Category: Toddler Story time

Pig Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: How Big is a Pig? by Claire Beaton

Song/Flannel: “Five pigs so squeaky clean”
Five pigs so squeaky clean
Cleanest you’ve ever seen
Wanted to go outside and play
Oink! Oink!
One jumped into the mud
Landed with a big THUD
Then there were four clean squeaky pigs. (3, 2, 1, 0)
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)

five pigs

Song: “The Tail of a Pig” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The tail of a pig curls round and round, round and round, round and round.(circle finger round and round)
The tail of a pig curls round and round
All through the mud.

Additional verses:
The mouth of a pig goes oink, oink, oink… All through the mud. (put hand in front of mouth like a snout)
The snout of a pig goes root, root, root… All through the mud. (act with snout and hands like you are rooting through the mud, explain to kids what rooting means!)
The hooves of a pig go run, run, run… All through the mud. (make a running motion with hands)
The ears of a pig go twitch, twitch, twitch… All through the mud.  (place hands near ears and wave)
(Credit: Recipes for Reading blog)

Book: What This Story Needs is a Pig in a Wig by Emma J. Viljan

Song: “I’m a  Little Piggy” (Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”)
I’m a little piggy
Short and stout (bend up and down)
Here are my ears (point to ears)
And here is my snout (point to nose)
When I see the yummy food in my pail (put hand up over eyes like you are looking)
I oink, oink oink (oink!)
and wiggle my tail (wiggle your piggy tails!)
(Credit: Recipes for Reading blog)

Book: Piggy Pie Po (#1 and #3) by Audrey and Don Wood

Song: “Pig on Her Head” – Laurie Berkner: The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band

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

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

Closing Song

Craft: Peppa Pig coloring page with glued snowflakes

Snow Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: If It’s Snowy and You Know It, Clap your Paws! by Kim Norman, illustrated by Liza Woodruff

Song:  “Snow on the Rooftops” – Kathy Reid-Naiman: Sing the Cold Away

Song: “Boots and Parka, Scarf and Hat” (Tune: “Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes”)
Boots and parka, scarf and hat, scarf and hat
Boots and parka, scarf and hat, scarf and hat
In wintertime we dress like that!
Boots and parka, scarf and hat, scarf and hat
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)

Book: Snow by Manya Stojic

Song: “Snowflake Snowflake” (Tune:“Twinkle, Twinkle”)

Snowflake, snowflake dance around
Snowflake, snowflake touch the ground
Snowflake landing on my nose
Snowflake landing on my toes
Snowflake, snowflake dance around
Snowflake, snowflake touch the ground.

Song: “Let’s Play in the Snow” – Rachel Buchman: Sing a Song of Seasons

Book: Winter by Ailie Busby

Song: “We’re Marching in the Snow” – Miss Carole: Season Sings!

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

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

Closing Song

Craft: Paper Shred Snowman

Colors Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: Red House, Tree House, Little Bitty Brown Mouse by Jane Godwin, illustrated by Blanca Gomez

Flannel: Green sheep hide and seek
green sheep flannel image

Song: “If You’re Wearing…” (Tune: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
If you’re wearing red today, red today, red today
If you’re wearing red today, please stand up!

Additional verses:
Blue… clap your hands
Green… touch your ears
Black… tickle your toes

Book: Monsters Love Colors  by Mike Austin

Song: “Monster Boogie” – Laurie Berkner: Buzz Buzz

Book: I Spy with My Little Eye by Edward Gibbs

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

Song (with scarves): “Wave Your Scarf” (Tune: “London Bridge”)
Before you begin, name the colors and wave the matching scarf
Wave your scarf up and down, up and down, up and down.
Wave your scarf up and down,
Wave your scarf.

Additional verses:
Side to side
Fast/slow
Round and round
Wave goodbye with your scarf, with your scarf, with your scarf…. Wave goodbye!

Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” –David Landau: Kids and Kitties

Closing Song

Craft: Colored objects on colored circles

Vegetables Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli by Barbara Jean Hicks, illustrated by Sue Hendra

Song: “Monster Boogie” – Laurie Berkner: Buzz Buzz

Song: “Vegetable Song” (Tune: “Twinkle Twinkle”)
Carrots, peas, and broccoli,
Vegetables are good for me.
For my snack and in my lunch,
Veggie sticks are great to munch.
Carrots, peas, and broccoli,
Vegetables are good for me.

Book: Up, Down and Around by Katherine Ayres, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
Up, Down, and Around book cover

Rhyme: 10 Vegetables
I have ten little vegetables,
And they all taste yummy to me.
They grow everywhere,
Would you like to see?
I can pick them from up high,
I can pick them from down low.
I can chop them and put them in a pot,
And cook them nice and slow.

Song: “When the Pod went Pop!” – Rachel Buchman: Sing a Song of Seasons
(say “pop” then clap)

Rhyme: Five fat peas
Five plump peas in a peapod pressed (press two fists together)
One grew, two grew, so did all the rest (fingers gradually pop up from fist)
They grew and they grew and they did not stop (slowly, spread hands farther & farther apart)
Until one day the pod went POP! (bring hands together with a big clap!)

Book: Very Tasty Vegetables by Bryony Jones, designed and illustrated by Rebecca Fox

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

Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” – Children’s Music: Toddlers on Parade

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

Closing rhyme

Craft: Peas in a pod

Clothing Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: Polar Bear’s Underwear by tupera tupera
Polar Bear's Underwear

Action Rhyme: “Old Shoes, New Shoes”
Old shoes, new shoes, (clap)
I am wearing my shoes
One, two, three four,
Now I stomp them on the floor!

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

Book: How Do I Put It On? by Shigeo Watanabe, illustrated by Yasuo Ohtomo

Song: “Boots” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito

Book: Under My Hood I Have a Hat by Karla Kuskin, illustrated by Fumi Kosaka

Song: “Hat, Shirt, Pants and Shoes” (Tune: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”)
Hat, shirt, pants and shoes, pants and shoes.
Hat, shirt, pants and shoes, pants and shoes
Scarf and belt and mittens and socks.
Hat, shirt, pants and shoes, pants and shoes.

Book: Book-o-Hats by Donald Lemke, art and design by Bob Lentz

Song: “I Like My Hat” – Carole Peterson: Stinky Cake

Song: “Icky-Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties

Closing Song

Craft: Dress a paper scarecrow. (Source: Sunflower Storytime)

 

Bus Story Time – Toddler

Opening song

Book: It’s a Field Trip, Busy Bus! by Jody Jensen Shaffer, illustrated by Claire Messer

Song: “(Silly) Wheels on the Bus” – Miss Nina and the Jumping Jacks: Every Day’s Your Birthday

Book: The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort, illustrated by G. Brian Karas

Song: “Drivin’ in my Car” – Ralph’s World: Ralph’s World

Song: “1-2 Hands” – Laurie Berkner: Superhero 

Rhyme: Stop Light March
Green says, “Go!” (march quickly)
Go! Go! Go!
Yellow says, “Slow!” (march slowly)
Slow…slow…slow
And red says, “Stop!” (stop and freeze)

Go! Go! Go! (march fast)
Slow…slow…slow (march slowly)
and STOP! (stop)

Book: The Bus Stop by Janet Morgan Stoeke

Song: “Icky-Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties

Closing Song

Craft: Bus out of paper shapes

Building Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: Dig, Dump, Roll by Sally Sutton, illustrated by Brian Lovelock

Fingerplay: “Five Little Nails”
Five little nails, standing straight and steady
Here I come with my hammer ready!
Bam, bam, bam! That nail goes down.
Now there are just four nails to pound.
(count down)
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)

Action Rhyme: Cranes
Cranes reach up (reach up)
Cranes reach down (reach down)
Cranes reach out, (reach straight out.)
And all around. (turn around).

Book: Raise the Roof! by Anastasia Suen, illustrated by Elwood H. Smith

Song: “Construction Worker Song”
This is the way we pound our nails, pound our nails, pound our nails
This is the way we pound our nails, so early in the morning

Additional verses:
saw the wood, stack the bricks, stir the paint, paint the walls
(Credit: Pre-K Fun)

Song: “The Wheels on the Truck”
The wheels on the truck go round and round (roll hands)
Round and round, round and round
The wheels on the truck go round and round
All through the town

Additional verses:
The shovel on the truck goes dig dig dig…
The horn on the truck goes honk honk honk…

Book: Blocks by Irene Dickson
Blocks book cover

Song: “1-2 Hands” – Laurie Berkner: Superhero 

Song: “Icky-Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties

Closing Rhyme

Activity: Building with blocks

 

Dance Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

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

Song: “Body Talk” – Greg & Steve: Kids in Motion

Song: “I Really Love to Dance” – Laurie Berkner: Buzz, Buzz

Book: Daniel Can Dance by Delphine Finnegan, poses and layouts by Jason Fruchter

Song: “Wiggy Wiggles Freeze Dance” – – Hap Palmer: Two Little Sounds

Song: “Head to Toe Dance” – The Learning Station: Literacy in Motion

Rhyme: Dance Your Fingers
 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

Book: Duck & Goose: Let’s Dance by Tad Hills

Song: “Hokey Pokey” – Bob McGrath: Bob’s Favorite Sing Along Songs

Song: “Icky-Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties

Closing Rhyme

Craft: Dancing Ribbons (Paper plates with streamers)

Owls Story Time – Toddler

Opening song

Book: Wow! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood

wow said the owl

Flannel: Little Owl Count
5 little owls on a dark, dark night.
5 little owls are quite a sight.
5 little owls! Are you keeping score?
1 flies away and that leaves 4

4 little owls as happy as can be
1 flies away and that leaves 3

3 little owls calling, “Who, who, who.”
1 flies away and that leaves 2

2 little owls having lots of fun
1 flies away and that leaves 1

1 little owl and we’re almost done,
He flies away and that leaves none
(Source: Upper Hudson Library System)

Song: “Be Like an Owl” (tune: of “London Bridges”)
Flap your wings and fly around, fly around, fly around.
Flap your wings and fly around, just like an owl.

Open your eyes big and wide, big and wide, big and wide.
Open your eyes big and wide, just like an owl.

Land on the ground and hop along, hop along, hop along.
Land on the ground and hop along, just like an owl.

Turn your head and say who, who, who, who, who, who, who, who,
Turn your head and say who, who, just like an owl.
(Source: Upper Hudson Library System)

Book: Little Owl’s Night by Divya Srinivasan

little-owls-night

Song: “Wise Old Owl” – Feiereabend & Trinka: Had a Little Rooster

Song: “Everybody Clap Your Hands” – Peter Moses: 90 Nifty Songs

Book: Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton or Hoot! Hoot! by Richard Powell

little-owl-lost

Song: “1-2 Hands” – Laurie Berkner: Superhero 

Song: “Icky-Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties

Closing rhyme

Craft: fuzzy baby owls

Outer Space Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

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

my book of planets

Song: “If You’re Going to the Moon” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
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

Additional verses:
…wear your suit (ziiiip!)
…wear your gloves (clap clap)
…wear your helmet (pat your head)
Credit: Melissa Depper blog

Book: Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star by Jane Cabrera
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star book cover

Fingerplay: “10 Little Rockets”
One little, two little, three little rockets,
Four little, five little, six little rockets,
Seven little, eight little, nine little rockets,
Ten little rockets, ready to go.
Countdown…Ready?
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0 Blastoff!

Credit: https://www.jocolibrary.org/kids/storytime-blog/outer-space-preschool

Book:  I 💓 Space by Allison Wortche and Steve Mack

Movement Song: “Touch” – Hap Palmer: Getting to Know Myself

Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties

Closing Song

Craft: Paper plate solar system (black paper plates, planet stickers, star stickers)
Adapted from 3dinosaurs.com