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: Bear, penguin

Book: Way Up in the Arctic by Jennifer Ward, illustrated by Kenneth Spengler

Song: “If You’re a Penguin and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a penguin and you know it, flap your wings,
If you’re a penguin and you know it, flap your wings,
If you’re a penguin and you know it, then your face will surely show it,
If you’re a penguin and you know it, flap your wings.

Additional verses:
Stomp your feet
Waddle around

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.

Book: I Am Small by Emma Dodd

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: “Did You Ever See a Penguin?” (Tune: “Did You Ever See a Lassie?”)
Did you ever see a penguin, a penguin, a penguin?
Did you ever see a penguin go this way and that? (lean side to side)
Go this way and that way and this way and that way, (lean front/back, side to side)
Did you ever see a penguin go this way and that? (lean front/back)

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: “Shaky Shaky” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy

Closing Rhyme

Bird Story Time – Sensory Friendly

January 28, 2026February 4, 2026

Opening Song

Book: Little Robin’s Book of Birds by Yuval Zommer

Song: “If I Was a Bird” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You

Book: Early Bird by Toni Yuly

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

Movement: Learn the yoga pose “eagle”

Social Story: Excuse Me by Janet Riehecky

Closing Song

Craft: Bird nest craft

(Credit: Krokotak)

Hippopotamus Story Time – Everybody

January 28, 2026February 4, 2026

Opening Song

Book: I am a Hippo by Aaron Carr

Song: “The Hooves on a Hippo Go Stomp” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The ____ on a hippo go . . . ____ ____ ____ . . . all day long.

Verses:
Hooves/stomp
Nose/snort
Birds/peck
Tail/swish
Legs/swim
Jaws/open and shut
(Credit: Verona Public Library, Leah Portz)

Book: Hippos Go Berserk! by Sandra Boynton

Song: “Silly Dance Contest” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill Sings The Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes

Flannel Rhyme: “Five Hungry Hippos”
Five hungry hippos eating grass by the shore,
One cannon balls into the water and now there are four.

Four hot hippos under a shady tree,
One slides into the water and now there are three.

Three grazing hippos found some grass to chew,
One dives into the water and now there are two.

Two hot and cranky hippos want to get out of the sun,
One does a back flip into the water and now there is one.

One lonely hippo needs the others for some fun,
He jumps into the water and now there are none!

But wait!
Look in the water and what do we see?
Five cool hippos as happy as can be!
(Credit: Fun with Friends at Storytime and The Short Stack Librarian)

Scarf Song: “The Water’s Getting Higher” (Tune: “The Bear Went Over the Mountain”)
The water’s getting _____ x3
Bubble, bubble, pop!

Verses:
Higher
Lower
Faster
Slower
Rougher
Calmer

Puppet Story: Hidden Hippo by Joan Gannij, illustrated by Clare Beaton

Closing Rhyme

Hippopotamus Story Time – Preschool

January 28, 2026February 4, 2026

Opening Song

Book: Hiccupotamus by Steve Smallman, illustrated by Ada Grey

Song: “All I Wanna Do Is Dance” – Kira Willey: Kings & Queens of the Forest

Flannel Story: Hiding Hippos: Counting from 1 to 10 by Amanda Doering Tourville, illustrated by Sharon Holm

Song: “The Hooves on a Hippo Go Stomp” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The ____ on a hippo go . . . ____ ____ ____ . . . all day long.

Verses:
Hooves/stomp
Nose/snort
Birds/peck
Tail/swish
Legs/swim
Jaws/open and shut
(Credit: Verona Public Library, Leah Portz)

Canopy Scarf: “The Water’s Getting Higher” (Tune: “The Bear Went Over the Mountain”)
The water’s getting _____ x3
Bubble, bubble, pop!

Verses:
Higher
Lower
Faster
Slower
Rougher
Calmer

Puppet Story: Hidden Hippo by Joan Gannij, illustrated by Clare Beaton

Closing Rhyme

Leslie Patricelli Story Time – Toddler

January 28, 2026February 4, 2026

Opening Song

Book: Big Little by Leslie Patricelli

Song: “Moon, Moon, Moon” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito

Song: “Shakin’ Like a Leafy Tree” – The Wiggles: Racing to the Rainbow

Book: Nighty-Night by Leslie Patricelli

Song: “This Is the Way We Wash”
This is the way we wash our face, wash our face, wash our face.
This is the way we wash our face so early in the morning.

Additional verses:
This is the way we scrub our tummies…
This is the way we scrub our toes…
This is the way we wash our arms…

Song: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” – Joanie Bartels: Bathtime Magic

Book: Yummy Yucky by Leslie Patricelli

Song: “Hot Potato” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy

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

Winter Clothes Story Time – Baby

January 28, 2026January 28, 2026

Opening Song

Repeat with other animals/sounds
(Credit: King County Library System)

Sign Language: Hat, coat, gloves

Book: One Mitten by Kristine O’Connell George, illustrated by Maggie Smith

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

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)

Flannel: “Red Mitten, Red Mitten”
Red mitten, red mitten, what do you see?
I see a blue mitten looking at me.

Repeat for different colored mittens

Book: Under My Hood I Have a Hat by Karla Kuskin, illustrated by Fumi Kosaka

Song: “Baby Put Your Pants On” (Tune: “Shortnin’ Bread”)
Baby put your pants on, pants on, pants on, (move baby’s legs)
Baby put your pants on, one, two, three. (gently poke baby’s belly)
Baby put your pants on, pants on, pants on,
Baby put your pants on, one, two, three.

Leg to the left, leg to the right, (move legs)
Wiggle and jiggle and pull them up tight.
Leg to the left, leg to the right,
Wiggle and jiggle and pull them up tight.

Baby put your pants on, pants on, pants on,
Baby put your pants on, one, two, three.
Baby put your pants on, pants on, pants on,
Baby put your pants on, one, two, three!
(Credit: Jbrary)

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

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: “BOOTS” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito

Closing Rhyme

Underwear Story Time – Everybody

January 28, 2026January 28, 2026

Opening Song

When you learn to use the potty, you can wear underpants that are all kinds of colors and patterns.

Book: Monsters Love Underpants by Claire Freedman, illustrated by Ben Cort

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: Polar Bear’s Underwear by Tupera Tupera

Song: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Underpants”
Head, shoulders, knees and underpants, knees and underpants.
Head, shoulders, knees and underpants, knees and underpants.
Eyes and ears and mouth and underpants.
Head, shoulders, knees and underpants, knees and underpants!
(Credit: Miss Sarah’s Storytime)

Book: What Color is Bear’s Underwear? by Todd H. Doodler

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

Closing Rhyme

Scientist Story Time – Preschool

January 28, 2026January 28, 2026

Opening Song

Book: What Will I Discover? by Tanya Lloyd Kyi, illustrated by Rachel Qiuqi (abridged)

Song: “Can You Clap” – Sue Schnitzer: Wiggle and Whirl, Clap and Nap

Book: Small Matters: The Hidden Power of the Unseen by Heather Ferranti Kinser (abridged)

Flannel Rhyme: “Scientist Tools”
Chorus:
Scientist, scientist,
What will you discover,
With one tool or another?

Verses:
Tools to stay safe and wear,
A lab coat, gloves, and glasses.
Let’s use them together!

Tools to see and observe,
A magnifying glass and microscope.
Let’s use them together!

Tools to measure and compare,
A ruler, magnet, and thermometer,
A stop watch, scale, and beaker,
Let’s use them together!

Tools to record and remember,
A notebook and pencil.
Let’s use them together!

Rings/Movement: “I Spy with my Scientist Eye”
I Spy with my Scientist Eye . . . Something . . . (move ring/microscope to focus on things in room)

Examples:
Fuzzy (carpet)
Hairy (head)
Smooth (skin)
Colors (mix in colors you see in the room in-between the aforementioned descriptors)

Book: Mary Had a Little Lab by Sue Fliess, illustrated by Petros Bouloubasis

Closing Rhyme

Extra Mention: Suggested watching a video of Serena Auñón-Chancellor for Story Time from Space reading Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty, illustrated by David Roberts in space!

(Credit: Story Time from Space)

Mice Story Time – Toddler

January 26, 2026January 26, 2026

Opening Song

Book: The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood

Fingerplay: “Little Mousie Brown”
Up the tall white candlestick went little Mousie Brown,
But when she got up to the top, she could not get back down.
She called for Mama, “Mama, Mama!”
But Mama was in town,
So she called for Papa, “Papa, Papa!”
But Papa wasn’t around,
So little Mousie curled right up and rolled right down!
(Credit: Jbrary)

Fingerplay: “Quiet Mouse”
Here’s a quiet little mouse (show thumb)
Living in a quiet little house (hide thumb in fist)
When all was quiet as could be OUT popped she! (pop out thumb)
Squeak!
(Credit: King County Library System)

Book: Lunch by Denise Fleming

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: “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)

Puppet Song: “There’s Something in the 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 (have it eat bugs from a lettuce plant)

Additional verses:
THUMP – Rabbit – nibbling a carrot
SQUEAK – Mouse – tasting a blackberry
CAW – Crow – pecking at some corn
BUZZ – Bee – gathering pollen from a flower
WIGGLE – Worm – chewing an old leaf
FLUTTER – Butterfly – sipping nectar from a hyacinth
(Credit: Storytime Katie)

Scarf Rhyme: “I’m Toast in the Toaster”
I’m toast in the toaster, (crumple scarf in hands)
And I’m getting very hot.
Tick, tock, tick, tock, (sway scarf side to side)
Up I POP! (toss scarf in the air)
(Credit: King County Library System)

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)

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

Closing Rhyme