Sheep Follow the Jeep - Family Storytime

A Tuesday morning storytime for ages 0-6 years old.  

Opening #1: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” from Songs for Wiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music

Opening #2: Roly Poly Oh So Fast (hand rolling body part chant adapted by Carol Hopkins)

Roly poly, roly poly, oh so fast!
Roly poly, roly poly, oh so slowly.
Roly poly, roly poly, up.
Roly poly, roly poly, down.
Roly poly, roly poly, hands on your head.
Roly poly, roly poly, hand on your feet.

(Repeat with other body parts)

Roly poly, roly poly, hands in your lap.

 

 

Literacy activity flannelboard: Counting Sheep (number counting flannelboard)

  

Book #1: Sheep In a Jeep by Nancy Shaw, illustrated by Margot Apple (big book)

Stand-up activity: “Jumping & Counting” action song from Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem and More Salutes to Nonsense by Jim Gill

Sit-down activity: Ten Sheep (fingerplay adapted by Carol Hopkins)

(Show and count 10 fingers)
10 little sheep munching on grass,
Happy little sheep to follow the lass.
They wander to the right.
They wander to the left.
They come to a stop in a new field of green.
10 little sheep soft and well fed,
Curl up to sleep in the grass for a bed.

 

Transition: 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 

  

***Parent literacy tip:  Five of the best ways to prepare your child to read are talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing with your child.                     

Book #2: The Sheep Follow by Monica Wellington

Book #3: Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox, illustrated by Judy Horacek (big book)   

Closing music with scarves: “Flitter Flutter” from The Second Line by Johnette Downing  

 

Art activity: Glue cotton onto paper plate, then color and cut out a sheep’s head to put on it   

Optional other books:
Hello, Day! by Anita Lobel
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

 

 

 

 

Sheep on the Farm - Baby Toddler Storytime

 A Tuesday morning storytime for ages 0-2 years. 

Opening #1: “Skinnamarink” action song from Car Songs by Dennis Buck (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 body parts)

 

 

Book #1: Baa, Baa Black Sheep by Jane Cabrera

Stand-up activity: “If You’re Happy and You Know It” action song from Songs for Wiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music

Sit-down activity: Clippity, Clippity Clop (fingerplay I adjusted from another rhyme)

Clippity, clippity clop,
The horses go clip clop.
They gallop to the right.
They gallop to the left.
They gallop all around...
And they come to a stop.
Clippity, clippity clop.

 

Lap rhyme #1: Roly Poly (fingerplay)

Roly poly, roly poly up, up, up.
Roly poly, roly poly down, down, down.
Roly poly, roly poly clap, clap, clap.
Roly poly, roly poly tap, tap, tap.
(tap top of head)
Roly poly, roly poly fast, fast, fast.
Roly poly, roly poly slow, slow, slow.
Roly poly, roly poly I love you!

 

Lap rhyme #2: 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 #3: Pat-a-Cake (traditional clapping nursery rhyme) 

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man
Bake me a cake as fast as you can
Pat it 
And roll it 
And mark it with a "B"
Put it in the oven for baby and me 

 

Transition: Come 'A' Look And See (fingerplay song I first picked up at a workshop conducted by Jane Cobb but can also be found on the music CD The Baby Record by Bob McGrath)

Come a' look a' see,
Here's my mama, 
(point to thumb)
Come a' look a' see,
Here's my papa, 
(point to index finger)
Come a' look a' see,
My brother tall, 
(point to tall finger)
Sister, baby, 
(point to ring, then baby finger) 
I love them all. 
(Kiss the fingertips of your finger family) 

 

Book #2: Maisy at the Farm by Lucy Cousins (lift-flaps and pull tabs)

Parent literacy tip: Learning animal sounds is a fun way for our children to learn how to make a wide variety of sounds that will eventually help them learn to speak and learn to read. 

Closing song: “Popcorn Calling Me” action song from Buzz Buzz by Laurie Berkner

 

 

 

Sheep Go Jumping - Family Storytime

 A Saturday morning storytime for ages 0-6 years old.  

Opening: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” from Songs forWiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music

Book #1: Where Is the Green Sheep by Mem Fox, illustrated by Judy Horacek (big book)

Stand-up activity: “Jumping and Counting” action song from Jim Gill’s Irrational Anthem by Jim Gill

Sit-down activity: Ten Sheep (fingerplay adapted by Carol Hopkins)

(Show and count 10 fingers)
10 little sheep munching on grass,
Happy little sheep to follow the lass.
They wander to the right.
They wander to the left.
They come to a stop in a new field of green.
10 little sheep soft and well fed,
Curl up to sleep in the grass for a bed.

 

Extra lap rhymes #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!

 

Extra lap rhyme #2: Pat-a-Cake (traditional clapping nursery rhyme) 

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man
Bake me a cake as fast as you can
Pat it 
And roll it 
And mark it with a "B"
Put it in the oven for baby and me 

 

Transition: Come 'A' Look And See (fingerplay song I first picked up at a workshop conducted by Jane Cobb but can also be found on the music CD The Baby Record by Bob McGrath)

Come a' look a' see,
Here's my mama, 
(point to thumb)
Come a' look a' see,
Here's my papa, 
(point to index finger)
Come a' look a' see,
My brother tall, 
(point to tall finger)
Sister, baby, 
(point to ring, then baby finger) 
I love them all. 
(Kiss the fingertips of your finger family) 

 

Book #2: Baa Baa Black Sheep by Jane Cabrera

Book #3: Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton

Closing music with scarves: “Popcorn Calling Me” action song from Buzz Buzz by Laurie Berkner

Art activity: Glue cotton balls onto sheep finger puppets