Book: Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming, illustrated by G. Brian Karas
Rhyme: Little Brown Rabbit Popped Out of the Ground
Flannel: There’s something in my garden
Song: “Won’t you plant your seeds with care” – Kathy Reid-Naiman: Say Hello to the Morning
Book: What Does Bunny See? by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Maggie Smith
Song: “It Is Springtime” – Junior Jukebox: Four Seasons
Puppet Show: Spring is Here by Will Hillenbrand (abridged)
Craft: Fork-painted tulips
Book: Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
Rhyme: One arm goes up, one arm goes down, one arm goes up and down.
Two arms go up…
One leg goes up…
Two legs go up…
Song: “In My Garden” – Raffi: One Light, One Sun
Song: (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
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.
I can make my feet go stomp, stomp, stomp, etc…
I can make my hand wave bye, bye, bye…
Book: Who’s in the Garden by Phillis Gershator, illustrated by Jill McDonald
Rhyme: I’m a little beetle
And I wiggle all day (wiggle baby)
If you get too close to me,
I’ll FLY away! (lift baby)
I’m a little bumblebee…
I’m a little ladybug…
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)
Rhyme: Round and round the garden (draw circle on back or hand)
The little bunny goes
Hippity-hop, hippity-hop (bounce fingers up arm)
I’m gonna get your nose! (tickle nose)
Rhyme: The little clock goes tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock (swing baby side to side)
The big clock goes ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong (swing back front to back)
Book (choral reading): Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
Song (with shaky eggs): “The Valley of Vegetables” – Laurie Berkner: Buzz Buzz
Book: What’s in the Garden? by Marianne Collins Berkes, illustrated by Cris Arbo
Rhyme: Garden Snail
Slowly, slowly, very slowly, creeps the garden snail. (Move hands down legs)
Slowly, slowly, very slowly, up the wooden rail. (Move hands up legs)
Quickly, quickly, very quickly, runs the little mouse, (down legs)
Quickly, quickly, very quickly, in his little house. Squeak! (up legs and body, make ears)
Song: “In our Garden” – Raffi: One Light, One Sun
Book: My Garden by Kevin Henkes
Song (with shaky eggs): “Fruit Salad Salsa” – The Laurie Berkner Band: Victor Vito
Book: Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Peter Brown
Movie: Planting a Rainbow
Craft: Creepy carrots
Book: I Have a Garden by Bob Barner
Song: Herman the Worm, repeated with different fruits and vegetables: lyrics at grandparents.com
Song: “In My Garden” – Raffi: “One Light, One Sun”
Book: What Does Bunny See by Linda Sue Park
Action Rhyme: “Dig a Little Hole”
Dig a little hole (dig)
Plant a little seed (drop seed)
Pour a little water (pour)
Pull a little weed (pull up and throw away)
Chase a little bug (chasing motion)
Heigh-ho, there he goes! (shade eyes)
Give a little sunshine (make sun)
Grow a little rose (smell flower, eyes closed)
Source: SurLaLune Storytime
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Activity: There’s Something in My Garden rhyme and felt activity
Book: Maisy Grows a Garden by Lucy Cousins
Craft: Flowers with cupcake liners
*This story time was also blogged about on Miss Meg’s Storytime*
