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Sleepytime Story Time – Family

Opening Song

Sign Language: good night

Story: Good Night, World by Willa Perlman (Simon and Schuster/Beach Lane Books)

Song: “Moon, Moon, Moon” – Laurie Berkner Band: Lullabies

Rhyme:  5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Book: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Car by Kate Dopirak (Simon and Schuster/Beach Lane Books)

Rhyme with Scarves: I Once Had a Blanket
I once had a blanket. It was fluffy and new.
I once had a blanket, And its color was __________ (blue).
I once had a blanket, The prettiest I’ve seen.
I once had a blanket, And its color was ________ (green).
I once had a blanket, Soft as a pillow.
I once had a blanket, And its color was _______ (yellow).
I once had a blanket, At the foot of my bed.
I once had a blanket, And its color was ________ (red).
(Rhyme from Jen in the Library)

Song/Movement: “This Is the Way We Yawn & Stretch” (Tune: “Mulberry Bush”)
This is the way we yawn and stretch,
Yawn and stretch, yawn and stretch.
This is the way we yawn and stretch,
On our way to bed.

Additional Verses:
This is the way we take a bath…
This is the way we read a book…
This is the way we hug and kiss…
This is the way we close our eyes…
(Credit: Melissa Depper blog)

Book: Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown (HarperCollins)

Song with ukulele: “I Love My Rooster” modified, Laurie Berkner Band: Laurie Berkner’s Favorite Classic Kids’ Songs, Chords from Chordify

I Love My Rooster

A
I love my rooster, my rooster loves me

                                                         E
And I feed my rooster by the BLUEBERRY tree

A                                        D
My little rooster goes cock-a-doodle-doo

         A                      D                      E                    A
Dee doodle dee doodle dee doodle dee doo

 A
I love my DOG, my DOG loves me

                                    E
I feed my kitten by the BLUEBERRY tree

A
My little DOG goes WOOF WOOF WOOF

A                                        D
My little rooster goes cock-a-doodle-doo

         A                      D                      E                    A
Dee doodle dee doodle dee doodle dee doo

A
I love my TIGER, my TIGER loves me

                                            E
I feed my TIGER by the BLUEBERRY tree

A
My little TIGER goes ROOOOOOOOAR!

A       
My little DOG goes WOOF WOOF WOOF

A                                        D
My little rooster goes cock-a-doodle-doo

         A                      D                      E                    A
Dee doodle dee doodle dee doodle dee doo

A
I love my PIG, my PIG loves me

                                            E
I feed my PIG by the BLUEBERRY tree

A
My little PIG goes OINK OINK OINK

A
My little TIGER goes ROOOOOOOOAR!

A       
My little DOG goes WOOF WOOF WOOF

A                                        D
My little rooster goes cock-a-doodle-doo

            A                      D                      E                    A
Dee doodle dee doodle dee doodle dee doo

Closing Song

 

Craft: Cotton Ball/Marshmallow Sheep Template (Printable!)

Craft: Counting sheep (collect runaway cotton balls with clothes pins, glue to grassy pasture)
sheep napping counting preschool story time craft

Night Story Time – Toddler

Opening song

Book: Yawn by Sally Symes

Song: “This Is the Way We Yawn & Stretch” (Tune: “Mulberry Bush”)
This is the way we yawn and stretch,
Yawn and stretch, yawn and stretch.
This is the way we yawn and stretch,
On our way to bed.

Additional Verses:
This is the way we take a bath…
This is the way we read a book…
This is the way we hug and kiss…
This is the way we close our eyes…
Credit: Melissa Depper blog

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

Flannelboard: There’s Something in the Nighttime
There’s something in the nighttime that I can’t really see.
There’s something in the nighttime, now what can it be?
Whoo, Whoo. Hear it’s funny sound? Whoo, Whoo. An Owl is what I found!
(Continue with other animals, can use an Owl, a cat, a mouse, and a skunk ‘Smell that funny smell? Sniff, sniff, A skunk! You sure can tell!’)
Credit: Miss Barbara at the Library

Story: Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
owl babies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fingerplay: 5 Little Owls
5 little owls on a moonlit night
5 little owls are quite a sight.
5 little owls Are you keeping score?
One flew away! And then there were 4.
4 little owls Happy as can be,
One flew away! Then there were 3.
3 little owls Calling “Whoo! Whoo!”
One flew away! And that left two.
2 little owls having lots of fun.
One flew away! And that left 1.
1 little owl We are almost done.
He flew away! And that leaves none.
Credit: https://www.mrcpl.org/find-stuff/family/fingerplays-and-rhymes/owl-fingerplays

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

Closing rhyme

Craft: Nighttime picture with silver and gold stickers and white crayon on black paper

Night Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Sign Language: good night

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

Rhyme: The Moon is Round
The moon is round
As round can be
Two eyes
A nose
And a mouth like me!

Song: “Mama’s Little Baby” (Tune: “Shortnin’ Bread”)
Mama’s little baby loves bouncin’ bouncin’
Mama’s little baby loves bouncin’ round,
Mama’s little baby loves bouncin’ bouncin’
Mama’s little baby loves bouncin’ round.

Lean to the left, lean to the right.
Hug that baby nice and tight!
Lean to the left, lean to the right.
Hug that baby nice and tight!

Daddy’s little baby loves wigglin’ wiggling’
Daddy’s little baby loves wigglin’ round, (repeat)
(can alter to Grandma, Grandpa, Nanny, etc)

Book: Night-Night Wisconsin

Song: “Moon, Moon, Moon” – Laurie Berkner: Lullabies

Flannel: Five Flashing Fireflies (adapted from Ten Flashing Fireflies by Philemon Sturges)
What do we see in the summer night?
Five flashing fireflies burning bright!
Let’s catch the one twinkling there.
Now there is/are
one flashing fireflie(s) in our jar!
Additional: Continue adding fireflies until the jar is filled.

Song: “Counting Sheep” (Tune: “This Old Man”)
Counting sheep, counting sheep
Helps my baby go to sleep
One sheep, two sheep
Three sheep, four —
Soon my baby
Starts to snore!
(Credit: Sing a Song of Storytime)

Book: Peekaboo Bedtime by Rachel Isadora

Song (shaky eggs): “Midnight Moonlight” – Kira Willey; Dance for the Sun

Closing Song

Blanky Story Time – Baby

Opening song

Sign language: Blanket

Book: Fly Blanky Fly by Anne Margaret Lewis, illustrated by Elisa Chavarri

Song: “This is the Way”
This is the way we drink our milk
Drink our milk, drink our milk.
This is the way we drink our milk,
Early in the morning.
Additional verses: Milk (milk cow), Juice (pinky finger J), Water (3 finger W, sideways at mouth)

Rhyme: “Icky bicky soda cracker”
Icky, bicky, soda cracker (bounce to rhythm)
Icky, bicky, boo! (lean forward on ‘boo‘)
Icky, bicky, soda cracker (bounce to rhythm)
Up goes you! (lift baby up)
Icky, bicky, soda cracker (bounce to rhythm)
Icky, bicky, boo! (lean forward on ‘boo‘)
Icky, bicky, soda cracker (bounce to rhythm)
I love you! (hug baby)
(Credit: King County Library System)

Book: Blankies by Carol Thompson

Song: “Did you ever see a baby, a baby, a baby?”
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)

Song/Scarves: “Don’t Wash My Blanket” – Hap Palmer: Peek-A-Boo and Other Songs for Young Children

Rhyme: “Round About”
Round about, round about, goes the wee mouse (draw circle)
Up a bit, up a bit, in a wee house (tickle chin)

 

Book: Tuck Me In! by Dean Hacohen and Sherry Scharschmidt

Song (with shaky eggs): “Ten in a Bed” – Kidzup Children’s Music: 150 Preschool Songs

Closing Song