Hooray for Hen!

Puppet: 
hen

Props:
plastic egg
storytime bag

Introduce Henrietta Hen. Since it was a New Year's storytime, we talked a little about "resolutions." I explained that Henrietta's resolution was to lay more eggs in the new year. She wanted to get started, but was having trouble. Would the children be able to help Henrietta lay an egg? I explained the way to help was to sing "The Hen on the Nest."

Hen on the Nest
[tune: Wheels on the Bus]
The hen on the nest goes
cluck, cluck, cluck,
cluck, cluck, cluck,
cluck, cluck, cluck,
the hen on the nest goes
cluck, cluck, cluck
when she lays an egg

We sang it three times, louder each time. Henrietta could not lay an egg. So I thought maybe we should try counting down, like you do on New Year's Eve. We counted 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! And yelled "You can do it, Henrietta!" It worked. She laid an egg in the storytime bag.