Alone Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”

Book: Leave Me Alone! by Vera Brosgol

Song: “The Cool Bear Hunt” – Dr. Jean: Sings Silly Songs

Song: “I Wiggle My Fingers”
I wiggle my fingers.
I wiggle my toes.
I wiggle my shoulders.
I wiggle my nose.
Now no more wiggles are left in me.
And I can be still, as still can be.
(Credit: Adapted from King County Library System)

Book: Sometimes, All I Need Is Me by Juliana Perdomo

Meditation: “Imagine You’re a Tree” – Kira Willey: Mindful Moments for Kids

Song: “The Goldfish” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito

Closing Rhyme

Trucks Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: I’m a Truck Driver by Jonathan London, illustrated by David Parkins

Song: “Where are Trucks?” (Tune: “Where is Thumbkin?”) (with pictures of trucks on sticks, do once with fingers to demonstrate what the kids should do)
Where is pick-up truck?
Where is pick-up truck?
Here I am. Here I am.
How are you today, truck? Very well, I thank you.
Drive away. Drive away.

Additional verses:
Where is tow truck. . .
Where is garbage truck. . .
Where is fire truck. . .

Song: “The Wheels on the Truck”
The wheels on the truck go round and round,
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: Red Light, Green Light by Anastasia Suen, illustrated by Ken Wilson-Max

Song: “Old MacDonald Had a Truck”
Old MacDonald had a truck, E I E I O!
And on this truck, he had some wheels,
E I E I O!
With a roll, roll here and a roll, roll there.
Here a roll, there a roll,
Everywhere a roll, roll!
Old MacDonald had a truck, E I E I O!

Additional verses:
Wipers/swish
Horn/beep
(Credit: Green Tree Public Library)

Song: “Clap Your Hands” – They Might Be Giants: Here Come the ABCs

Book: Maisy’s Recycling Truck by Lucy Cousins

Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It, Start Your Truck” – Tonka: DIG IT! Sandbox Tunes (end song after “blow your sirens”)

Song: “Bodies 1-2-3” – Peter and Ellen Allard: Sing it! Say it! Stamp it! Sway it! Vol. 2

Song: “The Monkey Dance” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy

Song: “All the Fish” – Sue Schnitzer: Wiggle and Whirl, Clap and Nap

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

Closing Rhyme

Bird Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Froodle by Antoinette Portis or A Garden to Save the Birds by Wendy McClure, illustrated by Beatriz Mayumi

Action Rhyme: “Fly Your Fingers”
Fly your fingers up!
Fly your fingers down!
Fly your fingers to the side,
And fly them all around!
Perch them on your shoulders!
Perch them on your head!
Perch them on your belly, then
Put them all to bed!

Song: “Jump and Fly” – Laurie Berkner: Rocketship Run

Flannel: “Five Little Birds”
5 little birds sitting in a tree.
Can you count them with me?
1-2-3-4-5!
1 flew away to look for food,
And then there were 4.

4 little birds sitting in a tree.
Can you count them with me?
1-2-3-4!
1 flew away to help build a nest,
And then there were 3.

3 little birds sitting in a tree.
Can you count them with me?
1-2-3!
1 flew away to visit her friend,
And then there were 2.

2 little birds sitting in a tree.
Can you count them with me?
1-2!
1 flew away to find water,
And then there was 1.

1 little bird sitting in a tree.
Can you count him with me?
1!
He flew away to get warm in the sun,
And then there were none.

No more little birds sitting in a tree.

Soon the little birds flew back to the tree.
They were all as happy as can be.
Can you count them with me?
1-2-3-4-5!
5 little birds sitting in a tree.
(Credit: childcareland)

Song: “If I Was a Bird” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You

Puppet Song: “Owl in the Tree” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
Owl in the tree goes, “Hoo, hoo, hoo!
Hoo, hoo, hoo! Hoo, hoo, hoo!”
Owl in the tree goes, “Hoo, hoo, hoo!”
All night long.

Additional verses:
Duck in the pond goes, “Quack, quack, quack…”
Chicken on the farm goes, “Cluck, cluck, cluck…”
Goose in the grass goes, “Honk, honk, honk…”
All day long.
(Credit: Adapted from Mel’s Desk)

Action Rhyme: “Little Birds”
Little birds, little birds, jump up and down!
Little birds, little birds, don’t make a sound!
Little birds, little birds, tip-toe to me!
Little birds, little birds, bend your knees!
Little birds, little birds, peep, peep, peep!
Little birds, little birds, sleep, sleep, sleep!
Little birds, little birds, fly to the leaves!
Little birds, little birds, sit down please!

Book: Peck, Peck, Peck by Lucy Cousins

Song: “Bird Friends” (Tune: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”)
Bird friends, bird friends, fly around,
Up to the sky, down to the ground.
Bird friends, bird friends, flap your wings.
Open your beak and sweetly sing.
Bird friends, bird friends, fly to your nest.
Now it is time to take a rest.

Closing Rhyme

Sharing Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”

Book: Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora

Flannel: “It’s So Much Fun to Share” (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
It’s so much fun to share.
It’s so much fun to share.
I have a log
I’ll share with frog.
It’s so much fun to share.

Additional verses:
chair – bear
box – fox
hat – bat
house – mouse
pail – whale
wig – pig
(Credit: Adapted from Jen in the Library)

Scarf Song: “The More We Get Together”
The more we get together, together, together;
The more we get together, the happier we’ll be.
Because your friends are my friends, and my friends are your friends,
The more we get together, the happier we’ll be.

The more we help each other, each other, each other;
The more we help each other, the happier we’ll be.
Because helping is kindness, and kindness is helping,
The more we help each other, the happier we’ll be.

The more we share together, together, together;
The more we share together, the happier we’ll be.
Because sharing is caring, and caring is sharing;
The more we share together, the happier we’ll be.

The more we show kindness, show kindness, show kindness;
The more we show kindness, the happier we’ll be.
Because kindness is sharing, and helping, and caring;
The more we show kindness, the happier we’ll be.
(Credit: Adventures in Storytime)

Book: A Tree for Mr. Fish by Peter Stein

Song (if time): “The Goldfish” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito

Book (if time): The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins

Closing Rhyme

Community Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”

Book: I Am You by Refiloe Moahloli, illustrated by Zinelda McDonald

Song: “Do As I’m Doing”
Do as I’m doing, follow, follow me, (clap hands)
Do as I’m doing, follow, follow me.
If I do it high or low, (clap high and low)
If I do it fast or s-l-o-w… (clap fast and slow)
Do as I’m doing, follow, follow me,
Do as I’m doing, follow, follow me.

Repeat with marching motions, then go back to clapping to end the song.
(Credit: King County Library System and Jbrary)

Book: The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater

Fingerplay: “One Little House”
One little house, all alone it stood, (hold up one finger)
Then another was built, (put up a second finger)
There grows the neighborhood.

Repeat, adding fingers for two, three, and four little houses.

Five little houses, (hold up hand with all fingers up)
All together they stood
On a beautiful street in a happy neighborhood.
(Credit: Handley Regional Library System)

Action Rhyme: “Hi, My Name is Joe”
Hi, my name is Joe,
And I work in a button factory.
I have a dog and family.
One day my boss said to me,
“Are you busy Joe?” I said, “No.”
They said, “Push this button with your _____.” (press a pretend button with the named body part, continue to do so for the rest of the song)

Repeat the rhyme for your right hand, left hand, right foot, left foot, and head. Pretend to push a button with each body part, adding them on so by the end you are pushing a button with every body part you have named at the same time.

To end the rhyme, answer “Yes!” to “Are you busy, Joe?”
(Credit: Adapted from Jbrary)

Book: Thank You, Neighbor! by Ruth Chan

Closing Rhyme

Garden Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”

Book: Anywhere Farm by Phyllis Root, illustrated by G. Brian Karas

Song: “Won’t You Plant Your Seeds With Care?” – Kathy Reid-Naiman: Say Hello to the Morning

Song: “The Gardener Plants the Seeds” (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
The gardener plants the seeds.
The gardener plants the seeds.
High ho the derry oh,
The gardener plants the seeds.

Additional verses:
The rain falls on the ground…
The sun shines bright and warm…
The seeds begin to grow…
Flowers grow everywhere…

Book: What Does Bunny See? by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Maggie Smith
What Does Bunny See? book cover

Rhyme: “A Little Brown Rabbit Popped Out of the Ground” (Tune: “There Was an Old Lady”)
A little brown rabbit popped out of the ground,
Wriggled his whiskers and looked around.
Another small rabbit who lived in the grass
Popped his head out and watched him pass.
Then both the small rabbits went hoppity hop,
Hoppity, hoppity, hop,
Till they came to a wall and had to stop.
Then both the small rabbits turned themselves round,
And hurried off home to their holes in the ground.
(Credit: Early Play Rhymes)

Flannel: “There’s Something In My Garden”

Song: “It is Springtime” (:12) – Junior Jukebox: Four Seasons

Book/Puppets: Puddle Jumpers by Anne Margaret Lewis, illustrated by Nancy Cote

Closing Rhyme

Fruits and Veggies Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”

Book: The Life Cycle of a Carrot by Linda Tagliaferro

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)

Book: Lunch by Denise Fleming
Lunch

Flannel & Puppet Song: “Out In the Garden” by Jean Warren (Tune: “Down By the Station”) (Use a mouse puppet to eat the veggies from the garden.)
Out in the garden early in the morning,
See the red tomatoes all in a row,
See the hungry mouse coming out to eat them,
Munch, crunch, munch, crunch, off they go.

Additional verses:
Red tomatoes
Yellow corn
Green peas
Orange carrots
Purple peppers
White onions
Brown potatoes

Book: The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli

Song: “Apples and Bananas” – Raffi: One Light, One Sun

Song: “Hot Potato” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy

Closing Rhyme

Food Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: One Little Spoonful by Aliki

Song: “Roly Poly” (Tune: “Frère Jacques”)
Roly poly, roly poly
Up, up, up
up, up, up
Roly roly poly
roly roly poly
down, down, down
down, down, down

Repeat with: out/in, fast/slow
(Credit: Jbrary)

Song: “This is the Way We Drink Our Milk” (Tune: “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”)
This is the way we drink our milk,
Drink our milk, drink our milk.
This is the way we drink our milk
Early in the morning.

Repeat with: juice, water

Book: Lunch by Denise Fleming
Lunch

Flannel: “Five Little Kernels”
Five little kernels sizzling in the pot.
All of a sudden, one went POP!

Repeat, counting down until you get to zero.

Song: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

Rhyme: “Five Big Lemons”
Five big lemons sitting in the bowl. (hold up five fingers)
One fell out and started to roll. (hold up one finger, then roll hands)
It bumped the table and hit my toe. (clap once, then touch toes)
How many lemons in the bowl? 1-2-3-4! (count lemons)

Shaker Eggs: “Shake Your Shakers” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
Shake your shakers, shake, shake, shake,
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake shake.
Shake your shakers, shake, shake, shake,
Shake your shakers.

Additional verses:
Shake your shakers high, high, high
Shake your shakers low, low, low
Shake your shakers fast, fast, fast
Shake your shakers slow, slow, slow

Shaker Eggs: “Egg Shakers Up”
Egg shakers up.
Egg shakers down.
Egg shakers dancing
All around the town.
Shake them on your shoulders.
Shake them on your head.
Shake them on your knees,
And shake them right to bed!

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

Closing Rhyme

Zoo Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”

Book: Wild Zoo Train by Carmela LaVigna Coyle, illustrated by Steve Gray

Puppet Song: “The Animals at the Zoo” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The lions at the zoo go roar, roar, roar,
Roar, roar, roar, roar, roar, roar!
The lions at the zoo go roar, roar, roar
All day long!

Additional verses:
Monkeys…ooh, ooh, ah
Snakes…hiss, hiss, hiss
Penguins…waddle, waddle, waddle

Song: “Going to the Zoo” – Raffi: The Raffi Singable Songs Collection

Book: The Underpants Zoo by Brian Sendelbach

Puppet Song: “We Went to the Zoo One Day” (Tune: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
We went to the zoo one day,
Zoo one day, zoo one day.
We went to the zoo one day,
And this is what we saw: snake!

Repeat with other animal puppets.

Song: “Hear the Animals” – Junior Jukebox: The Zoo

Book: 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo by Eric Carle

Song: “The Monkey Dance” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy

Closing Rhyme