Bouncing 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 – Bouncing Time by Patricia Hubbell, pictures by Melissa Sweet
• Stand-up Activity - When the Music Stops, Everybody Jump (action song from Getting Strong: Wiggle & Learn by The Wiggles)
• 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 - A-Hunting We Will Go

A-hunting we will go
A-hunting we will go
We'll catch a mouse
And put her in a house
And then we'll let her go

A-hunting we will go
A-hunting we will go
We'll catch a frog
And put him on a log
And then we'll let him go

...goat/put him in a boat
...bear/sit her in a chair

• Sit-down Activity - I Can Bounce My Hands (fingerplay to the tune of "Farmer In the Dell" written by Carol Hopkins)

I can bounce my hands, I can bounce by hands,
Bounce them high, bounce them low,
I can bounce my hands.

I can wiggle my hands, I can wiggle my hands,
Wiggle them out, wiggle them in,
I can wiggle my hands.

(repeat with more hand motions such as roll, clap, etc.)

• Book #2 - Emily Loves to Bounce by Stephen Michael King
• Activity – Shake My Sillies Out (action song from More Singable Songs by Raffi)
• Closing - Scarves to the song "Flitter, Flutter" from The Second Line by Johnette Downing
• Craft – Decorate a paperbag kite