Love Story Time – Everybody

March 1, 2025March 1, 2025

Book: Flubby Does Not Like Valentine’s Day by Jennifer E. Morris

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.

Song: “There’s A Little Wheel A-Turnin’ in My Heart” – Laurie Berkner: Buzz Buzz

Song: “If You Love Somebody” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
Verses: Clap your hands, shout hooray, blow a kiss, jump around

Book: All Kinds of Kisses by Nancy Tafuri

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

Song: “Skinnamarink” – Sharon, Lois, and Bram: Sing Around the Campfire

Book: Where Is Baby’s Valentine? by Karen Katz

Song: “Hearts and Kisses”
One little, two little, three little hearts,
Four little, five little, six little hearts,
Seven little, eight little, nine little hearts,
Ten little hearts and a kiss.
(Credit: SurLaLune Storytime)

Song: “Tap Your Toe and Follow Me” – Susan Salidor: Come and Make a Circle

Closing Rhyme

Love Story Time – Preschool

March 1, 2025March 1, 2025

Opening Song

Book: The Very Grumpy Day by Stella J. Jones, illustrated by Alison Edgson

Song: “Heartbeat” – Laura Doherty: In a Heartbeat (-2:23)

Song: “The More We Get Together” – Raffi: The Singable Songs Collection
(Use sign language for “more,” “together,” and “happy.”)

Book: Love the World by Todd Parr

Flannel: “Heart” (Tune: “Bingo”)
I know a shape and it means love,
And heart is its name-o.
H-E-A-R-T, (3x)
And heart is its name-o.
(Credit: Everything Preschool)

Song: “Love Grows One by One” – Tom Pease: I’m Gonna’ Reach!

Puppets/Book: Don’t Worry, Wuddles by Lita Judge

Closing Rhyme

Forest Story Time – Toddler

March 1, 2025March 1, 2025

Opening Song

Book: Squirrels Leap, Squirrels Sleep by April Pulley Sayre, illustrated by Steve Jenkins

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: “I’m a Little Pinecone” (Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”)
I’m a little pinecone, brown and small. (make a fist with one hand)
I live in a pine tree oh so tall. (stretch arms up high)
When the wind blows, I dance and hop (wave arms as though the wind were blowing)
Down on the ground with a PLOP, PLOP, PLOP! (fall down on the floor)
(Credit: King County Library System)

Book: Night Owl by Toni Yuly

Song: “If You’re an Owl and You Know It”
If you’re an owl and you know it, hoot like this, “Hoo(t), hoo(t)!”
If you’re an owl and you know it, hoot like this, “Hoo(t), hoo(t)!”
If you’re an owl and you know it, then your hoot will surely show it.
If you’re an owl and you know it, hoot like this, “Hoo(t), hoo(t)!”

Additional verses:
Flap your wings (flap wings)
Turn your head (turn it from side to side!)

Book: Acorns Everywhere! by Kevin Sherry

Scarf Song: “Wave Your Scarf Up and Down” (Tune: “London Bridge”)
Wave your scarf up and down,
Up and down, up and down.
Wave your scarf up and down,
Wave your scarf.

Additional verses:
Left and right
Fast and slow
High and low
Around and around
Wave it goodbye
(Credit: Jbrary)

Scarf Rhyme: “Popcorn Kernels”
Popcorn kernels (wave scarves overhead)
In the pot. (make their scarves ‘disappear’ by bunching them up in their fists)
Shake them, shake them, shake them (shake fists)
‘Til they POP! (toss scarves up into the air)

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

Closing Rhyme

Food Story Time – Baby

February 27, 2025March 8, 2025

Opening Song

Puppet Song: “When Ducks Get Up in the Morning”
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day.
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say.

Repeat with other animals/sounds
(Credit: King County Library System)

Sign Language: Eat, drink, milk, water, juice

Book: Who’s Hungry? by Dean Hacohen, illustrated by Sherry Scharschmidt

Lap Rhyme: “Round and Round the Butter Dish”
Round and round the butter dish, (circle fingers on back or tummy)
One, two, three, (tap)
A little here, a little there, (tickle ears)
As tasty as can be! (nibble neck)

Song: “This is the Way We Drink Our Milk”
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

Roll-a-Rhyme: Roll the nursery rhyme cube

Book: Lunch by Denise Fleming

Lap Song: “Acka Backa Soda Cracker”
Acka backa soda cracker, (bounce to rhythm)
Acka backa boo, (lean forward on “boo”)
Acka backa soda cracker, (bounce to rhythm)
I love you! (kiss baby’s head or hug baby)

Acka backa soda cracker, (bounce to rhythm)
Acka backa boo, (lean forward on “boo”)
Acka backa soda cracker, (bounce to rhythm)
Up goes you! (lift baby up)
(Credit: King County Library System)

Lap Song: “Jelly on a Plate”
Jelly on a plate, jelly on a plate, (gentle bouncing)
Wibble wobble, wibble wobble, (rock side to side)
Jelly on a plate.

Candles on a cake, candles on a cake, (hold up your fingers like candles)
Blow them out, blow them out, (blow on child’s neck or tummy)
Candles on a cake.

Sausage in a pan, sausage in a pan, (gentle bouncing)
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, (wiggle baby)
Sausage in a pan.

Sweeties in a jar, sweeties in a jar, (gentle bouncing)
Shake them up, shake them up, (tickle)
Sweeties in a jar.
(Credit: King County Library System)

Lap Rhyme: “I’m Toast in the Toaster”
I’m toast in the toaster, (bounce baby gently on lap)
And I’m getting very hot.
Tick, tock, tick, tock, (sway baby from side to side gently)
Up I POP! (lift baby up in the air)
(Credit: King County Library System)

Shaker Eggs: “Milkshake Song” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms

Closing Rhyme

Jungle Story Time – Sensory Friendly

February 27, 2025February 27, 2025

Opening Song

Book: Who Is the Beast? by Keith Baker

Song: “Walking, Walking” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms

Book: Roar, Roar, Growl, Growl: Sounds from the Jungle by Jennifer Shand, illustrated by Barbara Vagnozzi

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

Yoga: Snake pose

Social Story: Little Elephant Listens by Michael Dahl, illustrated by Oriol Vidal

Closing Song

Craft: Pipe cleaner and bead snake

(Credit: Artsy Craftsy Mom)

Dinosaur Story Time – Everybody

February 27, 2025February 27, 2025

Opening Song

Book: Snappy Little Dinosaurs by Dugald A. Steer, illustrated by Derek Matthews

Song: “The Dinosaurs in the Swamp” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The Tyrannosaurus Rex goes grr grr grr,
Grr grr grr, grr grr grr,
The Tyrannosaurus Rex goes grr grr grr,
All through the swamp.

Additional verses:
The Triceratops’ horns go poke poke poke…
The Stegosaurus tail goes spike, spike, spike…
The Apatasaurus mouth goes munch, munch, munch…
The Pteranodon’s wings go flap flap flap…

Flannel/Movement: “Dinosaur, Dinosaur”
Dinosaur, dinosaur,
Runs so fast.
Will we find one
If we follow these tracks?
Which tracks?
________ tracks!

Color tracks: red, orange, yellow, green, blue

Dinosaur, dinosaur,
Runs so fast.
We have found one
By following PINK tracks!
What have we found?
A . . . FLAMINGO!
Painting the ground!
(Credit: Leah Portz)

Flannel Story: How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten? by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Mark Teague

Song: “We Are Dinosaurs” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?

Book with Movement: Dancing with the Dinosaurs by Jane Clarke, illustrated by Lee Wildish

Closing Rhyme

Air Story Time – Preschool

February 27, 2025February 27, 2025

Opening Song

Book: Puff: All About Air by Emily Kate Moon

Song: “Put Your Finger in the Air” – Bob McGrath: Bob’s Favorite Sing Along Songs

Book/Flannel: The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins

Song: “Blow Up Your Balloon” – The Wiggles: Racing to the Rainbow

Puppets: What flies up in the air?
(Collection of puppets: some flying, some not)

Bell Song: “Ring Your Bells”
Ring your bells in the air, in the air,
Ring your bells in the air, in the air,
Ring your bells in the air and hold them right there,
Ring your bells in the air, in the air.

Additional verses:
On the side/as you smile really wide
Way down low/wave and say hello
All around/until they touch the ground

Book: Little Cloud by Eric Carle

Closing Rhyme

Dinosaur Story Time – Toddler

February 27, 2025February 27, 2025

Opening Song

Book: I Dreamt I Was a Dinosaur by Stella Blackstone, illustrated by Clare Beaton

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)

Rhyme: “Dinosaur, Dinosaur”
Dinosaur, dinosaur, turn around!
Dinosaur, dinosaur, stomp the ground!
Dinosaur, dinosaur, make some claws!
Dinosaur, dinosaur, roar!
Dinosaur, dinosaur, big and tall!
Dinosaur, dinosaur, scary and small!
Dinosaur, dinosaur, shake the ground!
Dinosaur, dinosaur, sit back down!

Book: Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Byron Barton

Song: “We Are Dinosaurs” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?

Book with Puppet: Stomp, Stomp!: A Dino Romp by Bob Kolar

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

Repeat with different body parts
(Credit: Jbrary)

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

Closing Rhyme

Lunar New Year Story Time – Baby

February 27, 2025March 8, 2025

Opening Song

Repeat with other animals/sounds
(Credit: King County Library System)

Sign Language: Moon, snake

Book: Maisy’s Chinese New Year by Lucy Cousins or Baby Loves Lunar Phases on Chinese New Year! by Ruth Spiro, illustrated by Irene Chan

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)

Roll-a-Rhyme: Roll the nursery rhyme cube

Flannel Rhyme: “Little Moon, Little Moon”
Little moon, little moon, hiding in the sky.
Is that you behind the blue cloud I spy?

Repeat with other colors
(Credit: Storytime in the Stacks)

Book: It’s Your Year, Baby Snake by Little Bee Books, illustrated by Ariel Hsu

Lap Song: “Zoom, Zoom, Zoom”
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon! (bounce baby)
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon!
In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, (bending knees, lower baby as you count)
BLAST OFF! (baby “flies” or swings up into the air)
(Credit: Jbrary)

Lap Song: “Giddyap Giddyap”
Giddyap, giddyap ride to town (bounce)
Giddyap, giddyap up and down (lift)
Giddyap fast, giddyap slow
Giddyap, giddyap WHOA! (lean baby back)
(Credit: Read Sing Play)

Lap Song: “A Bouncing We Will Go” (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
A bouncing we will go, a bouncing we will go,
High-ho the dairy oh, a bouncing we will go.

Repeat with rocking and tickling
(Credit: King County Library System)

Shaker Eggs: “Rocketship Run” – Laurie Berkner: Rocketship Run

Closing Rhyme