Book: Daniel Chooses to Be Kind by Rachel Kalban (Simon & Schuster)

Song: “If You’re Kind and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re kind and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re kind and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re kind and you know it, and you really want to show it.
If you’re kind and you know it, clap your hands.

Additional verses:
If you’re helpful and you know it, stomp your feet…
If you’re generous and you know it, peekaboo…
If you’re thoughtful and you know it, shout hooray…

Book: Time to Say “Please” by Mo Willems (Hyperion)

Flannel: Rainbow 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!

Take an orange
Put it in the pot.
Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
Take it out now. What will it be? The prettiest orange you ever did see!

Take an banana
Put it in the pot.
Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
Take it out now. What will it be? The prettiest yellow you ever did see!

Take an pear
Put it in the pot.
Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
Take it out now. What will it be? The prettiest green you ever did see!

Take some blueberries
Put it in the pot.
Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
Take it out now. What will it be? The prettiest blue you ever did see!

Take some grapes
Put it in the pot.
Stir it, stir it, stir it a lot.
Take it out now. What will it be? The prettiest purple you ever did see!

Song: “We’ll Wave Hello Together” (Tune: “Farmer in the Dell”)
We’ll wave hello together,
We’ll wave hello together,
We’ll wave hello together,
‘Cause it’s fun to do.

Book: If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson (HarperCollins)

Song: “You Are My Sunshine”
You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy
When skies are grey
You’ll never know, dear
How much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away

The other night dear
As you lay sleeping
I held you closely in my arms
You looked so lovely
Sleeping peacefully
I watched you all through the night

You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy
When skies are grey
You’ll never know, dear
How much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away

I’ll always love you
And be there for you
I’ll protect you from harm’s way
‘Cause I adore you
You’re my dream come true
You’re my beautiful sunshine

You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy
When skies are grey
You’ll never know dear
How much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away

Closing Rhyme

Earth Day Virtual Story Time with Ms. Julie – Family

April 23, 2020April 24, 2020

Opening Song

Book: Green on Green by Dianne White, illustrated by Felicita Sala (Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon and Schuster)

Song: “Leaves, Branches, Trunk and Roots” (Tune: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”)
Leaves, branches, trunk and roots (under the ground)
Leaves, branches, trunk and roots (under the ground)
The leaves grow up and the roots grow down
Leaves, branches, trunk and roots (under the ground)

Song: “This is the Way to Help Mother Earth” (Tune: “Mulberry Bush”)
This is the way we pick up trash,
pick up trash, pick up trash.
This is the way we pick up trash
To help our Mother Earth.

This is the way we turn off the light,
we turn off the light, we turn off the light,
This is the way we turn off the light,
To help our Mother Earth.

This is the way we plant a seed,
plant a seed, plant a seed,
This is the way we plant a seed,
To help our Mother Earth.

Book: My Garden by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Children’s Books)

Song: “Sleeping Bunnies” with ukulele
Sleeping Bunnies (C)C [G7] F C See the little bunnies sleeping, till it's nearly noon G7 C G7 C Shall we wake them with a merry tune C Oh, so still. Are they ill? G7 C Wake up... and C Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop C G7 C Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop C Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop, and C G7 C Stop little bunnies, stop, stop, STOP!

Sleeping Bunnies (G)G [D] C G See the little bunnies sleeping, till it's nearly noon D G D G Shall we wake them with a merry tune G Oh, so still. Are they ill? D G Wake up... and G Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop G D G Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop G Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop, and G D G Stop little bunnies, stop, stop, STOP! (Credit: Storytime Ukulele)

Book/Song: If You’re Happy and You Know It by David A. Carter (Scholastic)

Song: “Icky Sticky Bubblegum”- David Landau: Kids and Kitties

Closing Song

Virtual Story Time with Ms. Julie – Family

April 23, 2020

Opening Song

Book: Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes (HarperCollins Children’s Books)

Song: “Moon, Moon, Moon” – Laurie Berkner Band: The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band

Songs (on ukulele):
“You are my Sunshine”
Silly “Row your Boat” – twist, sway, wiggle, tickle

Book: Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham (HarperCollins Children’s Books)

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

Book: Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson (HarperCollins Children’s Books)

Song: “Icky Sticky Bubblegum”- David Landau: Kids and Kitties

Closing Song

Snow Story Time – Family

January 11, 2020

Opening Song

Sign Language: snow

Story: If It’s Snowy and You Know It, Clap Your Paws! by Kim Norman

Rhyme/Movement: Cute Little Snowman
Cute little snowman (hold up left fist for snowman)
had a carrot nose. (stick out one finger of left fist to be the nose)
Along came a rabbit, (hold up 2 fingers of right hand for rabbit ears)
and what do you suppose?
That hungry rabbit (move right hand back and forth.)
looking for his lunch,
ate that snowman’s carrot nose. (lightly pinch left finger with right hand)
Nibble, nibble, crunch.
(Credit: Jen in the Library)

Story: Snowmen at Night by

Flannel: Red Mitten
Red mitten, red mitten, what do you see?
I see an orange mitten looking at me.

Orange mitten, orange mitten, what do you see?
I see a yellow mitten looking at me.

Additional verses: yellow, green, blue, purple, etc.

Story: Here Comes Jack Frost by

Closing Song

Craft: Snow Crayon Resist Picture (w/ white crayons and watercolors)

(Credit: Classic Play)

St. Patrick’s Day Story Time – Family

March 14, 2015

Opening song

Book: The Story of the Leprechaun by Katherine Tegen, illustrated by Sally Anne Lambert

Song: “Dance, Dance Leprechaun Dance”
(to tune of “Skip to My Lou”)
Dance, dance, leprechaun dance.
Dance, dance, leprechaun dance.
Dance, dance, leprechaun dance,
Do a dance for me.

Bow…
Clap…
Search, search, search for gold…
Jump…

(Finish with…)
Sit, sit, leprechaun sit.
Sit, sit, leprechaun sit.
Sit, sit, leprechaun sit.
Sit for our next story.
(Source: Jen in the Library)

Book: Good Luck Bear by Greg Foley

Song/flannel: “The rattlin’ bog” (idea from Mel’s Desk) – clap during chorus, and do call and response for each verse’s first line.

Song: “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem

Book: Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Song: “St. Patrick’s Day Song” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)

If you’re wearing green today, dance a jig,
If you’re wearing green today, dance a jig,
If you’re wearing green today,
Dance a jig, then smile and say,
If you’re wearing green today, dance a jig.

“If you’re wearing green today, clap your hands”….
“If you’re wearing green today, spin around”….
“If you’re wearing green today, shout “Hurray!””….
“If you’re wearing green today, stomp your feet”….
(Source: Sunflower Storytime)

Book: Duckie’s Rainbow by Frances Barry