Dragon Story Time – Sensory Friendly

Opening Song

Book: Have You Seen My Dragon? by Steve Light
The cover of the book Have You Seen My Dragon? The illustration is of a green dragon breathing smoke up through a sewer grate that a child is looking at from up above on the street. The colorful characters are set against the backdrop of a black and white city street.

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: There’s a Dragon in Your Book by Tom Fletcher, illustrated by Greg Abbott
The cover of the book There's a Dragon in Your Book. The illustration is of a cute green dragon blowing a flame out of its nose in front of the eggshell it just exited. The blue background is made to look like a hole was burned out of the middle, which is where the title is.

Song: “Mat Man” – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer: Get Set for School Sing Along

Movement: Learn the yoga pose “dragon”

Social Story: Being Friends with Dragons by Katherine Locke, illustrated by Diane Ewen
The cover of the book Being Friends with Dragons. The illustration is of a diverse group of kids playing on an aqua and yellow dragon who is wearing purple glasses.

Closing Song

Craft: Fire-breathing dragon
A photograph of a fire-breathing dragon craft made out of a green toilet paper roll with red, orange, and yellow paper coming out of its mouth.

Worm Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: The World of Worm: Shapes by Esther van den Berg
The cover of the book The World of Worm: Shapes. The illustration is of an apple, a musical triangle, and a die with three pips floating in the air above a worm.

Song: “Wiggle Dance” – Danny Go!

Book: Earthworms by Megan Borgert-Spaniol
The cover of the Backyard Wildlife book Earthworms. The cover has a photograph of an earthworm curled up with a bright pink background.

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

Song: “The Gardener Digs the Soil” (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
The worms mix up the soil, (pretend to dig)
The worms mix up the soil,
High ho, the derry oh,
The worms mix up the soil.

Additional verses:
The gardener plants the seeds… (pretend to plant seeds)
The rain falls on the ground… (flutter fingers down to ground)
The sun shines bright and warm… (hold hands in circle overhead)
The seeds begin to grow… (slowly raise hands from ground)
Flowers all around… (hold hands outstretched)
Fresh vegetables to eat… (pretend to eat)

Book: Worms for Lunch? by Leonid Gore
The cover of the book Worms for Lunch? The illustration is of a monkey and a rabbit fishing using a banana and a carrot for bait when a worm crawls on their boat and they both look over at it.

Song: “Fruit Salad Salsa” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito

Song: “When I Woke Up Today” – Laurie Berkner: Superhero

Closing Rhyme

Tree Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: The Life Cycle of an Oak Tree by Linda Tagliaferro
The cover of the book The Life Cycle of an Oak Tree. The cover has a photograph of acorns, a photograph of an oak seedling, and a photograph of a fully grown oak tree on a teal background.

Action Rhyme: “Once I Was a Seed”
Once I was a seed and I was small, small, small.
I grew into a tree and now I’m tall, tall, tall!
My branches sway in the breeze so soft.
And when it’s autumn, all my leaves fall off!
(Credit: Storytime in the Stacks)

Song: “Leaves, Branches, Trunk and Roots” (Tune: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”)
Leaves (wiggle hands and fingers), branches (stretch arms out to the sides), trunk (touch torso) and roots (touch legs), trunk and roots,
Leaves, branches, trunk and roots, trunk and roots,
Trees are important to me and to you,
Leaves, branches, trunk and roots, trunk and roots.
(Credit: KinderNature)

Book: A Tree Is a Community by David L. Harrison, illustrated by Kate Cosgrove
The cover of the book A Tree Is a Community. The illustration is of a boy and a girl swinging beneath a tree where squirrels, raccoons, bugs, mushrooms, and birds are living.

Flannel Song: “The Green Grass Grew All Around”

Shaker Eggs: “Shakin’ Like a Leafy Tree” – The Wiggles: Racing to the Rainbow

Shaker Eggs: “Shake Your Shakers”
Shake your shaker up.
Shake your shaker down.
Shake it side to side.
Shake it all around.
Shake it on your shoulders.
Shake it on your head.
Shake it on your knees,
And shake it right to bed!

Shaker Eggs: “Can You Shake Your Egg with Me?” (Tune: “London Bridge”)
Can you shake your egg with me?
Shake your egg along with me.
It’s as easy as can be.
Now put it on your tummy!

Repeat with different body parts
(Credit: King County Library System)

Closing Rhyme

Mice Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: The Mouse Who Reached the Sky by Petr Horáček
The cover of the book The Mouse Who Reached the Sky. The illustration is of a gray mouse wearing striped socks standing under a tree that's growing a red fruit.

Rhyme: “This Is Big”
This is big, big, big. (stretch hands far to sides)
This is small, small, small. (cup hands together)
This is short, short, short. (hold palms close vertically)
This is tall, tall, tall. (hold palms far apart vertically)
This is fast, fast, fast. (roll hands quickly)
This is slow, slow, slow. (roll hands slowly)
This is yes, yes, yes. (nod head)
This is no, no, no. (shake head)
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)

Book: Bear’s New Friend by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Jane Chapman
The cover of the book Bear's New Friend. The illustration is of bear and several other woodland animals looking at a brown patch in the grass.

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:
Horn/beep-beep-beep
Wipers/swish-swish-swish
Doors/open and shut
Babies/up & down
Parents/I love you

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.

Scarf Song: “Wave Your Scarf” (Tune: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”)
Wave, wave, wave your scarf,
As slowly as you can.
Wave your scarf, wave your scarf,
As slowly as you can.

Additional verses:
Wave, wave, wave your scarf, as quickly as you can…
Swing your arms (slowly, quickly)
Stomp your feet (slowly, quickly)

Scarf Rhyme: “Here is the Beehive”
Here is the beehive,
But where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Soon they’ll come creeping out of the hive.
One! Two! Three! Four! Five!
BZZZZZZ!!!!! Back in the hive, bees!

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

Closing Rhyme

Spring Story Time – Family

Opening Song

Book: Big Yellow Sunflower by Frances Barry
The cover of the book Big Yellow Sunflower. The illustration is a sunflower that takes up the whole cover with a bee and two ladybugs on the petals.

Rhyme: “This Is Big”
This is big, big, big. (stretch hands far to sides)
This is small, small, small. (cup hands together)
This is short, short, short. (hold palms close vertically)
This is tall, tall, tall. (hold palms far apart vertically)
This is fast, fast, fast. (roll hands quickly)
This is slow, slow, slow. (roll hands slowly)
This is yes, yes, yes. (nod head)
This is no, no, no. (shake head)
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)

Book: Butterfly, Butterfly: A Book of Colors by Petr Horáček
The cover of the book Butterfly, Butterfly: A Book of Colors. The illustration is of a large red, orange, yellow, and green butterfly.

Puppet Rhyme: “In My Garden”
There’s something in my garden,
Now, what can it be?
There’s something in my garden,
That I can’t really see.

I hear its funny sound…
RIBBIT – RIBBIT – RIBBIT
A FROG is what I found!
RIBBIT – RIBBIT – RIBBIT

Additional verses:
THUMP – Rabbit
SQUEAK – Mouse
CAW – Crow
TWEET – Bird
BUZZ – Bee
WIGGLE – Caterpillar
FLUTTER – Butterfly

Book: Wiggly Worms by Neon Squid, illustrated by Tinna Guo
The cover of the book Wiggly Worms. The illustration is of a large, pink worm with a serene face that is curled in a spiral surrounded by four smaller worms.

Shaker Eggs: “Shake Your Shakers”
Shake your shakers in the air,
Shake it here, shake it there,
Shake your shakers in the air,
Shake your shakers.
(Credit: Jbrary)

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

Closing Rhyme

Hello and Goodbye Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Puppet Song: “When Ducks Get Up in the Morning”
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day.
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say.

Repeat with other animals/sounds
(Credit: King County Library System)

Sign Language: Hello, goodbye, baby, time, say

Hello Song: “Hello Babies”
Hello, babies,
Hello, babies,
Hello, babies,
It’s time to say, “Hello.”

Book: Say Hello Like This! by Mary Murphy
The cover of the book Say Hello Like This! The illustration is of two baby chickens peeping.

Song: “Roly Poly” (Tune: “Frère Jacques”)
Roly poly, roly poly
Up, up, up
up, up, up
Roly roly poly
roly roly poly
down, down, down
down, down, down

Repeat with: out/in, fast/slow
(Credit: Jbrary)

Roll-a-Rhyme: Roll the nursery rhyme cube

Book: I Can Say Bye-Bye! by Stephanie Cohen, illustrated by Lindsay Dale-Scott
The cover of the book I Can Say Bye-Bye!: A First Words Flap Book. The illustration is a photo of a smiling baby waving to the reader with a speech bubble that says, "Includes 8 full page flaps and a mirror!"

Lap Rhyme: “Giddyap Giddyap”
Giddyap, giddyap, ride to town, (bounce)
Giddyap, giddyap, up and down, (lift)
Giddyap fast, giddyap slow,
Giddyap, giddyap, WHOA! (lean baby back)
(Credit: Read Sing Play)

Lap Song: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.

Repeat with: bounce, sway, tickle

Lap Song: “Bumpity Bumpity Goes the Dump Truck”
Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck.
Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck.
Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck.
Dump out the load. (tip baby to the side)
(Credit: Jbrary)

Shaker Eggs: “Hello!” – Super Simple Songs

Goodbye Song: “Goodbye Babies” (with sign language)
Goodbye, babies,
Goodbye, babies,
Goodbye, babies,
It’s time to say, “Goodbye.”

Closing Rhyme

Earth Story Time – Sensory Friendly

Opening Song

Book: What Can You Do with a Rock? by Pat Zietlow Miller, illustrated by Katie Kath
The cover of the book What Can You Do with a Rock? The illustration is of a child with blue hair crossing a woodland stream on some rocks.

Song: “Tree Song” (Tune: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”)
Movements:
Hands and fingers are the leaves – wiggle high in the air
Move arms straight out for the branches
Touch upper body with hands when saying “trunk”
Touch legs when saying “roots”

Leaves, branches, trunk and roots, trunk and roots,
Leaves, branches, trunk and roots, trunk and roots,
Trees are important to me and to you,
Leaves, branches, trunk and roots, trunk and roots.
(Credit: KinderNature)

Book: The Earth Is Good: A Chant in Praise of Nature by Michael DeMunn, illustrated by Jim McMullan
The cover of the book The Earth Is Good: A Chant in Praise of Nature. The illustration is of a child running with their arms out past some trees with a dog following behind.

Song: “Tap, Tap, Tap” – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer: Get Set for School Sing Along

Yoga: Tree pose

Social Story: Big Earth, Little Me by Thom Wiley, illustrated by Kate Endle
The cover of the book Big Earth, Little Me. The illustration is of a child lying in the grass with a caterpillar on her finger and a butterfly in the background.

Closing Song

Craft: Earth suncatchers
A photograph of an earth suncatcher made with green tissue paper in the shape of the continents and blue tissue paper for the water.

Rainforest Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: There’s a Lion in the Forest! by Mônica Carnesi
The cover of the book There's a Lion in the Forest! The illustration is of a capybara, a toucan, and a small red bird surrounded by a border of leaves.

Song: “Rainstorm” – Kira Willey: Mindful Moments for Kids

Book: Quick, Little Monkey! by Sarah L. Thomson, illustrated by Lita Judge
The cover of the book Quick, Little Monkey! The illustration is of a monkey with a striped tail that is climbing up a vine.

Song: “The Monkey Dance” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy

Flannel Rhyme: “Five Sleepy Sloths”
Five sleepy sloths on the rainforest floor,
One swam away, and then there were four.

Four sleepy sloths climbing up a tree,
One stopped for fruit, and then there were three.

Three sleepy sloths with an upside-down view,
One switched branches, and then there were two.

Two sleepy sloths in circles they spun,
One climbed down, and then there was one.

One sleepy sloth missing everyone
Left to eat leaves, and now there are none.

Movement: “Snake Breath” – Kira Willey: Mindful Moments for Kids

Book: Rainforest Romp by Tony Mitton, illustrated by Ant Parker
The cover of the book Rainforest Romp. The illustration is of a mouse and a rabbit in hiking clothes looking at a toucan in a rainforest.

Closing Rhyme

Trucks Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: I Truck: A Big Rig’s Epic Trip by Kelly Rice Schmitt, illustrated by Jam Dong (abridged for time)
The cover of the book I Truck: A Big Rig's Epic Trip. The illustration is of a red big rig truck driving past farmland and mountains with a woman and a dog in the front seats.

Ring Song: “The Wheels on the Truck” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
(Pretend rings are steering wheels)
The wheels on the truck go round and round,
Round and round, round and round.
The wheels on the truck go round and round
All through the town.

Additional verses:
Bucket/dig
Forks/forward and back
Dump box/up and down
Drum/spin
Trailer/back and forth
(Credit: Leah Portz)

Ring Song: “Drive, Drive, Drive” (Tune: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”)
(Pretend rings are steering wheels)
Drive, drive, drive your truck,
All around the town,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Up the hills and down.

Turn, turn, turn the key,
Make the engine roar,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Let’s go to the store.

Press, press, press the pedal,
Give the engine gas,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Now we’re going fast.

Turn, turn, turn the wheel,
That is how we steer,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Make a turn right here.

Push, push, push the brake,
Make the car slow down,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Now we are in town.

Book: Three Grumpy Trucks by Todd Tarpley, illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees
The cover of the book Three Grumpy Trucks. The illustration is of a red bulldozer, a blue dump truck, and a yellow excavator with eyes who are making grumpy faces.

Song: “Old MacDonald Had a Truck”
Old MacDonald had a truck,
E I E I O!
And on this truck, he had some wheels,
E I E I O!
With a roll, roll here and a roll, roll there.
Here a roll, there a roll,
Everywhere a roll, roll!
Old MacDonald had a truck,
E I E I O!

Additional verses:
Wipers/swish
Horn/beep
(Credit: Green Tree Public Library)

Flannel Story: I Love Trucks! by Philemon Sturges, illustrated by Shari Halpern
The cover of the book I Love Trucks! The illustration has a fire truck with firefighters driving through the background and a yellow bulldozer driven by a construction worker in the foreground.

Closing Rhyme

Big and Small Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: Big Bear, Small Mouse by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Jane Chapman
The cover of the book Big Bear, Small Mouse. The illustration is of a big bear with a small mouse dancing on its nose.

Rhyme: “This Is Big”
This is big, big, big. (stretch hands far to sides)
This is small, small, small. (cup hands together)
This is short, short, short. (hold palms close vertically)
This is tall, tall, tall. (hold palms far apart vertically)
This is fast, fast, fast. (roll hands quickly)
This is slow, slow, slow. (roll hands slowly)
This is yes, yes, yes. (nod head)
This is no, no, no. (shake head)
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)

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:
Horn/beep-beep-beep
Wipers/swish-swish-swish
Doors/open and shut
Babies/up & down
Parents/I love you

Book: Big Rhinoceros, Little Rhinoceros by Jerrold Connors
The cover of the book Big Rhinoceros, Little Rhinoceros. The illustration is of a big, orange rhinoceros and a little, yellow rhinoceros smiling and looking at each other on a blue background.

Song: “Roly Poly” (Tune: “Frère Jacques”)
Roly poly, roly poly
Up, up, up
up, up, up
Roly roly poly
roly roly poly
down, down, down
down, down, down

Repeat with: out/in, fast/slow
(Credit: Jbrary)

Shaker Eggs: “Shake Your Shakers” (Tune: “London Bridge”)
Shake your shaker, shake, shake, shake,
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Shake your shaker, shake shake, shake,
Shake your shaker.

Additional verses: Shake your shaker high/low/fast/slow
(Credit: Jbrary)

Shaker Eggs: “Can You Shake Your Egg with Me?” (Tune: “London Bridge”)
Can you shake your egg with me?
Shake your egg along with me.
It’s as easy as can be.
Now put it on your tummy!

Repeat with: knee, head, straight to bed
(Credit: King County Library System)

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

Closing Rhyme