Favorite Friends Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond

Song: “Quiet as a Mouse” – Laura Doherty: Shining Like a Star

Flannel: “Five Little Cookies” (with Cookie Monster)
Five little cookies, with frosting galore,
Cookie Monster ate the pink one, then there were four.

Four little cookies, two and two, you see,
Cookie Monster ate the green one, then there were three.

Three little cookies, but before I knew,
Cookie Monster ate the blue one, then there were two.

Two little cookies, oh, what fun!
Cookie Monster ate the orange one, then there was one.

One little cookie, watch me run!
Cookie Monster ate the red one, then there were none.

Book: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin, illustrated by James Dean
pete the cat and his four groovy buttons

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

Book: There Is a Bird on Your Head! by Mo Willems

Song: “Owl in a Tree” (Tune: “Skip to My Lou”)
Owl in the tree goes, “Hoo, hoo, hoo,”
Owl in the tree goes, “Hoo, hoo, hoo,”
Owl in the tree goes, “Hoo, hoo, hoo,”
Skip to my lou, my darling.

Additional verses:
Robin in the nest goes, “Tweet, tweet, tweet…”
Duck in the pond goes, “Quack, quack, quack…”
Rooster in the yard goes, “Cock-a-doodle-doo…”
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)

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.

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

Closing Rhyme

Button Story Time – Toddler

Opening song

Sign language for button

Book: Buttons, Buttons by Rozanne Lanczak Williams, illustrated by Keith Bergher

buttons buttons

Flannel: Button, button, who’s got the button?

Hide a button behind the cow. Say, “Button, button, who’s got the button? Does rooster have the button?” No. Repeat with lamb, baby, and finally cow.

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

Book: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin, created and illustrated by James Dean

pete the cat and his four groovy buttons

Song (with shaky eggs): “Belly Button” – Tom Pease: I’m Gonna Reach!

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

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

Closing rhyme

Craft: Color and glue buttons on Pete the Cat

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