Garbage Trucks Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink (from Car Songs: Songs to Sing Anywhere by Dennis Buck at Kimbo), Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – I Stink by Kate and Jim McMullan
• Stand-up Activity - I'm a Little Garbage Truck (action song to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot" written by Carol Hopkins)

I'm a little garbage truck, watch me go
Here is my hopper
Here is my cab
When I get all filled up, to the dump I go
Just tip me over and dump the garbage out

• Bridge - 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

• Flannelboard/Math Activity - 5 Little Garbage Trucks (counting down rhyme, I'm not sure where I found this one)
• Sit-down Activity - Litter (song to the tune of "If You're Happy And You Know It," I do not remember which website I found this on)
• Book #2 - Trashy Town by Andrew Zimmerman and David Clemesha, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino
• Activity – The Garbage Truck Rolls (action song to the tune of "Wheels on the Bus" adapted by Carol Hopkins)

The garbage truck rolls down the street, down the street, down the street.
The garbage truck rolls down the street,
Picking up garbage.

The garbage truck stops and goes, stops and goes, stops and goes.
The garbage truck stops and goes,
Picking up garbage.

The garbage truck goes smash, smash, smash...

The garbage truck goes stinky smell...

The garbage truck rolls down the street...

• Closing - Popcorn Calling Me (scarf song found in Buzz Buzz by Laurie Berkner)
• Craft – Glue shredded paper to the drawing of a garbage truck

Rabbits - Family Storytime

This is for an all ages, whole family storytime:

• Opening - Look Up, Look Down (sign language song from Pick Me Up!: Fun Songs for Learning Signs)
• Book #1 - Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming, illustrated by G. Brian Karas
  
• Book #2 - Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld
• Book #3 - Munch, Munch, Peter Rabbit concept and text by Emily Gale, based on the works of Beatrix Potter (lift-flap)
  
• Stand up activity -Robbie the Rabbit (action rhyme)

Robbie the rabbit is fat, fat, fat.
(hold arms in circle in front of tummy)
His soft little paws go pat, pat, pat.
(clap)
His soft little ears go flop, flop, flop.
(flop hands on head)
And when Robbie runs he goes hop, hop, hop.
(jump)

• Activity - I Saw a Little Rabbit (action rhyme)

I saw a little rabbit go hop, hop, hop
(jump)
I saw his ears go flop, flop, flop
(flop hands on head)
I saw his eyes go blink, blink, blink
(point to eyes and blink)
I saw his nose go twink, twink, twink
(wiggle nose)
I said, "Little rabbit, won't you stay?"
(beckon with hand)
He looked at me and hopped away
(jump)

• Flannelboard - Little Bunny

There was a little bunny who lived in the wood.
He wiggled his ears as a good bunny should.
He hopped by a squirrel.
He hopped by a tree.
He hopped by a duck.
And he hopped by me.
He stared at the squirrel.
He stared at the tree.
He stared at the duck.
But he made faces at me!

• Book #4 - Scuba Bunnies by Christine Loomis, pictures by Ora Eitan
• Book #5 - Bunny and Me by Adele Aron Greenspun and Joanie Schwarz
  
• Activity - Here's a Bunny (fingerplay)

Here's a bunny with ears so funny
(bend two fingers over thumb)
Here is his hole in the ground
(make hole with other arm at side of body)
When a noise he hears
(clap hands)
He pricks up his ears
(straighten fingers)
And jumps in his hole in the ground
(bunny ears jump into hole at side of body)

• Closing - Little Peter Rabbit (action song from Wee Sing Children's Songs and Fingerplays) NOTE: THIS SONG DID NOT WORK HERE!
  
• Family Math Activity - Make rabbit cages with the connect straws
  

Friends - Family Storytime

This is for an all ages, whole family storytime:

• Opening - Look Up, Look Down (sign language song from Pick Me Up!: Fun Songs for Learning Signs)
• Book #1 - Peter Spit a Seed at Sue by Jackie French Koller, illustrated by John Manders
  
• Book #2 - A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker, illustrated by Kady McDonald Denton (alternative book: How Do Dinosaurs Play With Their Friends? by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague (board book))
  
• Stand up activity - Let's Be Friends Today (action song to the tune of "The More We Get Together" written by Carol Hopkins)

Let's be friends with one another, together forever,
Let's be friends with each other,
Let's be fri-ends today!

As friends we can ju-ump, go jumping, go jumping.
Let's be friends with each other,
Let's be fri-ends today!

As friends we can cla-ap, go clapping, go clapping.
Let's be friends with each other,
Let's be fri-ends today!

As friends we can ru-un, go running, go running.
Let's be friends with each other,
Let's be fri-ends today!

As friends we can spi-in, go spinning, go spinning.
Let's be friends with each other,
Let's be fri-ends today!

As friends we can si-it, go sitting, go sitting.
Let's be friends with each other,
Let's be fri-ends today!

• Flannelboard - Five Friends (a counting backwards rhyme I found on some website)
• Book #3 - Where Are Maisy's Friends? by Lucy Cousins (board book) (alternative book: I Love You, Blue Kangaroo! by Emma Chichester Clark)
  
• Activity - I Like Friends (use sign language to make this an action song, from Tony chestnut & Fun Time Action Songs by The Learning Station)
  
• Closing - If You're Happy & You Know It (no props, action song from Car Songs: Songs To Sing Anywhere by Dennis Buck at Kimbo)
  
• Family Math Activity - Pattern blocks
  

Friends Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink (from Car Songs: Songs to Sing Anywhere by Dennis Buck at Kimbo), Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Along Came Toto by Anni Axworthy
• Stand-up Activity - Let's Be Friends Today (action song to the tune of "The More We Get Together" written by Carol Hopkins)

Let's be friends with one another, together forever,
Let's be friends with each other,
Let's be fri-ends today!

As friends we can ju-ump, go jumping, go jumping.
Let's be friends with each other,
Let's be fri-ends today!

As friends we can cla-ap, go clapping, go clapping.
Let's be friends with each other,
Let's be fri-ends today!

As friends we can ru-un, go running, go running.
Let's be friends with each other,
Let's be fri-ends today!

As friends we can spi-in, go spinning, go spinning.
Let's be friends with each other,
Let's be fri-ends today!

As friends we can si-it, go sitting, go sitting.
Let's be friends with each other,
Let's be fri-ends today!

• Bridge - 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

• Flannelboard/Math Activity - 5 Friends (a counting backwards rhyme I found on some website)
• Sit-down Activity - 3 Friends (fingerplay I found on a few websites)

I have two friends
(hold up 2 fingers on left hand)
And they have me
(hold up 1 finger on right hand)
Two friends and me
(put fingers together)
That makes one, two, three friends!
(count fingers)

• Book #2 - Max by Ken Wilson-Max (pop-up)
• Activity – Hey Little Friend (I did this song with the sign for "friend" from Sing It! Say It! Stamp It! Sway It! Volume 3 by Peter and Ellen Allard)
• Closing - Popcorn Calling Me (scarf song found in Buzz Buzz by Laurie Berkner)
• Craft – Color paper animal chains

Moose Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink (from Car Songs: Songs to Sing Anywhere by Dennis Buck at Kimbo), Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Joffe Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond
• Stand-up Activity - Zoo Animals (action song to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It")

If you want to be a moose, shake your antlers!
If you want to be a moose, shake your antlers!
If you want to be a moose, if you want to be a moose,
If you want to be a moose, shake your antlers!

... parrot, flap your wings...
... monkey, jump up high...
... elephant, swing your trunk...
... giraffe, stand up tall...
... lion, roar out loud...

• Bridge - 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

• Flannelboard/Math Activity - Moose Are Missing (counting down chant I found in Mailbox Preschool April/May 2007, page 22)
• Sit-down Activity - Mr. Moose (fingerplay)

Mr. Moose is very tall
(hands to head for antlers)
His antlers touch the sky
(hands high in the air)
They make a real good resting place for birdies passing by.
(hands out to the sides)

• Book #2 - One Bear, One Dog by Paul Stickland
• Activity – Baby Bumblebee (action song from Toddler Action Songs by Cedarmont Kids)
• Closing - Popcorn Calling Me (scarf song found in Buzz Buzz by Laurie Berkner)
• Craft – Glue small strips of white paper onto a moose head drawing to make your own moose antlers

Going Places 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: Zoom City by Thacher Hurd (board book)
  
• Theme rhyme: Wheels On the Bus (from Rise and Shine by Raffi)

The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round
The wheels on the bus go round and round, all around the town

The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish...
The driver on the bus says move on back...
The people on the bus go up and down...
The horn on the bus goes beep, beep beep...
The babies on the bus go wah, wah, wah...
The parents on the bus go shhh, shhh, shhh...

• 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: Maisy At the Fair by Lucy Cousins
  
• 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