Book: Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do by Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook, illustrated by Andy Robert Davies

Flannel: “Let’s Go Hiking” (Tune: “Frère Jacques”)
Let’s go hiking!
Let’s go hiking!
Where’s my gear?
Where’s my gear?
Can’t forget my ____.
Can’t forget my ____.
Pack it here.
Pack it here.

Verses: Band-Aids, trail shoes, backpack, water bottle, sun hat, compass, snack bag
(Credit: Leah Portz)

Scarf Song: “Bring Your Clothes” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That? (stop at 2:18)

Book: Farm Boots by Lisl H. Detlefsen, illustrated by Renée Kurilla

Song: “Boots” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito

Book with Props: What We Wear When We Take Care by Sarah Finan

Closing Rhyme

Plants Story Time – Toddler

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Opening Song

Book: The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss, illustrated by Crockett Johnson

Song: “The Gardener Digs the Soil” (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
The gardener digs the soil. (pretend to dig)
The gardener digs the soil.
High ho the derry oh,
The gardener digs 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: Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert

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!

Puppet Song: “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: Dig In! by Cindy Jenson-Elliott, illustrated by Mary Peterson

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

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: “Wave Your Scarves”

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

Closing Rhyme