A Wednesday morning storytime for ages 0-2 years old.
Opening #1: Skinnamarink (action song from Car Songs: Songs to Sing Anywhere by Dennis Buck from Kimbo)
Opening #2: Sticky, Sticky Bubblegum (fingerplay)
Sticky, sticky bubblegum, bubblegum,
bubblegum;
Sticky, sticky bubblegum;
Stuck to your __________.
1, 2, 3, PULL!
(Repeat with more
places to stick the gum)
Book: Dinosaur Stomp by Paul Stickland (pop-up)
Themed activity
#1:
Pteradactyl’s wings went flap, flap, flap
Flap, flap, flap, (x2)
Pteradactyl’s wings went flap, flap, flap
All around the swamp.
Triceratops’s horns went poke, poke, poke…
Stegosaurus’s feet went stomp, stomp, stomp…
Their dinosaur mouths went munch, munch, munch…
Themed activity
#2:
Spread your arms, way out wide,
Fly like a Pteranodon, soar and glide.
Touch the floor, head down low,
Move like Stegosaurus, long ago.
Reach up tall, try to be
As tall as Apatosaurus eating on a tree.
Using your claws, grumble and growl
Just like Tyrannosaurus on the prowl.
Lap rhyme #1: Tick Tock (lap bounce)
(bounce baby from
leg to leg)
Tick tock, tick tock, I’m a little
cuckoo clock.
Tick, tock, tick tock, now it is one o’clock… Cuckoo!
(raise baby up for each cuckoo)
(repeat for other
times of day)
Now it is two o’clock… Cuckoo! Cuckoo!
Now it is three o’clock…
Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo!
Lap rhyme #2: Counting Bubbles (counting rhyme I learned
during a BrainDance workshop)
One bubble, two bubbles, three
bubbles, top.
(pat legs with hands for each number chanted, then place hands on top of
head)
Three bubbles, four bubbles, five
bubbles, drop.
(pat legs with hands for each number chanted, then drop hands to lap)
Six bubbles, seven bubbles, nine
bubbles, pop.
(pat legs with hands for each number chanted, then clap hands loudly in
front of body)
Ten little bubbles floating down!
(twinkle hands down to floor)
Now let’s blow _____ bubbles.
(This is a breath exercise. Pick a
number and pretend to blow that number of bubbles through hand. Don’t forget to pop the bubbles with a loud
clap after blowing it up. I count the
bubble while I do the clap.)
Lap rhyme #3: A Hippopotamus Got on a City Bus (lap bounce
rhyme I found at Jbrary at https://youtu.be/OZOq5Wiiox8?si=guAfW8ip2WPwZAtq)
A sheep, a sheep, a sheep got on a
city bus;
And all, and all, and all the people said,
"Baaaack up!"
A cow, a cow, a cow got on a bus;
And all, and all, and all the people said,
"Mooooove over!"
A hip, a hip, a hippopotamus got on,
got on, got on a city bus;
And all, and all, and all the people said,
"You're squishing us!"
(hug baby)
Lap rhyme #4: Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
(traditional song)
Head, shoulders, knees, and toes,
Knees and
toes.
Head,
shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and
toes.
And eyes
and, ears and, mouth and nose.
Head,
shoulders, knees and toes,
Knees and
toes.
Transition: Dance Your Fingers (fingerplay adaption from a video I saw from New York Public Library)
Dance your fingers up;
(put fingers high in the air)
Dance your fingers down;
(touch the ground)
Dance your fingers from side to side;
(move hands from left to right side of body and back again, several times)
And dance them all around.
(hands move in a large wiggly circle in the air in front of your body)
Dance them on your shoulders;
(fingers wiggle on your shoulders)
Dance them on your head;
(fingers wiggle on top of your head)
Dance them on your tummy;
(fingers wiggle on top of your tummy)
And put them all to bed.
(fold hands in lap or tuck under armpits)
Letter of the
day: “D” is for dinosaurs
Flannelboard:
Closing song with egg shakers: “Shake With You” from Bouncy Blue from the Learning Groove by Mr. Eric & Mr. Michael
Optional extra
book:
Dinosaur Dance by Sandra Boynton (board book)
