Sing-a-Song Storytime: Jamberry

 With the pandemic closing the library and all large gatherings, my library continues offering virtual storytimes.  I created this video storytime series along with a coworker, who is a talented musician, to get young children moving around and singing.  It is filled with lots of favorite storytime songs and rhymes, and of course a book!  I really wanted the grown-ups watching along with the kiddos to learn the songs, so I used a split screen technique on the videos to display the words to the songs/rhymes while I am singing and acting them out.  

Opening song - Skinnamarink (https://youtu.be/95JkQfANW9M) 

Action song - Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes (traditional song)  

Head and shoulders knees and toes, knees and toes, Head and shoulders knees and toes  Eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. Head and shoulders

knees and toes, knees and toes,

Transition sit down song - 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 - Jamberry by Bruce Degen (read with permission by HarperCollins Children's Books)   

 

Action song - Oats, Peas, Beans, and Berries (traditional nursery rhyme adaptation of "Oats, Peas, Beans, and Barley Grow")

Oats, peas, beans, and berries grow,
(touch the ground and pretend to grow up to the sky)
Oats, peas, beans, and berries grow,
(touch the ground and pretend to grow up to the sky)
Can you or I or anyone know
(point away, point to yourself, then shrug shoulders)
How oats, peas, beans, and berries grow?
(touch the ground and pretend to grow up to the sky) 

Action song - Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around (traditional jump rope rhyme)

Teddy bear, teddy bear turn around
Teddy bear, teddy bear touch the ground
Teddy bear, teddy bear dance on your toes
Teddy bear, teddy bear touch your nose
Teddy bear, teddy bear reach up high
Teddy bear, teddy bear jump to the sky
Teddy bear, teddy bear find your feet
Teddy bear, teddy bear find your seat

Closing song - Down By the Bay (traditional rhyming camp song)

Down by the bay
Where the watermelons grow
Back to my home
I dare not go
For if I do
My mother will say
"Did you ever you ever see a goose kissing a moose?"
Down by the bay!

..."Did you ever see a whale with a polka dot tail?"...

..."Did you ever see a fly wearing a tie?"...

..."Did you ever see a fairy inside a library?"... 

***The video for this storytime will remain up through 6/30/21 on my library's YouTube channel.