Monday, February 05, 2024

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Ice Skating Storytime


Book:
Bunnies on Ice by Johanna Wright
Flora and the Penguin by Molly Idle
Silly Dance Contest by Jim Gill
We Are the Champions by Crazy Frog

Songs:
Dance, Freeze, Melt by Mr. Eric and Mr. Michael
Freeze Dance by the Kiboomers


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Five Champions
Five champions skating on the ice
One took a tumble and it wasn't very nice. 
Got back up again, and said, "You'd better think twice!
"It takes more than just one fall to get me off of this ice."

While removing the skaters one by one: "He took time to rest, but he'll skate again - because he's a champion!"

In My Skates
(Tune of Laurie Berkner's Boots song)

In my red skates, in my red skates. 
I skate around in my red skates. 
In my skates. In my skates. 
I skate around in my skates.

Repeat with:

  • Green skates - twirl around
  • Blue skates - jump around
  • Purple skates - take a bow
A-Skating We Will Go
(focusing on Winter Olympic sports)

A skating we will go, A skating we will go, 
When we’re at the Olympics, we will be a skating pro.

A sledding we will go, a sledding we will go, 
When we’re at the Olympics, we will be a sledding pro.

A skiing we will go, a skiing we will go              
When we’re at the Olympics, we will be a sledding pro.

A hockey we will play, a hockey we will play                         
When we’re at the Olympics, we’ll have winter fun all day.

Skate version of Bingo

(with girl or boy puppet wearing ice skates)

There was a girl who loved to skate
She won so many medals
S-K-A-T-E, 
S-K-A-T-E, 
S-K-A-T-E, 
She won so many medals

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Star Wars - May the Fourth Storytime Ideas

Songs: 
  • Are You Scared, Darth Vader? by Adam Rex (with laminated props)

Flannel and Prop Stories: (listed below)

a.) Baby Yoda, Baby Yoda, What Do You See?
     *Grogu, R2D2, BB8, Ewok and Porg


b.) If You're A Star Wars Character and You Know It
  • If you’re Darth Vader and you know it – breath hard
  • If you’re C3PO and you know it – you will worry (“oh dear, oh dear…”)
  • If you’re a Storm Trooper and you know it, better march
  • If you’re a Mandalorian and you know it, put on your armor
  • If you’re a Jedi (Yoda) and you know it, use the force


c.) Five Jawa Have Been Seen
     Tune: Five Green and Speckled Frogs

Five Jawa have been seen
On planet Tatooine
Looking for ships and other scrap
One crossed the desert wide
Found a ship and climbed inside
And then he took a Jawa nap


d.) Death Stars On Sticks

Twinkle, twinkle, little star
Jedi travel very far
To a galaxy far away
Can they save the day today?
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
Jedi travel very far

e.) VADER version of BINGO

There is a spooky guy I know, and Vader is his name-o
V-A-D-E-R...


Friday, June 26, 2015

Flannels, Songs and Story Extensions

Daddy wore his purple tie,
purple tie, purple tie.
Daddy wore his purple tie
All day long.

(Change color of tie and repeat)

Flannels About Books and Storytime

Flannel Stories
I Took My Dragon to the Library

Bear Reads His Blue Book
(tune of Mary Wore Her Red Dress)
Bear reads his blue book              (with a capital B and lower-case b on the cover)
Blue book, blue book
Bear reads his blue book
All day long
(repeat with other colors/letters)

Find the Library Dinosaur
(Use Shea's dinosaur and hide him behind a book)
Dinosaur, Dinosaur
Do I hear your tiny roar?
Are you hiding under the (blue) book?
Noooooo....
(repeat until dinosaur is found)

There Was An Owl Who Loved to Read
(tune of BINGO)
There was an Owl who loved to read,
 And books were what he checked out
B-O-O-K-S, B-O-O-K-S, B-O-O-K-S,
 And books were what he checked out
 (put one book in the owl’s nest because he has “checked it out” and taken it home) 

 There was an Owl who loved to read, 
And books were what he checked out
(flap)-O-O-K-S, (flap)-O-O-K-S, (flap-)-O-O-K-S,
 And books were what he checked out
(continue removing the books, one by one and replacing each with a loud “Flap” until none are left) 

Now, Owl has checked out all the books, and none are left. I wonder what he’s reading about… (Discuss the cover of each book. Ask what children like to read about with their parents)

Tuesday, July 01, 2014

Storytime About Forest Animals

Toddlers Read Alouds

Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri
I'm NOT Cute!  by Jonathan Allen
Night-Night, Forest Friends by Annie Bach
One Sleepy Night by Sebastian Braun
Tiptoe Joe by Ginger Foglesong Gibson
Who's in the Forest?  by Phillis Gershator

Preschool Read Alouds

Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson
Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown
Ernest the Moose Who Doesn't Fit by Catherine Rayner
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton
Looking for a Moose by Phillis Root
Look Out, Suzy Goose by Petr Horacek
Ol' Mama Squirrel by David Ezra Stein

Monday, June 30, 2014

Flannels, Songs and Story Extensions

Books that Translate into Flannel and/or Puppet Stories

Chow Down, Biggety!  by Ann Ingalls (2015)
Forest Tracks by Dee Dee Duffy
Jo MacDonald Hiked in the Woods by Mary Quattlebaum
Ouch! by  Ragnhild Scamell  
Tail of the Little Skunk by Marsha Diane Arnold

Five Little Squirrels (Tune of: Five Little Ducks)

One little squirrel went out to play
Up in a tree on a sunny day
He had such enormous fun,
That he called for another little squirrel to come.

(Keep counting up until you get to five...)

Five little squirrels went out to play
Up in a tree near the end of the day
They had such enormous fun,
Then they all scurried home because the night had come

If You’re Ever in the Forest  (Tune of: Did You Ever See A Lassie?)

If you’re ever in the forest,
The forest, the forest,
If you’re ever in the forest,
You might see a fox.

Runs this way, and that way
And this way and that way,
If you’re ever in the forest,
You might see a fox.

 Repeat with other animals:
  • bear… growls this way and that way … 
  • squirrel… climbs this way and that way … 
  • rabbit… hops this way and that way...

I Went for a Walk in the Woods One Day

I went for a walk in the woods one day.
I saw a (mouse) across the way!
And what do you think that (mouse) did say?
(Squeak!)

Repeat with other animals and sounds. 


Little Raccoon, Little Raccoon

Little Raccoon, Little Raccoon,
Are you under the (blue) moon?
(repeat with other colors until raccoon is found)

There’s Something in the Forest

There’s something in the forest - what can it be?
There’s something in the forest that I can’t really see.
Hear its funny sound....

Repeat with other animals:
  • Growl, growl – a BEAR is what I’ve found! 
  • Squeak, squeak - a MOUSE is what I found!

Walking through the Forest

Walking through the forest, and what did I see?
A big brown bear was growling at me!

Walking in the forest and what did I see?
A little gray squirrel was swishing its tail at me!

Repeat with other animals:
  • A little brown bunny was hopping by me
  • A pretty blue bird was flying by me
  • A fluffy white owl was flying by me 

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Storytime About Food


Denise Fleming's Lunch as a puppet and flannel story

Toddler Read Alouds

Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
Hi, Pizza Man by Virginia Walter
Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood
Lunch by Denise Fleming
Mmm... Let's Eat by Libby Kopenen -- great NEW book
Too Pickley by Jean Reidy
Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Worms for Lunch by Leonid Gore

Preschool Read Alouds

Bob and Rob and Corn on the Cob by Todd McQueen (2014)
Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
Eats by Matha Jocelyn
Gobble It Up by Jim Arnosky
Go Go Grapes by April Pulley Sayre
Greedy Goat by Petr Horacek - (2018)
Hungry Bird by Jeremy Tankard (2016)
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Laura Numeroff
I'll Wait, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony (2016)
Little Apple Goat by Caroline Church
Mouse Went Out to Get a Snack by Lyn McFarland
Snack Time for Confetti by Kali Stileman
Soup for One by Ethan Long
There's a Giraffe in My Soup by Ross Burach (2016)
Today is Monday by Eric Carle
Who Ate All the Cookie Dough?  by Karen Beaumont

School Age Read Alouds

Bad Apple by Edward Hemingway
Burger Boy by Alan Durant
Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
Little Sweet Potato by Amy Beth Bloom
Pie Went By by Carolyn Dunn
Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann
Thelonius Monster's Sky High Fly Pie by Judy Sierra
Too Many Cooks by Margaret McNamara
Ugly Pie by Lisa Wheeler
Wild Boars Cook by Meg Rosoff
Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza

Flannels, Songs and Story Extensions

Flannel, Puppet and Prop Stories

Big Carrot
Flip Flap Jack
Very Hungry Caterpillar    

Fruit Props

I like _________, how about you?
Let's eat and eat 'til the day is through!
Okay, kids, we've had enough -
It's time to eat some other stuff!
(repeat with different food props)

“Rabbit Loves Carrots”

Duck likes bread and dog likes bones… but rabbit loves carrots!
Repeat with other animals, and have Toddlers feed rabbit a carrot at the end

Five Red Strawberries Flannel

Five red strawberries, sweet to the core,
Bear came and ate one and then there were four.

Four red strawberries, growing near a tree,
Bear came and ate one and then there were three.

Three red strawberries, for you and you and you,
Bear came and ate one and then there were two.

Two red strawberries, sitting in the sun,
Bear came and ate one and then there was one.

One red strawberry, left all alone,
Bear came and ate it and then there were none.

Let’s Go and Pack a Picnic

 (Tune: Bear Went Over the Mountain)

Let’s go and pack a picnic
Let’s go and pack a picnic
Let’s go and pack a picnic
So we’ll have food to eat

Who will bring the chicken?
Who will bring the chicken?
Who will bring the chicken?
So we’ll have food to eat

Repeat with:
• Who will bring the cupcakes?
• Who will bring the watermelon?
• Who will bring the lemonade?

We all went on a picnic
We all went on a picnic
We all went on a picnic
And now it’s time to eat

Picnic Time Chant with Props

Going on a picnic,
Gotta pack a lunch.
What should we bring to munch, munch, munch?

Let's bring sandwiches,
Sandwiches, sandwiches.
Let's bring sandwiches to munch, munch, munch

(repeat with other plastic food items)

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Storytime About Mice


Toddler Read Alouds
If You See A Kitten by John Butler  *includes a doormouse
I Miss You, Mouse by Greg Foley
Kitty's Cuddles by Jane Cabrera
Little Mouse, Ripe Red Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey Wood
Lunch by Denise Fleming
Maisy Goes to the Library by Lucy Cousins
Mommy, Where Are You?  by Leonid Gore
Mouse Mess by Linnea Riley
Mouse's First Day of School by  Lauren Thompson
Peek-A-Pet by Marie Torres Cimarusti
Thank You, Bear by Greg Foley
What Will Fat Cat Sit On?  by Jan Thomas

Preschool Read Alouds
Aberdeen by Stacey Previn (2016)
Alphabet Under Construction by Denise Fleming
Bella's Best of All by Jamie Harper (2016)
Busy, Busy Mouse by Virginia Kroll
Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo by Laurel Molk (2015)
Hickory Dickory Dock by Keith Baker
Hide-and-Squeak by Heather Frederick
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Little Mouse by Alison Murray
Little Mouse and the Big Cupcake by Thomas Taylor
Mother, Mother, I Want Another by Maria Polushkin Robbins
Mouse, the Cat and Grandma's Hat by Nancy Willard
Never Too Little to Love by Jeanne Willis
New House for Mouse by Petr Horacek
Pip and Squeak by Ian Schoenherr
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
Who Will Dance With Little Mouse?  by Anita Bijsterbosch (2016)

School Age Read Alouds
Cinderella's Rat by Susan Meddaugh
Hooway for Wondey Wat by Helen Lester
Just A Little Bit by Ann Tompert
Just Like You by Jan Fearnley
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett
Mouse Was Mad by Linda Urban
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems
Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton
Too Many Cooks by Margaret McNamara
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes

Flannels, Songs and Story Exensions

Books That Translate Into Prop Stories 
Little Mouse and the Big Cupcake by Thomas Taylor
Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Books That Translate into Flannel Stories 
Mother, Mother, I Want Another by Maria Polunskin Robbins
Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsch
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young

Flannels to Share *scripts below 
A-Hunting We Will Go
Five Hungry Mice
Five Little Mice Went Out to Play
Hickory Dickory Dock
Little Mouse, Little Mouse
Three White Mice

A-Hunting We Will Go 
A-hunting we will go, A-hunting we will go!
We’ll catch a mouse and put him in a house
And then we’ll let him go!

Baby Mice *from Knock At the Door by Kay Chorao 
Where are the baby mice?
Squeak, squeak, squeak (Cover eyes)
I cannot see them
Peek, peek, peek (Peek-a-boo)
Here they come from a hole in the wall (Make hole with fingers)
1-2-3-4-5… That’s all! (Count fingers)

Bouncing Mouse 
Boing, boing, squeak
Boing, boing, squeak
A bouncing mouse is in my house
He's been there for a week. (chorus)
He came from out of nowhere
And quickly settled in.
I'm thankful that he came alone
I heard he had a twin.
He bounces in the kitchen
He bounces in the den
He bounces in the living room
Look, there he goes again
That mouse just keeps on bouncing every minute of the day
He bounce, bounce, bounce, bounces
But he does not bounce away

Five Hungry Mice 
Five little mice were hungry as could be
"Let's go to the kitchen and see what we can see!"
The first little mouse found a tasty cookie crumb.
 He ate it right up with a, "Yum, yum, yum!"
The second little mouse found a piece of jelly bread. "
That snack was pretty good," he said.
The third little mouse said, "For goodness sake,
Just look at that delicious chocolate cake!"
The fourth little mouse found a big piece of cheese…
When all of a sudden he started to sneeze!
The fifth little mouse said, "We'd better scat!
Here comes Tommy that big old cat!"

Five Little Mice Went Out to Play
Five little mice went out to play,
Gathering cheese along the way
Out comes the kitty cat nice and fat
And only four little mice came back.
(Repeat 4-3-2-1)

Hickory Dickory Dock
Hickory dickory dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck one, the mouse ran down
Hickory dickory dock

Hickory dickory dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck two, the mouse said, “Boo!”
Hickory dickory dock

Little Mouse, Little Mouse
 Little mouse, little mouse,
Are you in a red house? No...
(repeat with other colored houses until mouse is found)

OR 

 Little mouse, little mouse, come out to play
What color house are you in today?
(repeat with other colored houses until mouse is found)

Three White Mice 
Three white mice, three white mice
See how they run, see how they run
They all were chased by a farmer’s cat
They ran and hit in an old straw hat
Did you ever see such a sight as that?
Those three white mice…

When Mice Get Up in the Morning 
When mice get up in the morning, they always say, “Good day.”
When mice get up in the morning, they always say, “Good day.”
Squeak-squeak! Squeak-squeak!
That is what they say
Squeak-squeak! Squeak-squeak!
That is what they say

Where is Mousie?
(Tune of: "Where is Thumbkin?")
Where is Mousie?  Where is Mousie?
Here I am - Here I am
How are you today, Sir - Very well, I thank you
Run away - Run away