Books “Get Up and Go!” by Nancy Carlson “Goodnight Football” by Michael Dahl “Clothesline Clues to Sports People Play” by Kathryn Helen and Deborah Hembrook Baseball Player (Tune: Frere Jacques) Baseball player, baseball player Swing the bat, hit the ball (pretend to swing a bat) Run around the bases, run around the bases (run in… Read More Storytime: Sports
Books “Mouse’s First Fall” by Lauren Thompson “Fall Leaves Fall!” by Zoe Hall “The Busy Little Squirrel” by Nancy Tafuri Mother Nature, Did You Sneeze (Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle) Falling, falling, falling leaves (wiggle hands down) Mother nature did you sneeze? Aaaachoo Red ones, yellow ones, orange and brown (hold up fingers) Big ones, littles ones,… Read More Storytime: Fall
Books “Elephants on Board” by Susa MacDonald “I Dream of an Elephant” by Ami Rubinger (flannel board) “Tweak Tweak” by Eve Bunting I Dream of An Elephant by Ami Rubinger Upon a Spider’s Web One little elephant went out to play, Upon a spider’s web one day. He had such enormous fun, that he called… Read More Storytime: Elephants
Books “Dinosaur vs. the Library” by Bob Shea “Ten Terrible Dinosaurs” by Paul Strickland “How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?” by Jane Yolen & Mark Teague Five Little Dinosaurs (Tune: Five Little Monkeys) Five little dinosaurs jumping on the bed One fell off and bumped his head Mama called the doctor and the doctor said… Read More Storytime: Dinosaurs
Books “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle “Don’t Worry Bear” by Greg Foley “Waiting for Wings” by Lois Ehlert “Arabella Miller’s Tiny Caterpillar” by Clare Jarrett The Life of a Butterfly (Tune: Skip to My Lou) I’m a caterpillar, wiggle with me (wiggle) I’m a caterpillar, wiggle with me I’m a caterpillar, wiggle with me… Read More Storytime: Caterpillar/Butterfly
Books “Mouse Paint” by Ellen Still Walsh “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” by Bill Martin Jr. Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd Flannel Board I read this book along with the flannel board I created a while back, if there are not a lot of children I actually give each child a dot… Read More Storytime: Colors
Books “Who Sank the Boat” by Pamela Allen “Sheep on a Ship” by Nancy Shaw “Little Tug” by Stephen Savage Five Little Boats (Tune: Five Little Ducks) Five sailboats went out one day (hold up 5 fingers) Over the waves and far away (make wave motion with hands) With the wind, they began to rock… Read More Storytime: Boats
Books “The Pout-Pout Fish” by Deborah Diesen “Rainbow Fish” by Marcus Pfister (shortened version) “Smiley Shark” by Ruth Galloway Five Little Fishies Swimming in the Sea Five little fishies, swimming in the sea (put hands together and move like fish) Teasing Mr. Shark, “You can’t catch me! No, you can’t catch me!” (shake finger side… Read More Storytime: Fish