MAIL

Books:   

Larabee by Kevin Luthardt

Bunny Mail by Rosemary Wells

Millie Waits for the Mail by Alexander Steffensmeier

Penguin Post by Deb Gliori

Seven Little Postmen by Margaret Wise Brown

Never Mail an Elephant by Mike Thaler 

Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett

I Miss You Every Day by Simms Taback

Activities: 

Please Mr. Postman song 

Look in the Mailbox Activity

Make or buy a small mailbox and put a letter to the "storytime friends" inside. Read the following poem before opening the mailbox:

When you look in the mailbox,

What do you see?

It might be a letter,

to you and me!  

Find Your Mail Activity

Make or buy a small mailbox. Write a nice, short letter and copy it to make enough for each kid in storytime. Put the names of the kids on the front of the envelope and hide them around the room. When the kids get there, have them find the letter with their name on it. Their adult can write in their address and they can put it in your little mailbox. Then, after storytime, actually mail the letters to the kids! They will be so excited to get mail, and it will remind them of how much fun they had that day.

I'm Gonna Wrap Myself in Paper

I'm gonna wrap myself in paper

I'm gonna dot myself with glue

Stick some stamps on top of my head

I'm gonna mail myself to you

I'm gonna tie me up in a red string

I'm gonna tie a blue ribbon too

Climb up inside my mailbox

I'm gonna mail myself to you

Letters to Grandma

Lick them, stamp them,         (make licking and stamping motions)

Put them in a box.                  (extend arms outward)

Hope that Grandma

Loves them a lot!                    (hug self)

The People in Your Neighborhood (Sesame Street)

Oh, who are the people in your neighborhood   

In your neighborhood, In your neighborhood,

Who are the people in your neighborhood,

The people that you meet each day!

Oh, the mailman is a person in your neighborhood,

In your neighborhood, in your neighborhood,

The mailman is a person in your neighborhood, 

A person that you meet each day!

Continue with other people...

Mail Carrier Song

(Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat)

Write, write, write your cards,

And lots of letters, too!

I will bring them to your friends,

And they will write back soon!

Five Little Letters

Five little letters lying on a tray

Mommy came in and took the first away 

Then Daddy said, "This big one is for me!"

I counted them twice, now there are three

Brother Bill asked, "Did I get any mail?"

He found one and cried, "A letter from Gale!"

My sister Jane took the next to the last.

And ran upstairs to open it fast.

As I can't read, I'm not able to see,

Who the last one's for, but I hope it's for me!

Crafts: 

Make Some Mail!

Give each child a piece of paper, an envelope and a "pretend" stamp.  Let them draw pictures and "address" their envelopes to mail to someone special.  You can also have postcard size construction paper cut for them to draw on and stamp. Make or buy a small mailbox and they can pretend to "mail" their letters.  

Mail Bags

Punch holes around the edges of two pieces of construction paper or cardstock and and let the children lace them with yarn. Add another piece of yarn or ribbon as a shoulder strap. Write "US Mail" on one side and "(name)'s Mail Bag" on the other. Save some return envelopes from junk mail and let them draw on them and carry them around.