball and jump up high!
Now let your basketball fly fly fly (throw it in the air)
SONGS & INSTRUMENT – use included instruments
I Can Do Anything by kindyRock
Confidence SPOT by Diane Alber
If You’re Happy and You Know It! by Barefoot Books
The Affirmations Song by Doggyland
BOUNCE RHYME (bounce along with child in lap)
This Is the Way You Bounce the Ball
(Tune: “Here We Go Round”)
This is the way you bounce the ball,
(bounce child in lap)
Bounce the ball, bounce the ball,
This is the way you bounce the ball
When you play basketball.
This is the way you throw the ball...
(lift child up high)
This is the way you catch the ball...
(hug child)
ACTION RHYMES
Sing a Song of Sunshine
(Tune: “Sing a Song of Sixpence”)
Sing a song of sunshine
Be happy every day
Sing a song of sunshine
You’ll chase the clouds away
Be happy when you can
No matter what you do
Just sing and sing and sing and sing
And let the sunshine through!
Me!
On my face I have a nose,
And way down here I have ten toes.
I have two eyes that I can blink.
I have a head to help me think.
I have a chin and very near,
I have two ears to help me hear.
I have a mouth with which to speak,
And when I run I use my feet.
I have two arms to hold down low,
And here’s a hand to wave HELLO!
Ten Fingers
I have ten fingers and they all belong to me.
I can make them do things, would you like to see?
I can shut them up tight, or open them wide,
I can put them together, or make them all hide,
I can make them jump high, I can make them jump low,
I can fold them up quietly, and hold them just so.
This Is My Right Hand
This is my right hand, I’ll raise it up high
This is my left hand, I’ll touch the sky
Right hand, left hand, roll them around
Left hand, right hand, pound, pound, pound!
(clap!)
I’m Glad I’m Me
No one looks the way I do.
I have noticed that is true!
No one walks the way I walk.
No one talks the way I talk.
No one plays the way I play.
No one says the things I say.
I am special!
I am ME!
There’s no one else I’d rather be!
Special Me
(Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)
Special, special, special me,
How I wonder what I’ll be.
In this big world I can be,
Anything I want to be.
Special, special, special me,
How I wonder what I’ll be.
EXTRA LINKS!
LeBron James’s Instagram:
Illustrator Niña Mata’s site:
We hope you enjoy these activities and would love to hear what you thought of the book! We also hope you enjoyed the extra links. Remember, you can comment here on this website, email us at swantonpl@gmail.com, or come in and turn in a physical copy!
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