Wind Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: Wind Watchers by Micha Archer
The cover of the book Wind Watchers. The illustration is of a child holding onto their white hat while the wind blows through, scattering flower petals.

Flannel: “Five Little Clouds”
Five little clouds up in the sky,
Drifting, floating way up high.
One disappeared from the sky so blue
When a big gust of wind came blowing through! (make a whooshing sound and remove one cloud)

Repeat, counting down until there are no little clouds.

Book: Kite Day by Will Hillenbrand
The cover of the book Kite Day: A Bear and Mole Story. The illustration is of bear and mole running in a field while holding onto a large yellow kite.

Action Rhyme: “The Windmills”
The wind blows high, (wave hands in air over head, make wind sounds)
And the wind blows low. (wave hands close to floor, make wind sounds)
Round and round the windmills go. (roll hands at a medium pace)
Sometimes fast, and sometimes slow. (go really fast, then very slow)
And that is how the wind blows. (wave hands and make wind sounds)
(Credit: Adventures in Storytime)

Song: “My Kite” (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
My kite is up so high,
My kite is up so high,
Oh my – – just watch it fly,
My kite is up so high.

My kite is falling down,
My kite is falling down,
Oh no – – it’s down so low,
My kite is falling down.

The wind has caught my kite,
The wind has caught my kite,
What fun – – I’m on the run,
The wind has caught my kite.

My kite is up so high,
My kite is up so high,
Oh my – – just watch it fly,
My kite is up so high.
(Credit: Preschool Education)

Book: One Windy Wednesday by Phyllis Root, illustrated by Helen Craig
The cover of the book One Windy Wednesday. The illustration is of a strong wind blowing past a child holding a basket and a cow.

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

Closing Rhyme

Up in the Air Story Time – Baby

Opening song

Sign language: Balloon, cloud, and kite

Book: Emily’s Balloon by Komako Sakai

Emily's Balloon book cover

Rhyme: Balloon goes up (lift)
Balloon goes down (lap)
Balloon goes up to reach the clouds (lift high)
Storm rolls by (wiggle side to side)
Babe rocks down (sway to lap)
Made it home, safe and sound (hug and kiss)
(Credit: Leah Portz)

Song: “Blow Up Your Balloon” – The Wiggles: Racing to the Rainbow

Song: “I Am a Bubble” – Charlotte Diamond: Charlotte Diamond’s World

Book: And Red Galoshes by Glenda Millard, illustrated by Jonathan Bentley

And Red Galoshes book cover

Song/Bubbles: “Let’s Go Fly a Kite” – Richard Sherman: Mary Poppins An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack

Rhyme: Trot, trot, trot to Boston (gently bounce baby on your knees)
Trot, trot, trot to Lynn.
Look out baby
You’re going to fall in. (lower knees)

Song: Did you ever see a baby, a baby, a baby?
Did you ever see a baby go this way and that? (lean side to side)
Go this way and that way and this way and that way (lean front to back, side to side)
Did you ever see a baby go this way and that? (lean front to back)

Big Book/Puppets: It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw

It Looked Like Spilt Milk book cover

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 (shaky eggs): “In the Clouds” – Laurie Berkner: Laurie Berkner Lullabies

Closing rhyme