Books “Giraffes Can’t Dance” by Giles Andreae “Baby Danced the Polka” by Karen Beaumont “Down by the Cool of the Pool” by Tony Mitton Five Ballerinas I love having the children stand up, spin in a circle and jump. Five dancing ballerinas Dancing on their toes One twirls, spins and jumps Then off the stage… Read More Storytime: Dance
Books “Spring is Here” by Will Hillenbrand “Mouse’s First Spring” by Lauren Thompson “Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck” by Lisa Westberg Peters Little Bear (Tune: Frere Jacque) (ask children and parents to repeat after you) (this is a great song to do with a bear puppet!) Are you sleepy, are you sleepy (yawn) Little bear,… Read More Storytime: Spring
Books “The Very Busy Spider” by Eric Carle “Butterfly, Butterfly” by Petr Horacek “In the Tall, Tall Grass” by Denise Fleming “Can You Make a Scary Face?” by Jan Thomas Itsy Bitsy Spider The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout Down came the rain and washed the spider out Out came the sun… Read More Storytime: Bugs
Books “Bears in the Bath” by Shirley Parenteau “Bunny Fun” by Sarah Weeks “Butterfly, Butterfly” by Petr Horacek “The Birthday Box” by Leslie Patricelli ABC Magnets I like to start and end the Alphabet program by singing our ABCs. To start I put out all of the letter magnets and have the children tell me… Read More Storytime: Letter B
Here are some songs and activities that are perfect for getting the wiggles out. These songs are guaranteed to get the kids moving and engaged. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated and will be added to the list! Roly Poly (Tune: Where is Thumbkin) Roly poly, roly poly (roll arms) Up, up, up (raise arms)… Read More Storytime Go To Songs