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Thanksgiving Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Sign Language: Thank you

Book: Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes, illustrated by Doris Barrette

Flannel Song: “Thanks a Lot” – Raffi: Quiet Time
Thanks a lot, thanks for sun in the sky.
Thanks a lot, thanks for clouds so high.
Thanks a lot, thanks for whispering wind.
Thanks a lot, thanks for the birds in the spring.
Thanks a lot, thanks for the moonlit night.
Thanks a lot, thanks for the stars so bright.
Thanks a lot, thanks for the wondering me.
Thanks a lot, thanks for the way I feel.
Thanks for the animals, thanks for the land, thanks for the people everywhere.
Thanks a lot, thanks for all I’ve got. Thanks for all I’ve got.
thanks a lot

Book: Theo’s Thanksgiving by David Steinberg, illustrated by Julia Woolf

Song: “(I’m Gonna Eat) On Thanksgiving Day” – Laurie Berkner: Whaddaya Think of That?

Book: All for Pie, Pie For All by David Martin, illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev
all for pie pie for all

Closing Rhyme

Craft: Paper Plate Turkey Wreath
(Credit: The Resourceful Mama)

Robots Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Can You Find My Robot’s Arm? by Chihiro Takeuchi

Song: If You’re a Robot and You Know It by David Carter

Book: Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman
boy+bot cover image

Song: “The Robot” (Tune: “Wheels on the Bus”)
The arms of the robot swing up and down,
Up and down, up and down,
The arms of the robot swing up and down,
All around the room.

Additional verses:
The head of the robot turns side to side…
The buttons on the robot blink on and off… (use hands)
The voice of the robot says beep, beep, beep…

Rhyme: Robot, Robot
Robot, robot, turn around.
Robot, robot, touch the ground.
Robot, robot, turn left and right.
Robot, robot, flash your lights.
Robot, robot, bloop and bleep.
Robot, robot, go to sleep.

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

Weather Story Time – Everybody

Opening song

Book: Bruce’s Big Storm by Ryan T. Higgens

Song: “Raindrops Are Falling” (Tune: “London Bridge”)
Little raindrops are falling down,      (wiggle fingers and move them down like rain)
Falling down, falling down.
Little raindrops are falling down,
Falling to the ground.                     (tap fingers on the ground)

Bigger raindrops are falling down,
Falling down, falling down.
Bigger raindrops are falling down,
Falling to the ground.                     (tap hands on the ground)

Other Verses:
Giant raindrops…    (stamp feet on the ground)
Fast raindrops…     (wiggle fingers and sing quickly)
Slow raindrops…    (wiggle fingers and sing slowly)
Teeny Tiny raindrops…    (use fingers only for rain and sing in a high pitched voice)

Book: Hello Sun by Dayle Ann Dodds

Flannel: Find the moon – a color guessing game
find the moon

Song: “If You’re Going to the Moon”

Song: “If It’s Raining Outside, Wear Your Boots” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If it’s raining outside, wear your boots.
If it’s raining outside, wear your boots.
If it’s raining outside, then your boots will keep you dry!
If it’s raining outside, wear your boots.

Additional verses:
If it’s snowing outside, wear your coat…
If it’s sunny outside, wear your hat…

Book: Split! Splat! by Amy Gibson

Song with guitar chords: “Keep On the Sunny Side”

D                            G                           D
There’s a dark and a troubled side of life

D                                                                  A   A7
There’s a bright, there’s a sunny side, too

            A                                                    D
Tho’ we meet with the darkness and strife

         A7                                    D
The sunny side we also may view

[Chorus]
D                               G                                          D
Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side

D                                              A    A7
Keep on the sunny side of life

              D             D7                  G                        D
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way

D                  G       D      A7        D
If we’ll keep on the sunny side of life

[Verse 2]
D                    G               D
The storm and its fury broke today

D                                         A     A7
Crushing hopes that we cherish so dear

                  A                            D
Clouds and storms will, in time, pass away

           A7                                 D
The sun again will shine bright and clear

[Chorus]

D                               G                                          D
Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side

D                                              A    A7
Keep on the sunny side of life

              D             D7                  G                        D
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way

D                  G       D      A7        D
If we’ll keep on the sunny side of life

Book: Singing in the Rain by Arthur Freed

Closing Song

Frozen Treats Story Time – Everybody

Opening song

Book: What Can You Do with a Paleta? by Carmen Tafolla

Song: “Ice Cream Cone” (Tune: “Did You Ever See a Lassie?”)
We all want an ice cream cone, ice cream cone, ice cream cone
We all want an ice cream cone, we’ll eat it right away.

Chocolate is our favorite kind, favorite kind, favorite kind
Chocolate is our favorite kind, we’d eat it every day.

(add as many flavor verses as you like)

Thank you for the ice cream cone, ice cream cone, ice cream cone
Thank you for the ice cream cone, it really hit the spot!

Book: Little Ice Cream Truck by Margery Cuyler

Flannel: Ice Cream Colors
We have ice cream, the best in town,
Let us begin with chocolate brown.

Now, let us scoop up some bubble-gum pink.
It is sweet and yummy, the best, some think.

Here is ice cream minty and green,
It is the creamiest I have ever seen.

Yellow ice cream is lemony and tart,
We like its taste from the very start.

Scoops of blueberry would make my day,
Look at all this ice cream, hip, hip, hooray!

Red ice cream is a strawberry delight,
All these scoops are a wonderful sight.

Vanilla white is a popular flavor,
It tastes very good to an ice-cream craver.

Purple ice cream really gives me a kick,
Good and yummy until the very last lick.

Ice cream, ice cream, what a cool sensation,
We love ice cream in any combination!
(Credit: Step by Step)

Song: “We Are Ice Cream Cones” (Tune: “The Grand Old Duke of York”)
We are ice cream cones
On a summer’s day,
Melting, melting, melting, melting,
Melting all away.

Book: Ice Cream Trucks by Luke Harasymiw

Song: “Milkshake Song” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms
You take a little milk, pour some milk
And you take a little cream, pour some cream
You stir it all up
You shake it and you’ll sing…a 1,2,3,4

Milkshake, milkshake shake it up, shake it up
Milkshake, milkshake shake it all up!
Milkshake, milkshake shake it up, shake it up
Milkshake, milkshake shake it all up!

Book: Wemberly’s Ice-Cream Star by Kevin Henkes

Song (with ukulele chords): “If All the Raindrops”
C
If all the raindrops

            G7                               C
Were lemon drops and gumdrops

C                   G7                           C
Oh, what a rain that would be!

C                         G7                     C                      G7
Standing outside, with my mouth open wide

C                G7               C                G7
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah!

C                                               G7                             C
If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops,

C                    G7                     C
Oh, what a rain it would be!

Additional verses:
If all the snowflakes
Were candy bars and milkshakes…

 If all the sunbeams
Were bubblegum and ice cream…

Closing Song

 

Flowers Story Time – Everybody

Opening song

Book: My Garden by Kevin Henkes

Song: “The Seed” (Tune: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
I’m a little planted seed (crouch into a ball)
Planted seed, planted seed.
I’m a little planted seed,
This is how I grow.

Additional verses:
See the rain come sprinkling down…
Sunshine comes down through the trees…
Now I am a growing bud…

Book: Flowers by Vijaya Khisty Bodach

Flannel: 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 can’t really see.
Hear its funny sound….
Ribbit – Ribbit – Ribbit
A Frog is what I found!
Ribbit-Ribbit-Ribbit

Repeat with other animals, such as a crow (caw-caw-caw), mouse (squeak-squeak-squeak), rabbit (thump-thump-thump), bird (tweet-tweet-tweet) etc.
(Credit: Sunflower Storytime)

Song: “Rocks and Flowers” – Caspar Babypants: More Please!

Book: Grow by Cynthia Platt

Scarf Song: “Will Our Flowers Bloom?” (Tune: “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)
We did this with actions and scarves so we would have colorful “blooms.”

Book: Big Yellow Sunflower by Frances Barry

Song: Lucy Knisley “Wash Your Hands”

Closing Song

 

Royalty Story Time – Everybody

Opening song

Book: Princess and the Pit Stop by Tom Angleberger

Song: “Shake My Sillies Out”
Gotta shake, shake, shake my sillies out,
Shake, shake, shake, my sillies out.
Shake, shake, shake, my sillies out,
And wiggle my waggles away.

Additional verses:
…..clap, clap, clap my crankies out…
…..jump, jump, jump my jiggles out…
…..yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out…

Book: Night Knight by Owen Davey

Flannel:  Five Little Dragons
One little dragon with scales of blue;
Ran to meet the green one,
And then there were two.

Two little dragons sitting under a tree;
The red dragon joined them,
And then there were three.

Three little dragons, wishing there were more;
Along came the purple dragon,
And then there were four.

Four little dragons, happy to be alive;
Found a orange dragon,
And then there were five.

Five little dragons all out to play;
“Watch out, they breathe fire,” is all I have to say.
(Credit: Jacksonville Public Library)

Song: “Everyone Can March”
Everyone can march, march, march
Everyone can march, march, march
Everyone can march, march, march
And now let’s make a stop.

Additional verses:
Everyone can clap, clap clap…
Everyone can jump, jump, jump…
Everyone can tap, tap, tap
(Credit: Jbrary)

Book: The Foggy Foggy Forest by Nick Sharratt

Rhyme (with dragon puppets): Two Little Dragons
Two little Dragons sitting on a hill.
One named Jack, one named Jill.
Fly away Jack, fly away Jill!
Come back Jack, come back Jill!

Additional verses:
Two little dragons flying in the sky, one named Low, the other named High…
Two little dragons sitting on a cloud, one named Soft, the other named LOUD…
Two little dragons sitting on a stick, one named Slow, the other named Quick…

Book: The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish by Lil Miss Hot Mess

Closing Song

Magical Creatures Story Time – Everybody

Opening song

Book: Say Hello! By Rachel Isadora

Song: “Clap Your Hands”- Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You

Book: Thelma the Unicorn by Aaron Blabey

Flannel: Five Little Unicorns
 I saw five little unicorns – creatures from folklore.
I watched the blue one prance away and then there were four.
I saw four little unicorns resting by a tree,
I watched the orange one prance away, and then there were three.
I saw three little unicorns, but as near to them I drew,
The green one pranced away, and then there were two.
I saw two little unicorns – I watched them run and run.
The red one pranced away, and then there was one.
I saw a lonely purple unicorn standing in the sun.
When I blinked my eyes, it pranced away, and then there were none!
(Credit: Literacious)

Song: “If You’re a Unicorn and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a unicorn and you know it shake your horn.
If you’re a unicorn and you know it shake your horn.
If you’re a unicorn and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you’re a unicorn and you know it shake your horn.

Additional verses:
Stomp your hooves
Toss your mane
Twitch your tail
Prance around

Book: Backyard Fairies by Phoebe Wahl

Song: “Do the Dragon” – Laurie Berkner: Under a Shady Tree

Book: Waking Dragons by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Derek Anderson
waking dragons cover image

Closing Rhyme

 

Mo Willems Story Time – Everybody

Opening song

Book: Happy Pig Day by Mo Willems

Song: “Elephants Have” (Tune: “Have You Ever Seen a Lassie?”)
Elephants have (pat legs on each syllable)
Wrinkles, Wrinkles, Wrinkles (clap hands on each syllable)
Elephants have (pat legs on each syllable)
Wrinkles (clap hands on each syllable)
Everywhere! (stomp feet on each syllable)

Spoken:
On their nose! Oh-oh! (touch your nose, and mime a trunk)

Additional verses:
Elephants have wrinkles…On their ears!
Elephants have wrinkles…On their bellies!
Elephants have wrinkles…On their legs!

Book: Big Frog Can’t Fit In by Mo Willems

Flannel: “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”
Five green and speckled frogs
Sitting on a hollow log
Eating the most delicious bugs, yum, yum
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Now there are four green, speckled frogs, ribbit, ribbit

Song: : “If You’re a Frog and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a frog and you know it jump up and down.
If you’re a frog and you know it jump up and down.
If you’re a frog and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you’re a frog and you know it jump up and down!

Additional verses: Catch a fly, Make puffy cheeks, Hop into your seat, Say “ribbit”

Movie: Don’t let the Pigeon Drive the Bus  by Mo Willems

Closing Song

Craft:  Pigeon Puppet

Tigers Story Time – Everybody

Opening song

Book: It’s a Tiger! by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Jeremy Tankard

Rhyme: Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub
Tiger cub, tiger cub turn around,
Tiger cub, tiger cub touch the ground.
Tiger cub, tiger cub show your claws,
Tiger cub, tiger cub shake your paws.
Tiger cub, tiger cub jump up high,
Tiger cub, tiger cub show me a smile.
Tiger cub, tiger cub creep along the ground,
Tiger cub, tiger cub pounce without a sound.

Book: Who is the Beast? by Keith Baker

Flannel: I Went to the Jungle
I went to the jungle one day, jungle one day, jungle one day
I saw a tiger on the way
And this is what he said…. ROAR

Additional verses:
elephant, monkey, bird, crocodile

Song: “If You’re a Tiger and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a tiger and you know it give a growl. (Rawr!)
If you’re a tiger and you know it give a growl. (Rawr!)
If you’re a tiger and you know it , and you really want to show it,
If you’re a tiger and you know it give a growl. (Rawr!)

Additional verses:
…switch your tail
…show your claws

Book: Don’t Wake Up the Tiger by Britta Teckentrup

Song with ukulele: “Do You Know?” (Tune: “Do  You Know the Muffin Man?”)
C                                                                       F                           G7
Do you know the chimpanzee, the chimpanzee, the chimpanzee
C                                                                       F      G7                  C
Oh do you know the chimpanzee that lives deep in the jungle?

C                                                                       F                           G7
Do you know the scaly snake, the scaly snake, the scaly snake
C                                                                       F      G7                  C
Oh do you know the scaly snake that lives deep in the jungle?

C                                                                       F                           G7
Do you know the fierce tiger, the fierce tiger, the fierce tiger
C                                                                       F      G7                 C
Oh do you know the fierce tiger that lives deep in the jungle?

Song: “The Monkey Dance” – The Wiggles: Hot Potatoes!: The Best of the Wiggles

Closing Rhyme

Craft: Paper Plate Tigers (Credit: Glued to my Crafts)