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Worm Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: The World of Worm: Shapes by Esther van den Berg
The cover of the book The World of Worm: Shapes. The illustration is of an apple, a musical triangle, and a die with three pips floating in the air above a worm.

Song: “Wiggle Dance” – Danny Go!

Book: Earthworms by Megan Borgert-Spaniol
The cover of the Backyard Wildlife book Earthworms. The cover has a photograph of an earthworm curled up with a bright pink background.

Song: “Rainy Day” – The Squeegees: Veggie Soup

Song: “The Gardener Digs the Soil” (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
The worms mix up the soil, (pretend to dig)
The worms mix up the soil,
High ho, the derry oh,
The worms mix up the soil.

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

Book: Worms for Lunch? by Leonid Gore
The cover of the book Worms for Lunch? The illustration is of a monkey and a rabbit fishing using a banana and a carrot for bait when a worm crawls on their boat and they both look over at it.

Song: “Fruit Salad Salsa” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito

Song: “When I Woke Up Today” – Laurie Berkner: Superhero

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