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Clifford Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song: (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re ready for a story wag your tail,
If you’re ready for a story wag your tail,
If you’re ready for a story, if you’re ready for a story,
If you’re ready for a story wag your tail.

Repeat with:
Dig a hole
Give a woof

Book: Clifford’s Family by Norman Bridwell

Stuffed animal box: Pull stuffed animal versions of Clifford’s friends out of a box. Tied to each collar is an action to do with each friend:
Wag your tail
Run around
Bark
Jump

Book: Clifford’s Puppy Days by Norman Bridwell

Game: “Clifford Says” (Simon Says, but change the name to Clifford)

Flannel: “Where Is Clifford’s Bone?”
Clifford, Clifford, where is your bone?
Did someone put it in your [color] home?
Behind the [color] home was a shoe. Can Clifford eat that? No!

(Hide different objects beneath different colored houses, including a bone for Clifford.)

Book: Where Is the Big Red Doggie? by Norman Bridwell

Closing Rhyme

Eggs Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

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

Closing Rhyme

Pinkalicious Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann

Action Rhyme: “Pinkalicious, Pinkalicious Turn Around”
Pinkalicious, Pinkalicious turn around.
Pinkalicious, Pinkalicious touch the ground.
Pinkalicious, Pinkalicious jump up high!
Pinkalicious, Pinkalicious touch the sky.
Pinkalicious, Pinkalicious bend down low.
Pinkalicious, Pinkalicious touch your nose.
Pinkalicious, Pinkalicious dance to the beat.
Pinkalicious, Pinkalicious take a seat!
(Credit: Book Cart Queens)

Book: Pinkalicious: Message in a Bottle by Victoria Kann

Flannel with puppet animals: “Five Fancy Cupcakes”
Down around the corner at the bakery shop
Were five fancy cupcakes with sprinkles on top!
Along comes a (insert animal puppet) with a dollar to pay.
She picks up a cupcake and takes it away.

Song: “Pink” (Tune: “Are You Sleeping?”)
P-I-N-K
P-I-N-K
That spells pink.
That spells pink.
Bubble gum is pink,
Cotton candy is pink,
Pink, pink, pink.
Pink, pink, pink.

Other words to use: flamingo, pigs, flowers
(Credit: Book Besotted Librarian)

Book: Pinkalicious: Puptastic! by Victoria Kann

Closing Rhyme

Library Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Lola at the Library by Anna McQuinn, illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw

Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It, Read a Book” (library-themed verses)
If you’re happy and you know it read a book (read a book)
If you’re happy and you know it read a book (read a book)
If you’re happy and you know and you really want to show it
If you’re happy and you know it read a book (read a book)

Additional verses: play in the castle, sing a song, make a craft, etc.
(Credit: Jbrary)

Book: The New LiBEARian by Alison Donald, illustrated by Alex Willmore

Song: “Shakes Your Sillies Out” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy

Book: The Book Hog by Greg Pizzoli

Flannel: “Bookworm”
Bookworm, bookworm, hiding in a book
Bookworm, bookworm, where should we look?
Bookworm are you in the (insert number or color) book?

[Repeat until the bookworm is found]
(Credit: Itsy Bitsy Mom)

Song: “Who Are The People in Your Story Books?” (Tune: Sesame Street’s “Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?”)
Chorus:
Who are the people in your story books,
In your story books, in your story books?
Oh, who are the people in your story books –
They’re the characters you read about.

Sample verse:
Madeline is a person in a story book,
In a story book, in a story book,
Oh, Madeline is a person in a story book –
She’s a character you read about.

Repeat using favorite story book characters. Print out pictures of favorite characters or use plush story book animals.
(Credit: The Library Adventure)

Closing Rhyme

Cloud Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Clouds by Jenny Fretland VanVoorst

Song: “If You’re a Cloud and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a cloud and you know it float around (raise arms to side and sway) x2
If you’re a cloud and you know it then you’ll really want to show it,
If you’re a cloud and you know it float around.

If you’re a cloud and you know it make it rain, (move fingers down to ground like rain) x2
If you’re a cloud and you know it then you’ll really want to show it,
If you’re a cloud and you know it make it rain.

If you’re a cloud and you know it make it thunder, (stomp feet) x2
If you’re a cloud and you know it then you’ll really want to show it,
If you’re a cloud and you know it make it thunder.
(Credit: Storytime with Ms. Kelly)

Book: Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld

Flannel: “Five Little Clouds”
Five little clouds up in the sky,
Drifting, floating way up high,
One disappeared from the sky so blue,
When a big gust of wind came blowing through.
Four little clouds …
Three little clouds …
Two little clouds …
One little cloud …
(Credit: Felt Board Magic)

Song: “It’s Raining-Itsy Bitsy Spider Medley” – Music for Little People: 100 Toddler Favorites

Song/meditation: “Clouds” – Kira Willey: Mindful Moments for Kids

Book: It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw
It Looked Like Spilt Milk book cover

Rhyme: “Big Round Sun”
The big round sun in the summertime sky (form large circle with arms)
Winked at a cloud that was passing by. (wink eye)
The little cloud laughed as it scattered rain (flutter fingers downward)
Then out came the big round sun again. (form large circle with arms)

Closing Rhyme

Spring Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: When Spring Comes by Kevin Henkes, illustrated by Laura Dronzek

Flannel: “There’s something in my garden”

Song: “It is Springtime” – Junior Jukebox: Four Seasons

Book: Wake Up, It’s Spring! by Lisa Campbell Ernst

Song: “It’s Raining/Itsy Bitsy Spider Medley” – Music for Little People: Toddler Favorites

Song: “La Araña Pequeñita” – Cantarima: Canciones Tradicionales

Book: Spring Adventures by Julie Murray

Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties

Closing Rhyme

Pigeon Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems

Song: “The Wheels On the Bus”
The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round, the wheels on the bus go round and round, all through the town.

Additional verses:
The pigeons on the bus go up and down
The horn on the bus goes beep beep beep
The doors on the bus go open and shut
The pigeons on the bus go wah wah wah
The driver on the bus goes shhh shhh shhh

Book: The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems

Flannel: “Find the Pigeon”
Hide the Pigeon, Duckling, Knuffle Bunny, Elephant, & Piggie underneath different foods the pigeon likes.

Song: “If You’re a Pigeon and You Know It”
If you’re a pigeon and you know it, flap your wings!
If you’re a pigeon and you know it, flap your wings!
If you’re a pigeon and you know it,
And you really want to show it!
If you’re a pigeon and you know it, flap your wings!

Additional Verses:
Shake your tail (shake, shake)
Eat your cookies (nom, nom)
Drive the bus (zoom, zoom)

Book: The Pigeon Loves Things That Go! by Mo Willems

Closing Rhyme

My Little Pony Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song:
Wave everyPONY and say hello
Wave everyPONY and say hello
Wave everyPONY and say hello
How are you today?

Book: Meet the Squad! by Celeste Sisler, illustrated by Dave Aikins

Song: “If You’re a Pony and You Know It” (tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a pony and you know it, shake your horn.
If you’re a pony and you know it, shake your horn.
If you’re a pony and you know it, then your magic will surely show it.
If you’re a pony and you know it, shake your horn.

Additional verses:
…stamp your hooves
…toss your mane
…prance around.

Book: Ponies Unite by Megan Roth

Flannel with different My Little Pony characters: “Five Little Ponies”
Five little ponies scampered by my door
One pranced away, and then there were four.
Four little ponies resting by a tree
One pranced away, and then there were three.
Three little ponies looking for something to do
One pranced away, and then there were two.
Two little ponies running just for fun
One pranced away, and then there was one.
One little pony standing in the sun.
It pranced away, and then there were none.

Activity: Pony bucket (pull out a pony toy from the bucket with an activity to do with it)
Applejack – pick apples
Fluttershy – fly like a butterfly
Pinkie Pie – twirl
Rainbow Dash – prance around
Rarity – jump
Twilight Sparkle – make sparkle flashes with your hands

Book: Eight Little Ponies by Namrata Tripathi, illustrated by Carlo LoRaso

Closing Rhyme

PJ Masks Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Meet Owlette! by R.J. Cregg

Song with flannel cars: “PJ Masks Wheels on the Bus”
The wheels on the cat-car go round and round, round and round, round and round…
The wings on the owl glider go up and down, up and down, up and down…
The tail on the gekko-mobile goes back and forth…

Book: Meet Gekko! by Natalie Shaw

Song: “PJ Masks, PJ Masks Turn Around”
PJ Masks, PJ Masks turn around.
PJ Masks, PJ Masks touch the ground.
PJ Masks, PJ Masks put on your suit.
PJ Masks, PJ Masks put on your boots.
PJ Masks, PJ Masks jump up high.
PJ Masks, PJ Masks fly, fly, fly!
PJ Masks, PJ Masks turn around.
PJ Masks, PJ Masks please sit down.

Book: PJ Masks Save the Library! by Daphne Pendergrass

Activity: PJ Masks Spinner Moves

Closing Rhyme

Fancy Nancy Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser

Song: “Fancy Nancy Bingo”
There was a girl whose name was Nancy and fancy was her game-o.
F-A-N-C-Y, F-A-N-C-Y, F-A-N-C-Y and fancy was her game-o.

Book: Fancy Nancy: There’s No Day Like a Snow Day by Jane O’Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser

Flannel with animal puppets: “Five Fancy Cupcakes”
Down around the corner at the bakery shop
Were five fancy cupcakes with sprinkles on top!
Along comes a ___________ with a dollar to pay.
She picks up a cupcake and takes it away.

Song: “If You’re Fancy and You Know It”
Verses:
Drink your tea
Put on your crown
Wear your bowtie
Say oh la la

Flannel: “Where’s Nancy?”
(Look behind the fancy-colored teacups to find Nancy.)
Lavender, fuchsia, cerulean, daffodil, emerald

Closing Rhyme