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Yarn Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Cat Knit by Jacob Grant

Song: “If You’re a Kitty and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy 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!”

Song: “Let’s Play in the Snow” – Rachel Buchman: Sing a Song of Seasons

Book: One Little Lamb by Elaine Greenstein

Song: “The Mitten Song” – Rachel Buchman: Sing a Song of Seasons

Rhyme: “Ten Balls of Yarn”
Ten balls of yarn on my lap, (show number on fingers, then pat lap)
Clickety clack, clickety clack, (clap)
Needles go, the [color] ball rolls, (roll hands, take ball away)
I sit and knit, but what is it? (clap hands, add coordinating color section to mitten)

Repeat, counting down until there are no more balls of yarn.
(Credit: Leah Portz)

Song: “Dancing Scarf Blues” – Carole Peterson: Dancing Feet

Puppet Story: The Mitten by Jan Brett

Closing Rhyme

Winter Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Winter Is the Warmest Season by Lauren Stringer

Flannel: “Red Mitten, Red Mitten”
Red mitten, red mitten, what do you see?
I see a blue mitten looking at me.

Repeat for different colored mittens

Song: “Snow on the Rooftops” – Kathy Reid-Naiman: Sing the Cold Winter Away

Song: “Boots, Parka, Scarf and Hat” (Tune: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”)
Boots, parka, scarf and hat, scarf and hat.
Boots, parka, scarf and hat, scarf and hat.
In wintertime we dress like that!
Boots, parka, scarf and hat, scarf and hat.
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)

Book: Go, Sled! Go! by James Yang

Song: “Snowflake, Snowflake” (Tune: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”)
Snowflake, snowflake, dance around.
Snowflake, snowflake, touch the ground.
Snowflake landing on my nose.
Snowflake landing on my toes.
Snowflake, snowflake, dance around.
Snowflake, snowflake, touch the ground.

Song: “Snowman Freeze” – The Learning Station (stop after small head “freeze”)

Book: Bear & Hare, Snow! by Emily Gravett

Song: “Winter Pokey” (Tune: “Hokey Pokey”)
You put your right mitten in, you put your right mitten out,
You put your right mitten in, and you shake it all about.
You do the winter pokey and you turn yourself around,
That’s what it’s all about!

Additional verses:
You put your left mitten in…
You put your right boot in…
You put your left boot in…
You put your winter hat in…
You put your snowsuit in…
(Credit: Sturdy for Common Things)

Song: “Put Your Finger in the Air” – Jacki Breger: Here’s a Song

Closing Rhyme

Caregiver Appreciation Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Llama Llama Meets the Babysitter by Anna Dewdney and Reed Duncan, illustrated by J.T. Morrow

Fingerplay: “5 Little Ducks”
Five little ducks went out one day, (hold up five fingers)
Over the hills and far away, (wave goodbye)
Mother duck called, “Quack, quack, quack, quack,”
But only four little ducks came back. (hold up four fingers)

Repeat with four, three, two, one, and no little ducks.

Book: Oh, Daddy! by Bob Shea

Song: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!

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:
Horn/beep-beep-beep
Wipers/swish-swish-swish
Doors/open and shut
Babies/up & down
Parents/I love you

Book: I Really Want to See You, Grandma by Taro Gomi

Ring Song: “The Ring in the Dell” (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
The ring goes side to side, (reach to each side)
The ring goes side to side,
Hi-ho, the derry-o,
The ring goes side to side.

Additional verses:
Up and down (touch sky, touch ground)
All around (draw circle in sky)
Front and back (hold in front and hide behind back)
Repeat!

Ring Song: “Can You Roll Your Ring?” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
Can you roll your ring like this, (both arms roll inside ring)
Just like this?
Can you roll your ring like this,
Just like this?
Can you roll your ring like this,
‘Round and ’round and ’round your wrist?
Can you roll your ring like this,
Just like this?

Additional verses:
Drive (steering wheel)
Oh, a stop sign! Don’t you miss!
Spin (spin fast on one wrist) OR Twirl (spin in circle with ring above head)

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

Closing Rhyme

Monsters Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: If You’re a Monster and You Know It by Rebecca and Ed Emberley
If you're a monster and you know it

Rhyme: “Monster, Monster”
Monster, Monster, turn around! (turn around)
Monster, Monster, touch the ground! (touch ground)
Monster, Monster, reach up high! (stretch up high)
Monster, Monster, squint your eyes! (squint eyes)
Monster, Monster, show your teeth! (bare teeth and make claws)
Monster, Monster, stomp your feet! (stomp)
Monster, Monster, slap your knees! (slap knees)
Monster, Monster, sit down, please! (sit down)
(Credit: King County Library System)

Book: Tickle Monster by Josie Bissett, illustrated by Kevan J. Atteberry
Tickle Monster

Song: “Monster Boogie” – Laurie Berkner: Buzz Buzz

Song: “Horns, Fangs, Knees and Claws” (Tune: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”)
Horns, fangs, knees and claws, knees and claws,
Horns, fangs, knees and claws, knees and claws,
Eyes and ears and tail and paws,
Horns, fangs, knees and claws, knees and claws.
(Credit: King County Library System)

Book: There’s a Monster in Your Book by Tom Fletcher, illustrated by Greg Abbott

Song: “Games Monsters Play” – Sesame Street: Monster Melodies

Song: “Up and Down” – Miss Nina & the Jumping Jacks: Every Day’s Your Birthday!

Closing Rhyme

Red Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Red is Best by Kathy Stinson, illustrated by Robin Baird Lewis
Red is Best book cover

Song: “Little Red Wagon” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You

Book: Fire Truck by Peter Sís
Fire Truck book cover

Song: “If You’re Wearing…” (Tune: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
If you’re wearing red today, red today, red today,
If you’re wearing red today, please stand up!

Additional verses:
Blue… clap your hands
Yellow… stomp your feet
Green… touch your ears
Purple… tickle your toes

Book: One Red Sock by Jennifer Sattler

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

Song: “If I Was a Bird” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You

Closing Rhyme

Bear Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: There’s a Bear in Your Book by Tom Fletcher

Song: “The Cool Bear Hunt” – Dr. Jean: Dr. Jean Sings Silly Songs

Book: Bear Counts by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Jane Chapman

Song: “Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn Around” – The Wiggles: Taking Off!

Big Book: Sleepy Bear by Lydia Dabcovich

Song: “If You’re a Bear and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
Verses:
If you’re a polar bear and you know it…clap your paws
If you’re a black bear and you know it…show your teeth
If you’re a grizzly bear and you know it…growl out loud

Song: “Bodies 1-2-3” – Peter and Ellen Allard: Sing It! Say It! Stamp It! Sway It! Vol. 2

Closing Rhyme

Silly Songs and Stories Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin, illustrated by James Dean
pete the cat and his four groovy buttons

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)

Flannel Song: “Five Little Monkeys”

Book: The Whales on the Bus by Katrina Charman, illustrated by Nick Sharratt

Flannel Song: “All The Fish”
All the fish are swimming in the water (with hands together, swish hands back and forth like a darting fish)
Swimming in the water
Swimming in the water
All the fish are swimming in the water (swimming motions with arms)
Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble…SPLASH! (make hands larger and larger and big clap to SPLASH)

Additional verses:
All the ducks are quacking in the water (quack hands like duck bills)
All the frogs are jumping in the water (hop child or hands on lap)
All the children are splashing in the water (imitate splashing in the water)

Action Rhyme: “Pumpkin Chant”
Pumpkin, pumpkin,
Pumpkin bread!
(hold hands flat in front, palms up, one lying on top of the other)

Pumpkin, pumpkin,
Pumpkin head!
(put hands on head)

Pumpkin, pumpkin,
Pumpkin pie!
(hold hands in a big circle)

Pumpkin, pumpkin,
Pumpkin eye!
(curve hands around eyes)

Pumpkin, pumpkin,
Pumpkin cake!
(hold hands flat, one palm up, one palm down five inches above the other)

Pumpkin, pumpkin,
Pumpkin shake!
(hold fists up close to ears and shake hard)

Pumpkin, pumpkin,
Pumpkin stew!
(pretend to stir stew)

Pumpkin, pumpkin,
Pumpkin BOO!

Book: Duck & Goose: Find A Pumpkin by Tad Hills
Duck and goose find a pumpkin

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

Closing Rhyme

Food Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Big Book: Jamberry by Bruce Degen

Song: “Popcorn Calling Me” – Laurie Berkner: Buzz Buzz

Book/Song: The Rice in the Pot Goes Round and Round by Wendy Wan-Long Shang, illustrated by Lorian Tu

Song: “Hot Potato” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy (With the “copy the pool noodle” game)

Movement: “Hot Soup” – Kira Willey: Mindful Moments for Kids

Flannel Rhyme: “Five Little Cookies”
Five little cookies, with frosting galore.
Cookie Monster ate the pink one, then there were four.

Four little cookies, two and two, you see,
Cookie Monster ate the green one, then there were three.

Three little cookies, but before I knew,
Cookie Monster ate the blue one, then there were two.

Two little cookies, oh, what fun!
Cookie Monster ate the orange one, then there was one.

One little cookie, watch me run!
Cookie Monster ate the red one, then there were none.
cookie monster prop image

Song: “I Feel Crazy so I Jump in the Soup” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito

Rhyme: “Pizza People, Pizza People”
Pizza People, pizza people, turn around,
…touch the ground,
…reach up high,
…touch the sky,
…find your nose,
…touch your toes,
…find your knees,
…sit down, please!
(Credit: Modified from childhood; idea from Awesome Storytime)

Puppet Story: “Hi, Pizza Man!” by Virginia Walter, illustrated by Ponder Goembel
Hi, Pizza Man! book cover

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

Closing Rhyme

Fall Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: In the Middle of Fall by Kevin Henkes, illustrated by Laura Dronzek

Song: “Autumn Leaves” (Tune: “London Bridge”)
Autumn leaves are in the trees,
In the trees, in the trees.
Autumn leaves are in the trees
All over town.

Additional verses:
Autumn leaves are falling down…
Autumn leaves are whirling round…
Everybody rake them up…
Jump into the pile we made…

Song: “Leaves are Falling” (Tune: “Jingle Bells”)
Leaves are falling, leaves are falling, falling on my nose,
Leaves are falling, leaves are falling, falling on my toes,
On my head, on my ears, even my elbows,
Leaves are falling, leaves are falling, when the brisk wind blows.

Book: That Pup! by Lindsay Barrett George

Song: “Walk Old Squirrel” – Kathy Reid-Naiman: When It’s Autumn

Song: “Shakin’ Like a Leafy Tree” – The Wiggles: Racing to the Rainbow

Book: It’s Fall! by Renée Kurilla

Song: “(Silly) Wheels on the Bus” – Miss Nina and the Jumping Jacks: Every Day’s Your Birthday!

Song: “Fall Freeze Dance” – The Kiboomers

Closing Rhyme

Farm Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Mrs. Wishy-Washy’s Farm by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Elizabeth Fuller

Song: “There’s a Dog in the School” – Stuart Stotts and Tom Pease: Celebrate: A Song Resource

Big Book: Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox, illustrated by Patricia Mullins
Hattie and the Fox book cover

Puppet Song: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”
Verses: goat, duck, cow, donkey, pig, cat, turkey

Book/Movement: Is Everyone Ready for Fun? by Jan Thomas
Is Everyone Ready for Fun? book cover

Flannel: “Bingo”
There was a farmer had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o!
B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O,
And Bingo was his name-o!

Repeat, replacing each letter with a clap, one by one, until all the letters are gone.

Puppet Song: “Down on Grandpa’s Farm” – Raffi: One Light, One Sun
Verses: brown cow (bounce), red hen (hop), white sheep (trot), black dog (run), brown horse (gallop)

Book: I Spy on the Farm by Edward Gibbs

Closing Rhyme