Book: Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illustrated by Jen Corace
Song: “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem
Book: Eggbert: The Slightly Cracked Egg by Tom Ross, illustrated by Rex Barron
Song: “If I Was a Bird” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You
Book: The World and Everything in It by Kevin Henkes
Book: Goose on the Farm by Laura Wall
Song: “The Wheels on the Bus”
Book: Truck, Truck, Goose! by Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Zoe Waring
Puppet Song: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”
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”
Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”
Book: Truck, Truck, Goose! by Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Zoe Waring
Song: “(Silly) Wheels on the Bus” – Miss Nina & the Jumping Jacks: Every Day’s Your Birthday!
Book: Goose on the Farm by Laura Wall
Puppet Song: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” – Bob McGrath: Sing Along with Bob #2
Book: The Goose Egg by Liz Wong
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”
Book: Minerva Louise and the Colorful Eggs by Janet Morgan Stoeke
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: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”
Book: Whose Chick Are You? by Nancy Tafuri
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.
Flannel: “Five Little Chicks”
Book: First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Shaker Eggs: “Shake Your Shakers” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
Shake your shakers, shake, shake, shake,
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake shake.
Shake your shakers, shake, shake, shake,
Shake your shakers.
Additional verses:
Shake your shakers high, high, high
Shake your shakers low, low, low
Shake your shakers fast, fast, fast
Shake your shakers slow, slow, slow
Shaker Eggs: “Everyone Can Shake”
Everyone can shake, shake, shake
Everyone can shake, shake, shake
Everyone can shake, shake, shake
And now let’s make it stop.
Additional verses:
Everyone can tap
Everyone can clap
Everyone can wave
Shaker Eggs: “Egg Shakers Up”
Egg shakers up,
Egg shakers down,
Egg shakers dancing all around the town.
Dance them on your shoulders,
Dance them on your head,
Dance them on your knees, and
Tuck them into bed.
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Book: First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Song (with shaky eggs): “I Know a Chicken” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think Of That?
Book: Egg by Kevin Henkes
Flannel: “5 Colorful Eggs”
5 little colorful eggs
Not one more
My mom hid the green egg
Now there are 4
4 little colorful eggs
2 and 2 you see
My sister hid the blue egg
Now there are 3
3 little colorful eggs
And then before I knew
My brother hid the green egg
Now there are 2
2 little colorful eggs
Oh what fun!
My dad hid the pink egg
Now there’s only 1
1 little colorful egg
See me run
I hid the last egg
Now there are none
(Credit: adapted from Flannel Board Fun)
Song: “We Are the Dinosaurs” – Laurie Berkner: Favorite Classic Kids’ Songs
Book: Whose Chick Are You? by Nancy Tafuri
Book: Old Bear by Kevin Henkes
Rhyme: My Bear (using a bear puppet)
My bear is looking all around.
My bear is sniffing at the ground.
My bear is looking at my toes.
My bear can kiss me on the nose.
My bear can whisper in my ear.
What’s he saying? Can you hear?
My bear can hide behind me,
But wherever I go, my bear can surely find me.
(Credit: Yorba Linda Public Library)
Flannel:
Polar bear’s not tired,
He wants to play!
He wants to catch the RED ball today.
Is this the red ball?
(Source: My Storytime Life blog)
Song: “Goin’ on a Bear Hunt” – Greg & Steve: Kids in Action
Book: Egg by Kevin Henkes
Flannel: Ten fluffy chickens
Five eggs and five eggs (Add a clutch of eggs each time you say “five eggs”)
And that makes ten
Sitting on top
Is Mother Hen (Add the hen)
Cackle cackle cackle (Clap hands as you say Cackle!)
What do I see?
Ten fluffy chickens (Flip over each clutch of eggs)
Yellow as can be.
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)
“I Know a Chicken” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?
Book: Oh! By Kevin Henkes, illustrated by Laura Dronzek
Song: “Put Your Finger in the Air” – Bob McGrath: Sing Along with Bob #2
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Craft: Letter “E” with egg that opens
Sign language: Egg
Book: Bumpety Bump! by Pat Hutchins
Song: “Little Red Wagon” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You
Rhyme: Shoe the old horse (tap one foot)
Shoe the old mare (tap other foot)
But let the little pony
Run bare, bare, bare (tap feet together)
Rhyme: Away up high in the apple tree (lift baby)
I saw a little baby smiling at me
I shook that tree as hard as I could (shake gently)
Down came the baby (bring down)
Mmm, was she good! (Kiss)
Book: Egg by Kevin Henkes
Song: Counting sheep (Tune: “This Old Man”)
Counting sheep, counting sheep
Helps my _________ go to sleep
One sheep, two sheep
Three sheep, four —
Soon my _________
Starts to snore
(Credit: Sing a Song of Storytime)
Rhyme: This little pig
Book/Puppets: First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Song (shaky eggs): “Shaky Shaky” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy
