Berries Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: Blackberry Banquet by Terry Pierce, illustrated by Lisa Downey or Jamberry by Bruce Degen

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: Circle Under Berry by Carter Higgins

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)

Book: More Blueberries! by Susan Musgrave, illustrated by Esperança Melo or Share, Big Bear, Share! by Maureen Wright, illustrated by Will Hillenbrand

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

Closing Rhyme