Winter Clothes Story Time – Baby

Opening Song

Puppet Song: “When Ducks Get Up in the Morning”
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day.
When ducks get up in the morning, they always say good day.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, this is what they say.

Repeat with other animals/sounds
(Credit: King County Library System)

Sign Language: Hat, coat, gloves

Book: One Mitten by Kristine O’Connell George, illustrated by Maggie Smith
one mitten cover image

Song: “Boots, Jacket, Scarf and Hat” (Tune: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”)
Boots, jacket, scarf and hat, scarf and hat.
Boots, jacket, scarf and hat, scarf and hat.
In wintertime we dress like that!
Boots, jacket, scarf and hat, scarf and hat.
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)

Roll-a-Rhyme: Roll the nursery rhyme cube

Flannel: “Red Mitten, Red Mitten”
Red mitten, red mitten, what do you see?
I see a blue mitten looking at me.

Repeat for different colored mittens

Book: Under My Hood I Have a Hat by Karla Kuskin, illustrated by Fumi Kosaka

Song: “Baby Put Your Pants On” (Tune: “Shortnin’ Bread”)
Baby put your pants on, pants on, pants on, (move baby’s legs)
Baby put your pants on, one, two, three. (gently poke baby’s belly)
Baby put your pants on, pants on, pants on,
Baby put your pants on, one, two, three.

Leg to the left, leg to the right, (move legs)
Wiggle and jiggle and pull them up tight.
Leg to the left, leg to the right,
Wiggle and jiggle and pull them up tight.

Baby put your pants on, pants on, pants on,
Baby put your pants on, one, two, three.
Baby put your pants on, pants on, pants on,
Baby put your pants on, one, two, three!
(Credit: Jbrary)

Lap Song: “Bumping Up and Down in My Little Blue Sled”
Bumping up and down in my little blue sled,
Bumping up and down in my little blue sled,
Bumping up and down in my little blue sled,
Won’t you be my darling?

Additional verses:
Snow’s coming down on my little blue sled…
Waving to my friends on my little blue sled…
(Credit: Jbrary)

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: “BOOTS” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito

Closing Rhyme

Winter Clothes Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London, illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz
froggy gets dressed cover image

Song: “Boots, Parka, Scarf and Hat” (Tune: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”)
Boots, parka, scarf and hat, scarf and hat.
Boots, parka, scarf and hat, scarf and hat.
In wintertime we dress like that!
Boots, parka, scarf and hat, scarf and hat.
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)

Flannel: “Red Mitten, Red Mitten”
Red mitten, red mitten, what do you see?
I see a blue mitten looking at me.

(Repeat for different colored mittens)

Book: Cold Turkey by Corey Rosen Schwartz and Kirsti Call, illustrated by Chad Otis

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

Closing Rhyme

Winter Wear Story Time- Everybody

Opening Song

Book: Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London, illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz

froggy gets dressed cover image

Song: “The Winter Pokey”
You put your mitten in, you take your mitten out
You put your boots in, you take your boots out
You put your hat in, you put your hat out
You put your coat in, you put your coat out

Book: One Mitten by Kristine O’Connell George, illustrated by Maggie Smith

one mitten cover image

Flannel: Red Mitten, Red Mitten, What Do You See?

Song: “Boots” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito

Book: Under My Hood I Have a Hat by Karla Kushkin, illustrated by Fumi Kosaka

 under my hood i have a hat cover image

Book: Red Hat by Lita Judge

red hat cover image

Song: “Tap Your Toe and Follow Me” — Susan Salidor: Come and Make a Circle

Song: “Shake Your Scarves” — Johnette Downing:The Second Line Scarf Activity Songs

Closing Rhyme

Craft:

Winter Wear Craft