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Hibernation Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Goodnight, Grizzle Grump! by Aaron Blecha

Puppet Song: “Where Is Hedgehog?” (Tune: “Where Is Thumbkin?”)
Where is Hedgehog? Where is Hedgehog?
Here I am. Here I am.
How are you this winter?
Very tired, thank you.
Go to sleep. Go to sleep.

Additional verses:
Snake
Skunk (torpor)
Frog
Bear
(Credit: Adapted from Lady Librarian Life)

Song: “Big Brown Bear” – Kira Willey: Dance for the Sun

Book: I Don’t Want to Go to Sleep by Dev Petty, illustrated by Mike Boldt

Rhyme: “Winter Is Cold”
Winter is cold, (hug yourself and shiver)
There is snow in the sky, (flutter fingers above head)
The squirrel gathers nuts, (pretend to gather nuts)
And the wild geese fly, (flap arms)
The fluffy red fox (cup hands over head to form ears)
Has his fur to keep warm, (stroke arms)
The bear’s in her cave (form a cave with arms)
Sleeping all through the storm. (pretend to sleep)
(Credit: Rhyming Reasor)

Flannel: “Bear in the Lair”
Sleepy bear, sleepy bear,
Are you in the _________ lair?

Have caves in different colors, repeat until the bear is found.

(Credit: Lady Librarian Life)

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

Book with Puppets: Winter Dance by Marion Dane Bauer, illustrated by Richard Jones

Closing Rhyme

Animal Sounds Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Puppet Song: “When Ducks Get Up in the Morning”
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day.
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say.

Repeat with other animals/sounds
(Credit: King County Library System)

Sign Language: Cat, duck, bear

Book: Flappy, Waggy, Wiggly by Amanda Leslie

Rhyme: “Chicken in the Barnyard”
Chicken in the barnyard, (make a circle on baby’s tummy)
Staying out of trouble,
Along comes a turkey and – (creep fingers up to baby’s chin)
Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! (tickle baby under chin)
(Credit: Pasadena Public Library)

Puppet Song: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm, he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O.
With a moo, moo here, and a moo, moo there,
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo, moo.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Repeat with other animals/sounds

Book: Peek-a-Moo! by Marie Torres Cimarusti, illustrated by Stephanie Peterson

Lap Rhyme: “Little Frog”
A little frog in a pond am I,
Hippity, hippity, hop, (bounce)
And I can jump in the air so high, (lift)
Hippity, hippity, hop! (bounce)

Lap Rhyme: “A Hippopotamus Got On A City Bus”
A hip, a hip, a hippopotamus,
Got on, got on, got on a city bus,
And all, and all, and all the people said,
“You’re squishing us!” (hug baby)

A cow, a cow, a cow got on the bus,
And all, and all, and all the people said,
“Moooove over!” (lean baby to side)

A sheep, a sheep, a sheep got on the bus,
And all, and all, and all the people said,
“Baaaaaack up!” (lean baby back)
(Credit: Jbrary)

Lap Rhyme: “Giddyap Giddyap”
Giddyap, giddyap ride to town (bounce)
Giddyap, giddyap up and down (lift)
Giddyap fast, giddyap slow
Giddyap, giddyap WHOA! (lean baby back)
(Credit: Read Sing Play)

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

Closing Rhyme

Frog and Toad Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Story: “Ice Cream” from Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel

Puppet Song: “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”
Five green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log,
Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum, yum!
One jumped into the pool, where it was nice and cool.
Now there are four green and speckled frogs.

Repeat, taking a frog away each time until there are no green and speckled frogs.

Song: “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem

Story: “A Lost Button” from Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel

Song: “Croaky Pokey”
You put your right hand in,
You put your right hand out,
You put your right hand in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the croaky pokey,
And you hop yourself around,
That’s what it’s all about. (ribbit, ribbit)

Song: “All the Little Frogs” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
All the little frogs go Hop! Hop! Hop!
Hop! Hop! Hop! Hop! Hop! Hop!
All the little frogs go Hop! Hop! Hop!
All around the pond.

Additional verses:
All the little frogs go Splash! Splash! Splash!
All the little frogs go Swim! Swim! Swim!
All the little frogs go to sleep

Book: Frog or Toad? by Jamie Rice

Song: “All the Fish” – Sue Schnitzer: Wiggle and Whirl, Clap and Nap

Song: “I Like to Hop” – Brian Vogan & His Good Buddies: Born to Wiggle

Closing Rhyme

Frog Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Song: “I Wake Up My Hands”
I wake up my hands with a clap, clap, clap,
A clap, clap, clap, a clap, clap, clap,
I wake up my hands with a clap, clap, clap,
And I wiggle my waggles away.

Additional verses:
Feet – stomp
Head – nod
Belly – beep
Eyes – blink
(Credit: Jbrary)

Book: By the Light of the Moon by Frann Preston-Gannon

Puppet Song: “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”
Five green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log,
Eating the most delicious bugs. Yum, yum!
One jumped into the pool, where it was nice and cool.
Now there are four green and speckled frogs.

Repeat, taking a frog away each time until there are no green and speckled frogs.

Song: “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem

Book: Pokko and the Drum by Matthew Forsythe

Closing Rhyme

Spring Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Puppet Song: “When Ducks Get Up in the Morning”
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day.
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say.

Repeat with other animals/sounds
(Credit: King County Library System)

Sign Language: Spring, bunny, flowers

Book: Peek-a-Bloom! by Marie Torres Cimarusti, illustrated by Stephanie Peterson
peek-a-bloom

Fingerplay: “Here is the Beehive”
Here is the beehive,
But where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Soon they’ll come creeping out of the hive.
One! Two! Three! Four! Five!
BZZZZZZ!!!!! Back in the hive, bees!

Fingerplay: “Round and Round the Garden”
Round and round the garden,
Like a teddy bear, (trace baby’s hand)
One step, two steps,
A tickle under there! (crawl up their arm and tickle armpit)

Song: “Ten Little Flowers”
One little, two little, three little flowers,
Four little, five little, six little flowers,
Seven little, eight little, nine little flowers,
Ten flowers in the spring.

Give them rain and lots of sunshine,
Give them rain and lots of sunshine,
Give them rain and lots of sunshine,
So they’ll grow up tall.
(Credit: Modified from The Holiday Zone)

Book: Mouse’s First Spring by Lauren Thompson, illustrated by Buket Erdogan

Lap Rhyme: “Little Frog”
A little frog in a pond am I,
Hippity, hippity, hop! (bounce)
And I can jump in the air so high, (lift)
Hippity, hippity, hop! (bounce)

Lap Song: “Bumpity Bumpity Goes the Dump Truck”
Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck.
Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck.
Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck.
Dump out the load. (tip baby to the side)
(Credit: Jbrary)

Lap Song: “Bunny Hop”
Hop, hop, hop along,
And bounce on someone’s knee.
Higher and higher and higher and higher,
Bunny hop with me.

Shaker Eggs: “Red, Red Robin” – Rosie Flores: Sing Along with Putumayo

Closing Rhyme

Frog Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Puppet Song: “When Ducks Get Up in the Morning”
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day.
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say.

Repeat with other animals/sounds
(Credit: King County Library System)

Sign Language: Frog, water, green

Book: In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming

Fingerplay: “Round and Round the Garden”
Round and round the garden,
Like a teddy bear. (trace circles on baby’s hand)
One step, two steps,
A tickle under there! (crawl up their arm and tickle armpit)
(Credit: Storytime Katie)

Song: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.

Repeat with: bounce, sway, tickle

Puppet Song: “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”
Five green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log,
Eating the most delicious grubs. Yum, yum!
One jumped into the pool, where it was nice and cool.
Now there are four green and speckled frogs.

Repeat, taking a frog away each time until there are no green and speckled frogs.

Book: The Croaky Pokey! by Ethan Long
The Croaky Pokey! book cover

Lap Rhyme: “Little Frog”
A little frog in a pond am I,
Hippity, hippity, hop. (bounce)
And I can jump in the air so high, (lift)
Hippity, hippity, hop! (bounce)

Lap Song: “A Bouncing We Will Go” (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
A bouncing we will go, a bouncing we will go,
High-ho the dairy oh, a bouncing we will go.

Repeat with rocking and tickling
(Credit: King County Library System)

Lap Song: “Bumpity Bumpity Goes the Dump Truck”
Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck.
Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck.
Bumpity bumpity goes the dump truck.
Dump out the load. (tip baby to the side)
(Credit: Jbrary)

Shaker Eggs: “Mmm Ahhh Went the Little Green Frog” – Susie Tallman: Animal Songs & Stories

Shaker Eggs: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”
Verses: Shake up high, shake down low, shout, “Hooray!”

Closing Rhyme

Froggy Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London, illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz
froggy gets dressed cover image

Song/Book: The Croaky Pokey! by Ethan Long
The Croaky Pokey! book cover

Song: “Mmm, Ahh Went the Little Green Frog”
Hop, hop went the little green frog one day. (hop in place)
Hop, hop went the little green frog.
Hop, hop went the little green frog one day.
And his legs went boing, boing, boing! (tap legs)

Glunk, glunk went the little green frog one day. (stick out tongue to catch food)
Glunk, glunk went the little green frog.
Glunk, glunk went the little green frog one day.
And his eyes went blink, blink, blink! (BIG blinks!)

Munch, munch went the little green frog one day. (open and close mouth)
Munch, munch went the little green frog.
Munch, munch went the little green frog one day.
And his mouth went gulp, gulp, gulp! (BIG gulps!)

Splash, splash went the little green frog one day. (splash motion with hands)
Splash, splash went the little green frog.
Splash, splash went the little green frog one day.
And he swam, swam, swam away! (slow swimming arms)

Book: Froggy Learns to Swim by Jonathan London, illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz

Song: “Five Green and Speckled Frogs” (use frogs on a log prop)

Song: “Tadpoles” (Tune: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
Tadpoles are little baby frogs, (pinch fingers and thumb for size)
Baby frogs, (pinch)
Baby frogs. (pinch)
Tadpoles are little baby frogs, (pinch)
And they can swim like fish. (pantomime swimming)

Tadpoles grow four stretchy legs, (stretch arms and legs)
Stretchy legs, (stretch)
Stretchy legs. (stretch)
Tadpoles grow four stretchy legs, (stretch)
So they can hop, hop, hop! (pat hands on lap)

Closing Rhyme

Frog Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: One Frog Sang by Shirley Parenteau, illustrated by Cynthia Jabar

Puppet Song: “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”

Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”

Book: Jump! by Scott M. Fischer

Puppet Song: “Mmm, Ahh Went the Little Green Frog”
Mmm, ahh went the little green frog one day.
Mmm, ahh went the little green frog.
Mmm, ahh went the little green frog one day.
And they all went mmm, mmm, ahh.
But…
We know frogs go (clap) shanananana.
(clap) shanananana. (clap) shanananana.
We know frogs go (clap) shanananana.
They don’t go mmm, mmm, ahh.

Bloop, bloop went the little blue fish one day.
Bloop, bloop went the little blue fish.
Bloop, bloop went the little blue fish one day.
And they all went bloop, bloop, bloop.
But..
We know fish go (kiss) kissy, kissy kiss.
(kiss) kissy, kissy kiss. (kiss) kissy, kissy kiss.
We know fish go (kiss) kissy, kissy kiss.
They don’t go bloop, bloop, bloop.

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

Book: Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas

Fingerplay: “Two Little Frogs”
Two little frogs sitting on a hill,
One named Jack and one named Jill.
“Jump,” said Jack. “Jump,” said Jill.
And they both jumped down the great big hill.
Come back, Jack. Come back, Jill.
And the both jumped up the great big hill.

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

Closing Rhyme

Pond Story Time – Baby

Opening Song: “My Bubble Floats Over the Ocean”
My bubble floats over the ocean,
My bubble floats over the sea,
My bubble floats over the ocean,
Oh, bubbles make me so happy!
(Credit: CSLP 2022)

Sign Language: Frog, turtle, drink, eat, bubble

Book: Jo MacDonald Saw a Pond by Mary Quattlebaum, illustrated by Laura J. Bryant

Rhyme: “I Had a Little Turtle”
I had a little turtle, his name was Tiny Tim, (sign for turtle)
I put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim. (sign for swim)
He drank up all the water, he ate up all the soap, (signs for drink and eat)
And now he’s sick in bed with bubbles in his throat. (sign for bubble)
Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, pop,
Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, pop!
(Credit: WCLS Libraries)

Song: “Roly Poly” (Tune: “Are You Sleeping?”)
Roly poly, roly poly
Up, up, up
up, up, up
Roly roly poly
roly roly poly
down, down, down
down, down, down

Roly poly, roly poly
out, out, out
out, out, out
Roly roly poly
roly roly poly
in, in, in
in, in, in

Roly poly, roly poly
fast, fast, fast
fast, fast, fast
Roly roly poly
roly roly poly
slow, slow, slow
slow, slow, slow
(Credit: Jbrary)

Flannel: “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”
Five green and speckled frogs sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious grubs (yum, yum!).
One jumped into the pool, where it was nice and cool.
Now there are four green and speckled frogs.

Repeat, counting down until there are no green and speckled frogs.

Book: In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming

Lap Song: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.

Repeat with: bounce, sway, tickle

Lap Song: “Little Frog”
A little frog in a pond am I,
Hippity, hippity, hop. (bounce)
And I can jump in the air so high, (lift)
Hippity, hippity, hop! (bounce)

Lap Song: “Oh I Wish I Was a Little Bar of Soap”
Oh, I wish I was a little bar of soap, bar of soap. (lift baby)
Oh, I wish I was a little bar of soap, bar of soap.
Oh, I’d slippy and I’d slidey over everybody’s hidey (tickle)
Oh, I wish I was a little bar of soap, bar of soap!
(Credit: Jbrary)

Scarf Song: “Peek-a-boo” (Tune: “Frère Jacques”)
Peek-a-boo, peek-a-boo,
I see you, I see you
I see your button nose, I see your tiny toes,
Peek-a-boo, I see you.
(Credit: Sacramento Public Library)

Scarf Song: “My Scarf Goes Up”
My scarf goes up, (throw)
My scarf comes down, (catch)
My scarf waves around, around, around. (wave around)
My scarf goes in, (crumple inside hands)
My scarf comes out, (pull back out)
My scarf flies about, about, about. (wave around)
(Credit: Sacramento Public Library)

Closing Rhyme