Book: Penguin and Pumpkin by Salina Yoon

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

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 ___________.

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

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

Book: Fall is Not East by Marty Kelley

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

Closing Rhyme

Craft:

pumpkin-face

Farm Story Time – Everybody

October 3, 2016

Opening Song

Sign Language: Cow

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

Song with puppets: “Old McDonald”

Book: Simm Taback’s Farm Animals by Simms Taback

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

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

Closing Rhyme

Craft:

cow

Royalty Story Time – Everybody

September 26, 2016

Opening Song

Sign Language: Crown

Book: Princess in Training by Tammi Sauer and Joe Berger

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

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

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

Book: The Foggy, Foggy Forest by Nick Sharratt

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

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

September 21, 2016

Opening Song

Sign Language: Book

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

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

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

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

September 12, 2016

Opening Song

Sign Language: Elephant

Book: My Elephant by Petr Horáček

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

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

Book: Always by Emma Dodd

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

Closing Rhyme

Craft:

Sports Story Time – Everybody

July 12, 2016

Opening song

Sign Language: Sports/Compete/Race

Book: Take Me Out to the Yakyu by Aaron Meshon

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

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

Closing rhyme

Craft: Pom Pom Sports

Pom Pom Sports

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Beach Story Time – Everybody

July 6, 2016June 30, 2022

Opening song

Sign Language: Swim

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

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?

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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Fruit & Veggies Story Time – Everybody

June 30, 2016June 30, 2016

Opening song

Sign Language: Fruit and Vegetables

Book: Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illustrated by Jen Corace

Fingerplay: Five Little Peas
Five little peas in a pea pod pressed.
(fold hands in front of you)
1 grew, 2 grew and so did all the rest
(pull one set of fingers out of the fist at a time)
They grew and they grew
(slowly pull hands apart)
And they did not stop
(stretch arms as far apart as possible)
Until one day, that pod went, Pop!
(Clap hands loudly)

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
Hey, how about you?

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: eating, reading)

Book: The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli

Flannel: Color Soup
Take an apple,
Put it in the pot.
Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
Take it out now.
What will it be?
The prettiest RED you ever did see!
(repeat with carrot, banana, broccoli, blueberry, and eggplant)
(Source: Kidjamboree)

Puppet Show: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Song: Apples and Bananas (ukulele)

C G7
I like to eat, eat, eat, apples and bananas.
C
I like to eat, eat, eat, apples and bananas.

(Source: Storytime Ukulele)

Closing rhyme

Craft: Little Pea Family

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Dance Story Time – Everybody

June 23, 2016June 23, 2016

Opening song

Sign Language: Dance

Book: Baby Danced the Polka by Karen Beaumont, illustrated by Jennifer Plecas

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
Hey, how about you?

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: dancing, clapping, reading)

Book: If You’re a Monster and You Know It by Rebecca Emberly & Ed Emberly

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

App Story: Barnyard Dance- Boynton by Loud Crow Interactive ($3.99 iOS and Android)
An app based on Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton.

Fingerplay: Dance Your Fingers Up
Dance your fingers up, dance your fingers down.
Dance your fingers to the side, dance them all around.
Dance them on your shoulders, dance them on your head.
Dance them on your tummy, and put them all to bed.

(Source: King County Library System)

Book: Dancing Feet by Lindsey Craig, illustrated by Marc Brown

Closing Song

Craft: Ribbon Dancer

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Playing Outside Story Time – Everybody

June 15, 2016June 17, 2016

Opening song

Sign Language: Play

Book: Let’s Play in the Forest While the Wolf is Not Around by Claudia Rueda

Song/Rhyme: 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
Hey, how about you?

(verses: playing, clapping, reading)

Activity: Kangaroo, Kangaroo Where Are You?

Kangaroo and Joey wanted to play hide and seek! While the kids counted to 10, I hid Kangaroo behind one of the shapes. After saying “Kangaroo, Kangaroo Where Are You?, ” the kids called out a shape or color to look behind.

kangaroo flannel activity

(Source: Falling Flannel Boards)

Book: Sometimes I Like to Curl Up In a Ball by Vicki Churchill, illustrated by Charles Fuge

Fingerplay: Five Little Ducks Went Out to Play

Flannel Story: Stuck by Oliver Jeffers

Song/Rhyme: Little Red Wagon (played on ukulele):
C
Bumping up and down in my little red wagon
G7
Bumping up and down in my little red wagon
C
Bumping up and down in my little red wagon
G7 C
Won’t you be my darling

(Source: Storytime Ukulele)

Book: Chalk by Bill Thomson

Closing Song

Craft: Paper Plate Frisbee

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Story Time Ideas from the Verona Public Library

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Fall Story Time – Everybody

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Book Story Time – Everybody

Elephants Story Time – Everybody

Sports Story Time – Everybody

Beach Story Time – Everybody

Fruit & Veggies Story Time – Everybody

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