Books Five Little Monkeys Five little monkeys jumping on the bed (hold up 5 fingers)One fell off and bumped his head (tap head)Mama called the doctor and the doctor said (phone to eat)“No more monkeys jumping on the bed!” (shake finger) (count down) If You’re Happy & You Know It If you’re happy and you… Read More Storytime: Grumpy Monkey
Books “Mo’s Mustache” by Ben Clanton“Mustache Baby” by Bridget Heos“Book-o-Beards” by Lenke & Lentz 10 Little Mustaches 1 little, 2 little, 3 little mustaches4 little, 5 little, 6 little mustaches7 little, 8 little, 9 little mustaches10 little mustaches under your nose 9 little, 8 little, 7 little mustaches6 little, 5 little, 4 little mustaches3 little,… Read More Storytime: Hair
Books “Raindrop Plop!” by Wendy Cheyette Lewison“Rain” by Manya Stojic“The Big Storm” by Nancy Tafuri Windshield Wiper This is a fun one to repeat several times and have children do it faster and slower. I’m a windshield wiper (hold up arms)This is how I goBack and forth, back and forth (wave arms back and forth)In… Read More Storytime: Rain
Books “5 Little Ducks” by Denise Fleming “Lunch” by Denise Fleming “Underground” by Denise Fleming 10 Little Ants 1 little, 2 little, 3 little ants (count on fingers) 4 little, 5 little, 6 little ants 7 little, 8 little, 9 little ants 10 little ants underground They crawl and they crawl and they keep on crawling (walk… Read More Storytime: Denise Fleming
Books “Kiki’s Blankie” by Janie Bynum “Flora’s Blanket” by Debi Gliori Here is a Baby Here is a baby (hold up index finger) Ready for a nap Lay her down in her mother’s lap (place finger in palm of other hand) Cover her up so she won’t peek (curl fingers around index finger) Rock her… Read More Storytime: Blanket
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 “Toolbox Twins” by Lola M. Schaefer “Whose Tools Are These?” by Sharon Katz Cooper “Tap Tap Bang Bang” by Emma Garcia Five Little Nails This was a crowd favorite, they loved yelling bam and thought it was so much fun! Five little nails, standing straight and steady (hold up 5 fingers) Here I come… Read More Storytime: Tools
Books “Mama Cat has Three Kittens” by Denise Fleming “Kitten’s First Full Moon” by Kevin Henkes “A Kitten Tale” by Eric Roman Where Is Big Cat (Tune: Where is Thumbkin) Before starting I introduce the kids to Big Cat (my thumbs) and Little Cat (my pinkies). The cats give a little meow and the kids… Read More Storytime: Kittens
Books “Snowmen at Night” by Carolyn Buehner “There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow” by Lucille Colandro “Snowballs” by Lois Ehlert Five Little Snowmen (Tune: Five Little Monkeys) Five little snowmen riding on a sled (hold up 5 fingers) One fell off and bumped his head (tap head) Frosty called the doctor and… Read More Storytime: Snowmen