Up in the Air Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: I Spy in the Sky by Edward Gibbs

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.
(Credit: Greatest Resource Education Child Care)

Song: “Reach for the Ceiling” – Toddlers on Parade

Book: Little Cloud by Eric Carle
little cloud

Song: “If You’re a Cloud and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a cloud and you know it, float around. (raise arms to the side and sway)
If you’re a cloud and you know it, float around.
If you’re a cloud and you know it, then you’ll really want to show it,
If you’re a cloud and you know it, float around.

If you’re a cloud and you know it, make it rain. (move fingers down to ground like rain)
If you’re a cloud and you know it, make it rain.
If you’re a cloud and you know it, then you’ll really want to show it,
If you’re a cloud and you know it, make it rain.

If you’re a cloud and you know it, make it thunder. (stomp feet and slap legs)
If you’re a cloud and you know it, make it thunder.
If you’re a cloud and you know it, then you’ll really want to show it,
If you’re a cloud and you know it, make it thunder.
(Credit: Storytime with Ms. Kelly)

Song: “If All of the Raindrops” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms

Book: I Love Planes! by Philemon Sturges, illustrated by Shari Halpern
i love planes

Flannel: “Six Little Airplanes”
Six little airplanes flying around,
Zoom, zoom, zoom!
One decided to touch down, (zoom!)
Leaving 5 little airplanes flying around.

Continue rhyme with 5…4…3…2…1…

Song: “The Airplane Song” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?

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

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

Closing Rhyme

Wind Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: Wind by Ann Herriges

Song: “Whistling Wind” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you hear the whistling wind,
Cup your ears.
If you hear the whistling wind,
Cup your ears.
If you hear it in the trees
Making music with the leaves,
If you hear the whistling wind,
Cup your ears.

If you feel the blustery wind,
Whirl around.
If you feel the blustery wind,
Whirl around.
If you feel it lift your hair
Like a kite up in the air,
If you feel the blustery wind,
Whirl around.
(Credit: Durby Peterson via The Librarian Is on The Loose)

Book: Hear the Wind Blow by Doe Boyle, illustrated by Emily Paik

Flannel: “Five Little Clouds”
Five little clouds up in the sky,
Drifting, floating way up high.
One disappeared from the sky so blue
When a big gust of wind came blowing through! (make a whooshing sound and remove one cloud)

Repeat, counting down until there are no little clouds.

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

Book: Kite Day by Will Hillenbrand

Song: “My Kite” (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
My kite is up so high,
My kite is up so high,
Oh my – – just watch it fly,
My kite is up so high.

My kite is falling down,
My kite is falling down,
Oh no – – it’s down so low,
My kite is falling down.

The wind has caught my kite,
The wind has caught my kite,
What fun – – I’m on the run,
The wind has caught my kite.

My kite is up so high,
My kite is up so high,
Oh my – – just watch it fly,
My kite is up so high.
(Credit: Preschool Education)

Closing Rhyme

Up in the Air Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: Can One Balloon Make an Elephant Fly? By Dan Richards and Jeff Newman

Can One Balloon Make an Elephant Fly? book cover

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)

Book: Little Cloud by Eric Carle

Little Cloud book cover

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

Book: The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins

The Wind Blew book cover

Activity: Plastic bag parachute demonstration

Closing Rhyme

Craft: Hot air balloon

hot air balloon preschool story time craft

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