For our first session of Lesestunde (Story Hour), I like to do a topic that is all about “ME!” So we read books and sing songs about the body and feelings. For the end of the session, I prepared a few variations of activities, so the children could also report on themselves.

Download the PDF file here: das-lied-uber-mich

Here are the books we read:

• Heute bin ich by Mies van Hout (2015)
• Das bin ich by Heinz Janisch & Birgit Antoni (2014)
• Von Kopf bis Fuß by Eric Carle (2011)

And here are the songs we sang:

• “Wenn du glücklich bist”
• “Meine Finger, Meine Finger” (Die 30 Besten Spiel- und Bewegungslieder, Vol. 3)
• “Kopf und Schulter, Knie und Fuß”
• “Das Lied über mich” (Volker Rosin)

You can download all the lyrics here: lieder-16-sept-2016 (PDF)