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

Airplanes Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: The Noisy Airplane Ride by Mike Downs, illustrated by David Gordon

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

Book: Little Plane Learns to Write by Stephen Savage

Movement/Song: “Go Plane Go” – Kira Willey: Kings & Queens of the Forest

Flannel: “Six Little Airplanes”
Six little airplanes flying around
Zoom…zoom…zomm
One decided to touch down …zoom
Leaving 5 little airplanes flying around.

Repeat, counting down until there are no airplanes left.

Song: “I’m an Airplane” (Tune: “Frère Jacques”)
I’m an airplane, I’m an airplane
Flying high, flying high
I can tilt this way, I can tilt this way
In the sky, in the sky.

Additional verses:
I can tilt that way, in the sky
I can make a landing, from the sky

Book: A Plane Goes Ka-Zoom! by Jonathan London, illustrated by Denis Roche

Closing Rhyme

Craft: Classic paper airplanes

Airplanes Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Sign Language: Airplane

Book: Flying by Donald Crews

Song: “If You’re a Plane and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a plane and you know it, zoom like this, “Zoom, zoom!” (spread out arms and “fly”)
If you’re a plane and you know it, zoom like this, “Zoom, zoom!” (spread out arms and “fly”)
If you’re a plane and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you’re a plane and you know it, zoom like this, “Zoom, zoom!” (spread out arms and “fly”)

Rhyme: “The Moon is Round”
The moon is round,
As round as can be.
Two eyes,
A nose,
And a mouth like me!

Book: A Plane Goes Ka-Zoom! by Jonathan London, illustrated by Denis Roche

Song: “I Can Make My Hands Go Clap, Clap, Clap” (Tune: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap,
Clap, clap, clap,
Clap, clap, clap.
I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap,
They’re a part of me.

Additional verses:
I can make my feet go stomp, stomp, stomp…
I can make my hands wave bye, bye, bye…

Rhyme:
One, two, three,
Baby’s on my knee.
Rooster crows
And away he goes.

Rhyme:
Roly poly,
Ever so slowly.
Roly poly,
Faster, faster, faster.

Book: Maisy’s Plane by Lucy Cousins

Shaker Eggs: “Go Plane Go” – Kira Willey: Kings & Queens of the Forest

Closing Rhyme

Airplane Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: My First Airplane Ride by Patricia Hubbell, illustrated by Nancy Speir

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

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…zomm
One decided to touch down …zoom
Leaving 5 little airplanes flying around.

Repeat, counting down until there are no airplanes left.

Song: “The Wings On the Airplane” (Tune: “The Wheels On the Bus”)
The wings on the airplane fly, fly, fly,
Fly, fly, fly, Fly, fly, fly.
The wings on the airplane fly, fly, fly,
All through the sky.

Additional verses:
The people on the airplane buckle their seatbelts…
The bags on the airplane stow away…

Book: Flying by Donald Crews

Rhyme: “The Airplane”
The airplane has great big wings, (arms out at sides)
Its propeller spins around and sings. (move arms in circle)
The airplane goes up, (raise arms)
The airplane goes down, (lower arms)
The airplane flies high (arms out at sides)
Over our town. (turn in a circle with arms out at sides)

Book/App: Planes by Byron Barton

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

Closing Rhyme

Craft: “A is for Airplane” coloring sheet with cotton ball clouds