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Cat Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Jack the Library Cat by Marietta Apollonio

Song: “If You’re a Kitty and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)
If you’re a kitty and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)

Additional verses:
Show your claws (show claws)
Swish your tail (wiggle bottom)
Chase some yarn (swat high)
Say, “Meow!”

Song: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!

Book: Cat Nap by Toni Yuly
cat nap book cover

Flannel: “The Cat of Many Colors”

Song: “There’s a Dog in the School” – Stuart Stotts and Tom Pease: Celebrate, A Song Resource

Book: Stack the Cats by Susie Ghahremani

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

Closing Rhyme

Farm Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Ragweed’s Farm Dog Handbook by Anne Vittur Kennedy

Flannel: “Bingo”
There was a farmer had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o!
B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O,
And Bingo was his name-o!

Repeat, replacing each letter with a clap, one by one, until all the letters are gone.

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

Book: I Went Walking by Sue Williams, illustrated by Julie Vivas
I Went Walking book cover

Puppet Song: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”

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

Pop-up Book: Chick by Ed Vere

Song: “The Chicken Dance” – Bob Kames: The Ultimate Party Survival Kit

Book: I Spy on the Farm by Edward Gibbs

Song: “There’s a Dog in the School” – Stuart Stotts and Tom Pease: Celebrate: A Song Resource

Song: “(Silly) Wheels on the Bus” – Miss Nina & the Jumping Jacks: Every Day’s Your Birthday!

Closing Rhyme

Gabby’s Dollhouse Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Upside Down and Right Side Up

Song: “If You’re a Kitty and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws,
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws,
If you’re a kitty and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws.

Additional verses:
Show your claws
Swish your tail
Chase some yarn
Say meow

Flannel: “Four Little Gabby Cats” (use toy cats with flannel pieces)
Four little Gabby Cats looking at me.
One ran off, and then there were three!

Three little Gabby Cats with nothing to do.
One fell asleep, and then there were two!

Two little Gabby Cats playing in the sun.
One jumped in the pool, and then there was one!

One little Gabby Cat alone is no fun.
She chased the others, and then there were none!

Book: Sprinkle Party!

Song: “Dance Like a Gabby Cat” – Gabby’s Dollhouse

Puppet Rhyme: “Mouse Loved to Clap” (use a MerCat stuffed animal with the mouse puppet, clap every time there is *)
Behind the tree * *
And under the house * *
There lived a teeny * *
Tiny mouse * *
She loved to sing * *
She loved to tap * *
But most of all * *
She loved to clap * *
She clapped all night * *
She clapped all day * *
She clapped to frighten * *
The cat away * * * * * * * * (lots of claps, “Meow!”)

Book: MerCat’s Sparkle Surprise!

Dance Party: “Gabby’s Dollhouse Theme Song”

Closing Rhyme

Cat Story Time – Sensory Friendly

Opening Song

Book: Jack the Library Cat by Marietta Apollonio

Song: “If You’re a Kitty and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)
If you’re a kitty and you know it, and you really want to show it.
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)

Additional verses:
Show your claws (show claws)
Swish your tail (wiggle bottom)
Chase some yarn (swat high)
Say “Meow!”

Book: This Little Kitty by Karen Obuhanych

Song: “Tap, Tap, Tap” – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer: Get Set for School Sing Along

Yoga/Breathing: Cat

Social Story: I Want to Be Mad for a While! by Barney Saltzberg

Closing Song

Craft: Cats in sweaters
(Credit: Krokotak.com)

Cats and Dogs Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Kitten's First Full Moon book cover

Song: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”

Puppets: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”

Book: One Two That’s My Shoe! by Alison Murray

Rhyme: “This Is Big”
This is big, big, big. (stretch hands far to sides)
This is small, small, small. (cup hands together)
This is short, short, short. (hold palms close vertically)
This is tall, tall, tall. (hold palms far apart vertically)
This is fast, fast, fast. (roll hands quickly)
This is slow, slow, slow. (roll hands slowly)
This is yes, yes, yes. (nod head)
This is no, no, no. (shake head)

Flannel: “Bingo”
There was a farmer had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o!
B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O,
And Bingo was his name-o!

Scarf Song: “Four Corners”
My scarf has four corners,
Four corners has my scarf.
And if there weren’t four corners,
It would not be my…scarf.

Additional verses:
My hat…
My blanket…
My cape…
My pillow…

Scarf Song: “We Wave Our Scarves Together”
We wave our scarves together,
We wave our scarves together,
We wave our scarves together
Because it’s fun to do.

Wave them up high,
Wave them down low,
Wave them in the middle
Because it’s fun to do.
(Credit: Jbrary)

Scarf Song: “Popcorn Kernels”
Popcorn kernels (wave scarves overhead)
In the pot. (make their scarves ‘disappear’ by bunching them up in their fists)
Shake them, shake them, shake them (shake fists)
‘Til they POP! (toss scarves up into the air)

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

Closing Rhyme

Cat Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

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: “If You’re a Kitty and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)
If you’re a kitty and you know it, and you really want to show it.
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)

Additional verses:
Show your claws (show claws)
Swish your tail (wiggle bottom)
Say “Meow!”

Book: Cat Nap by Toni Yuly
cat nap book cover

Song: “When Cats Get Up” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You

Song: “These Are My Glasses” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?
These are my glasses, this is my book.
I put on my glasses and open up the book.
Now I read, read, read,
And I look, look, look.
I put down my glasses and
Whoop! Close up the book!

Song: “I’m a Little Kitty Cat” (Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”)
I’m a little kitty cat,
Nice and sweet.
Here are my whiskers,
And here are my feet.
When I go out hunting,
Mice beware,
Or you might just have a scare!
(Credit: Jbrary)

Pop-up Book: If You’re Happy and You Know It by David A. Carter
if youre happy

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

Closing Rhyme

Maisy Story Time – Family

Opening Song

Book: Maisy Goes to the Movies by Lucy Cousins

Song: “Popcorn Kernels” (with scarves/towels/tissue/household objects)

Book: Maisy Goes Camping by Lucy Cousins

Song: “Camping Chant”
I was laying in my sleeping bag
I couldn’t go to sleep
I looked at my watch and wanted to weep
I rolled to my left
I rolled to my right
but all I could hear were animal noises in the night.
I heard a ‘Owl’, ‘Hoo, hoo, hoo’.

Rhyme with puppet: Where Are the Baby Mice?
Where are the baby mice? Squeak, squeak, squeak,
I cannot see them peek, peek, peek,
Here they come out of their hole,
One, two, three, and that is all! 

Book: Maisy Gets a Pet by Lucy Cousins

Song: “She Loved to Clap”
Behind the tree * *
And under the house * *
There lived a teeny * *
Tiny mouse * *

She loved to sing * *
She loved to tap * *
But most of all * *
She loved to clap * *

She clapped all night * *
She clapped all day * *
She clapped to frighten * *
The cat away * * * * * * * * (lots of claps, meow)

Book: Happy Birthday, Maisy! by Lucy Cousins

Closing Rhyme

Cats and Dogs Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Stack the Cats by Susie Ghahremani

Song: “If You’re a Kitty and You Know It”
If you’re a kitty and you know it lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)
If you’re a kitty and you know it lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)
If you’re a kitty and you know and you really want to show it.
If you’re a kitty and you know it lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)

Additional verses:
…show your claws (show claws)
…swish your tail (wiggle bottom)
…say “Meow!”

Book: Meow! by Victoria Ying

Flannel: Dog houses
Little dog, little dog, are you in the green house? Is this the green house? No, this is the red house. No, little dog, you are not in the red house, etc.

Song: “These Are My Glasses” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?

Book: The Babies and Doggies Book by John Schindel and Molly Woodward

Closing Song

Dr. Seuss Story Time – Toddler

Opening song

Book: Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

Song: “Dr. Seuss is on the Loose” (Tune: “BINGO”)
Dr. Seuss is on the loose
And this is how we know it:
Cats, hats, eggs and ham, (clap)
Cats, hats, eggs and ham,
Cats, hats, eggs and ham,
And this is how we know it!

Book: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss

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

Book: Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss

Song: “Old McDonald Had a Farm”

Song: “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem

Song: “Icky Sticky Bubblegum”- David Landau: Kids and Kitties

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

Closing Song

Craft: Cat in the Hat masks with paper plates

Pets Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: Pet This Book by Jessica Young, illustrated by Daniel Wiseman

Song: “The Bunny Pokey” – Junior Jukebox: Animals

Song: “If You’re a Cat and You Know It”  (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a cat and you know it say meow, meow.
If you’re a cat and you know it say meow, meow.
If you’re a cat and you know it and you really want to show it
If you’re a cat and you know it say meow.

Additional verses:
If you’re a cat and you know it lick your paws…
If you’re a cat and you know it pounce like this…
(Source: Storytime Magic by Kathy MacMillan)

Book: Domino by Claire Masurel, illustrated by David Walker

Flannel: Dog houses
Little dog, little dog, are you in the green house? Is this the green house? No, this is the red house. No, little dog, you are not in the red house, etc.

(Credit: Mel’s Desk)

Song: “Bingo” – Pamela Conn: Wee Sing Animals, Animals, Animals

Book: I Spy Pets by Edward Gibbs
I Spy Pets book cover

Song: “Sleeping bunnies”(ukulele)
See the little bunnies sleeping till it’s nearly noon (G / D / C / G )
Come and let us gently wake them with a merry tune (C / G / D / G )
Oh how still, are they ill, wake up soon (C / C / D / G )
Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop (G / C / G / D / G / C / G D / G)

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

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

Closing Song

Craft: Cat made out of “C”