Cat Story Time – Toddler

Opening Song (sing with cat puppet)

Book: Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Kitten's First Full Moon book cover

Poster Song: “Hey, Diddle, Diddle”

Rhyme: “Tiptoe Soft” by Margaret Hillert
Tiptoe soft as a tiny cat,
Soft on little cat feet.
Flap your wings like a baby bird.
Open your beak for a treat.
Clomp, clomp, clomp like a big old horse.
Pick up a hoof, and then
Tip, tip, tip on the tips of your toes,
Soft as a cat again.

Song: “If You’re a Kitty and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)
If you’re a kitty and you know it, and you really want to show it.
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)

Additional verses:
Show your claws (show claws)
Swish your tail (wiggle bottom)
Say “Meow!”

Book: Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin, illustrated by James Dean

Flannel: “The Cat of Many Colors”

Song: “I Know a Cat” (Tune: “B-I-N-G-O”)
I know a cat with perky ears, and Kitty is her name-o.
K-I-T-T-Y, K-I-T-T-Y, K-I-T-T-Y, and Kitty is her name-o.

She makes a sound and it’s “Meow”, and Kitty is her name-o.
K-I-T-T-Y, K-I-T-T-Y, K-I-T-T-Y, and Kitty is her name-o.

Book: Where Is Tippy Toes? by Betsy Lewin
where is tippy toes book cover

Rhyme: “Can You Meow Like Me” (make appropriate noises)
Meow very loudly.
Meow like a giant cat.
Meow in a squeaky voice.
Meow like a scared cat.
Meow like a happy cat.
Meow like a sad cat.
Meow like an angry cat.
Meow in a whisper voice.

Pop-up Book: If You’re Happy and You Know It by David A. Carter
if youre happy

Song: “All the Little Kitties” – Gabby’s Dollhouse

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

Closing Rhyme

Cat Story Time – Sensory Friendly

Opening Song

Book: No Cats in the Library by Lauren Emmons

Song: “If You’re a Kitty and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)
If you’re a kitty and you know it, and you really want to show it.
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)

Additional verses:
Show your claws (show claws)
Swish your tail (wiggle bottom)
Chase some yarn (swat high)
Say “Meow!”

Book: Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin, illustrated by James Dean

Song/Video: “Dance for the Sun” – Kira Willey: Dance for the Sun

Yoga/Breathing: Cat

Social Story: I Want to Be Mad for a While! by Barney Saltzberg

Closing Song

Craft: Cats in sweaters

(Credit: Krokotak.com)

Cat Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Jack the Library Cat by Marietta Apollonio

Song: “If You’re a Kitty and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)
If you’re a kitty and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you’re a kitty and you know it, lick your paws. (pretend to lick paws)

Additional verses:
Show your claws (show claws)
Swish your tail (wiggle bottom)
Chase some yarn (swat high)
Say, “Meow!”

Song: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!

Book: Cat Nap by Toni Yuly
cat nap book cover

Flannel: “The Cat of Many Colors”

Song: “There’s a Dog in the School” – Stuart Stotts and Tom Pease: Celebrate, A Song Resource

Book: Stack the Cats by Susie Ghahremani

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

Closing Rhyme

Baby Animals Story Time – Baby

Opening Song: “Hello Bubble”
Hello bubble, hello bubble,
Come and land, come and land,
Right in the middle, right in the middle,
Of my hand, of my hand.

Name Song: “Choo Choo”
Choo-choo-choo-choo, choo-choo-choo-choo (rub hands together)
Up the railroad track, (inch up baby’s arm)
Choo-choo-choo-choo, choo-choo-choo-choo
Then we’ll come right back. (inch down baby’s arm)
First we’ll go to (name)’s house, and then we’ll go to… (repeat for each child)
And then we’ll come right back.
(Credit: L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library)

Sign Language: Kitten, puppy, bunny

Book: How Do You Make a Baby Smile? by Philemon Sturges, illustrated by Bridget Strevens-Marzo

Rhyme: “Up a Hill”
Here goes a turtle up a hill, creepy, creepy, creepy, creepy. (crawl fingers up arm)
Here goes a rabbit up the hill, boing, boing, boing, boing. (bounce fingers up arm)
Here goes an elephant up the hill, thud, thud, thud, thud. (clap hand up arm)
Here goes a snake up the hill, slither, slither, slither, slither. (slither fingers up arm)
Here comes a rock down the hill, boom, boom, boom, boom, CRASH! (bounce hand down, clap hands for crash)

Rhyme: “Two Little Kittens”
Two little kittens sitting on a hill.
One named Jack and one named Jill.
Run away Jack, run away Jill.
Come back Jack, come back Jill.

Additional verses:
Two lambs sitting by the wall…Penny, Paul
Two ducklings swimming in the lake…Julie, Jake

Flannel: “Five Little Ducks”
Five little ducks went out one day,
Over the hills and far away,
Mother duck called, “Quack, quack, quack, quack,”
But only four little ducks came back.

Repeat with four, three, two, one, and no little ducks.

Book: Hello Baby! by Mem Fox, illustrated by Steve Jenkins or We Love Babies! by Jill Esbaum

Lap Song: “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)

Lap Song: “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 Song: “Bunny Hop” (Tune: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”)
Hop, hop, hop along,
And bounce on someone’s knee.
Higher and higher and higher and higher,
Bunny-hop with me.

Book: Whose Baby Am I? by John Butler

Shaker Eggs: “Kitty Cat” – Laura Doherty: Kids in the City

Closing Rhyme