Sign language: Owl

Book: Wow! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood

Song: Did you ever see a baby, a baby, a baby? (Did you ever see an owl?)
Did you ever see a baby go this way and that? (lean side to side)
Go this way and that way and this way and that way (lean front to back, side to side)
Did you ever see a baby go this way and that? (lean front to back)

Rhyme: Icky bicky soda cracker

Book: A Book of Sleep by Il Sung Na

Flannel/Song: There Was One Night Owl in the Tree (Tune: “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain”
There was one night owl in the tree:
Hoo! Hoo!
There was one night owl in the tree:
Hoo! Hoo!
Oh, he called up to the sky to an owl flying by,
And the owl came and joined him happily:
Hoo! Hoo!
(Credit: Jen in the Library)

Rhyme: X marks the spot

Rhyme: Away up high in the apple tree (lift baby)
I saw a little baby smiling at me
I shook that tree as hard as I could (shake gently)
Down came the baby (bring down)
Mmm, was she good! (Kiss)

Puppet Show: Good-night, Owl! by Pat Hutchins — Adapted

Song (with shaky eggs): “I’m Not Going to Sleep” – Dana McCarthy: Chocolate Milk and Other Tasty Tunes

Closing rhyme

Monster Story Time – Toddler

October 12, 2015October 14, 2015

Opening song

Book: Tickle Monster by Josie Bissett, illustrated by Kevan J. Attaberry (abridged)

Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It” – Sesame Street: Kids Favorite Songs 2

Book: Monsters Dance by Ann Hodgman, illustrated by Hannah Wood or Cookie Monster’s Busy Day by Ernie Kwiat (1st story)

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

Song: “Horns, Fangs, Knees and Claws”
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.
(Source: King County Library Wiki)

Song: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”

Book: If You’re a Monster and You Know It by Ed and Rebecca Emberly (abridged)

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

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

Closing rhyme

Craft: alphabet monsters

Fall Story Time – Preschool

October 6, 2015December 21, 2015

Hello Song

Book: Fall is Not Easy by Marty Kelley

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

Book: Oliver Finds His Way by Phyllis Root, illustrated by Christopher Denise

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

Puppet Show: The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri

Song: “Gray Squirrel” – Learning Station: Where is Thumbkin?

Craft: Leaf-painted tree (spread paint on vein side of leaf, then press on paper!)

End Rhyme

Fall Story Time – Baby

October 6, 2015

Opening song

Sign language: Leaf

Rhyme: Away up high in the apple tree (lift baby)
I saw a little baby smiling at me
I shook that tree as hard as I could (shake gently)
Down came the baby (bring down)
Mmm, was she good! (Kiss)

Book/Puppets: Duck and Goose Find a Pumpkin by Tad Hills

Song: (Tune: “Twinkle twinkle”)
Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground, (touch the ground)
How’d you get so big and round? (make a big circle)
Once you were a seed so small, (hold baby’s hands together)
Now you are a great big ball! (make a big circle)
Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground, (touch the ground)
How’d you get so big and round? (make a big circle)

Rhyme: Icky bicky soda cracker

Book/Puppets: The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri

Song: Did you ever see a baby, a baby, a baby? (Tune: “The More We Get Together)
Did you ever see a baby go this way and that? (lean side to side)
Go this way and that way and this way and that way (lean front to back, side to side)
Did you ever see a baby go this way and that? (lean front to back)

Rhyme: X marks the spot

Song (with scarves): (Tune: “London Bridge”)
Autumn leaves are in the trees…All over town.
Autumn leaves are falling down…All over town.
Autumn leaves are whirling round…
Everybody rake them up…

Book: Welcome Fall by Jill Ackerman, illustrated by Nancy Davis

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

Closing rhyme

Pocket Story Time- Everybody

October 5, 2015November 20, 2015

Opening Song

Sign Language: Pocket and Kangaroo

Book: A Sock is a Pocket for Your Toes by Elizabeth Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser

Song: “A Kangaroo”- Junior Jukebox : Let’s Pretend

Book: What Did You Put in Your Pocket by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, illustrated by Michael Grejniec

Game: Pocket Color Game
Kids help sort different colored items into corresponding colored pocket.

Song: “Jump Up, turn Around”- Jim Gill: The Irrational Anthem

Book: A Pocket Can Have a Treasure in It by Kathy Stinson, illustrated by Deirdre Bert

Rhyme: Kangaroo!
Jump, jump, jump (Jump)
Goes the kangaroo (Jump)
I saw only one (Hold up one finger)
But now I see two! (Hold up two fingers)
Momma and her baby
With his head popping out (Make a fist, have other hand pop out)
He holds on tight (Hug yourself)
As they jump all about! (Jump)

Book: Pouch by David Ezra Stein

Closing Rhyme

Craft:

Zoo Story Time – Toddler

October 5, 2015

Opening song

Sign language: zoo

Book: My Heart is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall

App: Animal Sounds

Song: “The Animals at the Zoo”
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

Monkeys….ooh ooh ah!
Snakes…hiss hiss hiss!
Penguins…waddle, waddle, waddle

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

Book: Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell

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.)

Action Rhyme: “Monkey See, Monkey Do”*
Monkey see, monkey do
Little monkey at the zoo
Monkey, monkey in the tree
Can you ________ like me?
(jump around, swing your arms, scratch an itch, eat a banana)
(Credit: Perry Public Library)

Book: Peek-a-Zoo by Marie Torres Cimarusti, illustrated by Stephanie Peterson

Song: “Zoo Movements” – Dr. Jean: Better Bodies and Brains

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

Closing rhyme

Craft: Paper plate snake

Fall Story Time – Sensory Friendly

October 5, 2015

Welcome song

Book: Fall Is Not Easy by Marty Kelley

Song: (Tune: “London Bridge”)

Autumn leaves are in the trees…All over town.
Autumn leaves are falling down…All over town.
Autumn leaves are whirling round…
Everybody rake them up…

Book: Duck and Goose Find a Pumpkin by Tad Hills

Song: “Tap, Tap, Tap” by Handwriting without Tears: Get Set for School Sing Along

Movement: Learn the yoga pose “tree,” belly breathing, spider push-ups with fingers

Video: “Dance for the Sun” by Kira Willey

Social Story: “Telling How Old You Are”

Closing Song

Craft: paper apples with hole for finger

Owl Story Time – Preschool

September 30, 2015December 21, 2015

Hello song

Book/Puppets: Who’s Next Door? By Mayuko Kishira and Jun Takabatake

Song: Be Like an Owl (Tune: London Bridge is Falling Down)
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 and 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, say who, who, say who, who.
Turn your head and say who, who, just like an owl.
(Credit: Jen in the Library)

Book: “I’m Not Scared” by Jonathon Allen

Song: “Nocturnal Animals” – Banana Slug String Band: Dirt Made My Lunch

Song (Shaky Eggs): “I’m Not Going to Sleep” – Dana McCarthy: Chocolate Milk and Other Tasty Tunes

Book: Wow! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood

Craft: Gray owls on black paper & hand-traced wings with glued on feathers

End rhyme

Fruit Story Time – Toddler

September 29, 2015September 30, 2015

Opening song

Sign language: fruit

Book: Ned’s New Home by Kevin Tseng

Flannel: Four red apples

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

Book: Banana! by Ed Vere

Song: “Be Bananas” – Stuart Stotts and Tom Pease: Celebrate

Book: Lunch by Denise Fleming

Song: “Fruit Salad Salsa” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito

Puppet show: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

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

Closing Rhyme

Craft: g is for grapes

Apple Story Time- Everybody

September 28, 2015November 16, 2015

Opening Song

Sign Language: Apple

Book: Ducking For Apples by Lynne Berry, illustrated by Hiroe Nakata

Rhyme: The Apple Tree
(Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
Way up high in the apple tree (Stretch arms high)
Two big apples looked down at me (Circle eyes with fingers)
I shook that tree just as hard as I could (shaking movement)
Down came the apples (Hands float downward)
Mm-mm-mm! They were good! (Rub tummy)

Book: Little Apple Goat by Caroline Jayne Church

Flannel/Rhyme: 5 Little Apples

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

Book: Apple Pie ABC by Alison Murray

Rhyme: Eat An Apple
Eat an apple (bring right hand to mouth)
Save the core (close right hand in fist)
Plant the seeds (touch the ground)
And grow some more (extend arms up)

Flannel: Orange, Pear, Apple, Bear by Emily Gravett

Song: “All I Wanna Do is Dance” – Kira Wiley: Kings and Queens of the Forest

Closing Song

Craft: Apple with hole for finger/worm

Verona Story Time

Story Time Ideas from the Verona Public Library

Owl Story Time – Baby

Monster Story Time – Toddler

Fall Story Time – Preschool

Fall Story Time – Baby

Pocket Story Time- Everybody

Zoo Story Time – Toddler

Fall Story Time – Sensory Friendly

Owl Story Time – Preschool

Fruit Story Time – Toddler

Apple Story Time- Everybody