Book: If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson
Song: “All I Wanna Do is Dance” – Kira Wiley: Kings and Queens of the Forest
Flannel: How Kind! by Mary Murphy
Song: Yo Te Amo (ukulele chords by Story Time Ukulele)
Book: Rain! by Linda Ashman
Song: “Sleeping Bunnies ” – Kathy Reid-Naiman: Zoom Zoom Cuddle and Croon
Book: Say Hello! by Linda Davick
Song: Three Little Birds – Elizabeth Mitchell: You Are My Little Bird
Craft: Construction paper rainbows
Book: I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry
Song: “The Fish in the Sea” (Sung to the tune of “The Wheels on the Bus”, ukulele chords by Story time Ukulele)
Book: Barnacle is Bored by Jonathan Fenske
Flannel:
Little crab, little crab, scuttling in the water,
Little crab, little crab Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a …
Slippery fish, slippery fish, sliding through the water,
Slippery fish, slippery fish, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a…
Jellyfish, jellyfish, squiggling in the water
jellyfish, jellyfish, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a …
Blue dolphin, blue dolphin, flipping in the water,
Blue dolphin, blue dolphin, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a …
Humongous whale, humongous whale, spouting in the water,
Humongous whale, humongous whale,
Gulp! … Gulp! … Gulp! … BURP!
(Cover your mouth.) Excuse me!
(Credit to Storytime Kate)
Song: “A Sailor Went to Sea”
Book: Wiggle Like an Octopus by Harriet Ziefert
Song: “Baby Beluga” – Raffi: Baby Beluga
Craft: Paper plate fish with cupcake liner scales
Sign Language: Rainbow
Book: Baby Bear Sees Blue by Ashley Wolff
Song: “It Ain’t Gonna Rain No More”
It ain’t gonna rain no more, no more
It ain’t gonna rain no more
*Oh no, it’s up to my toe
But it ain’t gonna rain more.
*Verses:
Oh gee, it’s up to my knee
Oh my, it’s up to my thigh
Oh fiddle, it’s up to my middle
Oh heck, it’s up to my neck
Oh dread, it’s up to my head, I’m just going to swim on home.
Book: Wow! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood
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)
Song: “Shake My Sillies Out” – Raffi: The Raffi Singable Songs Collection
Big Book: Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
Flannel: Los Colores
[tune: frere jacques]
Red is Rojo
Green is Verde
Blue, Azul
Negro, Black
Yellow Amarillo
Purple is Morado
Grey is Gris
Brown, Café (Miss Meg)
Song: “Clap Your Hands”- Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You
Book: Duckie’s Rainbow by Frances Berry
Craft:
Book: Snappy Little Bugs by Claire Nielson and Dug Steer, illustrated by Derek Matthews
Song: The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Book: I Love Bugs by Philemon Sturges, illustrated by Shari Halpern
Puppet Show: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Song: “On my Toe there is a Flea” – John Martin Feierabend: Frog in the Meadow x2
Book: Caterpillar’s Wish by Mary Murphy
Song: “Mi Cuerpo” – Hot Peas ‘n Butter: Best of the Bowl
Book: Some Bugs by Angela DiTerlizzi; illustrated by Brendan Wenzel
Song (with shaky eggs): The Ants Go Marching
Craft:
Book: Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
Song with puppets: Old McDonald
Book: Sheep by Wendy Strobel Dieker
Song/flannel: Mary had a Little Lamb
We sang “Mary Had a Little Lamb” and substituted “fleece as white as show” with the color of the sheep and something it was the same color as.
Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb
Mary had a little lamb its fleece was ORANGE as CARROTS!
We ended with “white as snow.”
Song: “Jump Up, Turn Around”- Jim Gill: The Irrational Anthem
Book: Wee Little Lamb by Lauren Thompson, illustrated by John Butler
Song: (melody: “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 stamp, stamp, stamp…
I can make my legs go hop, hop, hop…
Book: Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
Song: “Clap Your Hands”- Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You
Craft:
Welcome – February is Children’s Dental Health Month
Book: Does a Lion Brush? By Fred Ehrlich, illustrated by Emily Bolam
Song: “Brush your Teeth” – Raffi: Singable Songs for the Very Young
Song: My Dentist (“Frere Jacques” – done as an Echo song)
My dentist, repeat
Always tells me, repeat
Brush your teeth, repeat
Twice a day. Repeat
(Source: Storytimes at the Library blog)
Book: Maisy, Charley, and the Wobbly Tooth by Lucy Cousins
Flannel: Mouth with germs (dry erase marker) on tongue and teeth, erase with toothbrush (from Miss Meg’s Storytime)
Song: “Brush, brush, brush your teeth” (tune: “Row your boat”)
Brush, brush, brush your teeth.
At least two times a day.
Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning, cleaning,
Fighting tooth decay.
Floss, floss,floss your teeth.
Every single day.
Gently, gently, gently, gently,
Whisking plaque away.
Rinse, rinse, rinse your teeth
Every single day.
Swishing, swishing, swishing, swishing,
Fighting tooth decay.
Craft: toothbrushes with shaving cream toothpaste
Book: Llama Llama Time to Share by Anna Dewdney
Song: 1, 2, 3 good friends,
4, 5, 6 good friends,
7, 8, 9 good friends,
10 good friends are we!
Uno, dos, tres amigos,
Cuatro, cinco, seis amigos
Siete, ocho, nueve amigos
Diez amigos somos!
Book: Hooray For Hat by Brain Won
Puppets: A Toy for Elephant (by Leah Portz)
Song: “If Your Happy and You Know It” – Laurie Berkner: Laurie Berkner’s Favorite Classic Kids’ Songs
Book: Emily’s Sharing and Caring Book by Cindy Post Senning & Peggy Post, illustrated by Leo Landry
Song: “Can’t Wait to Celebrate” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem
Song: “Shake My Sillies Out” – Raffi: The Raffi Singable Songs Collection
Craft: Bird Feeder
Book: Millie Waits for the Mail by Alexander Steffensmeier
Song: Mailing Letters-tune of Mulberry Bush
This is the way we write a letter, write a letter, write a letter.
This is the way we write a letter so early in the morning.
2nd Verse-Stamp a Letter, 3rd Verse-Mail a Letter
(Courtesy of Out of the Box Programming)
Book: Stanley the Mailman by William Bee
Flannel: Letters to Animals
The letters have fallen out of their envelopes. Can we help the letters get to the correct animal?
Song: “Clap Your Hands” – Wee Sing: Wee Sing Children’s Songs and Fingerplays
Book: Mail Trucks by Julie Murray
Song: “All I Want to do is Dance” – Kira Willey: Kings and Queens of the Forest
Book: Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
Craft: I provided paper, crayons, and an envelope and theychildren wrote or drew whatever they wanted on their paper and decided if they wanted to send it to themselves or someone special. I mailed out the letters.
Book: All Year Round by Susan B. Katz, illustrated by Eiko Ojala
Song: Shapes Song (sing to the tune of “The Wheels on the Bus”)
A circle is a shape that goes round and round, Round and round, round and round.
A circle is a shape that goes round and round, Round and round.
A triangle is a shape with three sides, Three sides, three sides.
A triangle is a shape with three sides, Three sides.
A square is a shape with four sides, Four sides, four sides,
A square is a shape with four sides, Four sides.
Book: Shape by Shape by Suse MacDonald
Activity: I hid each dinosaur behind a shape and asked the kids what shape I should look under. I said the name of the dinosaur and then had them say it.
Song: The Tyrannosaurus Rex goes grr grr grr grr grr grr, grr grr grr
The Tyrannosaurus Rex goes grr grr grr…All through the swamp.
The Triceratops’ horns go poke poke poke…(etc.)
The Stegosaurus tail goes spike, spike, spike…(etc.)
The Apatasaurus mouth goes munch, munch, munch…(etc.)
The Pteranodon’s wings go flap flap flap…(etc.)
Book/Puppets: It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw
Song: “Shake My Sillies Out” – Raffi: The Raffi Singable Songs Collection
Book: Color Farm by Lois Ehlert
Song: “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem
Craft: I gave them this shape sheet, a black crayon, and cut out shapes. The chose if they wanted to glue them down and if they wanted to write on their shapes.
Book: If It’s Snowy and You Know It, Clap Your Paws! By Kim Norman, illustrated by Liza Woodruff
Song: “The Winter Pokey”
You put your mitten in, you take your mitten out
You put your mittens in and you shake them all about
You do the winter pokey and you turn yourself around
That’s what its all about
(Boots, Hat, Coat, Snowpants, etc.)
Book: Snowballs by Lois Elhert
Felt Story: Build a Snowperson
Song: “Boots” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito
Book with Puppets: Oh! By Kevin Henkes
Song: “Silly Dance Contest” – Jim Gill: JIm Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes
Flannel: Red Mitten, Red Mitten, What Do You See?
Activity: Fake snow made using shaving cream and baking soda. Experiment with mixing and amounts to achieve desired consistency.
