Trucks Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink (from Car Songs: Songs to Sing Anywhere by Dennis Buck at Kimbo) and Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Tip Tip Dig Dig by Emma Garcia
• 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 - Hippopotamus on Wheels (flannelboard rhyme I learned from a librarian in the King County Library System)
• Book #2 - Maisy Drives the Bus by Lucy Cousins
• Activity – Wheels On the Bus (action song from Rise and Shine by Raffi)
• Closing - Use tamborines to the song "Fruit Salad Salsa" from Victor Vito by Laurie Berkner
• Craft – Glue craft foam circle onto paper plate steering wheel then color with color pens (It is soooo cute watching the children drive their steering wheels out the door!)

Lego My Library - Inventions

A fun Lego building block storytime intended for children 4 to 9 years old.

Book:  Pop!: The Invention of Bubblegum by Meghan McCarthy

Lego challenge: Create an invention, real or imaginary

Fantasy Creature Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink (from Car Songs: Songs to Sing Anywhere by Dennis Buck at Kimbo) and Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – The Magic Hat by Mem Fox, illustrated by Tricia Tusa
• Stand-up Activity - Suzy Had a Little Hat (action song to the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" written by Carol Hopkins)

Suzy had a little hat, little hat, little hat
(hold hands together in the shape of a hat)
Suzy had a little hat, she wore right up here!
(put hat on top of head)

Suzy went jump, jump, jump,
Jump, jump, jump
Jump, jump, jump,
Suzy went jump, jump, jump,
With her hat right up here!

Suzy went running...
Suzy went spinning...
Suzy went bend her knees...
Suzy went sitting...

• 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 - Five Green Dragons (counting backwards rhyme I found at http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/chinnesenewyear/songs.htm)
• Book #2 - Three Little Mermaids by Mara Van Fleet
• Activity – I'm a Little Teapot (action song from This Little Piggy: Lap Songs, Finger Plays, Clapping Games and Pantomime Rhymes by Jane Yolen, Will Hillenbrand, Adam Stemple, et al.)
• Closing - Use tamborines to the song "Fruit Salad Salsa" from Victor Vito by Laurie Berkner
• Craft – Use bingo dabber paints on a dragon drawing

Smile Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink (from Car Songs: Songs to Sing Anywhere by Dennis Buck at Kimbo) and Sticky Sticky Bubblegum
• Book #1 – Excuse Me! A Little Book of Manners by Karen Katz (lift-flap)
• Stand-up Activity - If You're Happy And You Know It (action song from Songs for Wiggleworms by Old Town School of Folk Music)
• 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 - Five Little Ducks Went Out One Day (counting down song)
• Book #2 - Smile, Maisy! by Lucy Cousins (board book)
• Activity – Can You Growl Like a Tiger? (action rhyme I picked up many years ago)
• Closing - Use tamborines to the song "Fruit Salad Salsa" from Victor Vito by Laurie Berkner
• Craft – Color a small book of faces with crayons

Lego My Library - Fantasy Creatures

A fun Lego building block storytime intended for children 4 to 9 years old.

Book:  Oscar and the Very Hungry Dragon by Ute Krause

Lego challenge: Create a dragon or other fantasy creature