Favorite Friends Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond

Song: “Quiet as a Mouse” – Laura Doherty: Shining Like a Star

Flannel: “Five Little Cookies” (with Cookie Monster)
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.

Book: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin, illustrated by James Dean
pete the cat and his four groovy buttons

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

Book: There Is a Bird on Your Head! by Mo Willems

Song: “Owl in a Tree” (Tune: “Skip to My Lou”)
Owl in the tree goes, “Hoo, hoo, hoo,”
Owl in the tree goes, “Hoo, hoo, hoo,”
Owl in the tree goes, “Hoo, hoo, hoo,”
Skip to my lou, my darling.

Additional verses:
Robin in the nest goes, “Tweet, tweet, tweet…”
Duck in the pond goes, “Quack, quack, quack…”
Rooster in the yard goes, “Cock-a-doodle-doo…”
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)

Action Rhyme: “Little Birds”
Little birds, little birds, jump up and down.
Little birds, little birds, don’t make a sound.
Little birds, little birds, tip-toe to me.
Little birds, little birds, bend your knees.
Little birds, little birds, peep, peep, peep.
Little birds, little birds, sleep, sleep, sleep.
Little birds, little birds, fly to the leaves.
Little birds, little birds, sit down please.

Song: “Pig on Her Head” – Laurie Berkner: The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band

Closing Rhyme

Elephant & Piggie Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems

Song: “Pig on Her Head” – Laurie Berkner: The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band

Book: Elephants Cannot Dance! by Mo Willems

Movement Activity: “Animal Actions” (pull animals out of a bin and do their actions)
Piggie: twirl
Gerald: stomp feet
Squirrel: gather and eat nuts
Duckling: quack and eat cookies
Pigeon: drive the bus

Song: “Can’t Wait to Celebrate” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem

Book: I Am Invited to a Party! by Mo Willems
I Am Invited to a Party

Song: “The Party Freeze Dance Song” – The Kiboomers: Kids Music Channel

Closing Rhyme

Pigeon Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems

Song: “The Wheels On the Bus”
The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round, the wheels on the bus go round and round, all through the town.

Additional verses:
The pigeons on the bus go up and down
The horn on the bus goes beep beep beep
The doors on the bus go open and shut
The pigeons on the bus go wah wah wah
The driver on the bus goes shhh shhh shhh

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

Flannel: “Find the Pigeon”
Hide the Pigeon, Duckling, Knuffle Bunny, Elephant, & Piggie underneath different foods the pigeon likes.

Song: “If You’re a Pigeon and You Know It”
If you’re a pigeon and you know it, flap your wings!
If you’re a pigeon and you know it, flap your wings!
If you’re a pigeon and you know it,
And you really want to show it!
If you’re a pigeon and you know it, flap your wings!

Additional Verses:
Shake your tail (shake, shake)
Eat your cookies (nom, nom)
Drive the bus (zoom, zoom)

Book: The Pigeon Loves Things That Go! by Mo Willems

Closing Rhyme

Mo Willems Story Time – Everybody

Opening song

Book: Happy Pig Day by Mo Willems

Song: “Elephants Have” (Tune: “Have You Ever Seen a Lassie?”)
Elephants have (pat legs on each syllable)
Wrinkles, Wrinkles, Wrinkles (clap hands on each syllable)
Elephants have (pat legs on each syllable)
Wrinkles (clap hands on each syllable)
Everywhere! (stomp feet on each syllable)

Spoken:
On their nose! Oh-oh! (touch your nose, and mime a trunk)

Additional verses:
Elephants have wrinkles…On their ears!
Elephants have wrinkles…On their bellies!
Elephants have wrinkles…On their legs!

Book: Big Frog Can’t Fit In by Mo Willems

Flannel: “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”
Five green and speckled frogs
Sitting on a hollow log
Eating the most delicious bugs, yum, yum
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Now there are four green, speckled frogs, ribbit, ribbit

Song: : “If You’re a Frog and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a frog and you know it jump up and down.
If you’re a frog and you know it jump up and down.
If you’re a frog and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you’re a frog and you know it jump up and down!

Additional verses: Catch a fly, Make puffy cheeks, Hop into your seat, Say “ribbit”

Movie: Don’t let the Pigeon Drive the Bus  by Mo Willems

Closing Song

Craft:  Pigeon Puppet

Mo Willems Story Time – Everybody

Opening song

Book: The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog by Mo Willems

Play: “Hot Dog Dress Up” at www.pigeonpresents.com

Fingerplay: Five little hot dogs frying in a pan, the grease got hot and it went bam! (clap)

Song: “Shakin’ Everywhere” – Jim Gill: The Irrational Anthem

Book: Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems

Should I Share My Ice Cream? book cover

Flannelboard: “Ice Cream Colors”
We have ice cream, the best in town,
Let us begin with chocolate brown.
Now, let us scoop us some bubble-gum pink,
It is sweet and yummy, the best, some think.
Here is ice cream minty and green,
It is the creamiest I have ever seen.
Yellow ice cream is lemony and tart,
We like its taste from the very start.
Scoops of blueberry would make my day,
Look at all this ice cream, hip, hip hurray!
Red ice cream is a strawberry delight,
All these scoops are a wonderful sight.
Vanilla white is a popular flavor,
It tastes very good to an ice-cream craver.
Purple ice cream really gives me a kick,
Good and yummy till the very last lick.
Ice cream, ice cream, what a cool sensation,
We love ice cream in any combination!
Credit: Step By Step

Song: “Pig on Her Head” – Laurie Berkner: The Best of Laurie Berkner

Book: Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems

 Knuffle Bunny book cover

Song: “Sleeping Bunnies” – Kathy Reid-Naiman: Zoom Zoom Cuddle and Croon

 Closing rhyme

Craft: Pigeon headband