Month: May 2020

Pretend Virtual Story Time with Ms. Leah – Family

Opening song

Book: Juna’s Jar by Jane Bahk, illustrated by Felicia Hoshino (Lee & Low Books)

Flannel: Slippery Fish
Little crab, little crab, scuttling in the water,
Little crab, little crab Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a …

Slippery fish, slippery fish, sliding through the water,
Slippery fish, slippery fish, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a…

Jellyfish, jellyfish, squiggling in the water
jellyfish, jellyfish, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a …

Blue dolphin, blue dolphin, flipping in the water,
Blue dolphin, blue dolphin, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a …

Humongous whale, humongous whale, spouting in the water,
Humongous whale, humongous whale,
Gulp! … Gulp! … Gulp! … BURP!
(Cover your mouth.) Excuse me!
(Credit to Storytime Kate)

Song: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” with ukulele chords
C
Row, row, row your boat
C
Gently down the stream
C
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
G7                  C
Life is but a dream

C
Rock, rock, rock your boat
C
Gently down the stream
C
If you see a crocodile
G7                         C
Don’t forget to scream!

C
Row, row, row your boat
C
Gently to the shore
C
If you see a tiger there
G7                          C
Don’t forget to roar!
(Credit: Storytime Ukulele)

Book: Not a Box by Antoinette Portis (HarperCollins)

Flannel: Four Little Rockets
Four little rockets winking at me.
One shot off and then there were three!
Three little rockets with nothing to do.
One shot off, and then there were two!
Two little rockets afraid of the sun.
One shot off, and then there was one!
One little rocket alone is no fun.
It shot off, and then there was none!
(Source: RovingFiddlehead KidLit)

Song: “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” with ukulele chords
C       C    C      C    F   F  C
Twinkle twinkle little star,
F       F  C    C     G7     G7      C
How I wonder what you are.
C     C    F    F      C          C   G7
Up above the world so high,
C     C  F     F         C    C   G7
Like a diamond in the sky.
C       C    C      C    F   F  C
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
F       F  C    C     G7     G7      C
How I wonder what you are.

Book: That’s How! by Christoph Niemann (HarperCollins/Greenwillow)

Closing Rhyme

Virtual Story Time with Ms. Mary – Family

Opening song

Book: Hooray For Today! by Brian Won (Houghton Mifflin)

Rhyme: Two Little Blackbirds
Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill
One named Jack and one named Jill.
Fly away, Jack! And fly away, Jill!
Come back, Jack! And come back, Jill!

Additional verses:
Two little blackbirds sitting on a cloud
One named Soft and one named LOUD . . .

Two little blackbirds flying in the sky
One named Low and one named High. . .

Two little blackbirds sitting on a stick
One named Slow and one named Quick. . .

Flannel: Dinosaur Shapes
I hid each dinosaur behind a shape and asked the kids what shape I should look under. I said the name of the dinosaur and then had them say it.

dinosaur flannel

Book: We Are the Dinosaurs by Laurie Berkner, illustrated by Ben Clanton (Simon & Schuster)

Flannel: 5 Dinosaurs

Song:  “Dinosaurs All Through the Land” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The Tyrannosaurus Rex goes roar, roar, roar
Roar roar roar,
Roar roar roar,
The Tyrannosaurus Rex goes roar, roar, roar…
All through the land.

Additional verses:
The Triceratops’ horns go poke poke poke…
The Stegosaurus tail goes spike, spike, spike…
The Velociraptors’ claws goes swipe, swipe, swipe…
The Pteranodon’s wings go flap flap flap…

Book: A Perfect Day by Lane Smith (Scholastic)

Song: “If You Love Someone and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you love someone and you know it… blow a kiss,
If you love someone and you know it… blow a kiss,
If you love someone and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you love someone and you know it… blow a kiss,

Additional verses:
…tap your head
…clap your hands
…blink your eyes
…nod your head

Closing Rhyme

 

 

Colors Story Time – Baby

Opening song

Sign Language: sun, rain, book, happy, please, thank you
color, yellow, blue, green, red, orange, pink, purple

Book: Bear Sees Colors by Karma Wilson

Song: “Where is Thumbkin?”
Where is Thumbkin? Where is Thumbkin?
Here I am! Here I am!
How are you today, sir? Very well, I thank you!
Run away, run away.
(Credit: Jbrary)

Rhyme: Five GREEN Peas
Five GREEN peas in a pea pod pressed (hold hands in a fist)
One grew, two grew, so did the rest. (Put fingers up one by one.)
They grew and they grew and did not stop,
Until one day that pea pod POPPED! (clap hands together.)

Book: Stanley’s Colors by William Bee

Song: “If You’re Wearing…” (Tune: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
If you’re wearing red or pink, red or pink, red or pink
If you’re wearing red or pink, bounce up and down!

Additional verses:
Blue or green… clap your hands
Orange or yellow… touch your ears
Black or White… tickle your toes

Rhyme: Big Round Sun
Big round sun in the spring sky Sign for Sun
Waved to a cloud that was passing by Wave!
The little cloud laughed as it started to rain Sign for Rain
And out came the big round sun again. Sign for Sun
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)

Song: “Hop, Hop, Hop Along” (Tune: “Row Your Boat”)
Hop, hop, hop along (hop)
Or bounce on someone’s knee (bounce)
Higher and higher and higher and higher (lift)
Bunny hop with me. (hop)

Book: Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sanda Boynton

Song (Recording) with shaky eggs:  “The Color Game” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill sings Do Re Mi on his toe leg knee , YouTube Video with matching colors

Closing Rhyme

Virtual Story Time with Ms. Julie – Family

Opening Song

Book: Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard (Scholastic)

Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”

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, 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.
(Credit: Greatest Resource Education Child Care)

Book: Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes (HarperCollins Children’s)
book cover

Song: “Sleeping Bunnies” with ukulele
Sleeping Bunnies (C)
C              [G7]               F               C
See the little bunnies sleeping, till it's nearly noon
G7        C         G7           C
Shall we wake them with a merry tune

C
Oh, so still. Are they ill?
G7   C
Wake up... and

C
Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop
C                   G7        C
Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop
C
Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop, and
C                     G7         C
Stop little bunnies, stop, stop, STOP!


Sleeping Bunnies (G)
G               [D]               C                G
See the little bunnies sleeping, till it's nearly noon
D         G         D            G
Shall we wake them with a merry tune

G
Oh, so still. Are they ill?
D    G
Wake up... and

G
Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop
G                    D         G
Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop
G
Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop, and
G                     D           G
Stop little bunnies, stop, stop, STOP!
(Credit: Storytime Ukulele)

Book: Hello, My Name is Octicorn by Kevin Diller and Justin Lowe (Balzer and Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)

Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” sung acapella, recording: David Landau: Kids and Kitties

Closing Song

 

Bunnies Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Sign Language: sun, rain, book, happy, please, thank you, rabbit (bunny)

Book: Hush Little Bunny by David Ezra Stein

Song: “Where is Thumbkin?”
Where is Thumbkin? Where is Thumbkin?
Here I am! Here I am!
How are you today, sir? Very well, I thank you!
Run away, run away.
(Credit: Jbrary)

Rhyme: Five Fat Peas
Five fat peas in a pea pod pressed (hold hands in a fist)
One grew, two grew, so did the rest. (Put fingers up one by one.)
They grew and they grew and did not stop,
Until one day that pea pod POPPED! (clap hands together.)

Book: Love from Peter Rabbit

Song: “I’m Little Bunny” (Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”)
I’m a little Bunny, watch me hop, (Hop around.)
Here are my two ears, see how they flop. (Hold hands at sides of head and flop them.)
Here is my cotton tail, here is my nose, (Wiggle hips, then point to nose.)
I’m all furry from my head to my toes. (Point to head, then to toes.)
(Credit: Twiggle Magazine)

Song: “Hop, Hop, Hop Along” (Tune: “Row Your Boat”)
Hop, hop, hop along (hop)
Or bounce on someone’s knee (bounce)
Higher and higher and higher and higher (lift)
Bunny hop with me. (hop)

Book: Bunnies Near and Far by Sarah Jones

Song (Recording) with shaky eggs:  “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem

Closing Song

Virtual Story Time with Ms. Marissa – Family

Opening Song

Book: Egg by Kevin Henkes

Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”

Book: Shape by Shape by Suse MacDonald

Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” sung acapella, recording: David Landau: Kids and Kitties

Rhyme w/ scarves: Rain on the Grass
Rain on the grass (shake on floor),
Rain on the trees (shake high),
Rain on the roof (hold above head)
but not on me! (drop scarf)

Sun on the grass shake on floor),
Sun on the trees (shake high),
Sun on the roof (hold above head)
but not on me! (drop scarf)

Snow on the grass (shake on floor),
Snow on the trees (shake high),
Snow on the roof (hold above head)
but not on me! (drop scarf)

Leaves on the grass (shake on floor),
Leaves in the trees (shake high),
Leaves on the roof  (hold above head)
but not on me! (drop scarf)

Closing Song

Feelings Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Sign Language: sun, rain, book, happy, please, thank you

Book: Bear Feels Scared by Karma Wilson (Simon and Schuster)

Rhyme: Five Fat Peas
Five fat peas in a pea pod pressed (hold hands in a fist)
One grew, two grew, so did the rest. (Put fingers up one by one.)
They grew and they grew and did not stop,
Until one day that pea pod POPPED! (clap hands together.)

Flannel: “Old MacDonald Felt So Glad”
Old MacDonald felt so glad
HA-HA-HA-HA-HA
And when he’s glad he sounds like this:
HA-HA-HA-HA-HA
With a HA-HA here and a HA-HA there
Here a HA, there a HA everywhere a HA-HA
Old MacDonald felt so glad.
HA-HA-HA-HA-HA

Repeat this, substituting the following emotions and sounds:
Grumpy = NO NO NO NO NO
Sad = Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
Silly = Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
(Credit: Jen in the Library)

Song/Book: If You’re Happy and You Know It by David A. Carter (Scholastic)

Rhyme: Big Round Sun
Big round sun in the spring sky Sign for Sun
Waved to a cloud that was passing by Wave!
The little cloud laughed as it started to rain Sign for Rain
And out came the big round sun again. Sign for Sun
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)

Book: I Say, You Say Feelings! by Tad Carpenter (Little, Brown Books)

Song (Recording) with shaky eggs: Song: “Can’t Wait to Celebrate” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem and More Salutes to Nonsense

Closing Song

Sleepytime Story Time – Family

Opening Song

Sign Language: good night

Story: Good Night, World by Willa Perlman (Simon and Schuster/Beach Lane Books)

Song: “Moon, Moon, Moon” – Laurie Berkner Band: Lullabies

Rhyme:  5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Book: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Car by Kate Dopirak (Simon and Schuster/Beach Lane Books)

Rhyme with Scarves: I Once Had a Blanket
I once had a blanket. It was fluffy and new.
I once had a blanket, And its color was __________ (blue).
I once had a blanket, The prettiest I’ve seen.
I once had a blanket, And its color was ________ (green).
I once had a blanket, Soft as a pillow.
I once had a blanket, And its color was _______ (yellow).
I once had a blanket, At the foot of my bed.
I once had a blanket, And its color was ________ (red).
(Rhyme from Jen in the Library)

Song/Movement: “This Is the Way We Yawn & Stretch” (Tune: “Mulberry Bush”)
This is the way we yawn and stretch,
Yawn and stretch, yawn and stretch.
This is the way we yawn and stretch,
On our way to bed.

Additional Verses:
This is the way we take a bath…
This is the way we read a book…
This is the way we hug and kiss…
This is the way we close our eyes…
(Credit: Melissa Depper blog)

Book: Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown (HarperCollins)

Song with ukulele: “I Love My Rooster” modified, Laurie Berkner Band: Laurie Berkner’s Favorite Classic Kids’ Songs, Chords from Chordify

I Love My Rooster

A
I love my rooster, my rooster loves me

                                                         E
And I feed my rooster by the BLUEBERRY tree

A                                        D
My little rooster goes cock-a-doodle-doo

         A                      D                      E                    A
Dee doodle dee doodle dee doodle dee doo

 A
I love my DOG, my DOG loves me

                                    E
I feed my kitten by the BLUEBERRY tree

A
My little DOG goes WOOF WOOF WOOF

A                                        D
My little rooster goes cock-a-doodle-doo

         A                      D                      E                    A
Dee doodle dee doodle dee doodle dee doo

A
I love my TIGER, my TIGER loves me

                                            E
I feed my TIGER by the BLUEBERRY tree

A
My little TIGER goes ROOOOOOOOAR!

A       
My little DOG goes WOOF WOOF WOOF

A                                        D
My little rooster goes cock-a-doodle-doo

         A                      D                      E                    A
Dee doodle dee doodle dee doodle dee doo

A
I love my PIG, my PIG loves me

                                            E
I feed my PIG by the BLUEBERRY tree

A
My little PIG goes OINK OINK OINK

A
My little TIGER goes ROOOOOOOOAR!

A       
My little DOG goes WOOF WOOF WOOF

A                                        D
My little rooster goes cock-a-doodle-doo

            A                      D                      E                    A
Dee doodle dee doodle dee doodle dee doo

Closing Song

 

Craft: Cotton Ball/Marshmallow Sheep Template (Printable!)

Craft: Counting sheep (collect runaway cotton balls with clothes pins, glue to grassy pasture)
sheep napping counting preschool story time craft