Books “Where’s My Mummy?” by Carolyn Crimi “Trick or Treat Countdown” by Patricia Hubbard Five Little Pumpkins Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate (hold up 5 fingers) The first one said, “Oh my, it’s getting late.” (put hands on cheeks) The second one said, “There are witches in the air.” (shade eyes and look)… Read More Storytime: Halloween
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 “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 “Astronaut Piggy Wiggy” by Christyan and Diane Fox “I Want to be an Astronaut” by Byron Barton “Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! I’m Off to the Moon!” by Dan Yaccarino Zoom, Zoom, Zoom Zoom, zoom, zoom we’re going to the moon (slide hands) Zoom, zoom, zoom, we’re going to the moon If you’d like to take… Read More Storytime: Astronauts
Books “Moongame” by Franck Asch “How to Catch a Star” by Oliver Jeffers “Kitten’s First Full Moon” by Kevin Henkes Craft I usually end storytime with a craft but today we did it first since we wanted our moons to dry. We painted with moon paint (mixed flour and white paint to make a chunky… Read More Storytime: Moon and Stars
Books “Katie Loves the Kittens” by John Himmelman “Kitten’s First Full Moon” by Kevin Henkes “Is Everyone Ready for Fun?” by Jan Thomas Five Little Kittens Five little kittens standing in a row (hold up 5 fingers) They nod their heads to the children so (bend fingers) They run to the left (move hand left)… Read More Storytime: Animals
Books “Mouse’s First Snow” by Lauren Thompson “Go Away, Big Green Monster!” by Ed Emberley “Monkey and Me” by Emily Gravett 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 what letter is… Read More Storytime: Letter M