Body Parts Storytime

My nephew Adam and the SpongeBob bag I created for him from a plain yellow bag from the Dollar Store.

Toddler Read Alouds

All of Baby Nose to Toes by Victoria Adler
Funny Face, Sunny Face by Sally Symes (2015)

Here Are My Hands by Bill Martin Jr.
If You’re Happy and You Know It by Jane Cabrera
Look At the Baby by Kelly Johnson
Mommy, Carry Me Please by Jane Cabrera
Piggies by Audrey Wood
Ten Tiny Tickles by Karen Katz
This Little Piggy by Jane Manning
Whose Nose and Toes? by John Butler
Wiggle Your Toes by Karen Katz

Preschool Read Alouds
All of Me by Molly Bang
Body Book by Shelley Rotner
Clarabella’s Teeth by An Vrombaut
Do Your Ears Hang Low?   by Jenny Cooper (2017)
From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
Hand Hand Fingers Thumb by Al Perkins
Handiest Things in the World by Andrew Clements
I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont
If You’re Happy and You Know It by Jan Ormerod
Moving Day by Robert Kalan
My Two Hands, My Two Feet by Rick Walton
Nose Like A Hose by Jenny Samuels
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
These Hands by Hope Lynne Price
We’ve All Got Bellybuttons by David Martin
Who has Wiggle-Waggle Toes? by Vicky Shiefman (2019)

School Age Read Alouds
Adventures of a Nose by Viviane Schwartz
Arthur's Nose by Marc Brown
Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant by Jack Prelutsky
Belinda the Ballerina by Amy Young
A Beautiful Girl by Amy Schwartz
The Best Part of Me by Wendy Ewald
A Boy and His Bunny by Sean Bryan
Good Thing You’re Not An Octopus by Julie Markes
Head Body Legs: A Story From Liberia by Won-Ldy Paye
I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont
Moose Tracks by Karma Wilson
Mr. Blewitt’s Nose by Alastair Taylor
My Octopus Arms by Keith Baker (2014)
Parts by Tedd Arnold
The Queen’s Feet by Sarah Ellis
What Do You Do With A Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins
Wild About Us!  by Karen Beaumont (2015)

DisplayMy Octopus Arms by Keith Baker

Flannels, Songs and Story Extensions

Books That Translate Into Flannel Stories
Bread and Honey by Frank Asch (also works as a draw-and-tell)
If You’re Happy and You Know It by Jan Ormerod
Moving Day by Robert Kalan
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young

Songs for This Theme
“Heads and Shoulder, Knees and Toes” from Carol Hammet’s It’s Toddler Time
“Hokey Pokey” from Carol Hammet’s It’s Toddler Time
“Knuckles Knees” from Jim Gills Sings Do Re Mi on His Toe Leg Knee
“Oh What A Miracle Am I” from Hap Palmer’s Walter the Waltzing Worm
“Spider on the Floor” from Raffi Singable Songs
“Wake Up Toes” from Joannie Bartels’ Morning Magic
“Wiggle in My Toe” from Joe Scruggs’ Late Last Night

Songs, Rhymes and Fingerplays

Fe Fi Fo Fum
Fe, fi, fo ,fum
See my fingers
See my thumbs
Fe, fi, fo, fum
Good-bye fingers!
Good-bye thumbs

Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Eyes, ears, mouth and nose.
Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,

Open Them, Shut Them
Open them, shut them… Open them, shut them…Give a little clap
Open them, shut them… Open them, shut them…Put them in your lap

Ten Little Pearly Whites
One little, two little, three little pearly-whites
Four little, five little, six little pearly-whites
Seven little, eight little, nine little pearly-whites
Ten little pearly whites on top

One little, two little, three little pearly-whites
Four little, five little, six little pearly-whites
Seven little, eight little, nine little pearly-whites
Ten little pearly whites on the bottom

Brush, brush, brush those pearly-whites…

This is the Way We Clap Our Hands
This is the way we clap our hands,
Clap our hands, clap our hands.
This is the way we clap our hands,
So early in the morning.
Shake our legs...
Wiggle our toes...
Swing our arms...
Tickle our tummies...