Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”
Book: If I Had an Octopus by Gabby Dawnay, illustrated by Alex Barrow
Puppet Song: “Octopus (Slippery Fish)” – Charlotte Diamond: 10 Carrot Diamond
Book: Bob’s Rock by Ann Hassett and John Hassett
Flannel Song: “Bingo” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You
Book: My Bus by Byron Barton
Song: “The Wheels on the Bus”
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Book: Pet This Book by Jessica Young, illustrated by Daniel Wiseman
Song: “The Bunny Pokey” – Junior Jukebox: Animals
Song: “If You’re a Cat and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a cat and you know it say meow, meow.
If you’re a cat and you know it say meow, meow.
If you’re a cat and you know it and you really want to show it
If you’re a cat and you know it say meow.
Additional verses:
If you’re a cat and you know it lick your paws…
If you’re a cat and you know it pounce like this…
(Source: Storytime Magic by Kathy MacMillan)
Book: Domino by Claire Masurel, illustrated by David Walker
Flannel: Dog houses
Little dog, little dog, are you in the green house? Is this the green house? No, this is the red house. No, little dog, you are not in the red house, etc.
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)
Song: “Bingo” – Pamela Conn: Wee Sing Animals, Animals, Animals
Book: I Spy Pets by Edward Gibbs
Song: “Sleeping bunnies”(ukulele)
See the little bunnies sleeping till it’s nearly noon (G / D / C / G )
Come and let us gently wake them with a merry tune (C / G / D / G )
Oh how still, are they ill, wake up soon (C / C / D / G )
Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop (G / C / G / D / G / C / G D / G)
Song: “Put Your Finger in the Air” – Bob McGrath: Sing Along with Bob #2
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Craft: Cat made out of “C”
Book: Some Cat! by Mary Casanova, illustrated by Ard Hoyt
Rhyme/ Puppets: “Five Little Kittens”
Five little kittens standing in a row
They nod their heads to the children so
They run to the left, they run to the right
They stand up and stretch in the bright sunlight
Along comes a dog, who’s in for some fun
M-e-oooow, see those kittens run!
(Credit: Los Angeles Public Library)
Book: Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Flannel: The cat of many colors
Song: “If You’re a Kitty and You Know It”
If you’re a kitty and you know it lick your paws (lick paws)
. . . show your claws (show claws)
. . . swish your tail (wiggle bottom)
. . . chase some yarn (swat high)
. . . say “Meow!”
Book: Where is Tippy Toes? by Betsy Lewin
Craft: Standing paper cat
Sign language: dog, cat, fish
Book: Dog’s Noisy Day: A Story to Read Aloud by Emma Dodd
Song: Hop, hop, hop along (Tune: “Row Your Boat”)
Hop, hop, hop along (hop)
Or bounce on someone’s knee (bounce)
Higher and higher and higher and higher (lift)
Bunny hop with me. (hop)
Flannel: Little dog, little dog
Rhyme/Puppet: Here goes a turtle
Rhyme: Pitty, patty, polt
Pitty, patty, polt, (tap feet together)
Shoe the little colt.
Here a nail, (tap one foot)
There a nail, (tap other foot)
Pitty, patty, polt. (tap feet together)
Book: I Spy Pets by Edward Gibbs
Song: Forgot a bag to carry (Tune: “Ring around the Rosie”)
Forgot a bag to carry (sign for bag)
Our books at the library (sign for book)
Stack’em, stack’em (lift baby, or stack hands)
They all fall down (baby to lap, or hands open)
Credit: Leah Portz
Song/Puppets: “Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee” – Dr. Jean: Sings Silly Songs
Book (choral): Baby Animals: Pets by Kingfisher
Song (shaky eggs): “Bingo” – Old Town School of Music: Wiggleworms Love You
Book: Ninety-Three in My Family by Erica S. Perl, illustrated by Mike Lester (abridged)
Flannel: The Cat of Many Colors
Song: “Bunny Hop” – Tinseltown Players: Do the Bunny Hop!
Book: Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown
Song: “The Goldfish” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito
Puppets/Book: Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
Craft: plate fish with circle scales
Sign language for bunny
Book: Lift-the-flap Pets by Sarah Khan, photographs by Jane Burton
Rhyme: I went to the pet store (with puppets)
I went to the pet store and made a special wish.
The pet that I wanted was a very special (fish)!
I went to the pet store, I went there at a jog,
To get a pet with a wagging tail, it was a little (dog)!
I went to the pet store, it had become a habit.
The pet I wanted now was a soft, fluffy (rabbit)!
I went to the pet store, I’m sure this sounds absurd,
But the pet I wanted was a colorful flying (bird)!
I went to the pet store, it was no mistake.
What I really wanted now was a hissing green (snake)!
(Credit: A Box Full of Tales by Kathy MacMillan)
Song: “The Hands are for Clapping” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes
Book: That Pup! by Lindsay Barret George
Flannelboard: Dog houses (credit: Mel’s Desk)
Little dog, little dog, are you in the green house? Is this the green house? No, this is the red house. No, little dog, you are not in the red house, etc.
Song: “BINGO” – Pamela Conn Beall: We Sing Animals, Animals, Animals
Book: I Spy Pets by Edward Gibbs
Song: “If You’re a Cat and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a cat and you know it say meow, meow.
If you’re a cat and you know it say meow, meow.
If you’re a cat and you know it and you really want to show it
If you’re a cat and you know it say meow.
If you’re a cat and you know it lick your paws…
If you’re a cat and you know it purr like this…
If you’re a cat and you know it pounce like this…
(Source: Storytime Magic by Kathy MacMillan)
Song: Sleeping bunnies (ukulele)
See the little bunnies sleeping till it’s nearly noon
Come and let us gently wake them with a merry tune
Oh how still, are they ill, wake up soon
Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Craft: Pet turtles (idea from spitupisthenewblack.com)
Special guest: Midnight the bunny
Introduction: Talk about pets, what kind of pets we have at home.
Discuss: “Good Pet or Bad Pet?” Showed the kids photos of different animals and had them say whether it would make a good or bad pet.
Book: Katie Loves the Kittens by John Himmelman
Song: “There’s a dog in school” – Stuart Stotts and Tom Pease: Celebrate: A Song Resource
Book: Peanut by Linas Alsenas
Song: “Fiddle-i-Fee” – Dog on Fleas: Cranberry Sauce Flotilla
Book: The Pets You Get by Thomas Taylor, illustrated by Adrian Reynolds
Prop Story: Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
Movie: The Great Gracie Chase: Stop That Dog! By Cynthia Rylant, Spoken Arts
Craft: Dog ears headband
Book: Dog’s Noisy Day by Emma Dodd
Rhyme (with flannel board): Little Dog, Little Dog
Song: How Much is that Doggie in the Window?
Rhyme (fingerplay): Up a Hill
Here goes a turtle up a hill, creepy, creepy, creepy, creepy [crawl up arm]
Here goes a rabbit up the hill, boing, boing, boing, boing [bounce up arm]
Here goes an elephant up the hill, thud, thud, thud, thud [clap up arm]
Here goes a snake up the hill, slither, slither, slither, slither [slither up arm]
Here comes a rock down the hill, boom, boom, boom, boom, CRASH! [bounce down, clap hands for crash]
Book: My Dog, My Cat by Ashlee Fletcher
Rhyme: Pizza, Pickle, Pumpernickel
Pizza, pickle, pumpernickel
My little baby deserves a tickle! [tickle baby]
One for her nose, and one for her toes
And one for her belly where the hot dog goes!
Rhyme: The Little Clock Goes Tick Tock
The little clock goes tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock (swing baby side to side)
The big clock goes ding, dong, ding, dong, ding, dong (swing baby front to back)
Book (choral reading): Baby Animals: Pets
Song (with shaky eggs): Caterpillar, Caterpillar – Kira Willey: Dance for the Sun
