Simon Says Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: Be Quiet! by Ryan T. Higgins

Song: “Quiet Song” – David Landau: Rocket to the Moon

Song: “Clap, Clap, Clap Your Hands”
Clap, clap, clap your hands.
Clap them all around.
Clap them loud and
Clap them soft,
Now don’t make a sound. (fold arms)

Additional verses:
Stamp, stamp, stamp your feet
Pat, pat, pat your knees
(Credit: Adapted from Preschool Storytime Outlines)

Book: On Account of the Gum by Adam Rex

Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties

Movement: Play Simon Says with scarves

Song: “Tap Your Toe and Follow Me” – Susan Salidor: Come and Make a Circle

Book: Everybody Says Meow by Constance Lombardo

Closing Rhyme

Animal Bodies Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: Hello Hello by Brendan Wenzel

Song: “Bodies 1-2-3” – Peter & Ellen Allard: Sing It! Say It! Stamp It! Sway It! Vol. 2

Book: Snakes Have No Legs! by Kelly Tills

Flannel: “Patterns”
Pattern, pattern, on the board,
Which repeat can we explore?

Song: “Shake Your Body Down” – Laurie Berkner: The Ultimate Laurie Berkner Band Collection

Book: I Spy With My Little Eye by Edward Gibbs

Puppet Song: “They’re a Part of Me” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap,
Clap, clap, clap,
Clap, clap, clap.
I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap,
They’re a part of me.

Additional verses:
Beaver – teeth, chomp
Octopus – arms, stretch
Manatee – flippers, splash
Ferret – whiskers, twitch
Skunk – tail, swish
Moose – antlers, scratch
Hippo – hooves, stomp

Closing Rhyme

Sheep Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: The Sheep Who Hatched an Egg by Gemma Merino

Song: “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep”

Song: “This Is How I Do It” – Laurie Berkner: Superhero

Book: Hide and Sheep by Andrea Beaty, illustrated by Bill Mayer

Flannel: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”

Song: “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem

Puppets/Book: The King Who Wouldn’t Sleep by Debbie Singleton, illustrated by Holly Swain

Closing Rhyme

Soup Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: Logan’s Greenhouse by JaNay Brown-Wood, illustrated by Samara Hardy

Song: “Veggie Soup” – The Squeegees: Veggie Soup

Flannel/Book: Soup for One by Ethan Long

Can you guess which one is the hero of this story? Find the crankiest face...
(Credit: Storytiming)

Song: “I Feel Crazy So I Jump in the Soup” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito

Flannel: “Rainbow Soup”
Take an apple,
Put it in the pot.
Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
Take it out now. What will it be? The prettiest red you ever did see!

Take an orange,
Put it in the pot.
Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
Take it out now. What will it be? The prettiest orange you ever did see!

Take a banana,
Put it in the pot.
Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
Take it out now. What will it be? The prettiest yellow you ever did see!

Take a pear,
Put it in the pot.
Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
Take it out now. What will it be? The prettiest green you ever did see!

Take some blueberries,
Put them in the pot.
Stir them, stir them, stir them a lot.
Take them out now. What will they be? The prettiest blue you ever did see!

Take some grapes,
Put them in the pot.
Stir them, stir them, stir them a lot.
Take them out now. What will they be? The prettiest purple you ever did see!

What did we make with our rainbow stew? A magical rainbow for me and you!
(Credit: Library Village)

Song: “Hot Soup” – Kira Willey: Mindful Moments for Kids

Book: A Soup Opera by Jim Gill, illustrated by David Moose

Closing Rhyme

Time Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: Time by Julie Murray

Song: “Hickory Dickory Dock”
Hickory dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock. (run fingers up arm)
The clock struck one, (clap once – for each number the clock strikes)
The mouse ran down, (run fingers down arm)
Hickory dickory dock.

Additional verses:
Two…said, “Boo!”
Three…said, “Whee!”
Four…said, “No more!”
(Credit: Jbrary)

Book: Kimchi, Kimchi Every Day by Erica Kim

Flannel Song: Today Is Monday by Eric Carle

Book: Owl and the Mystery of Tomorrow by Réka Király, translated by Mia Spangenberg

Closing Rhyme

Horse Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: Doris by Sarah Jacoby

Song: “If You’re a Horse and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a horse and you know it, stamp your hooves.
If you’re a horse and you know it, stamp your hooves.
If you’re a horse and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you’re a horse and you know it, stamp your hooves.

Additional verses:
Toss your mane
Prance around
Say, “Neigh!”

Fingerplay: “Ten Galloping Horses”
Ten galloping horses, (hold up ten fingers)
Came through town. (slap hands on legs like galloping)
Five were white, (hold up five fingers)
And five were brown. (hold up five fingers on other hand)
They galloped up, (slap up toward top of thighs)
They galloped down, (slap down toward knees)
Ten galloping horses, (hold up ten fingers)
Came through town. (slap hands on legs like galloping)
(Credit: King County Library System)

Book: The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton

Puppet Song: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”

Book (if time): Noni the Pony by Alison Lester

Closing Rhyme

Rock Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: What Can You Do with a Rock? by Pat Zietlow Miller, illustrated by Katie Kath

Flannel Song: “This Is a Rock” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
Chalk is a rock we use to draw, use to draw, use to draw,
Chalk is a rock we use to draw,
Chalk is a rock.

Additional verses:
Lava is made of molten rock…
Sand is made of ground up rocks…
Meteorites are rocks that fall from space…
Fossils are rocks that show the past…
Granite is a rock we use to build…
Clay is a rock we sculpt into pots…
(Credit: Mia Imperl)

Flannel Rhyme: “Listen to the Rock”
I listen to the rock,
What do I hear?
I listen to the [name the type/form of rock],
Is something there?
I hear [make an animal noise].

Repeat with different animals and rocks
(Credit: Mia Imperl)

Book: Bring Me a Rock! by Daniel Miyares

Song: “Rocky Shore Symphony” – Linda Arnold: Splash Zone: Singable Sea Songs for Kids

Book (if time): Petra by Marianna Coppo

Closing Rhyme

Gratitude Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Frané Lessac

Song: “If You’re Thankful and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re thankful and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re thankful and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re thankful and you know it, then your face will surely show it.
If you’re thankful and you know it, clap your hands.

Additional verses:
Stomp your feet
Say, “Thank you!”
Do all 3

Book: The Thankful Book by Todd Parr

Song: “Hot Potato” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy

Song: “The More We Get Together”
(Use American Sign Language for “more,” “get together,” and “happier.” See ASL movements here.)
The more we get together, together, together,
The more we get together,
The happier we’ll be.
Cause your friends are my friends
and my friends are your friends.
The more we get together,
The happier we’ll be.
(Credit: Storytime with Ms. Emily Library)

Book: The Thank You Book by Mo Willems

Closing Rhyme

Lost and Found Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Flannel: “Bookworm, Bookworm”
Bookworm, bookworm,
Hiding in a book.
Bookworm, bookworm,
Where should we look?
Are you inside the [color] book?

Repeat until you find the bookworm.

Book: I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
I Want My Hat Back book cover

Fingerplay: “Where Is Thumbkin?”
Where is Thumbkin, where is Thumbkin?
Here I am! Here I am!
How are you today, Friend?
Very well, I thank you.
Run away, run away.

Repeat for pointer, pinky, and all three.
(Credit: Modified from Storytime Solidarity and Storytime with Ms. Emily Library)

Book: Mister Kitty Is Lost! by Greg Pizzoli

Song: “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem

Book: Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems
Knuffle Bunny book cover

Song (if time): “Hug My Bunny” (Tune: “Found a Peanut”)
Hug my bunny, hug my bunny, hug my bunny just now,
Just now I hug my bunny, hug my bunny, just now.

Additional verses:
Load the laundry
Play outside
Lost my bunny
Can’t stop crying
Check the washer
Found my bunny
(Credit: Leah Portz)

Closing Rhyme

Snacks on the Farm Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: Spreckle’s Snack Surprise by Sandra Salsbury

Flannel: “Five Little Kernels”
(Put up the five kernel shapes on the board, as spread out as you can. When you say “POP!” slap a white popcorn shape right on top of one of the kernels.)
Five little kernels sizzling in the pot.
All of a sudden, one went POP!

Repeat, counting down until all the kernels have popped.
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)

Song: “Dragon Pokey”
You put your claws in, you take your claws out,
You put your claws in, and you scratch them all about!
You do the Dragon Pokey and you turn yourself around,
That’s what it’s all about!

Additional verses:
Feet in/stomp them all about
Teeth in/chomp them all about
Tail in/swing it all about

Book: Croc-a-doodle-doo! by Huw Lewis Jones, illustrated by Sebastien Braun

Song: “DONUT” (Tune: “BINGO”)
I know a treat that’s round and sweet,
It’s fancy, fried, and tasty!
D-O-N-U-T
D-O-N-U-T
D-O-N-U-T
Please save a bite for me, hey!

Count down just as in “BINGO,” clapping for each letter as it’s replaced.

Puppet Rhyme: “Mmm, Donuts!”
Down around the corner, at the bakery shop,
There were [number] little donuts with frosting on top.
Along came [name], hungry for a treat,
And s/he picked the [color] one to take home and eat!
(Credit: The Lion is a Bookworm)

Song: “Jump Up, Turn Around” – Jim Gill: Moving Rhymes for Modern Times

Book: The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Marcellus Hall

Closing Rhyme