Pirate Storytime

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

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Sail Away by Florence McNeil and David McPhail
• Activity – How Will Pirates Get From Here to There? (action rhyme I learned from someone at the King County Library System)
• Flannelboard/Math Activity - Five Little Pirate Boats (counting rhyme I adapted from a similar one that I found)

Five little pirate boats, bright and shiny clean.
One tipped over, it was green.

Four little pirate boats, with all sails spread.
On sailed into a storm, it was red.

Three little pirate boats, what a dreadful sight!
One bumped into a shark, it was gray and white.

Two little pirate boats, coming close for a view.
One smashed into the rocks, it was blue.

One little pirate boat, now a lonely fellow.
He went looking for treasure, he was yellow.

• Book #2 - Pirate Piggywiggy by Christyan and Diane Fox
• Activity - A Captain and Her Men (a counting fingerplay I learned from someone at King County Library System)
• Closing - Rhythm sticks to the song Goin' On a Bear Hunt (found in Kids In Action by Greg and Steve)
• Craft - Glue tissue paper squares to paper towel tubes to make a special pirate spyglass

Bathtime Storytime

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

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – King Bidgood's In the Bathtub by Audrey Wood, illustrated by Don Wood (big book)
• Activity – Bubbles All Around (action rhyme I found in a Mailbox magazine)
• Flannelboard/Math Activity - 10 Rubber Duckies (counting song/fingerplay)

1 little, 2 little, 3 rubber duckies,
4 little, 5 little, 6 rubber duckies,
7 little, 8, little, 9 rubber duckies,
10 rubber duckies in the bathtub.

• Book #2 - Bathtime Piggywiggy by Christyan and Diane Fox
• Activity - This Is the Way We Wash (action song to the tune of "Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush" that I adapted)

This is the way we wash our hands,
Wash our hands, wash our hands,
This is the way we wash our hands,
When we get all dirty.

This is the way we scrub our face...
This is the way we rub our ears...
This is the way we rinse our hair...
This is the way we sponge our tummies...

• Closing - Rhythm sticks to the song Goin' On a Bear Hunt (found in Kids In Action by Greg and Steve)
• Craft - Fingerpaint with shaving cream on the tables, then afterward, use the shaving cream to clean the tables

Cool Pool Storytime

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

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Splash! by Ann Jonas
• Activity –Baby Bumblebee (action song from Toddler Action Songs from Cedarmont Kids)
• Flannelboard/Math Activity - 5 Green and Speckled Frogs (counting song)
• Book #2 - Maisy's Pool by Lucy Cousins
• Activity - Summer Transition Rhyme

These are my sun glasses.
(circle eyes with fingers)
This is my great sun hat.
(Hands over head)
This is the way I fold my hands
(Fold hands)
And rest them, just like that.
(Place hands into lap)

• Closing - Rhythm sticks to the song Goin' On a Bear Hunt (found in Kids In Action by Greg and Steve)
• Craft - Water color sheet

Beautiful Beachware

Library program for children ages 4 to 12 years old.

Children were invited to bring light colored t-shirts or flip-flops to decorate at the library. The library provided beads, yarn, sewing trim, puffy paints, fabric markers, sequins, colored rhinestones, Sharpie permanent markers, and glue. For those who forgot to bring their own shirts or flip-flops, the library provided cardboard sun visors available for a low price at Oriental Trading.

Notes: This program was done as a Summer Reading event so we had a built in audience. Still, 72 people attended this event! The children were very creative. Most people followed the directions on the flier and brought stuff to decorate. We handed out very few sun visors. Be sure to have some newspaper or something else that is flat on hand to put in between the layers of the t-shirt so that the fabric paint does not bleed through to the other side of the t-shirt and "glues" shut.

Ocean Storytime

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

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Fish, Fish, Fish by Georgie Adams, pictures by Brigitte Willgoss
• Activity – I'm a Little Fishy (action song to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot")

(suite actions to words)
I'm a little fishy, I can swim.
Here is my tail and here is my fin.
When I want to have fun with my friends.
I wiggle my tail and dive right in.
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• Flannelboard/Math Activity - Shapes on fish: Hand out cut out fish with different shapes on them (a triangle, square, or circle). On the board talk about the different attributes of each shape. Then call out each shape and have the children bring their fish back to the basket.
• Book #2 - Baby Beluga illustrated by Ashley Wolff (from the Raffi Songs to Read series, play the song from the Raffi on Broadway cd while you read the book)
• Activity - Once I Caught a Fish Alive (counting fingerplay)

(suite actions to words)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, once I caught a fish alive.
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Ow! I let it go again.
Why did I let him go?
Because he bit my finger so.
Which finger did he bite?
The little one on the right.

• Closing - Rhythm sticks to the song Goin' On a Bear Hunt (found on Kids In Action by Greg and Steve)
• Craft –Decorate a sea star picture with foil star stickers and color marker pens

Teddy Bear Lapsit Storytime

Storytime for 0 to 24 months old:

• Opening: "Baby Hop" from Diaper Gym by Priscilla Hegner and Rose Grasselli
• Body part rhyme: Everybody Knows I Love My Toes (adapted from a rhyme I saw performed by Margaret Read Macdonald)

Everybody knows I love my toes!
Everybody knows I love my toes!
I love my ear,
My eyes,
My elbows and my nose.
Everybody knows I love my toes!
(repeat and name other body parts)

• Lap bounce: Hanky Panky

(have your child sitting on your lap and bounce along to the song)
Down by the banks of the Hanky Panky,
Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to bank,
With a hip, hop, hippity hop,
Jump off the lilypad,
(lift baby up)
And kerplop!
(lower baby between your legs)

• Tickle: Round and Round the Garden

Round and round the garden
(with index finger, make a circle on baby's tummy)
Like a teddy bear
One step, two step
(walk fingers up chest)
Tickle under there!
(tickle under chin)
Round and round the garden
(with index finger, make a circle on baby's tummy)
Goes the little mouse
Up, up, up he creeps
(walk fingers up arm)
Up into his house
(tickle baby under arm)

• Book #1: Wrapping Paper Romp by Patricia Hubbell, pictures by Jennifer Plecas (board book)
• Theme rhyme: On My Foot There Is Flea

(Move fingers up baby's body and down again to the words)
On my foot there is a flea
Now he's climbing up on me
Past my belly, past my nose
On my head where my hair grows.

On my head there is a flea
Now he's climbing down on me
Past my belly, past me knee
On my foot...take THAT you flea!
(tickle or grab foot)

• Nursery rhyme: Jack Be Nimble

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick. (lift baby up on the word "jump")

• Clap rhyme: Miss, Miss

(clap)
Miss Miss, little Miss Miss,
When she misses,
She misses like this!
(hug baby)

• Book #2: Baby Cakes by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Sam Williams (board book)
• Animal sound song: When (animal) Gets Up In the Morning...

When cows get up in the morning, they always say "Good day."
When cows get up in the morning, they always say "Good day."
"Moo! Moo!" this is what they say.
"Moo! Moo! Moo! Moo!" this is what they say.
(substitute other animals and animal sounds)

• Lap bounce: Tick Tock

(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)

Now it is two o'clock... Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

Now it is three o'clock... Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

• Closing: "If You're Happy And You Know It" from Songs for Wiggleworms

Extra circle dances: Ponies Walking, Shoo Fly

Extra calming songs: Baby Goes Boom Boom Now, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star