Everything Changes Storytime

This week's books:

• Bob and Otto by Robert O. Bruel, Pictures by Nick Bruel (friendship between a worm and a caterpillar)
• Blue Chameleon by Emily Gravett
• One Little Seed by Elaine Greenstein
• Perfect Square by Michael Hall ( a square is happy, no matter what form he takes)
• The Caterpillar and the Polliwog by Jack Kent
• Tale of a Tadpole by Barbara Ann Porter, Illus. by Annie Cannon
• First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
• Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow? by Susan A. Shea, Paintings by Tom Slaughter
• Dot and Jabber and the Great Acorn Mystery by Ellen Stoll Walsh (How did that Oak tree get there?)

This week's songs and rhymes:

The Life of a Butterfly

Tune: "Skip to My Lou"

I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me,

I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me,

I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me,

What'll I be my darlin'?

A chrysalis, now sleep like me,

A chrysalis, now sleep like me,

A chrysalis, now sleep like me,

What'll I be my darlin'?

A butterfly, come fly with me,

A butterfly, come fly with me,

A butterfly, come fly with me,

What'll I be my darlin'?

Now all together, let's do all three,

A caterpillar, a chrysalis, a butterfly, three!

Move your body like this with me,

The life of a butterfly, darlin'!

Dig a Little Hole

Dig a little hole (Dig)

Plant a little seed (Drop seed)

Pour a little water (Pour)

Pull a little weed (Pull up and throw aaway)

Chase a little bug (Shoo)

Heigh-ho, there she goes (Shade eyes)

Give a little sunshine (Cup hands, Lift to the sun)

Grow a little rose. (Smell flower)

The Frog Life Cycle Song

(to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb)

Tadpole hatched out from an egg,

From an egg, from an egg,

Tadpole hatched out from an egg,

And liked to swim around.

Tadpole grew his two hind legs,

Two hind legs, two hind legs,

Tadpole grew his two hind legs,

And still he swims around.

Tadpole grew his two front legs,

Two front legs, two front legs,

Tadpole grew his two front legs,

And still he swims around.

Tadpole lost his tail so fine,

Tail so fine, tail so fine,

Tadpole lost his tail so fine,

And still he swims around.

Tadpole has become a frog,

Become a frog, become a frog,

Tadpole has become a frog,

And now he jumps on land.

Froggie can both swim and jump.

Swim and jump, swim and jump,

Froggie can both swim and jump,

He’s an amphibian.

From: www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/gifted_ed/.../frog_song.doc