Things that Go 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: Car, truck, bus

Book: The Babies on the Bus by Karen Katz
The cover of the book The Babies on the Bus. The illustration is of a baby bus driver driving a yellow bus full of babies.

Ring Song: “The Ring in the Dell” (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
The ring goes side to side, (reach to each side)
The ring goes side to side,
Hi-ho, the derry-o,
The ring goes side to side.

Additional verses:
Up and down (touch sky, touch ground)
All around (draw circle in sky)
Front and back (hold in front and hide behind back)

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)

Song: “Hurry Hurry”
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck,
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck,
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck,
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding! (ring bell)

Book: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Car by Kate Dopirak, illustrated by Mary Peterson
The cover of the book Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Car. The illustration is of a red car with eyes and a smile with a beam of light shooting off of it to the left and right.

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)

Lap Song: “Zoom, Zoom, Zoom”
Zoom, zoom, zoom, we’re going to the moon! (bounce baby)
Zoom, zoom, zoom, we’re going to the moon!
Would you like to take a trip?
Climb aboard my rocket ship.
Zoom, zoom, zoom, we’re going to the moon!
In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, BLAST OFF! (lift baby up)
(Credit: Jbrary)

Lap Song: “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)

Shaker Eggs: “Drive my Car” – Laurie Berkner: Under a Shady Tree

Closing Rhyme

Frog Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: One Frog Sang by Shirley Parenteau, illustrated by Cynthia Jabar
The cover of the book One Frog Sang. The illustration is of a happy frog singing at night with "Ka-blu-urp!" coming out of its mouth.

Puppet Song: “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”
Five green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log,
Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum, yum!
One jumped into the pool, where it was nice and cool.
Now there are four green and speckled frogs.

Repeat, taking a frog away each time until there are no green and speckled frogs.
The prop used while singing the song "Five Green and Speckled Frogs." A photograph of a stuffed log prop with five stuffed frogs sitting on it. Each frog is a different green and has a number 1 to 5 on its back.

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)

Book: Jump, Frog, Jump! by Robert Kalan, illustrated by Byron Barton
The cover of the book Jump, Frog, Jump! The illustration is of a frog sitting on a lily pad in some water with a bug, fish, snake, and turtle watching in the background.

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

Fingerplay: “Two Little Frogs”
Two little frogs sitting on a hill,
One named Jack and one named Jill.
“Jump,” said Jack. “Jump,” said Jill.
And they both jumped down the great big hill.
Come back, Jack. Come back, Jill.
And they both jumped up the great big hill.

Pop-up Book: The Wide-Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner, illustrated by Jonathan Lambert
The cover of the book The Wide-Mouthed Frog: A Pop-up Book. The illustration is of a very wide-mouthed frog with one eye open watching a bug fly by.

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

Closing Rhyme

Alien Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: Dr Xargle’s Book of Earthlets by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Tony Ross
The cover of the book Dr Xargle's Book of Earthlets. The illustration shows a green creature on an alien planet wearing a graduation cap and gown and holding a book.

Song: “Aliens” – Mr. Elephant: Routine-Based Songs for Little Language Learners

Fingerplay/Flannel: “5 Little Aliens” (Tune: “Five Little Ducks”)
5 little aliens went out to play (hold up 5 fingers, wave)
All ’round mars and far away, (circle and raise hand)
When big alien cried, “Bloop-zak, bloop-zak,” (open and close other hand)
Only 4 little aliens came zooming back! (zig zag raised hand back down, with one less finger)

Repeat for 4, 3, and 2 aliens.

1 little alien went out to play
All ’round mars and far away,
When big alien cried, “Bloop-zak, bloop-zak,”
All little aliens came zooming back! (zig zag raised hand back down, with 5 fingers)
(Credit: Leah Portz, Verona Public Library)

Book: E-I-UFO: Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Zach von Zonk, illustrated by Benjamin Chaud
The cover of the book E-I-UFO: Old MacDonald Had a Farm. The illustration shows a UFO with an alien and many farm animals inside flying away from a farm while a farmer chases after it.

Puppet Song: “Old MacMartian Had a Ship” (Tune: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”)
Old MacMartian (make finger antennae on head)
Had a ship, (down low, both palms down and fingers inward, set one hand over the other)
E-I-UFO. (slowly raise hands, shifting them back and forth, like a floating UFO)
And on that ship he had a ____, E-I-UFO.
With a ____, ____, here, and a ____, ____, there,
Here a ____, there a ____, everywhere a ____, ____,
Old MacMartian had a ship, E-I-UFO.

Verses:
Kangaroo/hop
Llama/nod
Guinea pig/zoom
Sloth/slow swing
Unicorn/prance
Friend (alien)/play
(Credit: Adapted from E-I-UFO: Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Zach von Zonk, actions by Leah Portz, Verona Public Library)

Book: Life on Mars by Jon Agee
The cover of the book Life on Mars. The illustration shows a creature poking its head out of a crater on a non-Earth planet and watching a child astronaut carrying a present walk past.

Closing Rhyme

Winter Fun Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: A Day for Skating by Sarah Sullivan, illustrated by Madeline Valentine
The cover of the book A Day for Skating. The illustration shows a grown-up helping a child to ice skate.

Flannel: “Dress for Winter”

Song: “Winter Freeze Dance” – The Kiboomers

Song: “Boots, Parka, Scarf and Hat” (Tune: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”)
Boots, parka, scarf and hat, scarf and hat.
Boots, parka, scarf and hat, scarf and hat.
In wintertime we dress like that!
Boots, parka, scarf and hat, scarf and hat.
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)

Book: Snowballs by Lois Ehlert
The cover of the book Snowballs. The illustration is of a snowman wearing a hat with a bird on its head.

Song: “Snowman Freeze” – The Learning Station (stop after small head “freeze”)

Book: Snow! by Leslie Patricelli
The cover of the book Snow! The illustration is of two joyful children sledding down a hill in the snow.

Song: “Reach for the Ceiling” – Toddlers on Parade

Song: “All the Fish” – Sue Schnitzer: Wiggle and Whirl, Clap and Nap

Song: “Put Your Finger in the Air” – Jacki Breger: Here’s a Song

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

Closing Rhyme

Hugs and Kisses 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: Love, hug, kiss

Book: Mama Hug by Emma Straub, illustrated by Stevie Lewis
The cover of the book Mama Hug. The illustration is of a mom hugging a child outside.

Song: “If You Love Me and You Know It”
If you love me and you know it, clap your hands,
If you love me and you know it, clap your hands,
If you love me and you know it,
And you really want to show it,
If you love me and you know it, clap your hands.

Additional verses:
If you love me and you know it, blow a kiss…
If you love me and you know it, give a hug…

Song: Ten Little Kisses”
One little, two little, three little kisses,
Four little, five little, six little kisses,
Seven little, eight little, nine little kisses,
Ten little kisses say, “I Love You.”
(repeat backwards)

Song: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

Book: Counting Kisses by Karen Katz
The cover of the book Counting Kisses. The illustration is of a mom kissing the top of a happy baby's head.

Lap Song: “Love Somebody, Yes I Do”
Love somebody yes I do, (rock baby)
Love somebody yes I do,
Love somebody yes I do,
But I won’t tell who.

Jiggle like jelly yes I will, (jiggle baby)
Jiggle like jelly yes I will,
Jiggle like jelly yes I will,
‘Cause I can’t sit still.

Climb a ladder, oh so high, (lift baby)
Climb a ladder oh so high,
Climb a ladder oh so high,
Till I touch the sky.
(Credit: Jbrary)

Lap Song: “Acka Backa Soda Cracker”
Acka backa soda cracker, (bounce to rhythm)
Acka backa boo, (lean forward on “boo”)
Acka backa soda cracker, (bounce to rhythm)
I love you! (kiss baby’s head or hug baby)
Acka backa soda cracker, (bounce to rhythm)
Acka backa boo, (lean forward on “boo”)
Acka backa soda cracker, (bounce to rhythm)
Up goes you! (lift baby up)
(Credit: King County Library System)

Lap Song: “A Bouncing We Will Go” (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
A bouncing we will go, a bouncing we will go,
High-ho the dairy oh, a bouncing we will go.

Repeat with rocking and tickling
(Credit: King County Library System)

Shaker Eggs: “Skinnamarink” – Sharon, Lois, & Bram: Sing Around the Campfire

Closing Rhyme

Jungle Story Time – Sensory Friendly

Opening Song

Book: Sloth Slept On by Frann Preston-Gannon
The cover of the book Sloth Slept On. The illustration is of a sloth sleeping on its back in a tree next to a bird and a birdhouse.

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

Book: Tiny Little Fly by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Kevin Waldron
The cover of the book Tiny Little Fly. The illustration is of a tiger laying down with one eye open and watching a fly on its paw.

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

Yoga: Tarzan’s thymus tap

Social Story: How to Be by Lisa Brown
The cover of the book How to Be. The design has colorful watercolor-style boxes arranged in a rectangle around the title and author with line sketches of several animals on top.

Closing Song

Craft: Tiger coloring pages with yarn

Love Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: That’s Love by Sam Williams, illustrated by Mique Moriuchi
The cover of the book That's Love. The illustration is of a child and a white bunny smiling at each other.

Movement Rhyme: “Little Heart”
I have a little heart, (place hand over heart)
And it goes thump, thump, thump, (pat chest three times)
It keeps right on beating,
When I jump, jump, jump. (jump three times)
I get a special feeling, when I look at you. (point to child)
It makes me want to give you a hug or two. (hug yourself)
(Credit: The Best Kids Book Site)

Song: “1-2 Hands” – Laurie Berkner: Superhero

Book: All Kinds of Kisses by Nancy Tafuri
The cover of the book All Kinds of Kisses. The illustration shows four images of parent and child animals kissing: goats, dogs, chickens, and ducks.

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

Flannel: How Kind! by Mary Murphy
The cover of the book How Kind. The illustration shows a happy chicken holding an egg out to a happy pig.

Scarf Song: “And Oh I Love You So” – Sandra Boynton: Hog Wild!

Puppet Story: Love and Kisses by Sarah Wilson, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
The cover of the book Love and Kisses. The illustration shows a girl kissing the head of a yellow and orange cat with lots of hearts floating around.

Closing Rhyme

Love Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: The Very Grumpy Day by Stella J. Jones, illustrated by Alison Edgson

Song: “Heartbeat” – Laura Doherty: In a Heartbeat (-2:23)

Flannel: “Valentine Hearts”
Valentines, valentines, how many do I see?
Valentines, valentines, count them with me.
I have a red one, orange one, yellow one too.
I have a green one, purple one, and one that is blue.
I have a pink one, brown one, and one that is white.
And one last valentine as black as the night.
Valentines, valentines, how many do I see?
Valentines, valentines, count them with me.
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10.

Song: “The More We Get Together” – Raffi: The Singable Songs Collection
(Use sign language for “more,” “together,” and “happy.”)

Book: Love the World by Todd Parr

Flannel: “Heart” (Tune: “Bingo”)
I know a shape and it means love,
And heart is its name-o.
H-E-A-R-T, (3x)
And heart is its name-o.
(Credit: Everything Preschool)

Song: “Love Grows One by One” – Tom Pease: I’m Gonna’ Reach!

Puppets/Book: Group Hug by Jean Reidy, illustrated by Joey Chou
(Puppets used: slug, beetle, mouse, skunk, squirrel, beaver, porcupine, groundhog, goose, fox, moose, bear)
The cover of the book Group Hug. The illustration is of a group of woodland animals hugging each other.

Closing Rhyme

Valentine’s Day Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: Love Monster and the Last Chocolate by Rachel Bright
The cover of the book Love Monster and the Last Chocolate. The illustration shows a red monster licking its lips and sneaking some chocolate.

Flannel: “Valentine Hearts”
Valentines, valentines, how many do I see?
Valentines, valentines, count them with me.
I have a red one, orange one, yellow one too.
I have a green one, purple one, and one that is blue.
I have a pink one, brown one, and one that is white.
And one last valentine as black as the night.
Valentines, valentines, how many do I see?
Valentines, valentines, count them with me.
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10.

Song: “Hearts and Kisses”
One little, two little, three little hearts, (do sign for heart)
Four little, five little, six little hearts,
Seven little, eight little, nine little hearts,
Ten little hearts and a kiss.
(Credit: SurLaLune Storytime)

Song: “There’s a Little Wheel A-Turnin’ in my Heart” – Laurie Berkner: Buzz Buzz

Book: 10 Little Kisses by Taylor Garland
The cover of the book 10 Little Kisses. The photograph is of a baby pig kissing another baby pig on the side of the face.

Song: “Skinnamarink” – Sharon, Lois and Bram: Sing around the Campfire

Book: Besos for Baby by Jen Arena, illustrated by Blanca Gómez
The cover of the book Besos for Baby: A Little Book of Kisses. The illustration shows a child sitting on a branch between two birds who are kissing them in front of a large pink heart.

Song: “If You Love Someone” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you love someone and you know it, clap your hands…
If you love someone and you know it, shout hooray…
If you love someone and you know it, blow a kiss…

Book: Where Is Baby’s Valentine? by Karen Katz
The cover of the book Where Is Baby's Valentine?, a lift-the-flap book. The illustration shows a baby with a heart headband finding a large heart valentine behind a piece of fabric.

Song: “Valentine Hokey Pokey” – The Kiboomers

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

Closing Rhyme

Bedtime 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: Goodnight, sleep, stars, moon

Book: Sleepyheads by Sandra J. Howatt, illustrated by Joyce Wan
The cover of the book Sleepyheads. The illustration shows a bear, a bird, and a rabbit sleeping peacefully outside.

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)

Song: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

Song: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!

Book: A Book of Sleep by Il Sung Na
The cover of the book A Book of Sleep. The illustration is a side profile of an owl with a very wide awake eye looking at the reader.

Lap Song: “Zoom, Zoom, Zoom”
Zoom, zoom, zoom, we’re going to the moon! (bounce baby)
Zoom, zoom, zoom, we’re going to the moon!
Would you like to take a trip?
Climb aboard my rocket ship.
Zoom, zoom, zoom, we’re going to the moon!
In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, BLAST OFF! (lift baby up)
(Credit: Jbrary)

Lap Song: “Bumping Up and Down in My Little Blue Sled”
Bumping up and down in my little blue sled,
Bumping up and down in my little blue sled,
Bumping up and down in my little blue sled,
Won’t you be my darling?

Additional verses:
Snow’s coming down on my little blue sled…
Waving to my friends on my little blue sled…
(Credit: Jbrary)

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

Shaker Eggs: “Wimoweh” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?

Closing Rhyme