Lego My Library - Pets

A fun Lego building block storytime intended for children 4 to 9 years old.

Book:  Prudence Wants a Pet by Cathleen Daly

Extra book: Critter Sitter by Chuck Richards

Lego challenge: Create something a pet would use

Fire Safety Month - Preschool Storytime

Opening - Clap Your Hands action song from Toddler Action Songs by Cedarmont Kids

Alphabet activity - Take lower case letters out of the hat, then write the letters on the board and bring them back to the hat

Book #1 - Fire Trucks In Action by Mari Schuh

Activity - Drive the Firetruck (action song from Songs for Wiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music)

Book #2 - Fire Engines by Anne Rockwell

Book #3 - Flashing Fire Engines by Tony Mitton and Ant Parker

Activity - Ten Little Firefighters (I am not sure where I picked up this fingerplay)

Closing - If You're Happy and You Know It from Wee Sing Children's Songs and Fingerplays

Art experience - Dot stickers on a fire dog picture

Firetruck 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 – Fire Fighter Piggywiggy by Chrisyan and Diane Fox
• Stand-up Activity - I'm a Little Firefighter (action song to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot" written by Carol Hopkins

I'm a little firefighter off I go
Here is my helmet
Here is my truck
When my clothes catch on fire I know what to do
I stop, drop, and roll to put the fire 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 

• Book #2 - Fire Truck by Peter Sis
• Activity – Drive the Firetruck (action song from Songs for Wiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music)

• Closing - Use egg shakers to the song "I Know a Chicken" from Whaddaya Think of That? by Laurie Berkner
• Craft – Use bingo paint dabbers to paint spots onto a fire dog picture

Chickens 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 – Hurry Hurry by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Jeff Mack
• Stand-up Activity - Here's a Little Egg (action rhyme I have seen in a number of places, but I first found at http://www.geocities.com/mystorytime/chickens/htm#Fingerplays)

Here's a little egg, so smooth and white
(sit criss cross, head down, arms in lap)
Peck, peck, peck, there's something inside!
Peck, peck, peck, here comes a little beak.
(move head up and make beak with fingers)
Peck, peck, peck here come two little feet.
(extend feet)
Peck, peck, peck, here come the wings.
(flap arms as wings)
Peck, peck, peck, and a pick, pick, pick,
(move to squatting position)
And crack, crack, CRACK!
Out pops the baby chick!
(stand up, arms above head)

• 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 - Hens of a Different Color (color rhyme I picked up somewhere many years ago)

• Book #2 - Charlie Chick by Nick Denchfield, illustrated by Ant Parker (pop-up)
• Activity – Little Chick, Little Chick (action rhyme adapted by Carol Hopkins from the "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around" jump rope rhyme)

(Suite actions to words.)
Little chick, little chick turn around.
Little chick, little chick scratch the ground.
Little chick, little chick strut on your toes.
Little chick, little chick touch your nose.
Little chick, little chick reach up high.
Little chick, little chick flap to the sky.
Little chick, little chick wiggle your feet.
Little chick, little chick find your nest seat.

• Closing - Use egg shakers to the song "I Know a Chicken" from Whaddaya Think of That? by Laurie Berkner
• Craft – Coloring sheet with crayons

Wild Animals Preschool Storytime

Storytime for 3 to 5 year olds.

• Opening - "Alabama, Mississippi" from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes by Jim Gill
• Alphabet Activity - Put alphabet cards in order using the white board
• Book #1 - Over In the Grasslands by Anna Wilson and Alison Bartlett
• Activity - Baby Bumblebee (action song from Toddler Action Songs by Cedarmont Kids)
• Book #2 - Ernest the Moose Who Doesn't Fit by Catherine Rayner (pop-up)
• Book #3 - Ziggy the Zebra: A One-Of-A-Kind Pop-Up Book by Libby Ellis, illustrated by Salina Yoon (pop-up)

• Activity - Great To Be Wild and Free (action chant written by Carol Hopkins)

I'm running with the zebras

I'm running with the zebras

Isn't it great to be wild and free

I'm running with the zebras

(Do other action words with different wild animals)

• Closing - Use scarves to the song "Jump" from Bottle of Sunshine by Milkshake
• Art activity - Curious George coloring sheet
  
  
  

Mother Preschool Storytime

Storytime for 3 to 5 year olds.

• Opening - "Alabama, Mississippi" from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes by Jim Gill
• Alphabet Activity - Put alphabet cards in order
• Book #1 - What Can You Do With a Rebozo? by Carmen Tafolla, illustrated by Amy Cordova
• Activity - Gifts for Mommy (action song from Toddler's On Parade by Kimbo)
• Book #2 - Mama Cat Has Three Kittens by Denise Fleming
• Book #3 - Mommy, Carry Me Please! by Jane Cabrera

• Activity - Come A' Look A' See (fingerplay found on The Baby Record by Bob McGrath and Katharine Smithrim)

• Closing - Scarves to the song "Super Mom" from Improvise With Eric Nagler by Eric Nagler
• Art activity - Glue craft foam bugs onto a flower coloring sheet