Elephant Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: Elmer by David McKee

Scarf Song: “Rainbow” – Wunmi: Science Fair

Book: Have You Seen Elephant? by David Barrow

Song: “Elephant in There” – Laurie Berkner: Superhero

Song: “Do Your Ears Hang Low?”
Do your ears hang low?
Do they wobble to and fro?
Can you tie ’em in a knot?
Can you tie ’em in a bow?
Can you throw ’em over your shoulder
Like a continental soldier?
Do your ears hang low?

Flannel: “Five Elephants in the Tub”
One elephant in the tub
Going for a swim,
Knock-knock (clap twice), splash-splash (slap knees twice),
Come on in!
2 . . . 3 . . . 4
Five elephants in the tub
Going for a swim,
Knock-knock (clap twice), splash-splash (slap knees twice),
And they all FELL IN!
(Credit: King County Library System)

Movement: “An Elephant Has”
An elephant has a great big trunk (swing arm)
That goes swinging to and fro.
And he has tiny, tiny eyes (make binoculars with hands)
That show him where to go.
His great big ears go flopping, (put hands by ears to be elephant ears)
Flopping all around,
While his great big feet go stomping, (stamp feet)
STOMPING on the ground!
(Credit: Adapted from KidSparkz)

Book: I Took My Frog to the Library by Eric A. Kimmel, illustrated by Blanche Sims
I Took My Frog to the Library book cover

Closing Rhyme

Elephant Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Sign language: Elephant

Book: I Love My Mama by Peter Kavanagh, illustrated by Jane Chapman

Rhyme: Roly poly
Ever so slowly.
Roly poly
Faster, faster, faster.

Song: “I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap” (Tune: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap
Clap, clap, clap
Clap, clap, clap
I can make my hands go clap, clap, clap
They’re a part of me.

Additional verses:
I can make my feet go stomp, stomp, stomp, etc…
I can make my hands wave bye, bye, bye…

Book: Always by Emma Dodd
always cover image

Rhyme: The moon is round
As round can be
Two eyes
A nose
And a mouth like me!

Fingerplay: “Up the Hill”
Here goes a turtle up a hill, creepy, creepy, creepy, creepy (crawl up arm)
Here goes a rabbit up a hill, boing, boing, boing, boing (bounce up arm)
Here goes a snake up the hill, slither, slither, slither, slither (slide up arm)
Here goes an elephant up the hill, thud, thud, thud, thud (clap up arm)
Here comes an elephant down the hill, boom, boom, boom, boom, CRASH! (bounce down, clap hands for crash)
(Credit: adapted by Storytime Katie)

Song: “Do Your Ears Hang Low?”

Rhyme:
One, two three,
Baby’s on my Knee.
Rooster crows
And away he goes.

Book: The Thingamabob by Il Sung Na
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Song (shaky eggs): “Elephant in There” – Laurie Berkner: Superhero

Closing rhyme

Elephants Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Sign Language: Elephant

Book: My Elephant by Petr Horáček

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Song/Rhyme: Two big elephants were sitting on a hill
One named Jack and the other named Jill
Run away, Jack! Run away, Jill!
Come back, Jack! Come back, Jill!

Book: Elephants by Mary Lindeen

elephants cover image

Felt Story:
1 elephant in the bathtub going for a swim.
Knock, knock (clap hands for each knock)
Splash, splash (pat lap for each splash)
Come on in! (Wave hand invitingly)
2…,3…,4…,
5 elephants in the bathtub going for a swim.
Knock, knock (clap hands for each knock)
Splash, splash(pat lap for each splash)
And they all fell in!

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

Book: Elecopter by Michael Slack

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Book: Always by Emma Dodd

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Song: “The Hands are for Clapping” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes

Closing Rhyme

Craft:

elephant craft image