Bugs Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: A Good Place by Lucy Cousins

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: “Bumblebee, Bumblebee” (Tune: “Jingle Bells”)
Bumblebee, bumblebee,
Landing on my nose,
Bumblebee, bumblebee,
Now he’s on my toes.
On my arms, on my legs, on my elbows,
Bumblebee, oh bumblebee,
He lands and then he goes.

Pop-up Book: Snappy Little Bugs by Claire Nielson and Dug Steer, illustrated by Derek Matthews

Flannel: “Ten Little Grasshoppers”
One little, two little, three little grasshoppers,
Four little, five little, six little grasshoppers,
Seven little, eight little, nine little grasshoppers,
Ten grasshoppers in my yard.

Grasshoppers, grasshoppers, hopping all around me (slap thighs to rhythm)
Grasshoppers, grasshoppers, hopping all around me,
Grasshoppers, grasshoppers, hopping all around me,
Ten grasshoppers in my yard.

Ten little, nine little, eight little grasshoppers,
Seven little, six little, five little grasshoppers,
Four little, three little, two little grasshoppers,
One grasshopper in my yard.

Grasshopper, grasshopper, hopping all around me,
Grasshopper, grasshopper, hopping all around me,
Grasshopper, grasshopper, hopping all around me,
One grasshopper in my yard.
grasshopper
(Credit: 2008 CSLP Manual)

Shaker Eggs: “Caterpillar, Caterpillar” – Kira Willey: Dance for the Sun

Flannel: I Love Bugs! by Philemon Sturges, illustrated by Shari Halpern or Puppets: The Very Lazy Ladybug by Isobel Finn, illustrated by Jack Tickle
love bugs cover image

Closing Rhyme

Bugs Story Time – Baby

Opening song

Sign Language: butterfly

Book: Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! by Bob Barner

Song: “Hop, Hop, Hop Along” (Tune: “Row Your Boat”)
Hop, hop, hop along (hop)
Or bounce on someone’s knee (bounce)
Higher and higher and higher and higher (lift)
BUGGY hop with me. (hop)

Rhyme: Little Bug
A little BUG NEAR a pond am I, (lap)
Hippity, hippity, hop. (bounce)
And I can jump in the air so high, (lift)
Hippity, hippity, hop!

Book: Snappy Little Bugs by Claire Nielson and Dug Steer, illustrated by Derek Matthews

Song: “On my Toe There is a Flea” – John M. Feierabend and Luann Saunders: Frog in the Meadow

Song/Puppet: “Bumblebee, Bumblebee” (Tune: “Jingle Bells”)
Bumblebee, bumblebee
Landing on my nose,
Bumblebee, bumblebee,
Now he’s on my toes.
On my arms, on my legs, on my elbows,
Bumblebee, oh bumblebee,
He lands and then he goes!

Rhyme: Five Fat Peas
Five fat peas in a pea pod pressed (hold hands in a fist)
One grew, two grew, so did the rest. (Put fingers up one by one.)
They grew and they grew and did not stop,
Until one day that pea pod POPPED! (clap hands together.)

Song: “Let’s Tap Our Feet Together” (Tune: “The More We Get Together”)
Let’s tap our feet together, together, together
Let’s tap our feet together because it’s fun to do.

Additional verses:
Clap our hands
Touch our nose
Touch our ears 

Book: Butterfly, Butterfly by Petr Horáček

Song (with shaky eggs): “Caterpillar, Caterpillar” – Kira Willey: Dance for the Sun

Closing rhyme