Celebrating Spanish Speakers Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: A Song of Frutas by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Sara Palacios

Shaker Eggs: “Fruit Salad Salsa” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito

Book/Flannel: Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors by Roseanne Thong, illustrated by John Parra
Green is a Chile Pepper cover image

Song: “Mi Cuerpo” – Hot Peas ‘n Butter: Best of the Bowl

Flannel: Numbers in Spanish

Song: “Uno Dos Tres” – Laura Doherty: Kids in the City

Book with Puppets: Animal Talk: Mexican Folk Art Animal Sounds in English and Spanish by Cynthia Weill, illustrated by Rubí Fuentes and Efraín Broa

Closing Rhyme

Words that Rhyme Story Time – Toddler

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
Orange Pear Apple Bear book cover

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