Cupcakes Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Little Mouse and the Big Cupcake by Thomas Taylor, illustrated by Jill Barton

Song: “This Is the Way We Bake a Cake”
This is the way we mix the batter,
Mix the batter, mix the batter.
This is the way we mix the batter
When we bake a cake!

Additional verses:
Spread the frosting
Sprinkle the toppings
Eat our piece

Rhyme: “Pat-a-Cake”
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man, (clap)
Bake me a cake as fast as you can. (clap)
Roll it, (roll one hand over the other)
And pat it, (pat legs)
And mark it with a “B,” (make the letter B on baby’s tummy)
And put it in the oven for Baby and me! (hands flat, then point to baby, then you)

Book: Monsters Love Cupcakes by Mike Austin

Flannel w/Puppets: “Five Fancy Cupcakes”
Down around the corner at the bakery shop
Were five fancy cupcakes with sprinkles on top!
Along comes a (insert animal puppet) with a dollar to pay.
She picks up a cupcake and takes it away.

Repeat with other animals

Song: “Peanut Butter and Jelly” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms

Book: Baby Cakes by Theo Heras, illustrated by Renné Benoit

Shaker Eggs: “Milkshake Song” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms

Shaker Eggs: “Shake it On Your Shoe”
1, 2, shake it on your shoe.
3, 4, shake it on the floor.
5, 6, stir and mix.
7, 8, stand up straight.
9, 10, wave to your friends.

Closing Rhyme

Baking Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Yum Yum! What Fun! by Mara Bergman

Song: “This Is The Way We Bake a Cake”
This is the way we mix the batter, mix the batter, mix the batter
This is the way we mix the batter, when we bake a cake!

This is the way we spread the frosting, spread the frosting, spread the frosting
This is the way we spread the frosting, when we bake a cake!

This is the way we eat our piece, eat our piece, eat our piece
This is the way we eat our piece, when we bake a cake!

Book: Mr. Cookie Baker by Monica Wellington

Felt Story: “Five Little Cookies”
Five little cookies, with frosting galore
Cookie Monster ate the pink one, then there were four.
Four little cookies, two and two, you see,
Cookie Monster ate the green one, then there were three.
Three little cookies, but before I knew,
Cookie Monster ate the blue one, then there were two.
Two little cookies, oh, what fun!
Cookie Monster ate the orange one, then there was one.
One little cookie, watch me run!
Cookie Monster ate the red one, then there were none.

Song: “Hands Are Clapping”(Tune: “Skip To My Lou”)
Hands are clapping
Clap clap clap
Hands are clapping
Clap clap clap
Hands are clapping
Clap clap clap
Clap your hands my darling!

Additional verses:
Feet are stomping…
Arms are flapping…

Book: Baby Cakes by Karma Wilson

Fingerplay: Make a Cake
Mix the batter, stir the batter (make a stirring motion with one arm/hand)
Shake some flour in (make a shaking motion with one arm/hand)
Mix the batter, stir the batter (make a stirring motion with one arm/hand)
Place it in a tin (pretend to pour)

Sprinkle in some chocolate chips (pretend to sprinkle)
Put it in to bake (open both hands, palms up, and slide them forward)
Then open wide the oven door (pretend to open door)
And out comes the cake! (open both hands, palms up, and slide them forward)

Book:  Maisy Makes Gingerbread by Lucy Cousins

Song (shaker eggs): “The Cookie Bakers of the Night” – Laurie Berkner: Buzz Buzz

Closing Song

Craft: C is for Cupcake

 

Bakery Story Time – Preschool

Introduction: This week’s stories are about things we bake. What kinds of things do we bake? Do you help in the kitchen?

Opening song

Book: Mr. Cookie Baker by Monica Wellington

mister cookie baker

Song: “Three Little Muffins” – David Landau:  Kids and Kitties

Book: All for Pie, Pie for All by David Martin, illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev

all for pie pie for all

Song: “Peanut Butter & Jelly” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms

songs for wiggleworms

Book: The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems

duckling gets a cookie

Song w/shaker eggs: “Milkshake Song” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms

Movie: The Little Red Hen adapted from the book by Paul Galdone, Scholastic Storybook Treasures DVD

little red hen


Craft:
“Frosting” cupcakes with homemade puffy paint (equal parts white glue & shaving cream, plus food coloring) with sequin sprinkles. Puffy paint is my new favorite thing! Super easy to whip up and the kids had a blast painting with it.

cupcakes