Yarn Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Cat Knit by Jacob Grant

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, 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!”

Song: “Let’s Play in the Snow” – Rachel Buchman: Sing a Song of Seasons

Book: One Little Lamb by Elaine Greenstein

Song: “The Mitten Song” – Rachel Buchman: Sing a Song of Seasons

Rhyme: “Ten Balls of Yarn”
Ten balls of yarn on my lap, (show number on fingers, then pat lap)
Clickety clack, clickety clack, (clap)
Needles go, the [color] ball rolls, (roll hands, take ball away)
I sit and knit, but what is it? (clap hands, add coordinating color section to mitten)

Repeat, counting down until there are no more balls of yarn.
(Credit: Leah Portz)

Song: “Dancing Scarf Blues” – Carole Peterson: Dancing Feet

Puppet Story: The Mitten by Jan Brett

Closing Rhyme

Sheep Story Time- Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox

where is the green sheep

Song with puppets: Old McDonald

Book: Sheep by Wendy Strobel Dieker

sheep cover image

Song/flannel: Mary had a Little Lamb
We sang “Mary Had a Little Lamb” and substituted “fleece as white as show” with the color of the sheep and something it was the same color as.
Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb
Mary had a little lamb its fleece was ORANGE as CARROTS!
We ended with “white as snow.”

Song: “Jump Up, Turn Around”- Jim Gill: The Irrational Anthem

Book: Wee Little Lamb by Lauren Thompson, illustrated by John Butler

wee little lamb cover image

Song: (melody: “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 stamp, stamp, stamp…
I can make my legs go hop, hop, hop…

Book: Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

sheep in a jeep

Song: “Clap Your Hands”- Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You

 Closing Rhyme

Craft:

sheep craft