Books “Ella Sarah Gets Dressed” by Margaret Chodos-Irvine “Hooray for Hat!” by Brian Won “Duck Sock Hop” by Jane Kohuth Silly Hat On my head, I wear a hat (pretend to place hat on head) It is such a silly hat That my head will wiggle waggle to and fro (tilt head side to side)… Read More Storytime: Clothes
Books “All You Need for a Snowman” by Alice Schertle “Snowmen at Night” by Caralyn Buehner “100 Snowmen” by Jen Arena Snow on the Rooftop by Kathy Reid-Naiman Snow on the rooftops (make pointed roof shape with arms) Snow on the trees (hold arms up like branches) Snow on the green grass (touch ground) And… Read More Storytime: Snowmen
I love egg shakers! It’s almost impossible to pick up an egg shaker and not wiggle around with it. You know who else loves egg shakers?? Children! I use egg shakers quite a bit in my story times and it is always a crowd pleaser. The great thing about egg shakers is that they work… Read More Storytime: Egg Shakers
Books “Playful Little Penguins” by Tony Mitton “I Like It When…” by Mary Murphy “If You Were a Penguin” by Wendell and Florence Minor Two Little Penguins Two little penguins sitting on the ice (hold up thumbs) One bows once, the other bows twice (make thumbs up and down) Waddle little penguins, waddle away (wiggle… Read More Storytime: Penguins
Books “Bears on Chairs” by Shirley Parenteau “Sleepy Bear” by Lydia Dabcovich “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” by Bill Martin Jr. A Bear Eats Honey A bear eats honey (pretend to eat) He think it’s yummy in his tummy (rub stomach) But the bees don’t think it’s funny! (shake finger) Buzzzzz Beehive… Read More Storytime: Bears
Books “Duck in the Truck” by Jez Alborough “Freight Train” by Donald Crews “Toot Toot Beep Beep” by Emma Garcia Drive, Drive, Drive Your Car (Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat) Drive, drive, drive your car (steering wheel motion) All around the town Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily Up the hills and down Turn, turn, turn… Read More Storytime: Transportation
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 “Squeaky Clean” by Simon Puttock “Bears in the Bath” by Shirley Parenteau Bubbles, Bubbles (Tune: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear) Bubbles, bubbles all around (roll arms) Bubbles, bubbles on the ground (lower arms to floor) Bubbles, bubbles on my nose (touch nose) Bubbles, bubbles on my toes (touch toes) Bubbles, bubbles everywhere (reach arms out) Rub-a-Dub-Dub Rub-a-dub-dub,… Read More Storytime: Bathtime
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