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Garden Story Time – Sensory Friendly

Opening Song

Book: My Garden by Kevin Henkes
The cover of the book My Garden. The illustration is of a child wearing a straw hat and pink t-shirt standing in front of a flower garden.

Song: “Will Our Flowers Bloom?” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The seeds from the pack go in the ground, (poke with finger)
In the ground, in the ground.
The seeds from the pack go in the ground.
Will our flowers bloom?

The rain from the sky goes drip drip drop, (flutter fingers down)
Drip drip drop, drip drip drop.
The rain from the sky goes drip drip drop.
Will our flowers bloom?

The sun above is bright and hot, (arms make a circle over head)
Bright and hot, bright and hot.
The sun above is bright and hot.
Will our flowers bloom?

Our little seeds are sprouting fast, (fingers grow upward)
Sprouting fast, sprouting fast.
Our little seeds are sprouting fast.
Look! Our flowers bloomed! (cup hands, then spread open)

Book: Big Yellow Sunflower by Frances Barry
The cover of the book Big Yellow Sunflower. The illustration is a sunflower that takes up the whole cover with a bee and two ladybugs on the petals.

Song/Video: “Dance for the Sun” – Kira Willey: Dance for the Sun

Yoga: Flower pose

Social Story: Hurry Up!: A Book About Slowing Down by Kate Dopirak, illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal
The cover of the book Hurry Up!: A Book About Slowing Down. The illustration is of a child lying in a field full of flowers and looking at a butterfly with a dog.

Closing Song

Craft: Cupcake liner flowers
A photo of colorful cupcake liners glued to a yellow piece of paper with green stems and leaves drawn beneath them.

Garden Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Puppet Song: “When Ducks Get Up in the Morning”
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day.
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say.

Repeat with other animals/sounds
(Credit: King County Library System)

Sign Language: Garden, flower, bugs

Book with Puppets: Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
The cover of the book Up, Down, and Around. The illustration is of two children and a dog in a garden full of bugs and vegetables looking up at a huge cornstalk.

Fingerplay: “Round and Round the Garden”
Round and round the garden,
Like a teddy bear. (trace circles on baby’s hand)
One step, two steps,
A tickle under there! (crawl up their arm and tickle armpit)
(Credit: Storytime Katie)

Rhyme: “There’s Something in My Garden”
There’s something in my garden, now what can it be?
There’s something in my garden, that I really can’t see.
I hear its funny sound…
Ribbit—Ribbit—Ribbit
A Frog is what I found!
Ribbit—Ribbit—Ribbit

Fingerplay: “Here is the Beehive”
Here is the beehive, (make fist)
But where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Soon they’ll come creeping out of the hive.
One! Two! Three! Four! Five! (open hand one finger at a time)
BZZZZZZ!!!!! Back in the hive, bees! (buzz and tickle)
(Credit: King County Library System)

Book: Big Yellow Sunflower by Frances Barry
The cover of the book Big Yellow Sunflower. The illustration is a sunflower that takes up the whole cover with a bee and two ladybugs on the petals.

Lap Song: “Bunny Hop”
Hop, hop, hop along,
And bounce on someone’s knee,
Higher & higher & higher & higher,
Bunny-hop with me.

Lap Song: “A Bouncing We Will Go” (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
A bouncing we will go, a bouncing we will go,
High-ho the dairy oh, a bouncing we will go.

Repeat with rocking and tickling
(Credit: King County Library System)

Lap Rhyme: “Little Frog”
A little frog in a pond am I,
Hippity, hippity, hop, (bounce)
And I can jump in the air so high, (lift)
Hippity, hippity, hop! (bounce)

Shaker Eggs: “The Valley of Vegetables” – Laurie Berkner: Buzz Buzz

Closing Rhyme

Dirt and Mud Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: Mud Puddle by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Dušan Petričić

Song: “Bubble Bath” – Joanie Bartels: Bathtime Magic

Book: Roy Digs Dirt by David Shannon

Flannel Song: “Five Pigs So Squeaky Clean” (Tune: “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”)
Five pigs so squeaky clean,
Cleanest you’ve ever seen,
Wanted to go outside and play.
Oink! Oink!
One jumped into the mud,
Landed with a big THUD,
Then there were four clean and squeaky pigs.

Repeat, counting down until there are no clean and squeaky pigs.
The felt pieces for the flannel song "Five Pigs So Squeaky Clean." The photograph is of a brown puddle of mud and five pink pig felt pieces. The pigs each have one side that is just pink and one side that has brown spots.
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)

Book: Mud! by Annie Bailey, illustrated by Jen Corace

Action Rhyme: “Make a Mud Pie”
Make a mud pie in the mud, mud, mud! (pat lap)
Digging… (digging motion downward)
Scooping… (scoop hands upward)
Patting… (pat hands in air)
It’s so much fun! (hands out, emphasizing)

Where else should we make a mud pie? How about our head!? Scoop together some mud…
Make a mud pie on your head, head, head… (pat head)
Digging… Scooping… Patting…
It’s so much fun!

Repeat for toes, tum, etc.
(Credit: Tacoma Public Library)

Closing Rhyme

Worm Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: Wonderful Worms by Linda Glaser, illustrated by Loretta Krupinski

Song: “The Wiggly Wiggly Earthworm” (Tune: “The Itsy Bitsy Spider”)
The wiggly wiggly earthworm dug through the dirt.
Down came the rain, and wet all the earth.
Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain,
And the wiggly wiggly earthworm dug through the dirt again.

Fingerplay: “Two Little Earthworms”
Two little earthworms digging near the gate,
One called wobbly, and one called straight.
Crawl away, wobbly, crawl away straight.
Come back, wobbly, come back straight.

Additional verses:
Digging by the beans…nice/mean
Underneath a brick…slow/quick

Book: How to Say Hello to a Worm: A First Guide to Outside by Kari Percival

Song: “The Gardener Plants the Seeds” (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
The worms mix up the soil,
The worms mix up the soil,
Hi-ho, the derry-oh,
The worms mix up the soil. (pretend to dig)

The gardener plants the seeds.
The gardener plants the seeds.
Hi-ho, the derry-oh,
The gardener plants the seeds. (pretend to plant seeds)

Additional verses:
The rain falls on the ground… (flutter fingers down to ground)
The sun shines bright and warm… (hold hands in circle overhead)
The seeds/plants begin to grow… (slowly raise hands from ground)
Flowers grow everywhere… (hold hands outstretched)
Fresh vegetables to eat… (pretend to eat)

Book: I Can Only Draw Worms by Will Mabbitt

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

Closing Rhyme

World Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”

Book: How Big Is the World? by Britta Teckentrup

Puppet Song: “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”
Five green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log,
Eating the most delicious grubs. Yum, yum!
One jumped into the pool, where it was nice and cool.
Now there are four green and speckled frogs.

Repeat, taking a frog away each time until there are no green and speckled frogs.

Book: Roy Digs Dirt by David Shannon

Flannel: “The Green Grass Grew All Around”

Closing Rhyme