Hello everyone! We hope you are all excited for Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig!
Amanda and I have put together a bunch of fun activities and crafts for the little ones. Starting on Monday, October 4 (yesterday), the kits are available to pick up for our online storytime.
Enjoy a FREE copy of the book, and have fun doing the activities.
Everything is yours to keep!
"Sylvester and the Magic Pebble" by William Steig
“One rainy day, Sylvester finds a magic pebble that can make all his wishes come true. But when a lion frightens him on his way home, Sylvester makes a wish with unexpected consequences. Will Sylvester find his way back to his family?”
You will have the book read to you by actor Reid Scott. He did such a great job; we hope you enjoy his reading as much as we did!
Kits include:
a FREE copy of Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
information page
colors game (5 colored donkeys)
a flyer for this website
2 activity pages
2 coloring pages
rhymes/song pages with web links (instrument included)
Make Sylvester craft
3 magnets from the story
stickers
HANDOUT GAMES – play with included donkey handouts
Can You Show Me…?
(tune: “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”)
Can you show me the red donkey?
Red donkey, red donkey?
Can you show me the red donkey?
And wave her in the air?
Gray… brown… blue… yellow
Hold It High – Choose one donkey from handouts
Hold your donkey high and stand
Now wave it around in gestures grand!
Hold your donkey below your chin
Now hold it way up high again
Hold your donkey against your nose
Now touch the donkey to your toes
Touch your donkey to the ground
Now wave that donkey all around!
Hold your donkey in front of you
Now turn around – one time, two!
Hold your donkey and jump up high!
Now let your donkey fly fly fly (throw it in the air)
SONGS & INSTRUMENT – use included instruments
Donkey by HappyKids
Wishes Can Come True by LBB Junior
Donkey Song by Infobells
Sweetly Sings the Donkey by Wee Sing
BOUNCE RHYME (bounce along with child in lap)
My Little Gray Donkey
Bouncing up and down on my little gray donkey
Bouncing up and down on my little gray donkey
Bouncing up and down on my little gray donkey
Won’t you be my darling?
Petting his ears and listening to him hee-haw
Petting his ears and listening to him hee-haw
Petting his ears and listening to him hee-haw
Won’t you be my darling?
Stopping to feed him and give him a rest
Stopping to feed him and give him a rest
Stopping to feed him and give him a rest
Won’t you be my darling?
Bouncing up and down on my little gray donkey
Bouncing up and down on my little gray donkey
Bouncing up and down on my little gray donkey
Won’t you be my darling?
ACTION RHYMES
I Wish I Were
(Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
Oh, I wish I were a little bar of soap, bar of soap.
Oh, I wish I were a little bar of soap, bar of soap.
I’d go slidy, slidy, slidy, over everybody’s army.
Oh, I wish I were a little bar of soap.
Oh, I wish I were a little juicy orange . . .
I’d go squirty, squirty, squirty, over everybody’s shirty.
Oh, I wish I were a little blob of mud . . .
I’d go gooey, gooey, gooey, over everybody’s shoey.
Oh, I wish I were a little cookie crumb . . .
I’d go crumby, crumby, crumby over everybody’s tummy.
Oh, I wish I were a little radio, radio.
Oh, I wish I were a little radio, radio.
I’d go CLICK!
Donkey, Donkey
Donkey, donkey,
Old and gray,
Open your mouth,
And gently bray.
Lift your ears,
And blow your horn,
To wake the world,
This sleepy morn.
This Little Donkey
This little donkey eats grass.
This little donkey eats hay.
This little donkey looks over the fence
This little donkey runs away
But this big donkey does nothing at all
But lie in the field all day.
When I Went Into the Barnyard
(Tune: “The Bear Went Over the Mountain”)
When I went into the barnyard,
When I went into the barnyard,
When I went into the barnyard,
What do you think I saw?
I saw a donkey and her baby,
I saw a donkey and her baby,
I saw a donkey and her baby,
And what do you think I heard?
Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Hee-haw!
EXTRA LINKS!
Macmillan’s page on William Steig:
Between the Lions’ episode on Sylvester and the Magic Pebble:
Let us know what your little ones thought of Sylvester and the Magic Pebble! What did they think of the activities? Do you have any suggestions for us?