Green Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song

Book: Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors by Roseanne Greenfield Thong, illustrated by John Parra or Green Food Fun by Lisa Bullard
Green is a Chile Pepper cover imageGreen Food Fun cover image

Flannel: “The Green Grass Grew All Around”

Song: “The Little Green Frogs” – Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel: It’s Toddler Time

Book: Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox, illustrated by Judy Horacek
Where is the Green Sheep book cover

Flannel: “Green Sheep Hide and Seek”
Hide the sheep behind a colored door. Repeat until you find the sheep.
Green sheep, green sheep, playing hide and seek.
Are you under the __ door?
Let’s take a peek!
green sheep flannel image
(Credit: Adapted from So Tomorrow)

Flannel: “Ten Little Grasshoppers”
One little, two little, three little grasshoppers,
Four little, five little, six little grasshoppers,
Seven little, eight little, nine little grasshoppers,
Ten grasshoppers in my yard.

Grasshoppers, grasshoppers, hopping all around me, (slap thighs to rhythm)
Grasshoppers, grasshoppers, hopping all around me,
Grasshoppers, grasshoppers, hopping all around me,
Ten grasshoppers in my yard.

Ten little, nine little, eight little grasshoppers,
Seven little, six little, five little grasshoppers,
Four little, three little, two little grasshoppers,
One grasshopper in my yard.

Grasshopper, grasshopper, hopping all around me,
Grasshopper, grasshopper, hopping all around me,
Grasshopper, grasshopper, hopping all around me,
One grasshopper in my yard.

(Credit: 2008 CSLP Manual)

Book: Green by Nancy Harris

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

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

Closing Rhyme

World Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”

Book: How Big Is the World? by Britta Teckentrup

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: Roy Digs Dirt by David Shannon

Flannel: “The Green Grass Grew All Around”

Closing Rhyme