Category: Everybody Story time

Unicorn Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”

Book: I’m a Unicorn by Helen Yoon

Song: “If You’re a Unicorn and You Know It”
If you’re a unicorn and you know it, shake your horn,
If you’re a unicorn and you know it, shake your horn,
If you’re a unicorn and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you’re a unicorn and you know it, shake your horn.

Additional verses:
Stamp your hooves
Toss your mane
Twitch your tail
Prance around

Rhyme: “Two Little Unicorns”
Two little unicorns sitting in the grass,
One named slow, the other named fast.
Run away slow, run away fast.
Come back slow, come back fast.

Additional verses:
Sitting on a wall, big/small
Flying in the sky, low/high

Song: “Walking, Walking” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms

Book: I Am a Unicorn! by Michaela Schuett
I Am a Unicorn book cover

Flannel: “I Saw Five Unicorns”
I saw five little unicorns – creatures from folklore.
I watched the blue one prance away, and then there were four.

I saw four little unicorns resting by a tree.
I watched the orange one prance away, and then there were three.

I saw three little unicorns, but as near to them I drew,
The green one pranced away, and then there were two.

I saw two little unicorns – I watched them run and run.
The red one pranced away, and then there was one.

I saw a lonely purple unicorn standing in the sun.
When I blinked my eyes, it pranced away, and then there were none.
(Credit: Story Time Secrets)

Rhyme: “Unicorn, Unicorn”
Unicorn, unicorn touch your toes.
Unicorn, unicorn touch your nose.
Unicorn, unicorn pat your head.
Unicorn, unicorn go to bed.
Unicorn, unicorn wake up now.
Unicorn, unicorn take a bow.
Unicorn, unicorn touch the ground.
Unicorn, unicorn turn around.
Unicorn, unicorn sit back down.
Unicorn, unicorn don’t make a sound.

Book: Unicorn Day by Diana Murray, illustrated by Luke Flowers

Song: “The Party Freeze Dance Song” – The Kiboomers

Closing Rhyme

Froggy Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London, illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz
froggy gets dressed cover image

Song/Book: The Croaky Pokey! by Ethan Long
The Croaky Pokey! book cover

Song: “Mmm, Ahh Went the Little Green Frog”
Hop, hop went the little green frog one day. (hop in place)
Hop, hop went the little green frog.
Hop, hop went the little green frog one day.
And his legs went boing, boing, boing! (tap legs)

Glunk, glunk went the little green frog one day. (stick out tongue to catch food)
Glunk, glunk went the little green frog.
Glunk, glunk went the little green frog one day.
And his eyes went blink, blink, blink! (BIG blinks!)

Munch, munch went the little green frog one day. (open and close mouth)
Munch, munch went the little green frog.
Munch, munch went the little green frog one day.
And his mouth went gulp, gulp, gulp! (BIG gulps!)

Splash, splash went the little green frog one day. (splash motion with hands)
Splash, splash went the little green frog.
Splash, splash went the little green frog one day.
And he swam, swam, swam away! (slow swimming arms)

Book: Froggy Learns to Swim by Jonathan London, illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz

Song: “Five Green and Speckled Frogs” (use frogs on a log prop)

Song: “Tadpoles” (Tune: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
Tadpoles are little baby frogs, (pinch fingers and thumb for size)
Baby frogs, (pinch)
Baby frogs. (pinch)
Tadpoles are little baby frogs, (pinch)
And they can swim like fish. (pantomime swimming)

Tadpoles grow four stretchy legs, (stretch arms and legs)
Stretchy legs, (stretch)
Stretchy legs. (stretch)
Tadpoles grow four stretchy legs, (stretch)
So they can hop, hop, hop! (pat hands on lap)

Closing Rhyme

Thanksgiving Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Sign Language: Thank you

Book: Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes, illustrated by Doris Barrette

Flannel Song: “Thanks a Lot” – Raffi: Quiet Time
Thanks a lot, thanks for sun in the sky.
Thanks a lot, thanks for clouds so high.
Thanks a lot, thanks for whispering wind.
Thanks a lot, thanks for the birds in the spring.
Thanks a lot, thanks for the moonlit night.
Thanks a lot, thanks for the stars so bright.
Thanks a lot, thanks for the wondering me.
Thanks a lot, thanks for the way I feel.
Thanks for the animals, thanks for the land, thanks for the people everywhere.
Thanks a lot, thanks for all I’ve got. Thanks for all I’ve got.
thanks a lot

Book: Theo’s Thanksgiving by David Steinberg, illustrated by Julia Woolf

Song: “(I’m Gonna Eat) On Thanksgiving Day” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?

Book: All for Pie, Pie For All by David Martin, illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev
all for pie pie for all

Closing Rhyme

Craft: Paper Plate Turkey Wreath
(Credit: The Resourceful Mama)

Leaves Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”

Book: Fall Leaves Fall! by Zoe Hall, illustrated by Shari Halpern

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

Book: Leaves by David Ezra Stein
Leaves book cover

Flannel: “The Green Grass Grew All Around”

Book: One Leaf, Two Leaves, Count With Me! by John Micklos Jr., illustrated by Clive McFarland

Song: “Orange, Yellow, Red and Brown” (Tune: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”) (use colored felt leaves)
Orange, yellow, red and brown, red and brown.
Orange, yellow, red and brown, red and brown.
And autumn leaves are twirling all around. (hold your arms out to your sides and spin them around and around)
Orange, yellow, red and brown, red and brown.

Orange, yellow, red and brown, red and brown.
Orange, yellow, red and brown, red and brown.
And autumn leaves are dancing in the breeze. (hold your arms up and dance them all around)
Orange, yellow, red and brown, red and brown.

Orange, yellow, red and brown, red and brown.
Orange, yellow, red and brown, red and brown.
And autumn leaves are falling to the ground. (lay down on the floor)
Orange, yellow, red and brown, red and brown.
(Credit: From the CD Children’s Favorite Autumn Songs & Fingerplays by The Learning Station)

Closing Rhyme

Train Story Time – Preschool & Everybody

Opening Song

Book: And the Train Goes… by William Bee
And the Train Goes . . . book cover

Song: “She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain” – Wee Sing: Wee Sing in the Car

Flannel: I Love Trains! by Philemon Sturges, illustrated by Shari Halpern
I Love Trains book cover

Song: “The Freight Train” – Jane Murphy: Cars, Trucks and Trains

Book/Song: The Whistle on the Train by Margaret McNamara, illustrated by Richard Egielski, paper engineering by Gene Vosough
The Whistle on the Train

Movement/Whistle: Train horn signals (“o” indicates short sounds and “=” is for longer sounds)

= Stop
= = Go
o o o Back up
= = o = Train is approaching public crossings

Big Book: Freight Train by Donald Crews
Freight Train book cover

Closing Rhyme

Craft (from 2016): Track coloring sheet with train cars
Preschool story time train craft

Pet Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”

Book: If I Had an Octopus by Gabby Dawnay, illustrated by Alex Barrow

Puppet Song: “Octopus (Slippery Fish)” – Charlotte Diamond: 10 Carrot Diamond

Book: Bob’s Rock by Ann Hassett and John Hassett

Flannel Song: “Bingo” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You

Book: My Bus by Byron Barton

Song: “The Wheels on the Bus”

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

Closing Rhyme

Butterfly Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”

Book: Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert

Song: “The Butterflies in the Yard” (Tune: “The Wheels On the Bus”)
The caterpillars are wriggling around, (Wriggle around)
Wriggling around, wriggling around.
The caterpillars are wriggling around,
All around the yard.

Additional verses:
The caterpillars are building a cocoon… (Roll into a ball)
The butterflies are flying around… (Fly around)

Book: Butterfly, Butterfly by Petr Horáček

Song: “There’s a Tiny Caterpillar On a Leaf” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf, wiggle, wiggle, (Wiggling action)
There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf, wiggle, wiggle,
There’s a tiny caterpillar, there’s a tiny caterpillar,
There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf, wiggle, wiggle.

Additional verses:
There’s a big, fat caterpillar on a leaf, munch, munch… (Munching action)
There’s a pretty butterfly on a leaf, flutter, flutter… (Fluttering action)

Song: “Butterfly Song” – David Landau: Rocket to the Moon

Puppet Show: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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

Closing Rhyme

Whale Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Puffin Peter by Petr Horáček

Song: “The Ocean Song” (Tune: “Do Your Ears Hang Low?”)
Oh, the ocean is great and the ocean is grand. (put your arms out wide)
There are lots of tall ships and very little land. (hands together up, and then down)
And we sleep down deep in a hammock near the floor (snuggle into your hammock)
And this is what we do when we go out the door: (open up a door)

We ride the waves up, we ride the waves down (rollercoaster arms up and down)
We ride the waves up, we ride the waves down (or stand up and down)
We ride the waves up, we ride the waves down (or lift your baby up and down)
And we turn around. (roll your hands around each other)
(Credit: Jbrary)

Book: I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry

Song: “An Orca Whale” (Tune: “Ram Sam Sam”)
An orca whale, an orca whale, (arm waves across body like whale in waves)
Little sea scallops, (hands open and close like a shell)
And an orca whale.
An orca whale, an orca whale,
Little sea scallops,
And an orca whale.
Sea otter, sea otter, (fists beat on chest)
Little sea scallops, and an orca whale.
Sea otter, sea otter,
Little sea scallops, and an orca whale.
(Credit: Jbrary)

Flannel: “Five Whales in the Bathtub”
One whale in a bathtub, going for a swim.
Knock, knock, splash, splash, come on in!

Repeat, counting up to five whales:
Five whales in a bathtub, going for a swim.
Knock, knock, splash, splash, they all fell in!

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

Book with Puppets: Tanka Tanka Skunk! by Steve Webb

Closing Rhyme

Sea Monsters and Pirates Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song (virtual only): “Wave Everybody and Say Hello” (Tune: “Skip To My Lou”)
Wave everybody and say hello,
Wave everybody and say hello,
Wave everybody and say hello.
How are you today?

(Repeat with: splash, Arr!)

Opening Song (outdoor only): “Bread and Butter”

Book: The Skeleton Pirate by David Lucas

Song: “Creatures of the Sea” (Tune: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”)
We’re the creatures of the sea,
The ocean is our home.
And in the seas there lives a whale
Who loves to play and roam.
With a spout spout here and a spout spout there.
Here a spout, there a spout,
Everywhere a spout, spout.
We’re the creatures of the sea,
The ocean is our home.

Additional verses:
Fish – swish swish
Crab – pinch pinch
Seal – bark bark
Octopus – wibble wobble

Book: Dinosaur Pirates! by Penny Dale

Action Song: “If You’re a Pirate and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a pirate and you know it, swab the deck. (swish, swish)
If you’re a pirate and you know it, swab the deck. (swish, swish)
If you’re a pirate and you know it, then you’ll hear the sea winds blowin’.
If you’re a pirate and you know it, swab the deck. (swish, swish)

Additional verses:
Walk the plank (stomp, stomp)
Say ahoy! (Ahoy!)
(Credit: King County Library System)

Book: Monsters in the Briny by Lynn Becker, illustrated by Scott Brundage

Closing Rhyme

Creativity Story Time – Everybody Virtual

Opening Song

Book: Also an Octopus by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illustrated by Benji Davies

Song: “Zoom, Zoom, Zoom”
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
If you want to take a trip
climb aboard my rocket ship.
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,
Blast off!
(Credit: Jbrary)

Song: “You Are My Sunshine” (with ukulele)

Flannel: “Bookworm, Bookworm”
Bookworm, bookworm, hiding in a book
Bookworm, bookworm, where should we look?
Bookworm, are you in the (insert color) book?

Repeat until the bookworm is found.
(Credit: Itsy Bitsy Mom)

Book: Show the World! by Angela Dalton, illustrated by Daria Peoples

Song: “This Is the Way We Stir the Paint”
This is the way we stir the paint, stir the paint, stir the paint
This is the way we stir the paint so early in the morning.

Additional verses:
Dip our brush
Paint the paper
Frame the picture
(Credit: Storytime Katie)

Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It” – Imaginary creature edition
If you’re a dragon and you know it, blow some fire…
If you’re a unicorn and you know it, prance around…
If you’re a monster and you know it, show your teeth…
If you’re a mermaid and you know it, swish your tail…

Book: Off-Limits by Helen Yoon

Song: “I’m a Little Teapot”
I’m a little teapot
Short and stout.
Here is my handle,
Here is my spout.
When I get all steamed up,
Hear me shout,
“Tip me over and pour me out!”

Song: “All the Fish” – Sue Schnitzer: Wiggle and Whirl, Clap and Nap
Verses:
All the fish are swimming in the water…
All the ducks are quacking in the water…
All the frogs are hopping in the water…
All the alligators are snapping in the water…
All the seagulls are flying over the water…
All the children are swimming in the water…

Closing Rhyme