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Unicorn Story Time – Sensory Friendly

Opening Song

Book: If I Had a Unicorn by Gabby Dawnay, illustrated by Alex Barrow

Action Rhyme: “Unicorn, Unicorn”
Unicorn, unicorn touch your toes.
Unicorn, unicorn touch your nose.
Unicorn, unicorn pat your head.
Unicorn, unicorn go to bed.
Unicorn, unicorn wake up now.
Unicorn, unicorn take a bow.
Unicorn, unicorn touch the ground.
Unicorn, unicorn turn around.
Unicorn, unicorn sit back down.
Unicorn, unicorn don’t make a sound.

Book: I’m a Unicorn by Helen Yoon

Song: “Tap, Tap, Tap” – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer: Get Set for School Sing Along

Yoga: Unicorn warrior (Warrior 1 pose with arms reaching overhead like a horn)

Social Story: Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great by Bob Shea

Closing Rhyme

Craft: Paper plate rocker unicorn (modified to yarn through hole punches instead of paper mane)

(Credit: Easy Kids Craft)

Magical Creatures Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Puppet Song: “When Yetis Go on an Adventure”
When yetis go on an adventure, they always say good day.
When yetis go on an adventure, they always say good day.
Grunt, grunt, grunt, grunt, this is what they say.
Grunt, grunt, grunt, grunt, this is what they say.

Repeat with unicorn (neigh) and dragon (roar)
(Credit: Adapted from King County Library System)

Sign Language: Dragon, unicorn, mermaid

Book: Magical Creatures by Aimée Chapman, Alice-May Bermingham, and Amy Oliver

Song: “Fairies in the Yard” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
Fairies in the yard are flying around,
Flying around, flying around.
Fairies in the yard are flying around,
All around the yard.

Additional verses:
Trolls (stomping)
Mermaids in the pond (swimming)
Unicorns (hopping)

Song: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

Flannel: “One Little Mermaid” (Tune: “Bubble, Bubble, Pop”)
One little mermaid swimming in the water,
Swimming in the water, swimming in the water,
One little mermaid swimming in the water,
Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble…POP!

Repeat with: two, three, four, five little mermaids

Book: Always Hug A Unicorn by Rosie Greening, illustrated by Stuart Lynch

Lap Song: “Bumpin’ Up and Down on my Little Red Dragon”
Bumpin’ up and down on my little red dragon, (bounce)
Bumpin’ up and down on my little red dragon,
Bumpin’ up and down on my little red dragon,
What a grand adventure.

Additional verses:
Soarin’ back and forth on my little red dragon… (lean side to side)

Lap Song: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.

Repeat with: bounce, sway, tickle

Lap Song: “A Bouncing We Will Go” (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
A bouncing we will go, a bouncing we will go,
High-ho the dairy oh, a bouncing we will go.

Repeat with rocking and tickling
(Credit: King County Library System)

Shaker Eggs: “Shaky Shaky” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy

Closing Rhyme