Monsters Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: The Monster Mac and Cheese Party by Todd Parr

Song: “Horns, Fangs, Knees and Claws” (Tune: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”)
Horns, fangs, knees and claws, knees and claws,
Horns, fangs, knees and claws, knees and claws,
Eyes and ears and tail and paws,
Horns, fangs, knees and claws, knees and claws.
(Credit: King County Library System)

Song: “Them Bones” – Caspar Babypants: Sing Along!

Book: Monsters Go Night-Night by Aaron Zenz

Prop Box: “Five Little Cookies”
Five little cookies, with frosting galore,
Cookie Monster ate the pink one, then there were four.
Four little cookies, two and two, you see,
Cookie Monster ate the green one, then there were three.
Three little cookies, but before I knew,
Cookie Monster ate the blue one, then there were two.
Two little cookies, oh, what fun!
Cookie Monster ate the orange one, then there was one.
One little cookie, watch me run!
Cookie Monster ate the red one, then there were none.
cookie monster prop image

Rhyme: “Monster, Monster”
Monster, Monster, turn around! (turn around)
Monster, Monster, touch the ground! (touch ground)
Monster, Monster, reach up high! (stretch up high)
Monster, Monster, squint your eyes! (squint eyes)
Monster, Monster, show your teeth! (bare teeth and make claws)
Monster, Monster, stomp your feet! (stomp)
Monster, Monster, slap your knees! (slap knees)
Monster, Monster, sit down, please! (sit down)
(Credit: King County Library System)

Book: If You’re a Monster and You Know It by Rebecca and Ed Emberley
If you're a monster and you know it

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

Closing Rhyme

Apple Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: What’s an Apple? by Marilyn Singer, illustrated by Greg Pizzoli
What's an Apple? book cover

Song: “Autumn Leaves Are Falling Down” – Junior Jukebox: Four Seasons

Rhyme: “Way Up High in the Apple Tree”
Way up high in the apple tree, (stretch arms in air)
Two little apples smiled at me. (make two fists)
I shook that tree as hard as I could, (shake arms in air)
And down came the apples. (drop fists to floor)
Mmmmm, they were good! (rub tummy)

Book/Flannel: Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins

Rhyme: “Wiggle Worms”
Here are some worms who are, oh, so sad.
They’ve lost all the wiggles that they once had.
They wonder if you, just for today,
Would lend them your wiggles so they can play.

Wiggle them up and wiggle them down,
Wiggle the worms around and around.
Wiggle them high and wiggle them low,
Wiggle them fast and wiggle them slow.
Wiggle them over your shoes and your socks,
Then wiggle them back into their box.

Fingerplay: “Five Little Apples”

Song: “Put Your Finger in the Air” – Bob McGrath: Sing Along with Bob #2

Flannel/Puppet Story: Little Mouse’s Big Secret by Éric Battut

Song: “A Little Apple Seed” (Tune: “The Itsy Bitsy Spider”)
Once a little apple seed
Was planted in the ground.
Down came the raindrops falling all around.
Out came the big sun,
Bright as bright could be,
And that little apple seed grew up
To be an apple tree.

Closing Rhyme

Goose Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: Goose on the Farm by Laura Wall

Song: “The Wheels on the Bus”

Book: Truck, Truck, Goose! by Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Zoe Waring

Puppet Song: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”

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.

Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”

Closing Rhyme

Goose Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”

Book: Truck, Truck, Goose! by Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Zoe Waring

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

Book: Goose on the Farm by Laura Wall

Puppet Song: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” – Bob McGrath: Sing Along with Bob #2

Book: The Goose Egg by Liz Wong

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.

Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”

Closing Rhyme

Celebrating Spanish Speakers Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: A Song of Frutas by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Sara Palacios

Shaker Eggs: “Fruit Salad Salsa” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito

Book/Flannel: Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors by Roseanne Thong, illustrated by John Parra
Green is a Chile Pepper cover image

Song: “Mi Cuerpo” – Hot Peas ‘n Butter: Best of the Bowl

Flannel: Numbers in Spanish

Song: “Uno Dos Tres” – Laura Doherty: Kids in the City

Book with Puppets: Animal Talk: Mexican Folk Art Animal Sounds in English and Spanish by Cynthia Weill, illustrated by Rubí Fuentes and Efraín Broa

Closing Rhyme

Bugs Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: I Love Bugs! by Emma Dodd

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: “The Itsy Bitsy Spider”

Book: A Good Place by Lucy Cousins

Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”

Song: “The Wheels on the Bus”

Flannel: “Six Little Bumblebees”
Six little bumblebees sitting on a hive,
One flew away and then there were five.
Bumblebee, bumblebee fly away!
Bumblebee, bumblebee happy all day!

Repeat for these verses:
Five little bumblebees sitting on the floor…
Four little bumblebees sitting in the tree…
Three little bumblebees looking at you…
Two little bumblebees sitting in the sun…

Final verse:
One little bumblebee left all alone.
He flew away, safe to his home.

Shaker Eggs: “Can You Shake Along With Me?” (Tune: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”)
Can you shake along with me, along with me?
Can you shake along with me, along with me?
Put your shaker on your… knee.
Can you shake along with me, along with me?

Repeat with different body parts

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

Closing Rhyme

Fall Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”

Book: In the Middle of Fall by Kevin Henkes, illustrated by Laura Dronzek

Song: “Autumn Leaves” (Tune: “London Bridge”)
Autumn leaves are in the trees,
In the trees, in the trees.
Autumn leaves are in the trees
All over town.

Additional verses:
Autumn leaves are falling down…
Autumn leaves are whirling round…
Everybody rake them up…
Jump into the pile we made…

Song: “Leaves are Falling” (Tune: “Jingle Bells”)
Leaves are falling, leaves are falling, falling on my nose,
Leaves are falling, leaves are falling, falling on my toes,
On my head, on my ears, even my elbows,
Leaves are falling, leaves are falling, when the brisk wind blows.

Book: That Pup! by Lindsay Barrett George

Song: “Walk Old Squirrel” – Kathy Reid-Naiman: When It’s Autumn

Song: “Shakin’ Like a Leafy Tree” – The Wiggles: Racing to the Rainbow

Book: It’s Fall! by Renée Kurilla

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

Song: “Can You Clap” – Sue Schnitzer: Wiggle and Whirl, Clap and Nap

Closing Rhyme

Friendship Story Time – Sensory Friendly

Opening Song

Book: Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard

Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”

Book: Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld

Song: “Mat Man” – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer: Get Set for School Sing Along

Movement: Learn the yoga pose and breathing for “scarecrow twist”

Social Story: “Listening in Class” from Quinn at School: Relating, Connecting, and Responding at School by Rick H. Warren

Closing Song

Craft: Straw friendship bracelets

Moose Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: Moose by Aaron Carr

Song: “In the Woods” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The moose in the woods go trot trot trot,
Trot trot trot, trot trot trot.
The moose in the woods go trot trot trot
All day long.

Additional verses:
The wolves . . . go aw-ooo
The rabbits . . . go hop
The badgers . . . go dig
The owls . . . go flap

Book/Puppets: Elusive Moose by Joan Gannij, illustrated by Clare Beaton
Elusive Moose Book Cover

Song: “Sleeping Bag Chant” – Carole Peterson: H.U.M. All Year Long

Flannel: “Where is the Moose?” (hide a moose behind shapes of different colors)

Song: “There Was a Great Big Moose!” (repeat-after-me)
There was a great big moose!
He liked to drink a lot of juice.

Chorus:
Singin’ oh way oh
Way oh way oh way oh way oh
Way oh way oh
Way oh way oh way oh way oh

(Repeat each verse, then chorus.)

The moose’s name was Fred.
He liked to drink his juice in bed.

He drank his juice with care,
but he spilled some in his hair.

Now he’s a sticky moose
Because he’s all covered in juice!

Rhyme: “Mr. Moose”
Mr. Moose is very tall, (put hands to head for antlers)
His antlers touch the sky. (hand high up in the air)
They make a real good resting place (put hands out to sides)
For birdies passing by. (flap arms like wings)
(Credit: Harford County Public Library)

Book: Duck, Duck, Moose! by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, illustrated by Noah Z. Jones
Duck, Duck, Moose! book cover

Closing Rhyme

Fox Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: How to Find a Fox by Kate Gardner, illustrated by Ossi Saarinen

Song: “If You’re a Fox and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a fox and you know it, swish your tail.
If you’re a fox and you know it, swish your tail.
If you’re a fox and you know it, then you’ll really want to show it.
If you’re a fox and you know it, swish your tail.

Additional verses:
Wiggle your nose
Show your claws

Big Book: Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox, illustrated by Patricia Mullins
Hattie and the Fox book cover

Puppet Story: “The Gingerbread Man”

Song: “Gingerbread Man” – Stuart Stotts and Tom Pease: Celebrate

Book: How to Find a Fox by Nilah Magruder

Song: “The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)” – Ylvis: The Fox

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 box
I’ll share with fox.
It’s so much fun to share.

Additional verses:
chair – bear
log – frog
hat – bat
house – mouse
pail – whale
wig – pig
boat – goat
(Credit: Adapted from Jen in the Library)

Closing Rhyme