Hopping Rabbits Toddler Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

• Book #1 – Bunnies On the Go: Getting From Place to Place by Rick Walton, illustrated by Paige Miglio

• Stand-up 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)

• 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 - Little Bunnies In a Field of Clover (counting flannelboard rhyme written by Carol Hopkins)

One little bunny hopping onto a field

Finding lots of yummy clover to eat

He eats and he eats until he is full

So he asked for another bunny to join the fun

Two little bunnies hopping onto a field

Finding lots of yummy clover to eat

They eat and they eat until they are full

So they asked for another bunny to join the fun

(repeat as many times as you wish)

Now the bunnies dance

Now the bunnies jump

Until the pitter-patter of the rain sent them all running for a dry rabbit hole

• Book #2 – What Can Rabbit Hear? by Lucy Cousins (lift-flap)

• 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 - Scarves to the song "Popcorn Calling Me" from Buzz Buzz by Laurie Berkner

• Art Experience – Coloring pens on bunny ear headbands