Nocturnal Animals Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

  

 

• Book #1 – Night Owl by Toni Yuly

• Stand-up Activity – During the Night (action chant written by Carol Hopkins)

During the night I know that...

Stars twinkle in the sky

Bats fly and swoop through the air

Owls flap their wings before saying, "Who-Who"

Cats jump from place to place

Opossums climb up trees

Raccoons run across the grass

Wolves howl at the moon

And I lie in my bed to sleep

• 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 - Five Little Bats On a Dark Night (counting rhyme I found at Esther Storytimes Wiki)

• Letter of the Day - "N" is for night

• Transition - Tommy & Tammy Thumb (fingerplay)

Tommy Thumb up,

Tommy Thumb down,

Tommy Thumb dancing all around town.

Tammy Thumb out,

Tammy Thumb in,

Tammy Thumb dancing all in a spin.

Dancing, dancing, dancing,

Dance them on your knees,

Dance them on your head,

Dance them on your shoulders,

Then tuck them into bed.

• Book #2 –  Hedgehogs by Julie Murray

• Closing - Rhythm sticks using the song "Goin' On a Bear Hunt" from Kids In Action by Greg and Steve 

  

• Art Experience – Chalk coloring on bat finger puppets