Category: Baby Story time

Nursery Rhyme Story Time – Baby

Opening song

Book: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Jane Cabrera (sung, skipped the second verse)

twinkle

Rhyme: “One, two, buckle my shoe”
One, two, buckle my shoe (clap, tap shoes)
Three, four, shut the door (clap four times)
Five, six, pick up sticks (clap, wiggle fingers)
Seven, eight, lay them straight (clap, pat floor)
Nine, ten, a big fat hen (clap, widen arms)

Song: “Itsy Bitsy Spider”

Book: Humpty Dumpty illustrated by Annie Kubler

humpty

Poster: Little Bo Peep

Rhyme: “Arms Up 1-2-3”
Arms up 1-2-3
Arms out 1-2-3
Arms together 1-2-3
Arms down 1-2-3

Legs up 1-2-3
Legs out 1-2-3
Legs together 1-2-3
Legs down 1-2-3

Book: Little Miss Muffet illustrated by Joni Jacobs

muffet

Song: “Pop Goes the Weasel” – Sharon, Lois and Bram: Mainly Mother Goose

Rhyme: You put the oil in the pot and you let it get hot,
You put the popcorn in and you start to grin,
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, POP! (wiggle baby, then lift)

Rhyme: Tick tock, tick tock, I’m a little cuckoo clock (swing baby side to side)
Tick tock, tick tock, stop!
What time is it? It’s one-o-clock.
Cuckoo! (lift baby)

Book (choral): Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker

Big Fat Hen

Song (with shaker eggs): “Ba Ba Black Sheep” – Caspar Babypants: Sing Along

Closing rhyme

Fall Story Time – Baby

Opening song

Sign language for fall

Book: Welcome Fall by Jill Ackerman, illustrated by Nancy David

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Song: “Autumn leaves” (Tune: “London Bridge”)
Autumn leaves are in the trees…All over town.
Autumn leaves are falling down…All over town.
Autumn leaves are whirling round…
Everybody rake them up…

Rhyme: Icky bicky soda cracker (bounce)
Icky bicky boo
Icky bicky soda cracker
Up goes you! (lift baby)

Rhyme: Away up high in the apple tree (lift baby)
I saw a little baby smiling at me
I shook that tree as hard as I could (shake gently)
Down came the baby (bring down)
Mmm, was she good! (Kiss)

Book: Duck and Goose Find a Pumpkin by Tad Hills

duck and goose find a pumpkin

Song: (Tune: “Twinkle twinkle”)
Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground, (touch the ground)
How’d you get so big and round? (make a big circle)
Once you were a seed so small, (hold baby’s hands together)
Now you are a great big ball! (make a big circle)
Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground, (touch the ground)
How’d you get so big and round? (make a big circle)

Song: “Wake Up Toes” – Joanie Bartels: Morning Magic

Book: The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri

busy little squirrel

Song: Gray squirrel gray squirrel, shake your bushy tail.
Gray squirrel, gray squirrel, shake your bushy tail.
Wrinkle up your funny nose; put a nut between your toes.
Gray squirrel, gray squirrel, shake your bushy tail!

Rhyme: Let’s go riding in an elevator
First floor, second floor, third floor, fourth floor (slowly lift baby)
Down (bring baby back down)

Song (with shaky eggs): “Apple Pickin’ Time” – Tom Pease: I’m Gonna Reach!

Closing rhyme

Train Story Time – Baby

Opening song

Sign language for train

Book: A Train Goes Clickety-Clack by Jonathan London

train goes clickety-clack

Song: “The Train Wheels are Rolling” (roll hands during chorus) – Kathy Reid-Naiman: Say Hello to the Morning

Rhyme: Icky bicky soda cracker (bounce)
Icky bicky boo
Icky bicky soda cracker
Up goes you! (lift baby)

Rhyme: X marks the spot (draw on baby’s back)
Dot, dot, dot,
Up and down, around and around,
Oooooh! (tickle)

Rhyme: This Little Train
This little train ran up the track (run your fingers up arm)
toot, toot, toot (make train whistle sound)
And then it came toot-tooting back (run fingers down arm)
Toot, toot, toot
(Credit: earlylit.net)

Song: “Wake Up Toes” – Joanie Bartels: Morning Magic

Rhyme: Let’s go riding in an elevator
First floor, second floor, third floor, fourth floor (slowly lift baby)
Down (bring baby back down)

Book (choral): Freight Train by Donald Crews

Song: “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 knee!
(Repeat with head, tummy, etc.)
From Nancy Stewart; see nancymusic.com .

Song (shaky eggs): “Train Song” – Bari Koral: Anna and the Cupcakes

anna and the cupcakes

Closing rhyme

Leslie Patricelli Story Time – Baby

Opening song

Sign language for big, little

Book: Big, Little by Leslie Patricelli

big little

Song: “Little Red Wagon” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You

Rhyme: Icky bicky soda cracker (bounce)
Icky bicky boo
Icky bicky soda cracker
Up goes you! (lift baby)

Rhyme: X marks the spot (draw on baby’s back)
Dot, dot, dot,
Up and down, around and around,
Oooooh! (tickle)

Book: Yummy, Yucky by Leslie Patricelli

yummy yucky

Song: “Roll your Hands” – Toddlers on Parade

Song: Did you ever see a baby, a baby, a baby?
Did you ever see a baby go this way and that? (lean side to side)
Go this way and that way and this way and that way (lean front to back, side to side)
Did you ever see a baby go this way and that? (lean front to back)

Rhyme: Let’s go riding in an elevator
First floor, second floor, third floor, fourth floor (slowly lift baby)
Down (bring baby back down)

Book (choral): Tubby by Leslie Patricelli

tubby

Song: “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 knee!
(Repeat with head, tummy, etc.)
(From Nancy Stewart; see nancymusic.com)

Song (shaky eggs): “Bubble Bath” – Joanie Bartels: Bathtime Magic

Closing rhyme

Bear Story Time – Baby

Opening song with bear puppet

Rhyme: My Bear (using a bear puppet)
My bear is looking all around.
My bear is sniffing at the ground.
My bear is looking at my toes.
My bear can kiss me on the nose.
My bear can whisper in my ear.
What’s he saying? Can you hear?
My bear can hide behind me,
But wherever I go, my bear can surely find me.

Sign language for bear

Book: Mama’s Little Bears by Nancy Tafuri

mamas little bears

Rhyme: Icky bicky soda cracker (bounce)
Icky bicky boo
Icky bicky soda cracker
Up goes you! (lift baby)

Rhyme: X marks the spot (draw on baby’s back)
Dot, dot, dot,
Up and down, around and around,
Oooooh! (tickle)

Book: Sleepy Bear by Lydia Dabcovich

sleepy bear

Song: “Teddy Bear” – Kimbo Educational: Teach a Toddler

Song: Did you ever see a baby, a baby, a baby?
Did you ever see a baby go this way and that? (lean side to side)
Go this way and that way and this way and that way (lean front to back, side to side)
Did you ever see a baby go this way and that? (lean front to back)

Rhyme: Let’s go riding in an elevator
First floor, second floor, third floor, fourth floor (slowly lift baby)
Down (bring baby back down)

Book (choral): Orange, Pear, Apple, Bear by Emily Gravett

orange pear apple bear

Song (shaky 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 knee!
(Repeat with head, tummy, etc.)
(Credit: Nancy Stewart, nancymusic.com)

Song (shaky eggs): “The Bear Went Over the Mountain” – Susie Tallman: Animal Sounds

Closing rhyme

Moon & Stars – Baby

Opening song

Sign language for moon, stars.

Book: The Moon by Robert Louis Stevenson

the moon

Song: I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap (tune of The Wheels on the Bus)

I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap
Clap, clap, clap
Clap, clap, clap
I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap
They’re a part of me.

I can make my feet go stomp, stomp, stomp, etc…
I can make my hands wave bye, bye, bye…

Book: The Sun is my Favorite Star by Frank Asch

sun is favorite star

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

Rhyme:  One arm goes up,

One arm goes up,
one arm goes down,
one arm goes up and down.
Two arms go up…
One leg goes up…
Two legs go up…

Book: Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes

 kittens first full moon

Song: You are my Sunshine

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You’ll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away

Activity: Little clock, big clock

The little clock goes tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock (swing baby side to side while standing)
The big clock goes ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong (swing back front to back)

Song (with shaky eggs): Mr. Sun by Raffi

Closing rhyme

Bird Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Our sign for today is “bird.” Your thumb and forefinger make a beak in front of your mouth; open and close.

Book: Birds by Kevin Henkes, illustrated by Laura Dronzek

Cover of the book BIRDS by Kevin Henkes.

Song: Kookaburra (first two verses)

Photo of a kookaburra bird and several gumdrops.

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
Merry merry king of the bush is he.
Laugh! Kookaburra, laugh!
Kookaburra, gay your life must be.

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
Eating all the gumdrops he can see
Stop! Kookaburra, stop!
Kookaburra, save some there for me.

Rhyme: One arm goes up, one arm goes down, one arm goes up and down.
Two arms go up…
One leg goes up…
Two legs go up…

Book: What’s Up, Duck? by Tad Hills

Cover of the book WHAT'S UP, DUCK? by Tad Hills

Song: Little Bird
Little bird, little bird,
fly around the town.
Up to the sky,
Down to the ground.

Little bird, little bird,
flap your wings,
Open your beak
and sweetly sing.

Little bird, little bird,
fly right to your nest.
Now it’s time to
take a rest.

Song: I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap
I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap
Clap, clap, clap
Clap, clap, clap
I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap
They’re a part of me.

I can make my feet go stomp, stomp, stomp, etc…
I can make my hands wave bye, bye, bye…

Book: I am Small by Emma Dodd

Cover of the book I AM SMALL by Emma Dodd

Rhyme: “Four Little Owls”

Four little owls sitting in a tree.
They looked the same,
But they were as different as could be.
One little owl had a wide white stripe,
One little owl had a small brown dot.
One little owl said “Whooo, whooo, whooo,”
One little owl said “Zot, zot, zot!”

Photo of four flannel owls as described in the accompanying song.

Rhyme: The little clock goes tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock (swing baby side to side while standing)
The big clock goes ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong (swing back front to back)

Song (with shaky eggs): “Six Little Ducks” — Fisher Price Little People

Closing rhyme

 

Flower Story Time – Baby

Opening song

Sign language for flower

Book: Flower Garden by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt

flower garden

Song: (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
The gardener plants the seeds.
The gardener plants the seeds.
High ho the derry oh,
The gardener plants the seeds.

The rain falls on the ground…
The sun shines bright and warm…
The seeds begin to grow…
The flowers grow everywhere…

Rhyme: That’s Me Complete
I have ten little fingers and ten little toes (wiggle fingers and toes)
Two little arms and one little nose (wave arms, touch nose)
One little mouth and two little ears (touch mouth and ears)
Two little eyes for smiles and tears (touch your eyes)
One little head and two little feet (touch head, wiggle feet)
One little chin, that’s ME complete! (touch chin and pat chest)
(Source: Wadsworth Library)

Book: Big Yellow Sunflower by Frances Barry

big yellow sunflower

Song: “Say, Say Oh Baby” – Priscilla Hegner: Baby Games

Song: “Hop, hop, hop along” (Tune: “Row, Row, Row your Boat”)
Hop, hop, hop along (bounce)
Or bounce on someone’s knee
Higher and higher and higher and higher
Bunny hop with me.

Book: Counting in the Garden by Kim Parker

counting in the garden

Song: “Here we go up, up, up” (Tune: “Here we go looby loo”)
Here we go up, up, up (lift baby)
Here we go down, down, down,
Here we go up, up, up
Here we go down, down, down.

Rhyme: Pizza, pickle, pumpernickel
My little baby deserves a tickle! [tickle baby]
One for her nose, and one for her toes
And one for her belly where the hot dog goes!

Song: “Little Red Wagon” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You

Song (shaky eggs): “You Are My Flower” – Elizabeth Mitchell: You Are My Flower

Closing rhyme

 

Bunny Story Time – Baby

Opening song

Sign language for bunny

Book:  Bunny Fun by Sarah Weeks, illustrated by Sam Williams

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Song: “Say, Say Oh Baby” – Priscilla Hegner: Baby Games

Song: “Here we go up, up, up” (Tune: “Here we go looby loo”)
Here we go up, up, up (lift baby)
Here we go down, down, down,
Here we go up, up, up
Here we go down, down, down.

Book: What Does Bunny See? by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Maggie Smith

whatdoesbunny

Song: “Did You Ever See a Bunny?” – Junior Jukebox: Four Seasons

Song: “Hop, hop, hop along” (Tune: “Row, Row, Row your Boat”)
Hop, hop, hop along (bounce)
Or bounce on someone’s knee
Higher and higher and higher and higher
Bunny hop with me.

Rhyme: That’s Me Complete
I have ten little fingers and ten little toes (wiggle fingers and toes)
Two little arms and one little nose (wave arms, touch nose)
One little mouth and two little ears (touch mouth and ears)
Two little eyes for smiles and tears (touch your eyes)
One little head and two little feet (touch head, wiggle feet)
One little chin, that’s ME complete! (touch chin and pat chest)
(Source: Wadsworth Library)

Book: Wee Little Bunny by Lauren Thompson, illustrated by John Butler

wee little bunny

Rhyme: Baby bunny bounces high
Baby bunny bounces low
Baby bunny blinks his eye
Baby bunny waves good-bye

Song (with shaky eggs): “Bunny Brown” – Caspar Babypants: Hot Dog!

hot dog

Closing rhyme

Spring Story Time – Baby

Opening song

Sign language for spring

Book: Welcome Spring by Jill Ackerman, illustrated by Nancy Davis

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Rhyme: Garden snail
Slowly, slowly, very slowly, creeps the garden snail. (Move hands down legs)
Slowly, slowly, very slowly, up the wooden rail. (Move hands up legs)
Quickly, quickly, very quickly, runs the little mouse, (Down legs)
Quickly, quickly, very quickly, in his little house. Squeak! (Up legs and body, make ears)

Rhyme: Pizza, pickle, pumpernickel
My little baby deserves a tickle! [tickle baby]
One for her nose, and one for her toes
And one for her belly where the hot dog goes!

Song: “Say, Say Oh Baby” – Priscilla Hegner: Baby Games

Book: Rain by Robert Kalan, illustrated by Donald Crews

rain

Song: Itsy Bitsy Spider

Song: “Little Red Wagon” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You

Book: Baby Loves Spring by Karen Katz

baby loves spring

Rhyme: That’s Me Complete

I have ten little fingers and ten little toes (wiggle fingers and toes)
Two little arms and one little nose (wave arms, touch nose)
One little mouth and two little ears (touch mouth and ears)
Two little eyes for smiles and tears (touch your eyes)
One little head and two little feet (touch head, wiggle feet)
One little chin, that’s ME complete! (touch chin and pat chest)
(Source: Wadsworth Library)

Song: Here we go up, up, up (Tune: “Here we go looby loo”)
Here we go up, up, up (lift baby)
Here we go down, down, down,
Here we go up, up, up
Here we go down, down, down.

Song (with shakers): “Red, Red Robin” – Rosie Flores: Sing Along with Putumayo

Closing Rhyme