The Plan
Books
Bear Feels Sick by Karma Wilson
Boo Hoo Bird by Jeremy Tankard
How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague
If Beaver Had a Fever by Helen Ketteman
Llama Llama Home With Mama by Anna Dewdney
Extension Activities
Flannelboard Activity: “Bandaids”
Puppets: “Ah-Choo! Ah-Choo!”
Farmer’s nose tingles (point to nose)
Farmer’s nose twitches (wiggle puppet)
And he is going to sneeze!
Ah-choo, ah-choo, ah-choo!
Ah-choo, ah-choo, ah-choo!
(Cow, moo-choo / pig, oink-choo / chicken, bawk-choo)
Credit: Modified from SurLaLune Storytime
Action Rhyme: “I’ve Got a Cold”
I’ve got a cold (point to yourself)
My nose can’t smell (point to your nose)
My eyes are red (point to your eyes)
I don’t feel well (hand on forehead)
So I’ll drink my juice (pretend to drink)
And go to bed… (fold hands under head)
My nose feels better (point to nose)
And so does my head! (point to head)
Credit: SurLaLune Storytime
Craft
How It Went
We had a great time with this theme — lots of good books. The kids told me all about the different times they were sick; I heard a lot of stories about throwing up, so be prepared for those stories! The “Ah-Choo” rhyme that I modified to do with my farm finger puppet set was a really big hit. The kids loved making silly sneeze noises. The craft was a GIANT success. Every kid walked out with band-aids all over their project and a few walked out with band-aids mysteriously on themselves. As for their favorite book, it was definitely “Bear Feels Sick.”
storytime katie 
So many good things in this post, but my favorite by far is the craft! I’ve already pinned it on Pinterest for future reference. 🙂
This craft was a complete gem — I highly recommend it!
I love this idea – I’m stealing all of it for next week’s storytime! 🙂 -Esther
Enjoy!
I’m going to do this soon!!!
It was a great theme!
What did you squish up to make the butterfly wings? Kleenex?
It’s actually gauze pads! I got the medium size generic brand from Target. I did cut up the pads so there weren’t so many layers to scrunch up.
Awesome. Thanks. It didn’t quite look like Kleenex, but I couldn’t figure out what it was.
Love your bandaide butterflies, will be trying it with our families.
For the achoo rhyme, is there a tune it goes with or just saying it? Thanks. I always find great ideas here. Thanks
There’s not — I just say the rhyme! You’re welcome — thanks for reading!