Garbage Trucks Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink (from Car Songs: Songs to Sing Anywhere by Dennis Buck at Kimbo), Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – I Stink by Kate and Jim McMullan
• Stand-up Activity - I'm a Little Garbage Truck (action song to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot" written by Carol Hopkins)

I'm a little garbage truck, watch me go
Here is my hopper
Here is my cab
When I get all filled up, to the dump I go
Just tip me over and dump the garbage out

• Bridge - Open Shut Them (fingerplay)

Open, shut them
(open and close hands)
Open, shut them
Give a little clap (clap)
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Put them in your lap
(put hands in lap)

Creep them, creep them
Under your chin
(creep fingers up chest)
Open your mouth, but don't put them in
(do as words say)

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

• Flannelboard/Math Activity - 5 Little Garbage Trucks (counting down rhyme, I'm not sure where I found this one)
• Sit-down Activity - Litter (song to the tune of "If You're Happy And You Know It," I do not remember which website I found this on)
• Book #2 - Trashy Town by Andrew Zimmerman and David Clemesha, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino
• Activity – The Garbage Truck Rolls (action song to the tune of "Wheels on the Bus" adapted by Carol Hopkins)

The garbage truck rolls down the street, down the street, down the street.
The garbage truck rolls down the street,
Picking up garbage.

The garbage truck stops and goes, stops and goes, stops and goes.
The garbage truck stops and goes,
Picking up garbage.

The garbage truck goes smash, smash, smash...

The garbage truck goes stinky smell...

The garbage truck rolls down the street...

• Closing - Popcorn Calling Me (scarf song found in Buzz Buzz by Laurie Berkner)
• Craft – Glue shredded paper to the drawing of a garbage truck