A Tuesday 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: Duck & Goose Find a Pumpkin by Tad
Hills (board book)
Themed activity
#1: The Pumpkins Are Here (action rhyme
to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell" adapted from one I found in a
Mailbox Magazine)
The pumpkins are here; the pumpkins
are there.
The pumpkins, the pumpkins are everywhere.
The pumpkins are up; the pumpkins are down.
The pumpkins, the pumpkins are all around.
The pumpkins are right; the pumpkins are left.
The pumpkins, the pumpkins are jumping up.
The pumpkins roll, they roll up high, they roll down low.
The pumpkins, the pumpkins all say, "Hello!"
Themed activity
#2: Roly Poly Pumpkin (action song
to the tune of “Itsy Bitsy Spider” that I found at https://www.adventuresofabookworm.com/2018/10/17/storytime-pumpkins/)
Oh, the roly-poly pumpkin went rolling
down the hill
(roll arms)
Once it started rolling,
It couldn’t keep still.
It rolled and it rolled until it bumped into a rock.
Then the roly-poly pumpkin rolled to a stop.
(clap or sign language for stop)
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: 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.
***Literacy tip: Repetition and rhyming help children
learn the sounds of words.
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
Letter of the
day: "H” is for Halloween
Flannelboard: Three Little Pumpkins (Not sure where I
picked up this rhyme a long time ago. I love using it.)
Three little pumpkins, sitting very
still
In a pumpkin patch on a great big hill
The first one said, "I'm very green,"
(show green side)
"But I'll be orange on Halloween."
(show orange side)
The second one said, "Oh me, oh my,"
(show orange pumpkin side)
"Today I'll be a pumpkin pie."
(show pumpkin pie side)
The third one said, "I'm on my way,"
(show pumpkin side)
To be a Jack-O-Lantern today."
(show face side)
Closing song with
scarves: “Alabama,
Mississippi” from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song & Other
Contagious Songs by Jim Gill
Optional book:
Biscuit Visits the Pumpkin Patch by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, illustrated by Pat
Schories (board book)
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