Bugs 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 – Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle
• Stand-up Activity - Little Wiggle Worm (action rhyme, not sure where I found this one)

I'm a little wiggle worm, wiggling all around.
First I wiggle down to the ground.
Then I wiggle upright.
Now I wiggle to the right
Now I wiggle to the left.
Now I stop and jump up and down!
Finally I wiggle spinning round and around.

• 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 Dragonflies (not sure where I picked up this counting rhyme)
• Sit-down Activity - Two Moths (fingerplay written by Carol Hopkins)

I see two moths flying toward the light
They fly around in circles
Sometimes they fly fast
Sometimes they fly slow
But never do they touch that light as they fly out of sight

• Book #2 - In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming
• Activity – Baby Bumblebee (action song from Toddler Action Songs by Cedarmont Kids)
• Closing - Scarves to the song "Flitter, Flutter" from The Second Line by Johnette Downing
• Craft – Thumb print spots on a ladybug shape