Books “On the Farm” by David Elliott “Big Red Barn” by Margaret Wise Brown Eight Baby Pigs Two mother pigs lived in a pen (hold thumbs up) Each had four babies and that made ten (hold up 10 fingers) These four babies were black and white (wiggle 4 fingers) These four babies were black as… Read More Storytime: Farm
Books “Moongame” by Frank Asch “Cloudette” by Tom Lichtenheld Zoom, Zoom, Zoom Zoom, zoom, zoom (rub hands in the air) We’re going to the moon Zoom, zoom, zoom We’re going to the moon If you want to take a trip Climb aboard my rocket ship (walk hands up arm) Zoom, zoom, zoom We’re going to… Read More Storytime: Clouds
Books “Apple Farmer Annie” by Monica Wellington “Sneeze, Big Bear, Sneeze” by Maureen Wright All the Leaves are Falling Down (Tune: London Bridge) All the leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down (flutter hands down) All the leaves are falling down, it is Fall Take a rake and rake them up, rake them up… Read More Storytime: Fall
Books “I Love You Nose, I Love You Toes” by Linda Davick “I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More!” by Karen Beaumont “Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes” by Mem Fox Fingers Like to Wiggle Waggle Fingers like to wiggle waggle, wiggle waggle, wiggle waggle (wiggle fingers) Fingers like to wiggle waggle to and fro… Read More Storytime: Body
Books “The Pout-Pout Fish” by Deborah Diesen “Ten Little Fish” by Audrey Wood “The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark” by Ken Geist Catch a Fish (Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat) Catch, catch, catch a fish Hook it on your line Reel it, reel it, reel it in, This one will be mine… Read More Storytime: Fish
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 “Roly-Poly Egg” by Kali Stileman “Birdsongs” by Betsy Franco & Steve Jenkins “Peck, Peck, Peck” by Lucy Cousins Two Little Blackbirds Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill One named Jack and one named Jill Fly away Jack, fly away Jill Come back Jack, come back Jill Two little blackbirds sitting on pole One… Read More Storytime: Birds
Books “Sea, Sand, Me!” by Patricia Hubbell “Sally Goes to the Beach” by Stephen Huneck “All You Need for a Beach” by Alice Schertle Beach Ball A little beach ball (make circle with hands) A bigger beach ball (expand hands) A great big beach ball (expand hands) I see, now let’s count them Are you… Read More Storytime: Beach
Books “The Napping House” by Audrey Wood “Llama Llama Red Pajama” by Anna Dewdney “Some Babies Sleep” by Cynthia Cotten Here is a Baby Here is a baby ready for a nap (hold up index finger) Lay her down in her mother’s lap (place finger in palm) Cover her up so she won’t peek (curl fingers… Read More Storytime: Bedtime
Books “I Love Bugs!” by Philemon Sturges “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle I have a board book set (12 books) for “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” I give each parent and child a book to read together. Some children will look at it at their own pace, while others will follow along with me.… Read More Storytime: Bugs