Outer Space Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Sign Language: Star

Book: Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes

kittens first full moon cover image

Song: “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” (with actions)

Book: The Moon by Todd Adamson

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Flannel: “Four Little Rockets”

Four little rockets winking at me.
One shot off and then there were three!
Three little rockets with nothing to do.
One shot off, and then there were two!
Two little rockets afraid of the sun.
One shot off, and then there was one!
One little rocket alone is no fun.
It shot off, and then there was none!
(Source: RovingFiddlehead KidLit)

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Song: “If You’re Going to the Moon”
If you’re going to the moon, wear your boots (stomp stomp)
If you’re going to the moon, wear your boots
If you’re going to the moon, this is what you have to do
If you’re going to the moon, wear your boots
…wear your suit (ziiiip!)
…wear your gloves (clap clap)
…wear your helmet (pat your head)

Book: Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! I’m Off to the Moon! by Dan Yaccarino

zoom zoom zoom i'm off to the moon

Song: 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!

Far, far, far
We’re going to the stars.
Far, far, far
We’re going to the stars.
If you want to take a trip
Climb aboard my rocket ship.
Far, far, far
We’re going to the stars.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1…Blastoff!

Fun, fun, fun
We’re going to the sun.
Fun, fun, fun.
We’re going to the sun.
If you want to take a trip,
Climb aboard my rocket ship.
Fun, fun, fun,
we’re going to the sun.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1…Blastoff!

(Source: Jbrary)

Book: My Book of Planets by Elise See Tai, illustrated by Kuo Kang Chen

my book of planets

Song: “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: The Irrational Album

Closing Rhyme

Craft: 

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Monkey Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Sign Language: Monkey

Book: Be Quiet, Mike! by Leslie Patricelli

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Song: “The Monkey Dance” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy

Book: Ten Naughty Monkeys by Suzanne Williams, illustrated by Suzanne Watts

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Flannel: Teasing Mr. Crocodile

Song: “Five Little Monkeys”- David Landau: Kids and Kitties

Book: Monkey Colors by Darrin Lunde, illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne

Monkey Colors cover image

Song: Monkey, monkey, turn around (turn around)
Monkey, monkey, touch the ground (Touch the ground)
Monkey, monkey, dance on your toes (Dance on tip toes)
Monkey, monkey, touch your nose (Touch your nose)
Monkey, monkey, give a little clap (Clap)
Monkey, monkey, take a nap! (Lay head on hands like sleeping)

Book: Kiki’s Blankie by Janie Bynum

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Closing Rhyme

Craft: 

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Fall Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Penguin and Pumpkin by Salina Yoon

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Rhyme: Pumpkin, pumpkin,Pumpkin bread! (Hold hands flat in front, palms up)
Pumpkin, pumpkin, Pumpkin head! (Put hands on head)
Pumpkin, pumpkin, Pumpkin pie! (Hold hands in a big circle)
Pumpkin, pumpkin, Pumpkin eye! (Curve hands around eyes)
Pumpkin, pumpkin, Pumpkin cake! (Hold Hands flat, one palm up, one down, few inches above the other)
Pumpkin, pumpkin, Pumpkin shake!
Pumpkin, pumpkin, Pumpkin stew! (Pretend to stir stew)
Pumpkin, pumpkin, Pumpkin BOO!

Book: Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch by Mary Peterson and Jennifer Rofe

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Puppet Song: So many leaves are falling on the ground (Tune: “Five Little Ducks”)

So many leaves are falling on the ground,
Orange ones, yellow ones, and even brown,
But the one little leaf that rhymes with ____________.
Is my favorite color, it’s the color ___________.

tree puppet image

Song:  “Pumpkin, Pumpkin”
Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground (touch the ground)
How’d you get so big and round? (make a circle)
Once you were a seed so small (pinch fingers 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 circle)

Book: Autumn Orange by Christianne C. Jones

autumn-orange

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

Book: Fall is Not East by Marty Kelley

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Song: “Head and Shoulders” – Dance and Sing! The Best of Nick Jr.

Closing Rhyme

Craft:

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Farm Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Sign Language: Cow

Book: Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig, illustrated by Marc Brown

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Song with puppets: “Old McDonald”

Book: Simm Taback’s Farm Animals by Simms Taback

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Flannel Rhyme: “This Little Chick”

This little chick is black.
She stands in the barnyard on a big haystack.

This little chick is brown.
She is feeling sad and wearing a frown.

This little chick is yellow.
She’s friends with the rooster; he’s a handsome fellow.

This little chick is white.
She dances and plays, oh what a sight.

This little chick is purple.
She spends her day running around in a circle.

This little chick is green.
She is the prettiest chick I’ve ever seen.

This little chick is blue.
She lays eggs for me and you.

This little chick is pink.
She goes down to the pond to get a drink.

All of these chicks live at the farm,
Out in the big red barn.

this little chick

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

Book: Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming

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Song (shaky eggs): “Shaky Shaky” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy

Closing Rhyme

Craft:

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Royalty Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Sign Language: Crown

Book: Princess in Training by Tammi Sauer and Joe Berger

princess-in-training book cover

Song/Rhyme: I am the king of running, I run and run and run. My subjects all run with me, and we have so much fun!

I am the prince of turning, I turn and turn and turn. My subjects all turn with me an easy thing to learn!

I am the princess of dancing, I dance and dance and dance. My subjects all dance with me and dance when they get the chance!

I am the Queen of jumping, I jump and jump and jump. My subjects all jump with me and sit down with a bump.

Book: King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood, illustrated by Don Wood

King Bidgood's in the Bathtub

Puppet Story: Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox, illustrated by Lydia Monks

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Song: “Jump Jump” – Joanie Leeds and the Nightlights: I’m a Rock Star

Book: The Foggy, Foggy Forest by Nick Sharratt

foggy foggy forest

Flannel: Queen Elsa’s Crowns (Tune: “Mary Wore Her Red Dress”)

queen elsa's crowns

Queen Elsa wore her purple crown, purple crown, purple crown.
Queen Elsa wore her purple crown every Sunday!
(repeat with different crowns and days)

(Source: Miss Sarah Storytime blog)

Song: “Clap Your Hands” — They Might Be Giants: No!

Closing Rhyme

Craft: Crowns

Book Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Sign Language: Book

Book with Puppets:  Book! Book! Book! by Deborah Brass, illustrated by Tiphanie Beeke

Book! Book! Book! book cover

Song: “There’s a Dog in School” – Stuart Stotts and Tom Pease: Celebrate: A Song Resource

Book: Roger is Reading a Book by Koen Van Biesen

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Felt Rhyme:
Five little books, sitting in pile.
Look inside, and see a crocodile.
Four little books, all in a pile.
All standing straight in a single file.
Three little books, sitting on the shelf.
Can you take one and read it for yourself?
Two little books, left on the pile.
Find one now and read it with a smile!
One little book, all that is there.
Found itself a reader who is happy to share.

Song: “If you’re happy and you know it read a book (read a book)
If you’re happy and you know it read a book (read a book)
If you’re happy and you know and you really want to show it
If you’re happy and you know it read a book (read a book)
Alternate verses: turn the page, check out some books

Book: Book! by

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Song: “Rhythm in the Scarves”- The Second Line- Scarf Activity Songs: Johnette Downing

Closing Rhyme

Craft: B Is for book

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Elephants Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Sign Language: Elephant

Book: My Elephant by Petr Horáček

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Song/Rhyme: Two big elephants were sitting on a hill
One named Jack and the other named Jill
Run away, Jack! Run away, Jill!
Come back, Jack! Come back, Jill!

Book: Elephants by Mary Lindeen

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Felt Story:
1 elephant in the bathtub going for a swim.
Knock, knock (clap hands for each knock)
Splash, splash (pat lap for each splash)
Come on in! (Wave hand invitingly)
2…,3…,4…,
5 elephants in the bathtub going for a swim.
Knock, knock (clap hands for each knock)
Splash, splash(pat lap for each splash)
And they all fell in!

Song: “Monkey Dance” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy

Book: Elecopter by Michael Slack

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Book: Always by Emma Dodd

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Song: “The Hands are for Clapping” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes

Closing Rhyme

Craft:

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Boxes – Everybody Story Time

Opening Song

Sign Language: “Box”

Book: Harry’s Box by Angela McAllister and Jenny Jones

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Song/Rhyme: “Jack in the Box” – Carol Totsky Hammett: It’s Toddler Time

Book: More Bugs in Boxes by David A. Carter

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Puppet Activity: Guess the Animals in the Box
I filled a cardboard box with a variety of puppets.  I described the animals and had them guess. Then we made the animal sounds together.

Rhyme: “I Like to Be a Jumping Jack”
I like to be a jumping jack
And jump out from a box
I like to be a rocking horse
And rock and rock and rock.
I like to be a spinning top
And spin around and round
I like to be a rubber ball
And bounce right to the ground

Big Book: Sitting in My Box by Dee Lillegard, illustrated by Jon Agee

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Book: Not a Box by Antoinette Portis

not a box

Song: “Can’t Wait to Celebrate”- Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Album

Closing Rhyme

Craft: Kids used square pieces of paper to make whatever they liked. These are the examples I gave them:

Boxes

Sports Story Time – Everybody

Opening song

Sign Language:  Sports/Compete/Race

Book: Take Me Out to the Yakyu by Aaron Meshon

Take Me out to the Yakyu

Song: I’m in the Mood for Singing – Raffi: Rise And Shine (played on ukulele)
G
I’m in the mood for singing
                                   D
Hey, how about you?

I’m in the mood for singing
                                   G
I’m in the mood for singing
C
Singing along with you
G
Hey, hey, what do you say
D                                     G
I’m in the mood for that today
C                   G
Hey, hey, what do you say
D                                    G
I’m in the mood for that.
(verses: racing, reading)

Book: Clothesline Clues to Sports People Play by Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook, illustrated by Andy Robert Davies

clothesline clues to sports people play

Activity: Baseball Number Match
Children matched the number on the baseballs to the glove with the same number of dots.

baseball math

(Source: Preschool Plan It )

Flannel Story: The Tortoise and the Hare told in the style of Hare and Tortoise by Alison Murray

Hare and Tortoise

Fingerplay: Here’s A Ball
Here’s a little ball.
(Make a small with your thumb and index finger.)
And here’s a bigger ball.
(Make a bigger ball using both thumbs and both index fingers.)
And a great big ball, I see.
(Make a ball by holding your arms up over your head and touching your fingers together.)
Shall we count them?
Are you ready?
One, Two, Three
(make all three balls in succession)

(Source: Bright Hub Education)

Book: Dunk Skunk by Michael Rex

dunk skunk

Closing rhyme

Craft: Pom Pom Sports

Pom Pom Sports

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Beach Story Time – Everybody

Opening song

Sign Language: Swim

Book:  Beach Day! by Patricia Lakin, illustrated by Scott NashHey, how about you?

Beach Day!

Song: I’m in the Mood for Singing – Raffi: Rise And Shine (played on ukulele)
G
I’m in the mood for singing
                                   D
Hey, how about you?

I’m in the mood for singing
                                   G
I’m in the mood for singing
C
Singing along with you
G
Hey, hey, what do you say
D                                     G
I’m in the mood for that today
C                   G
Hey, hey, what do you say
D                                    G
I’m in the mood for that.
(verses: swimming, reading)

Book: Sea, Sand, Me! by Patricia Hubbell, illustrated by Lisa Campbell Ernst

Flannel: Five Little Sandcastles

5 little sandcastles

Five little sandcastles built by the shore,
Along came a wave and WHOOSH!
there were four.

Four little sandcastles built by you and me,
Along came a wave and WHOOSH!
there were three.

Three little sandcastles built by me and you,
Along came a wave and WHOOSH!
there were two.

Two little sandcastles built in the sun,
Along came a wave and WHOOSH!
there was one.

One little sandcastle built just for fun,
Along came a wave and WHOOSH!
there were none.

(Source: Story Tree)

Movement: Octopus (Slippery Fish) – Charlotte Diamond: 24 Carrot Diamond (with scarves)

Movie: Chicka Cicka Boom Boom

chicka chicka boom boom

Song: The Fish in the Sea (to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus)
C
The fish in the sea go swish swish swish,
G7
Swish swish swish, swish swish swish,
C
The fish in the sea go swish swish swish,
G7   C
All day long.

Verses
The jellies in the sea go wiggle, wiggle, wiggle…
The sharks in the sea go chomp, chomp, chomp…
The crabs in the sea go pinch, pinch, pinch….

(Source: Storytime Ukulele)

Book: Senses at the Seashore by Shelley Rotner

Closing rhyme

Craft: Crab

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