Summer Fun Storytime

This is our last storytime until fall. I will miss it!

Books:

• Duck Tents by Lynne Berry, Illus. by Hiroe Nakata
• Got to Dance by M.C. Helldorfer, Illus. by Hiroe Kakata
• Chilly Milly Moo by Fiona Ross (ice cream)
• Going to the Beach with Lily and Milo by Pauline Oud
• The Enormous Turnip a folktale Illus. by Kathy Parkinson (gardening)
• I Want to Do It Myself by Tony Ross (camping)
• Brownie & Pearl Take a Dip by Cynthia Rylant, Illus. by Brian Biggs
• Minerva Louise at the Fair by Janet Morgan Stoeke
• Oh My Gosh, Mrs. McNosh! by Sarah Weeks, Illus. by Nadine Bernard Westcott (fun in the park)
• Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems

Perfect Pets Storytime

Books:

• No Dogs Allowed! by Linda Ashman, Illus. by Kristin Sorra
• Wiener Wolf by Jeff Crosby
• Please Take Me For a Walk by Susan Gal
• One Moon, Two Cats by Laura Godwin, Illus. by Yoko Tanaka
• I Need a Snake by Lynne Jonell and Petra Mathers
• Dog Parade by Barbara Joose Illus. by Eugene Yelchin
• Dogs, Dogs, Dogs! by Leslea Newman, Illus. by Erika Olier
• The Best Pet of All by David LaRochelle, Illus. by Hanako Wakiyama
• The Complete Adventures of Big Dog and Little Dog by Dav Pilkey
• Swim! Swim! by Lerch (James Proimos)
• There Are Cats in This Book by Viviane Schwarz

Action Songs:

Head, Whiskers Knees and Tail

Head, whiskers, knees and tail, knees and tail.
Head, whiskers, knees and tail, knees and tail.
And eyes, and ears, and mouth and nose.
Head, whiskers, knees and tail, knees and tail.

From: Jacksonville Public Library, Library Storytime

If You’re a Pet and You Know It

If you’re a doggie and you know it,

Say, “Woof, woof”.

If you’re a doggie and you know it,

Say, “Woof, woof”.

If you’re a doggie and you know it,

And you really want to show it,

If you’re a doggie and you know it,

Say, “Woof, woof”.

Repeat with kitty/meow, fishy/blub, hamster/run in place, bird/tweet.

--Miss Mollie

From: What Happens In Storytime

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

 

Zoo Storytime

• Zoo Borns! Zoo babies from around the world by Andrew Bleiman & Chris Eastland
• Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett
• More Life-Size Zoo by Teruyuki Komiya (non-fiction)
• The Baby BeeBee Bird by Diane Realfield Massie, Illus. by Steven Kellogg
• Zoozical by Judy Sierra, Illus. by Marc Brown
• Two at the Zoo: a Counting Book by Danna Smith, Illus. by Valeria Petrone
• My School's a Zoo! by Stu Smith, Illus. by David Catrow

 “Came to the Zoo” (Tune: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean)

I came to the zoo to see lions, elephants, tigers, and bears!
I came to the zoo to see zebras. I love all the animals there!
Lions, tigers, elephants, zebras, and bears, and bears!
Lions, tigers, elephants, zebras, and bears!

Credit: Mel’s Desk

Song: “You Can Hear” (Tune: She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain)

You can hear the lions roaring at the zoo, ROAR ROAR!
You can hear the lions roaring at the zoo, ROAR ROAR!
You can hear the lions roaring, you can hear the lions roaring,
You can hear the lions roaring at the zoo, ROAR ROAR!

(Snakes hissing, bears growling, wolves howling, frogs croaking, zebras braying)

Perpetual Preschool

Movement activity:

Walk and stomp like an elephant.
Gallop like a zebra.
Waddle like a penguin.
Dance like a monkey.
Roar like a lion.
Run like a cheetah.
Slither like a snake.
Jump like a kangaroo.

http://www.kidssoup.com/Zoo/Zoo_Activities.html

Storytime: What is a Hole?

• My Rhinoceros by Jon Agee (pokes holes in kites)
• The Great Doughnut Parade by Rebecca Bond
• Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole On Earth! by Marie-Louise Gay
• A Hole is To Dig by Ruth Krauss, Illus. by Maurice Sendak
• What's In a...Hole? by Tracy Nelson Maurer (non-fiction)
• Too Many Bunnies by Matt Novak
• Richard Scarry's Egg in the Hole
• The Pocket Dogs by Margaret Wild & Stephen Michael King

The Doughnut Song

(Sung to the tune of Do Your Ears Hang Low)

 Well I walked around the corner and I walked around the block

And I walked right into a doughnut shop
And I picked up a doughnut fresh from the grease
And I handed the lady a five cent piece

 Well she looked at the nickle and she looked at me

And she said this nickle is no good, you see
There's a hole in the middle and it goes right through
And I said there's a hole in the doughnut too!

 Thanks for the doughnut

Good day!

Fingerplay:

Here is a bunny with ears so funny,
And her is her hole in the ground.
When a noise she hears,
She pricks up her ears,
And jumps in her hole so round.

Insect Storytime

• There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
• I Love Bugs! by Emma Dodd
• What the Ladybug Heard by Julia Donaldson, Illus. by Lydia Monks
• Beetle Bop by Denise Fleming
• Bugs Galore by Peter Stein, Illus. by Bob Staake
• I Love Bugs! by Philomeon Sturges, Illus. by Shari Halpern
• Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas (ladybug)

Songs:

Bug Song


(sung to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It")


Oh, I wish I were an eensy-weensy spider.
*clap, clap*


Yes, I wish I were an eensy-weensy spider.
*clap, clap*


I'd go "creepy-creepy-crawly" down your hall and up your "wall-y!"


Oh, I wish I were an eensy-weensy spider.
*Clap Clap* (clap hands twice)

Oh, I wish I were a yellow honeybee.
*clap, clap*


Yes, I wish i were a yellow honeybee.
*clap, clap*


I'd go "buzzy-buzzy-buzzy" and my stripes would all be fuzzy!


Oh, I wish I were a yellow honeybee.
*2 claps, 2 stomps* (stomp feet twice)


Oh, I wish I were a wiggly caterpillar.
*clap, clap*


Yes, I wish I were a wiggly caterpillar.
*clap, clap*


I'd go "munchy-munchy-munchy." All the leaves would be my "lunch-y"!


Oh, I wish i were a wiggly caterpillar.
*clap, clap, stomp, stomp, click, click* (2 clicks with tongue)


Oh, I wish I were a small red army ant.
*clap, clap*


Yes, i wish i were a small red army ant.
*clap, clap*


I'd go "trompy-trompy-trompy" over hills and through the
"swamp-y"!


Oh, I wish i were a small red army ant.
*clap, clap, stomp, stomp, click, click, jump, jump*


Oh, I wish i were a hungry little skeeter.
*clap, clap*


Yes, I wish i were a hungry little skeeter.
*clap, clap*


I'd go "bitey-bitey-bitey" when you went outside at "night- y"!


Oh, I wish i were a hungry little skeeter.
*clap, clap, stomp, stomp, click, click, jump, jump, Shhhh, Shhhh!!


The End!
From Perpetual Preschool

The Buggy Wuggy
Tune: Hokey Pokey

(right arm bent)
You put your right wing in,
You put your right wing out,
You put your right wing in,
Then you shake it all about.
You do the Buggy Wuggy
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.


(left arm bent)
You put your left wing in,
You put your left wing out,
You put your left wing in,
Then you shake it all about.
You do the Buggy Wuggy
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.


(head)
You put your head in,
You put your head out,
You put your head in,
Then you shake it all about.
You do the Buggy Wuggy
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.


(two fingers on top of head)
You put your antennae in,
You put your antennae out,
You put your antennae in,
Then you shake them all about.
You do the Buggy Wuggy
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.


(body)
"an external supportive covering of an animal such as an arthropod"
You put your exoskeleton in,
You put your exoskeleton out,
You put your exoskeleton in,
Then you shake it all about.
You do the Buggy Wuggy
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.

From Mrs. Jones' Room

Bright Yellow Storytime

• Chicks Run Wild by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, Illus. by Ward Jenkins
• Big Yellow Sunflower by Frances Barry
• Sam and the Tigers by Julius Lester, Illus. by Jerry Pinkney (probably too long for my group, but I desperately want to use it)
• Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
• My Race Car by Michael Rex
• Yellow Everywhere by Kristen Sterling (non-fiction)
• Banana! by Ed Vere
• Max's Bunny Business by Rosemary Wells (lemonade)

Songs:

Mister Sun (as sung by Raffi)

Oh mister sun, sun, mister golden sun, (Place hands over head to form sun)
Please shine down on me. (Wiggle fingers while moving hands down)
Oh mister sun, sun, mister golden sun,(Place hands over head to form sun)
Hiding behind the tree. (Place hands over eyes)
These little children are asking you, (Points to children)
To please come out so we can play with you. (I don't know sign)
Oh mister sun, sun, mister golden sun,(Place hands over head to form sun)
Please shine down on,(Wiggle fingers while moving hands down)
Won't you shine down on,(Wiggle fingers while moving hands down)
Please shine down on me.(Point at self)