Book: Boats by Byron Barton

Nursery Rhyme (with poster): “Rub a dub dub”

Song: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms

Book: Little Boat by Thomas Docherty

Flannel: “Five Little Boats” (Tune: “Five Little Ducks”)
Five little boats went out one day (Hold up 5 fingers)
Over the waves and far away (Move hand up and down)
With the wind, they begin to rock (Lean side to side)
One little boat returns to the dock.

Repeat until there are no sailboats left.
(Credit: Adapted from Storytime Katie and Adventures of a Bookworm)

Rhyme: “Motorboat, Motorboat”
Motorboat, motorboat, go so slow, (Move arms in a circle slowly or lie on back and bicycle legs)
Motorboat, motorboat, go so fast, (Move arms in a circle fast or move legs)
Motorboat, motorboat, step on the gas! (Use foot and pretend to step on gas)
VROOOOOM!
(Credit: Upstart Promotions)

Song: “My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean” (sway kids back and forth)

Book: Old MacDonald Had a Boat by Steve Goetz, illustrated by Eda Kaban

Song: “My Big Green Boat” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
I love to row in my big green boat, (Pretend to row)
Big green boat, big green boat.
I love to row in my big green boat
Out on the deep blue sea.

My big green boat has two white sails, (Raise arms above head and wave gently)
Two white sails, two white sails.
My big green boat has two white sails
Out on the deep blue sea.

So come for a row in my big green boat, (Pretend to row)
My big green boat, my big green boat.
So come for a row in my big green boat
Out on the deep blue sea.
(Credit: Upstart Promotions)

Song: “All the Fish” – Sue Schnitzer: Wiggle and Whirl, Clap and Nap

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

Closing Rhyme

Sun Story Time – Toddler

August 10, 2022August 10, 2022

Opening Song

Book: Sun Flower Lion by Kevin Henkes

Flannel: “Five Little Clouds”
Five little clouds up in the sky,
Drifting, floating way up high.
One disappeared from the sky so blue
When a big gust of wind came blowing through!

Repeat, counting down until there are no little clouds.

Song: “Shakes Your Sillies Out” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy

Book: Sunny Days by Deborah Kerbel, illustrated by Miki Sato

Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”

Song: “Jump Up, Turn Around” – Jim Gill: Moving Rhymes for Modern Times

Book: Black Bird Yellow Sun by Steve Light

Song: “Shaky Shaky” – The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy

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

Closing Rhyme

Words that Rhyme Story Time – Toddler

May 11, 2022May 11, 2022

Opening Song

Song: “Hello Friends”
Hello, friends
Hello, friends
Hello, friends
It’s time to say hello.
(Credit: Jbrary)

Song: “Roly Poly” (Tune: “Are You Sleeping?”)
Roly poly, roly poly
Up, up, up
up, up, up
Roly roly poly
roly roly poly
down, down, down
down, down, down

Roly poly, roly poly
out, out, out
out, out, out
Roly roly poly
roly roly poly
in, in, in
in, in, in

Roly poly, roly poly
fast, fast, fast
fast, fast, fast
Roly roly poly
roly roly poly
slow, slow, slow
slow, slow, slow
(Credit: Jbrary)

Book: Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney

Song: “Open Shut Them”
Open shut them, open shut them.
Give a little clap, clap, clap.
Open shut them, open shut them.
Put them in your lap, lap, lap.
Creep them, crawl them
Creep them, crawl them
Right up to your chin, chin, chin
Open wide your little mouth. . . Ahhhhhhh!
But do not let them in.
(Credit: Laurie Berkner)

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/Flannel: Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett

Puppet Rhyme: “There Was a Little Turtle”
There was a little turtle
who lived in a box
he swam in the puddles
he climbed on the rocks
He snapped at a mosquito
He snapped at a flea
He snapped at a minnow
He snapped at me
He caught the mosquito
He caught that flea
He caught that minnow
But he didn’t catch me!
(Credit: Jbrary)

Rhyme: “I’m Toast in the Toaster”
I’m toast in the toaster
And I’m getting very hot!
Tick, tock,
Tick, tock,
Up I pop!

Book: Splish, Splash, Ducky! by Lucy Cousins

Song: “The Wheels on the Bus”

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

Closing Rhyme

Earth Story Time – Toddler

May 9, 2022May 9, 2022

Opening Song

Song: “Hello Friends”
Hello, friends
Hello, friends
Hello, friends
It’s time to say hello.
(Credit: Jbrary)

Song: “Roly Poly” (Tune: “Are You Sleeping?”)
Roly poly, roly poly
Up, up, up
up, up, up
Roly roly poly
roly roly poly
down, down, down
down, down, down

Roly poly, roly poly
out, out, out
out, out, out
Roly roly poly
roly roly poly
in, in, in
in, in, in

Roly poly, roly poly
fast, fast, fast
fast, fast, fast
Roly roly poly
roly roly poly
slow, slow, slow
slow, slow, slow
(Credit: Jbrary)

Book: The EARTH Book by Todd Parr

Song: “Slippery Fish”
Slippery fish, slippery fish, sliding through the water,
Slippery fish, slippery fish, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a/an…

Repeat with: Octopus, Tuna Fish, Great White Shark, Humongous Whale

Book: Plant the Tiny Seed by Christie Matheson

Fingerplay: “Way Up High in the Apple Tree”
Way up high, in a tree (point up)
Two little apples looking down at me (two fists up in the air)
So I shook that tree as hard as I could (two fists shake ‘trunk’)
Down fell the apples (fists fall to ground)
Mmmm! Were they good! (rub tummy)

Song: “My Two Hands”
My two hands go clap, clap, clap
My two feet go tap, tap, tap
My two hands go thump, thump, thump
My two feet go jump, jump, jump

My one body turns around and it quietly sits down.

Book: Bear Sees Colors by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Jane Chapman

Song: “Bear is Sleeping” (Tune: “Frère Jacques”)
Bear is sleeping, bear is sleeping (lay head on hands)
Wake him up, wake him up (make peek-a-boo motion with hands)
Come and say hello bear, come and say hello bear (wave hello)
Time to eat, time to eat (grab food and put in mouth)
(Credit: Jbrary)

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

Closing Rhyme

Transportation Story Time – Toddler

April 25, 2022May 19, 2022

Opening Song

Book: Animals Go Vroom! by Abi Cushman

Song: “Have You Ever Seen a Sailboat?” (Tune: “The More We Get Together”)
Have you ever seen a sailboat, a sailboat, a sailboat,
Have you ever seen a sailboat
Waving its sail?
Wave this way and that way
And that way and this way
Have you ever seen a sailboat waving its sail?

Additional verses:
Dump truck – driving down the road
Rocket ship – flying through space
(Credit: Jbrary)

Book: I Like Trains by Daisy Hirst

Flannel: “Where is Pick-up Truck?” (Tune: “Where is Thumbkin?”)
Where is pick-up truck? Where is pick-up truck?
Here I am. Here I am.
How are you today, sir? Very well, I thank you.
Drive away. Drive away.

Additional verses:
Fire truck, garbage truck, tow truck

Song: “Zoom, Zoom, Zoom”
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
If you want to take a trip
climb aboard my rocket ship.
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,
Blast off!
(Credit: Jbrary)

Book: The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort,
illustrated by G. Brian Karas

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

Closing Rhyme

Nursery Rhyme Story Time – Toddler

April 11, 2022April 13, 2022

Opening Song

Song: “Hello Friends”
Hello, friends
Hello, friends
Hello, friends
It’s time to say hello.
(Credit: Jbrary)

Song: “Roly Poly” (Tune: “Are You Sleeping?”)
Roly poly, roly poly
Up, up, up
up, up, up
Roly roly poly
roly roly poly
down, down, down
down, down, down

Roly poly, roly poly
out, out, out
out, out, out
Roly roly poly
roly roly poly
in, in, in
in, in, in

Roly poly, roly poly
fast, fast, fast
fast, fast, fast
Roly roly poly
roly roly poly
slow, slow, slow
slow, slow, slow
(Credit: Jbrary)

Book: Pete the Cat and the Itsy Bitsy Spider by James Dean

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.

Song: “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”

Book: Maria Had a Little Llama / María Tenía Una Llamita by Angela Dominguez

Song: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”

Song: “My Two Hands”
My two hands go clap, clap, clap
My two feet go tap, tap, tap
My two hands go thump, thump, thump
My two feet go jump, jump, jump
My one body turns around
and it quietly sits down.
(Credit: Jbrary)

Book: Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker

Song: “The Wheels on the Bus”

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

Closing Rhyme

Things That Go Story Time – Toddler

February 28, 2022

Opening Song

Book: My Bus by Byron Barton

Song: “The Wheels on the Bus”
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
Round and round, round and round,
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
All through the town

Additional verses:
The doors on the bus go open and shut…
The driver on the bus says “Move on back”…
The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish…
The people on the bus go up and down…
The horn on the bus goes beep beep beep…

Song: “Drivin’ in My Car” – Ralph Covert: Ralph’s World

Book: I Love Trucks! by Philemon Sturges, illustrated by Shari Halpern

Song: “Where is Truck?” (Tune: “Where is Thumbkin?”)
Where is pick-up truck? Where is pick-up truck?
Here I am. Here I am.
How are you today, truck? Very well I thank you.
Drive away. Drive away.

Additional verses: tow truck, garbage truck, fire truck

Rhyme: “Traffic Light”
Green Says, “Go!”
Go! Go! Go!(run in place)
Yellow says, “Slow”
Slow… slow… slow… (move in slow motion)
And Red says, “Stop!”
Stop Stop Stop!(freeze stop)
GO! GO! GO! (run)
Slow… slow… slow… (slow motion)
STOP!!! (stop)

Book: Car, Car, Truck, Jeep by Katrina Charman, illustrated by Nick Sharratt

Song: “Hurry, Hurry, Drive the Fire Truck”
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck,
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck,
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck,
Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

Additional verses: turn the corner, climb the ladder, spray the water, drive the fire truck
(Credit: Jbrary)

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

Closing Rhyme

Big Cats Story Time – Toddler

January 31, 2022February 16, 2022

Opening Song

Book: Aesop’s The Lion and the Mouse by Susan Pearson, illustrated by Susanne Göhlich

Rhyme: “Tiger Cub, Tiger Cub”
Tiger cub, tiger cub turn around,
Tiger cub, tiger cub touch the ground.
Tiger cub, tiger cub show your claws,
Tiger cub, tiger cub shake your paws.
Tiger cub, tiger cub jump up high,
Tiger cub, tiger cub show me a smile.
Tiger cub, tiger cub creep along the ground,
Tiger cub, tiger cub pounce without a sound.

Song: “The Monkey Dance” – The Wiggles: Hot Potatoes!: The Best of the Wiggles

Book: It’s a Tiger! by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Jeremy Tankard

Flannel: “Five Little Kitty Cats”
Five little kitty cats sleeping on the floor
One pounced away, and now there are four!

Four little kitty cats, cute as can be,
One leapt away, and now there are three!

Three little kitty cats, hunters through and through,
One caught a mouse, and now there are two!

Two little kitty cats, basking in the sun,
One slinked away, and now there’s only one!

One little kitty cat got up to stretch and yawn,
I looked away…and now he’s gone!
(Credit: Flannel Board Fun)

Song: “If You’re a Tiger and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a tiger and you know it give a growl. (Rawr!)
If you’re a tiger and you know it give a growl. (Rawr!)
If you’re a tiger and you know it , and you really want to show it,
If you’re a tiger and you know it give a growl. (Rawr!)

Additional verses:
…switch your tail
…show your claws

Book: Stack the Cats by Susie Ghahremani

Song: “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem

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

Closing Rhyme

Birthday Story Time – Toddler

January 26, 2022February 16, 2022

Opening song

Book: Guinea Pig Party by Holly Surplice

Rhyme: “Jello in the Bowl” (tune: A Hunting We Will Go)
Jello in the bowl, jello in the bowl,
Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble,
Jello in the bowl.

Cookies in the jar, cookies in the jar,
Shake ‘em up, shake ‘em up,
cookies in the jar.

Candles on the cake, candles on the cake,
Blow ‘em out, blow ‘em out,
candles on the cake.
(Credit: King County Library System)

Song: “Can’t Wait to Celebrate” – Jim Gill: The Irrational Anthem

Book: The Fairytale Cake by Mark Sperring, illustrated by Jonathan Langley

Flannel: “Five Candles”
Five candles on a birthday cake
Five, and not one more
You may blow one candle out,
Now there are four!
(There for all to see / three; Standing straight and true / two; Helping us have fun / one; We know its task is done / none)
(Credit: Addison Public Library)

Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands,
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands,
If you’re happy and you know it, and you really wanna show it,
If you’re happy and you know it, clap you’re hands

Repeat with:
Stomp your feet
Blow out the candles
Shout “Hooray”

Song: “10 Little Candles”
1 little, 2 little, 3 little candles
4 little, 5 little, 6 little candles,
7 little, 8 little, 9 little candles,
10 little candles on the cake

Count back down from 10

Book: A Birthday for Cow! by Jan Thomas