Springtime Welcome Toddler Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

• Book #1 – Splish, Splash, Spring by Jan Carr, illustrated by Dorothy Donohue

• Stand-up Activity – "Eensy Weensy Spider" from Toddler Tunes by Cedarmont Kids

• 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 - Bluebird, Bluebird Through My Window (traditional color song)

• Book #2 – In the Spring by Craig Brown

• Activity – Five Spring Flowers  (fingerplay adpated by Carol Hopkins)

Flowers tall, flowers small

Flowers planted by the wall

Blowing in the springtime breezes

Not for little children sneezes

Let us count the flowers alive

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Five little flowers thrive in the springtime sun

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

 

• Art Experience – Glue crepe paper streamers to toilet paper tubes to make a windsock