Book: A Dog Needs a Bone! by Audrey Wood
Song: “Bingo” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You
Flannel: Digby Takes Charge by Caroline Jayne Church
Song: “This Old Man” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms
Flannel: Dog houses
(credit: Mel’s Desk)
Movement: Learn the yoga pose for “downward dog”
Book/Puppets: The Doghouse by Jan Thomas
Craft: Paper bag dog puppet
Book: Just Right for Two by Tracey Corderoy, illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw
Song: “The More We Get Together” – Raffi: The Singable Songs Collection (with sign language for “more” “together” and “happy”)
Rhyme: Little Heart
I have a little heart, (place hand over heart)
And it goes thump, thump, thump (pat chest three times)
It keeps right on beating,
When I jump, jump, jump (jump three times)
I get a special feeling, when I look at you. (point to child)
It makes me want to give you a hug or two. (hug yourself)
(Credit: The Best Kids Book Site)
Book: The Hide-and-Scare Bear by Ivan Bates
Song: “Love Grows One By One” – Tom Pease: I’m Gonna Reach!
Flannel: Valentine Hearts
Valentines, valentines, how many do I see?
Valentines, valentines, count them with me.
I have a red one, orange one, yellow one too.
I have a green one, purple one, and one that is blue.
I have a pink one, brown one, and one that is white.
And one last valentine as black as the night.
Valentines, valentines, how many do I see?
Valentines, valentines, count them with me.
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10.
Puppet Story: Love and Kisses by Sarah Wilson
Craft: Valentine’s Day card with two hands shaping a heart (Tip: when making a cutting template, make the heart shape first, then trace your hands)
Book: I Will Take a Nap! by Mo Willems
Song: “Jump Up, Turn Around” – Jim Gill: Moving Rhymes for Modern Times
Book/Flannel: Pirate Nap: A Book of Colors by Danna Smith, illustrated by Valeria Petrone
Reference different colors with fish-shaped cutouts.
Song: “The Goldfish” – Laurie Berkner: Victor
Book: The Napping House by Audrey Wood, illustrated by Don Wood
Flannel/Song: “Baa Baa Black Sheep” – Raffi: Singable Songs for the Very Young
Craft: Counting sheep (collect runaway cotton balls with clothes pins, glue to grassy pasture)
Book: Who Ate All the Cookie Dough? by Karen Beaumont, illustrated by Eugene Yelchin
Song: “Where is Thumbkin?” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy
Book: I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
Song: “What Are You Wearing?” – Hap Palmer: Two Little Sounds
Book: Who Has This Tail? By Laura Hulbert, illustrated by Erik Brooks
Flannel: Find the moon – a color guessing game
Song: “Guess What” – The Wiggles: Splish, Splash, The Big Red Boat!
Book: Augustus and His Smile by Catherine Rayner
Craft: Shape mystery sheet (shape sort, colors, and counting)
Book/Song: Let’s Play in the Forest While the Wolf is Not Around by Claudia Rueda
Movement/Book: Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush by Jane Cabrera
Book/Song: Every Little Thing adapted by Cedella Marley, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Ukelele/Fingerplay: Row, Row, Row Your Boat and Itsy Bitsy Spider
Puppets/Book: The Boy on the Bus by Penny Dale
Movement/Book: The Croaky Pokey! By Ethan Long
Book: My Favorite Things by Rogers and Hammerstein, illustrated by Renée Graef
Craft: Coloring songs based on emotions, with die-cut musical notes and instruments
Book: If You Were a Panda Bear by Florence and Wendell Minor
Song: “Big Brown Bear” – Kira Willey: Dance for the Sun
Book: A Perfect Day by Lane Smith
Song: “The Cool Bear Hunt” – Dr. Jean: Sings Silly Songs
Flannel:
Polar bear’s not tired,
He wants to play!
He wants to catch the RED ball today.
Is this the red ball? (etc.)
(Source: My Storytime Life blog)
Song: If You’re A Bear and You Know It (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a brown bear and you know it . . . clap your paws
If you’re a polar bear and you know it . . . stomp the ice
If you’re a black bear and you know it . . . climb a tree
If you’re a panda bear and you know it . . . hide away
If you’re a sloth bear and you know it . . . eat some bugs
Book: Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett
Craft: “B is for Bear” coloring sheet
Book: Toy Boat by Randall de Sève, illustrated by Loren Long
Song: “Row, Row, Row your Boat” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms
Book: One-Dog Canoe by Mary Casanova, illustrated by Ard Hoyt
Rhyme: Motorboat, Motorboat
Motorboat, motorboat, go so slow, (Move arms in a circle slowly or lie on back and bicycle legs)
Motorboat, motorboat, go so fast, (Move arms in a circle fast or move legs)
Motorboat, motorboat, push on the gas!
VROOOOOM!
(Repeat rhyme)
(Source: Adapted from Upstart Promotions)
Song: “My Big Green Boat” (tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
I love to row in my big green boat, (Pretend to row)
Big green boat, big green boat.
I love to row in my big green boat
Out on the deep blue sea.
My big green boat has two white sails, (Raise arms above head and wave gently)
Two white sails, two white sails.
My big green boat has two white sails,
Out on the deep blue sea.
So come for a row in my big green boat, (Pretend to row)
My big green boat, my big green boat.
So come for a row in my big green boat,
Out on the deep blue sea.
(Source: Upstart Promotions)
Book: Busy Boats by Susan Steggall
Craft: Folded paper boat
Book: Flamingo Sunset by Jonathan London, illustrated by Kristina Rodanas
Song/Sign Language: “Domingo the Flamingo” – Laura Doherty: In a Heartbeat
Book/Movement: Flora and the Flamingo by Molly Idle
Movement: “Gentle Neck Stretch” – Kira Willey: Mindful Moments for Kids
Book: Sylvie by Jennifer Sattler
Craft: Pink heart, flamingo printout with colorful feathers (based off of Sylvie)
Book: Say Hello! by Linda Davick
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: If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson
Song: “Sleeping Bunnies ” – Kathy Reid-Naiman: Zoom Zoom Cuddle and Croon
Craft: Construction paper rainbows
Book: The Mixed-Up Mixer by Stephen Savage
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: reading, clapping, building)
Book: Old MacDonald Had a Truck by Steve Goetz
Flannel: Hannah needs her hammer lots and lots and lots, but she uses it so much, she can’t remember where she put it! Shall we help her find it? Which toolbox should we look in first?
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubblegum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Book: Bulldozer’s Big Day by Candace Fleming
Song: “All I Wanna Do is Dance” – Kira Wiley: Kings and Queens of the Forest
Craft: Construction paper tool belt
