Month: August 2024

Ocean Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Puppet Song: “When Ducks Go on an Adventure”
When ducks go on an adventure, they always say good day.
When ducks go on an adventure, 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: Ocean, swim, fish, shark

Book: Little Fish’s Ocean by Lucy Cousins

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: “The Waves in the Sea” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The waves in the sea go up and down, (raise and lower arms)
Up and down, up and down,
The waves in the sea go up and down
All day long.

Additional verses:
The shark in the sea goes chomp, chomp, chomp… (clap your hands)
The fish in the sea go swish, swish, swish… (swish back and forth)
The boats in the sea go toot, toot, toot… (make blowing horn motion)
The jellies in the sea go jiggle, jiggle, jiggle… (wiggle baby)
The clams in the sea go open and shut… (open and shut arms)
(Credit: SurLaLune Storytime)

Flannel Song: “Bubble, Bubble, Pop!”
One little red fish
Swimming in the water,
Swimming in the water,
Swimming in the water.

One little red fish
Swimming in the water,
Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble…POP! (clap hands)

Additional verses: Increase the number and change the color of the fish.
(Credit: Jbrary)

Book: I Hear You, Ocean by Kallie George, illustrated by Carmen Mok

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: “We’re Sailing on the Sea” (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
We’re sailing on the sea, (rock side to side)
We’re sailing on the sea,
Float up and down and all around, (lift)
We’re sailing on the sea.

Lap Song: “Swing Me Over the Ocean”
Swing me over the ocean (swing to the right)
Swing me over the sea (swing to the left)
Swing me over the garden (swing to the right)
And have me home for tea. (cuddle in the middle)
(Credit: Jbrary)

Shaker Eggs: “Baby Shark” – Pinkfong

Closing Rhyme

Library Story Time – Sensory Friendly

Opening Song: “These Are My Glasses” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?

Book: Lola at the Library by Anna McQuinn, illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw

Song: “If You’re a Reader and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a reader and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re a reader and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re a reader and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you’re a reader and you know it, clap your hands.

Repeat with stomp your feet, shout hooray, and do all three.
(Credit: Storytime Katie)

Book: Hooray for Books! by Brian Won

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

Yoga: Tree pose (while pretending to read a book!)

Social Story: Being Responsible by Rebecca Pettiford

Closing Song

Craft: Make your own bookmark with book character stickers

Fresh Water Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Rattletrap Car by Phyllis Root, illustrated by Jill Barton

Flannel Song: “Five Sailboats” (Tune: “Five Little Ducks”)
Five sailboats went out one day, (hold up 5 fingers)
Over the waves and far away. (move hand up and down)
With the wind, they began to rock, (lean side to side)
And one sailboat returned to the dock.

Repeat until there are no sailboats left.
(Credit: Adapted from Storytime Katie and Adventures of a Bookworm)

Song: “Walk Along the River” – Laurie Berkner: Rocketship Run (use rainstick)

Puppet Story: Jo MacDonald Saw a Pond by Mary Quattlebaum, illustrated by Laura J. Bryant

Song: “Black Dog in the River” – Kira Willey: Dance for the Sun

Song: “Baby Duck/Duckie Countdown” – Carole Peterson: Sticky Bubble Gum

Book/Flannel: Ducks Away! by Mem Fox, illustrated by Judy Horacek

Closing Rhyme

Berry Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: Berry Song by Michaela Goade

Song: “I Wake Up My Hands”
I wake up my hands with a clap, clap, clap,
A clap, clap, clap, a clap, clap, clap,
I wake up my hands with a clap, clap, clap,
And I wiggle my waggles away.

Additional verses:
Feet – stomp
Head – nod
Belly – beep
Eyes – blink
(Credit: Jbrary)

Song: “Pop Goes the Berry” (Tune: “Pop Goes the Weasel”)
All around the strawberry fields,
We picked some juicy berries
We brought them home and washed them off,
Pop! Go the berries! (have kids jump up on “pop”)

Additional verses: blueberry, blackberry, huckleberry, raspberry
(Credit: Jbrary)

Book: Share, Big Bear, Share! by Maureen Wright, illustrated by Will Hillenbrand

Puppet/Flannel: “Five Red Strawberries”
Five red strawberries, sweet to the core.
Bear came and ate one and then there were four.

Four red strawberries, growing near a tree.
Bear came and ate one and then there were three.

Three red strawberries, for you and you and you.
Bear came and ate one and then there were two.

Two red strawberries, sitting in the sun.
Bear came and ate one and then there was one.

One red strawberry, left all alone.
Bear came and ate it and then there were none.
(Credit: Storytime Katie)

Closing Rhyme

Vegetable Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli by Barbara Jean Hicks, illustrated by Sue Hendra

Song: “Monster Boogie” – Laurie Berkner: Buzz Buzz

Book: Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
Up, Down, and Around book cover

Song: “When the Pod Went Pop!” – Rachel Buchman: Sing a Song of Seasons (say “pop,” then clap)

Song: “My Ups and Downs” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill Sings Do Re Mi On His Toe Leg Knee

Fingerplay: “Five Plump Peas”
Five plump peas in a pea-pod pressed, (press two fists together)
One grew, two grew, and so did all the rest. (fingers gradually pop up from fist)
They grew…and grew…and did not stop, (slowly spread hands farther & farther apart)
Until one day the pod went…POP! (bring hands together with a big clap)

Book: Very Tasty Vegetables by Bryony Jones
very tasty vegetables

Song: “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem

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

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

Closing Rhyme

Outer Space Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Puppet Song: “When Ducks Go on an Adventure”
When ducks go on an adventure, they always say good day.
When ducks go on an adventure, 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: Night, stars, moon

Book: Zoom: Space Adventure by Susan Hayes, illustrated by Susanna Rumiz

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: “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!

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 were none!

(Credit: RovingFiddlehead KidLit)

Book: Where’s the Astronaut? by Ingela P. Arrhenius

Lap Song: “Zoom, Zoom, Zoom” (baby version)
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon! (swing baby through the air)
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon!
In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, (bending knees, lower baby as you count)
BLAST OFF! (baby “flies” or swings up into the air)
(Credit: Jbrary)

Lap Song: “Bumpin’ Up and Down in My Little Space Shuttle”
Bumpin’ up and down in my little space shuttle, (x3)
Won’t you go to the moon with me?

Additional verses:
My space suit’s on and my boots are, too…
We step on the moon and bounce up and down…
(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: “Rocketship Run” – Laurie Berkner: Rocketship Run

Closing Rhyme

Beach Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: Noah’s Seal by Layn Marlow

Song: “I Wake Up My Hands”
I wake up my hands with a clap, clap, clap,
A clap, clap, clap, a clap, clap, clap,
I wake up my hands with a clap, clap, clap,
And I wiggle my waggles away.

Additional verses:
Feet – stomp
Head – nod
Belly – beep
Eyes – blink
(Credit: Jbrary)

Song: “Beach Song” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
(I drew a picture of each thing in the song on the whiteboard so the participants could follow along.)
The sun at the beach is shining bright,
Shining bright,
Shining bright,
The sun at the beach is shining bright
All through the day.

The waves of the sea come rolling in,
Rolling in,
Rolling in,
The waves of the sea come rolling in
All through the day.

The crabs near the rocks go pinch, pinch, pinch,
Pinch, pinch, pinch,
Pinch, pinch, pinch,
The crabs near the rocks go pinch, pinch, pinch
All through the day.

The sand underfoot goes crunch, crunch, crunch,
Crunch, crunch, crunch,
Crunch, crunch, crunch,
The sand underfoot goes crunch, crunch, crunch,
All through the day.
(Credit: Pre-K Fun)

Book: Beach Feet by Kiyomi Konagaya, illustrated by Masamitsu Saito, translated by Yuki Kaneko

Song: “Having Fun at the Beach” – The Wiggles: Splish, Splash, Big Red Boat!

Book: To the Beach! by Linda Ashman, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott

Closing Rhyme

Up in the Air Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: I Spy in the Sky by Edward Gibbs

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.
(Credit: Greatest Resource Education Child Care)

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

Book: Little Cloud by Eric Carle
little cloud

Song: “If You’re a Cloud and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a cloud and you know it, float around. (raise arms to the side and sway)
If you’re a cloud and you know it, float around.
If you’re a cloud and you know it, then you’ll really want to show it,
If you’re a cloud and you know it, float around.

If you’re a cloud and you know it, make it rain. (move fingers down to ground like rain)
If you’re a cloud and you know it, make it rain.
If you’re a cloud and you know it, then you’ll really want to show it,
If you’re a cloud and you know it, make it rain.

If you’re a cloud and you know it, make it thunder. (stomp feet and slap legs)
If you’re a cloud and you know it, make it thunder.
If you’re a cloud and you know it, then you’ll really want to show it,
If you’re a cloud and you know it, make it thunder.
(Credit: Storytime with Ms. Kelly)

Song: “If All of the Raindrops” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms

Book: I Love Planes! by Philemon Sturges, illustrated by Shari Halpern
i love planes

Flannel: “Six Little Airplanes”
Six little airplanes flying around,
Zoom, zoom, zoom!
One decided to touch down, (zoom!)
Leaving 5 little airplanes flying around.

Continue rhyme with 5…4…3…2…1…

Song: “The Airplane Song” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?

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

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

Closing Rhyme

Forest Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Puppet Song: “When Ducks Go on an Adventure”
When ducks go on an adventure, they always say good day.
When ducks go on an adventure, 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: Trees, squirrel, rabbit, owl

Book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Forest Hide & Seek by Eric Carle

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: “Our Arms Go Up and Down” (Tune: “The Farmer In the Dell”)
Our arms go up and down,
Our arms go up and down,
Hi ho the derry-o,
Our arms go up and down.

Additional verses:
Our feet go back and forth…
Our heads go side to side…
We all go up and down…
(Credit: Bucks County Free Library)

Puppet Rhyme: “There’s Something in the Forest”
There’s something in the forest
That I can’t really see.
There’s something in the forest.
Now what can it be?

Repeat for bear, rabbit, owl, fox, squirrel, and mouse.

Book: Hide-and-Seek In the Forest by Rachel Elliot, illustrated by Gareth Lucas

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: “Way Up High in the Apple Tree”
Way up high in the apple tree, (lift baby)
I saw a little baby smiling at me.
I shook that tree as gently as I could, (shake gently)
Down came the baby, (bring down)
Mmm, was she good! (kiss)
(Credit: King County Library System)

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)

Scarf Song: “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)

Repeat with sun and leaves.
(Credit: Jbrary)

Scarf Song: “Peekaboo” (Tune: “Frère Jacques”)
Peekaboo, peekaboo,
I see you, I see you,
I see your button nose,
I see your tiny toes,
Peekaboo, I see you.

Closing Rhyme