Book: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes by Skye Silver, illustrated by Mariana Ruiz Johnson

Song: “They’re a Part of Me” (Tune: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”)
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.

Additional verses:
I can make my feet go stomp, stomp, stomp…
I can make my body bend, bend, bend…

Book: My Nose, Your Nose by Melanie Walsh

Song: “Everybody Has a Face” – Carole Peterson: Tiny Tunes: Music for the Very Young Child

Rhyme: “Head and Shoulders Baby, 1, 2, 3”
Head and shoulders baby, 1, 2, 3,
Head and shoulders baby, 1, 2, 3,
Head and shoulders, head and shoulders,
Head and shoulders baby, 1, 2, 3.

Additional verses:
Hips and thighs baby…
Knees and ankles baby…
Eyes and ears baby…
Wiggle, wiggle baby…
(Credit: Jbrary)

Book: From Head to Toe by Eric Carle

Song: “Mi Cuerpo” – Hot Peas ‘n Butter: Best of the Bowl

Book: A Kiss for You! by Joan Holub, illustrated by Caroline Jayne Church

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

Body Story Time – Everybody

September 20, 2019

O pening song

Book: Nose to Toes, You are Yummy! by Tim Harrington

Song: “My Body Likes to Wiggle Waggle” (Tune: “Have You Ever Seen…?”)
Fingers like to wiggle waggle, wiggle waggle, wiggle waggle (wiggle fingers)
Fingers like to wiggle waggle this way and that!
Feet like to wiggle waggle, wiggle waggle, wiggle waggle (wiggle feet)
Feet like to wiggle waggle this way and that!
My body likes to wiggle waggle, wiggle waggle, wiggle waggle (wiggle body)
My body likes to wiggle waggle this way and that!

Big Book: From Head to Toe by Eric Carle

Song: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”

Book: I Got the Rhythm by Connie Schofield-Morrison, illustrated by Frank Morrison

Song: “Mi Cuerpo” – Hot Peas ‘n Butter: Best of the Bowl

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

Song: “They’re A Part of Me” (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.

Additional verses:
I can make my feet go stomp, stomp, stomp, etc…
I can make my legs go bend, bend, bend, etc…

Song: “Can You Shake Your Egg?” (Tune: “Have You Ever Seen?”)
Can you shake your egg with me,
egg with me, egg with me?
Can you shake your egg with me
and put it on your (head, knee, belly, etc.)?

Closing Rhyme

Craft: My Body puzzle

Fingers and Toes Story Time – Baby

October 1, 2018October 6, 2018

Opening song

Sign Language: Mittens and Shoes

Book: Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury

Song: Face fingers feet and toes, feet and toes
Face fingers feet and toes, feet and toes
Ankles, knees, elbows and nose
Face fingers feet and toes, feet and toes.
(Source: King County Library System)

Rhyme: Shoe the old horse (tap one foot)
Shoe the old mare (tap other foot)
But let the little pony
Run bare, bare, bare (tap feet together)

Song: Counting sheep (Tune: “This Old Man”)
Counting sheep, counting sheep
Helps my _________ go to sleep

One sheep, two sheep
Three sheep, four —
Soon my _________
Starts to snore
(Credit: Sing a Song of Storytime)

Book: Ten Tiny Toes by Todd Tarpley, illustrated by Marc Brown

Song: “Round and Round You Go” (Tune: “The Bear Went over the Mountain”)
Our toes are starting to wiggle, our toes are starting to wiggle,
our toes are starting to wiggle, around and round they go. (slow, then fast)

Our fingers are starting to wiggle, our fingers are starting to wiggle,
Our fingers are starting to wiggle, around and round they go. (slow, then fast)
(Credit: Librarian Lisa’s Storytimes)

Rhyme: Away up high in the apple tree (lift baby)
I saw a little baby smiling at me
I shook that tree as hard as I could (shake gently)
Down came the baby (bring down)
Mmm, was she good! (Kiss)

Song: “Hands Go Up and Down” – Fisher Price: Babbles to Books

Song: “On my Toe There is a Flea” (play 2x) – John M. Feierabend and Luann Saunders: Frog in the Meadow

Book: Piggies by Audrey and Don Wood

Rhyme: This little pig

Song (with shakers): “Fingers and Toes” – Milkshake: Happy Songs

Closing rhyme

Hands Story Time – Baby

January 15, 2016

Opening song

Sign language: Wash Hands

Book: Hands Can by Cheryl Wilis Hudson, photographs by John-Francis Bourke

Song: They’re a Part of Me (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 hands wave bye, bye, bye…

Rhyme: Hurry scurry little mouse

Book: A Kiss for You! by Joan Holub, illustrated by Caroline Jayne Church

Song: “Clap Your Hands” – Wee Sing: Wee Sing Children’s Songs and Fingerplays

Song: (Tune: “Shortnin’ Bread”)
Mama’s little baby loves bouncin’, bouncin’
Mama’s little baby loves bouncin’ round.
Mama’s little baby loves bouncin’, bouncin’
Mama’s little baby loves bouncin’ round.

Lean to the left, lean to the right,
Now hug that baby nice and tight.
Lean to the left, lean to the right,
Now hug that baby nice and tight.

Daddy’s little baby loves wigglin’ wigglin’ etc.

Book/Song: If You’re Happy and You Know It by David A. Carter