Bunnies Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

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: Bunny, hop

Book: Wee Little Bunny by Lauren Thompson, illustrated by John Butler
The cover of the book Wee Little Bunny. The illustration is of a little brown bunny sitting in a green meadow.

Puppet Rhyme: “Here Is a Bunny”
Here is a bunny with ears so funny, (make ears with fingers)
And here is his hole in the ground, (make a hole with other hand)
When a noise he hears, he perks up his ears, (turn ears to hear noise)
And jumps in his hole with a bound. (jump ears into the hole)
(Credit: King County Library System)

Song: “I’m a Little Bunny” (Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”)
I’m a little bunny, watch me hop, (hop around)
Here are my two ears, see how they flop. (flop hands at sides of baby’s head)
Here is my cotton tail, here is my nose, (wiggle hips, then point to nose)
I’m all furry from my head to my toes. (point to head, then to toes)
(Credit: Twiggle Magazine)

Roll-a-Rhyme: Roll the nursery rhyme cube

Book: Peek-a-Boo Bunny by Holly Surplice
The cover of the book Peek-a-Boo Bunny. The illustration is of a gray bunny peeking through a field of colorful flowers.

Lap Song: “Did You Ever See a Bunny?” (Tune: “Did You Ever See a Lassie?”)
Did you ever see a bunny, a bunny, a bunny,
Did you ever see a bunny that hops so slow?
He hops, and hops, and hops, and hops,
Did you ever see a bunny that hops so slow?

Repeat with “hops so fast”
(Credit: Baby Rhymes)

Lap Song: “Bunny Hop” (Tune: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”)
Hop, hop, hop along,
And bounce on someone’s knee,
Higher & higher & higher & higher,
Bunny-hop with me.

Lap Rhyme: “Little Frog”
A little frog in a pond am I,
Hippity, hippity, hop. (bounce)
And I can jump in the air so high, (lift)
Hippity, hippity, hop! (bounce)

Shaker Eggs: “I’m a Bunny” – Junior Jukebox: Let’s Pretend

Shaker Eggs: “Can You Shake Your Egg with Me?” (Tune: “London Bridge”)
Can you shake your egg with me?
Shake your egg along with me.
It’s as easy as can be.
Now put it on your tummy!

Repeat with: knee, head, straight to bed
(Credit: King County Library System)

Closing Rhyme