Month: August 2024

Toddler Favorites Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: Mine, Mine, Mine, Yours! by Kimberly Gee

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: “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: Naptime with Theo and Beau by Jessica Shyba

Puppet Song: “Five Little Monkeys”

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

Book: If You’re a Robot and You Know It by David A. Carter

Scarf Song: “We Wave Our Scarves Together”
We wave our scarves together,
We wave our scarves together,
We wave our scarves together
Because it’s fun to do.

Wave them up high,
Wave them down low,
Wave them in the middle
Because it’s fun to do.
(Credit: Jbrary)

Scarf Song: “You’ll Wave Your Scarf”
You’ll wave your scarf and I’ll wave my scarf.
We’ll wave our scarves together.
You’ll wave your scarf and I’ll wave my scarf,
In warm or wintry weather.

Additional verses:
You’ll throw your scarf…
You’ll twirl with your scarf…
You’ll shake your scarf…
(Credit: Adapted from “You’ll Sing a Song and I’ll Sing a Song” by Ella Jenkins)

Scarf Rhyme: “Popcorn Kernels”
Popcorn kernels (wave scarves overhead)
In the pot. (make their scarves ‘disappear’ by bunching them up in their fists)
Shake them, shake them, shake them (shake fists)
‘Til they POP! (toss scarves up into the air)

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

Closing Rhyme

Adventure 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: Let’s go, outside, play

Book: Let’s Go, Ted! by Sophy Henn

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: “I’m an Airplane” (Tune: “Frère Jacques”)
I’m an airplane, I’m an airplane,
Flying high, flying high,
I can tilt this way, I can tilt that way,
In the sky, in the sky.

I’m an airplane, I’m an airplane,
Flying high, flying high,
I can make a landing, I can make a landing,
From the sky, from the sky.
(Credit: Jbrary)

Puppet Song: “Adventure We Will Go”
Adventure, we will go,
Adventure, we will go,
We’ll find a fox standing on a box,
And then we’ll watch it go.

Additional verses:
Bear/have a scare
Goat/pet its coat
Frog/cross the bog
Mouse/scurry round its house

Book: Higher! Higher! by Leslie Patricelli
Higher! Higher! book cover

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: “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: “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: “Drive My Car” – Laurie Berkner: Under a Shady Tree

Closing Rhyme

Hat Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: The Cat and the Rat and the Hat by Em Lynas, illustrated by Matt Hunt

Puppet Rhyme: “Where is Little Cat?” (Use hat props and a cat puppet.)
Little cat, little cat,
Are you under the _____ hat?

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: Hooray For Hat! by Brian Won
hooray for hat cover image

Song: “I Love My Hat” – Linda Adamson: Love to Sing With You
(Sung with hat props.)
I love my hat, my straw hat,
I wear it all year round.
Summer, (make sun circle with arms)
Autumn, (fingers sprinkle down)
Winter, (shiver with arms)
And spring, (star arms to the sky)
I wear my hat with everything!

I love my cap, my baseball cap,
I wear it all year round.
Summer, autumn, winter, and spring,
I wear my hat with everything!

I love my hat, my floppy hat,
I wear it all year round.
Summer, autumn, winter, and spring,
I wear my hat with everything!

I love my hat, my bucket hat,
I wear it all year round.
Summer, autumn, winter, and spring,
I wear my hat with everything!

Book: I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
I Want My Hat Back book cover

Song: “Hats Song” (Tune: “Frère Jacques”)
(Use ASL signs for H, A, T, S.)
H-A-T-S,
H-A-T-S,
That spells hats,
That spells hats,
Everybody wears them,
Everybody wears them,
Just for fun,
Just for fun.
Ask children for other reasons to wear hats: protect their head, shade their eyes, keep warm, when they dress up. Ask for four volunteers.
(Credit: stepbystepcc via Madison Public Library)

Closing Rhyme