Miss Jennifer's Bakery Storytime Template

 Introduction
Showed children a picture of a baker with his tasty treats including bread, cakes, cookies and more! I explained to the children that people who make us these sweet treats are called bakers and that where these items are made is called a bakery.

Action Rhyme

Cookie Jar and 10 Cookies

Recite the rhyme as you have the children give you a quarter for their cookies. I created a "quarter jar" for their money which they placed in the slot I slit into a plastic container lid.

Down around the corner at the bakery shop...there were 10 little cookies with frosting on top (I changed the rhyme to "waiting to be bought" since I had created gingerbread cookie paper cut-outs instead of "frosted" cookies). Along came ____________ (insert child's name) with a quarter to pay. He (she) bought himself (or herself) a cookie and he/she took it away.

Source: http://storytimefun.wordpress.com/ (See under Storyime: Cookies)

Books Read
Little Mouse and the Big Cupcake by Thomas Taylor

Mr. Cookie Baker by Monica Wellington

Flannelboard
I used the poem The Runaway Cookies for this flannelboard. This poem can be found at http://wiki.kcls.org/tellmeastory/index.php/The_Runaway_Cookies

Craft

Cupcake Craft

July 16th Snickerdoodles and July 17th and 18th Cutie Pies Preschool Storyime Topic: Bakery

We'll be a bunch of smart cookies during our July 16th Snickerdoodles and July 17th and 18th Cutie Pies Storytimes because our theme is all about the yummy and sweet treats that can be bought at a bakery!

During this storytime we'll learn why some very crumbly cookies run away from the cookie jar in our The Runaway Cookie Flannelboard, buy some cookies at the bakery shop when we play the game Cookie Jar and 10 Cookies, read bakery-themed tales, and make a perfectly frosted cupcake. Sweet!