Dogs

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – A Good Day by Kevin Henkes
• Activity – Some dogs... (action rhyme)

(Suit actions to words)Some dogs run.
Some dogs bark.
Some dogs jump.
Some dogs growl.
Some dogs roll in the grass.
Some dogs yip.
Some dogs sniff.
Some dogs howl.
And some dogs just wag their tails.

• Flannelboard – In the House by Gail Benton and Trisha Waichulaitis
• Book #2 – Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
• Activity – This Little Doggie (fingerplay from thebestkidsbooksite.com)

(Hold up your hand and count off on your fingers)
This little doggie ran away.
This little doggie said, "I'll play all day."
This little doggie began to dig and dig.
This little doggie danced a funny jig.
This little doggie cried, "Woof, woof, woof! I wish I were big."

• Closing - Eggshakers using "I Know A Chicken" from Whaddaya Think of That by Laurie Berkner
• Craft - Paper triangle with 2 corners folded over for a dog face with dot stickers for eyes and nose

Fingers and Toes

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Hello Toes! Hello Feet! by Ann Whitford Paul, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
• Activity – Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (action song)
• Flannelboard – How Many Feet?

I have two feet.
Birds have two.
Dogs have four.
Beetles have six.
Spiders have eight.
That's quite a lot more than me,
Because I only have 2 feet!

• Book #2 – Ten Little Fingers illustrated by Annie Kubler (board book)
• Activity – Fee, Fi, Fo, Fun, Fingers and Thumbs (fingerplay from Mother Goose Time by Jane Marino)
• Closing - Eggshakers using "I Know A Chicken" from Whaddaya Think of That by Laurie Berkner
• Craft - Color gingerbread-man cut-outs

Valentine's Day

Storytime for 1-1/2 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Snappy Little Hugs by Dugald Steer, illustrated by Derek Matthews (pop-up)
• Activity – "If You're Happy and You Know It" from Songs for Wiggleworms (action song)
• Flannelboard – The Wind and the Red Paper Square (a cut and tell story... I forget which book it came from)
• Book #2 – Where Is Baby's Valentine? by Karen Katz (lift-flap, board book)
• Activity – Valentine, Valentine (action rhyme similar to Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear)

Valentine, Valentine turn around
Valentine, Valentine touch the ground
Valentine, Valentine blow a kiss
Valentine, Valentine swim like a fish
Valentine, Valentine give a hug
Valentine, Valentine jump like a bug
Valentine, Valentine find your feet
Valentine, Valentine find your seat

• Closing - Eggshakers using "I Know A Chicken" from Whaddaya Think of That by Laurie Berkner
• Craft - Glue candy converstaion hearts to heart cut-outs

Maisy Preschool Storytime

Storytime for 3-1/2 to 5 year olds:

• Opening - "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" from Songs for Wiggleworms, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Maisy's Nature Walk by Lucy Cousins (pop-up)
• Flannelboard – Five Green and Speckled Frogs (song)
• Activity - Ring Around the Rosy/Maisy's In the Meadow (action circle song)
• Book #2 – Maisy Goes To the Playground by Lucy Cousins (pop-up)
• Book #3 - Ha, Ha, Maisy! by Lucy Cousins (board book)
• Activity – Roly Poly (fingerplay)

(Roll hands together as indicated)
Roly poly, roly poly, ever so sloooowly.
Roly poly, roly polly, faster, faster, faster, faster.
Roly poly up,
Roly poly down to the ground.
Roly poly, roly poly, all over town.

• Closing - Round of Applause (action rhyme adapted from Rob Reid)

You're so great!
Now please stand
Give yourself a great big hand.
Clap the floor,
Clap your face,
And clap the air.
Clap your elbows,
Clap your feet,
Clap your pinkies,
And clap your seat.
Clap with flippers,
Clap with claws,
Now a big
Round of applause!

• Craft - Maisy coloring sheet